Tournament details | |
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Host country | United States |
Dates | July 27 – August 3, 2017 |
Teams | 4 (from 3 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Australia (1st title) |
Runners-up | United States |
Third place | Japan |
Fourth place | Brazil |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Goals scored | 26 (4.33 per match) |
Attendance | 91,275 (15,213 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Sam Kerr (4 goals) |
The 2017 Tournament of Nations was the inaugural Tournament of Nations, an international women's football tournament, consisting of a series of friendly games. [1] It was held in the United States, from July 27 to August 3, 2017, and featured four teams. [2]
The tournament featured the national teams of Australia, Brazil, Japan, and the hosts, the United States, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing every other once. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss. [3] Current FIFA Ranking is important, as it is one of the tie-breaking criteria.
Country | June 2017 FIFA Ranking [4] | Best World Cup Finish | Best Olympic Games Finish |
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Australia | 7 | Quarter–finals (2007, 2011, 2015) | Quarter–finals (2004, 2016) |
Brazil | 8 | Runners–up (2007) | Runners–up (2004, 2008) |
Japan | 6 | Champions (2011) | Runners–up (2012) |
United States | 1 | Champions (1991, 1999, 2015) | Champions (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012) |
Three cities along the west coast served as the venues for the tournament. [3]
Seattle | San Diego | Carson | ||
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CenturyLink Field | Qualcomm Stadium | StubHub Center | ||
Capacity: 38,300 | Capacity: 54,000 | Capacity: 30,510 | ||
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Australia (C) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 |
2 | United States (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
3 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
4 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 1 |
All times are local PDT (UTC−7).
United States | 0–1 | Australia |
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Report | Butt 67' |
United States | 4–3 | Brazil |
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Report |
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United States | 3–0 | Japan |
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Report |
2017 Tournament of Nations winners |
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Australia 1st title |
26 goals were scored in 6 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per matches.
The ESPN family of networks carried all tournament games. Games were shown on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN3.
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