2017 Women's International Festival of Hockey

2017 Women's International Festival of Hockey

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Melbourne Bendigo, Victoria
Teams	4
Venue(s)	State Netball and Hockey Centre Bendigo Hockey Complex
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	36 (4.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kelly Jonker (5 goals)
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The 2017 Women's International Festival of Hockey is the second edition of the annual International Festival of Hockey. The tournament will be held in Victoria, Australia. The tournament will take place between 5–12 November in the Victorian cities, Melbourne and Bendigo. Four teams will compete in the tournament, an increase from two at the previous edition.

All times are local (UTC+10:00).

Participating Nations

• Australia
• Japan
• Netherlands
• United States

Results

Bendigo

The first stage of the tournament was a test match in Bendigo at the Bendigo Hockey Complex.

Test match

6 November 2017 18:00 Australia 2–0 United States Ratcliffe  14' Hurtz  49' Report Umpires: Maggie Befort (USA) Emily Carroll (AUS)

Melbourne

The second stage of the tournament is a 4 team competition at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in Melbourne.

Pool stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12	9	Final
2	Japan	3	1	1	1	4	8	−4	4
3	Australia (H)	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3	Third and fourth
4	United States	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1

Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2017. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

8 November 2017 15:00 United States 0 – 0 Japan Report Umpires: Emily Carroll (AUS) Jo Cumming (NZL)

8 November 2017 19:30 Australia 0 – 2 Netherlands Report van Maasakker  8' Krekelaar  36' Umpires: Maggie Befort (USA) Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)

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9 November 2017 16:30 Netherlands 6 – 1 Japan Jonker  4', 15' Welten  6', 24', 26' Krekelaar  10' Report Y. Nagai  37' Umpires: Emily Carroll (AUS) Maggie Befort (USA)

9 November 2017 19:30 Australia 3 – 2 United States Claxton  37' Peris  50' Hurtz  54' Report Gonzalez  8' Di Nardo  15' Umpires: Katrina Woolf (NZL) Jo Cumming (NZL)

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11 November 2017 14:00 Netherlands 6 – 1 United States Leurink  10' van den Assem  19', 41' Jonker  28' Dirkse van den Heuvel  40' Matla  47' Report van Sickle  29' Umpires: Junko Wagatsuma (JPN) Katrina Woolf (NZL)

11 November 2017 17:00 Australia 2 – 3 Japan S. Fitzpatrick  4', 54' Report Y. Nagai  3' Nomura  18', 56' Umpires: Maggie Befort (USA) Jo Cumming (NZL)

Classification matches

Third and fourth place

12 November 2017 13:15 Australia 5 – 0 United States Ratcliffe  29' Peris  31', 38' Smith  32' Kershaw  40' Report Umpires: Junko Wagatsuma (JPN) Jo Cumming (NZL)

Final

12 November 2017 16:45 Netherlands 5 – 0 Japan Jonker  27', 51' Welten  37' Pheninckx  45' Keetels  48' Report Umpires: Meggie Befort (USA) Katrina Woolf (NZL)

Statistics

Goalscorers

5 Goals

• Kelly Jonker

4 Goals

• Lidewij Welten

3 Goals

• Brooke Peris

2 Goals

• Savannah Fitzpatrick
• Yuri Nagai
• Kana Nomura
• Maartje Krekelaar
• Ireen van den Assem

1 Goal

• Jane Claxton
• Emily Hurtz
• Stephanie Kershaw
• Madi Ratcliffe
• Emily Smith
• Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel
• Marloes Keetels
• Laurien Leurink
• Frédérique Matla
• Caia van Maasakker
• Malou Pheninckx
• Casey Di Nardo
• Melissa Gonzalez
• Caitlin van Sickle