2017 Tournament of Nations

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]

2017 Tournament of Nations

Tournament details
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)
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Format

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
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)

Venues

Three cities along the west coast served as the venues for the tournament.^[3]

Seattle	San Diego	Carson
CenturyLink Field	Qualcomm Stadium	StubHub Center
Capacity: 38,300	Capacity: 54,000	Capacity: 30,510
Seattle San Diego Carson

Squads

Main article: 2017 Tournament of Nations squads

Matches

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: ^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head; 5) FIFA Ranking
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

All times are local PDT (UTC−7).

July 27, 2017 (2017-07-27)

16:15

Brazil	1–1	Japan
Camila 87'	Report	Momiki 63'

CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington

Attendance: 9,725

Referee: Karen Abt (United States)

July 27, 2017 (2017-07-27)

19:00

United States	0–1	Australia
	Report	Butt 67'

CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington

Attendance: 15,748

Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

July 30, 2017 (2017-07-30)

14:15

Japan	2–4	Australia
Tanaka 5' Momiki 90+2'	Report	Kerr 10', 14', 43' Van Egmond 62' (pen.)

Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California

Attendance: 9,597

Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)

July 30, 2017 (2017-07-30)

17:00

United States	4–3	Brazil
Mewis 18' Press 80' Rapinoe 85' Ertz 89'	Report	Andressa 2', 78' Bruna Benites 63'

Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California

Attendance: 21,096

Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

August 3, 2017 (2017-08-03)

16:15

Australia	6–1	Brazil
De Vanna 7', 34' Foord 32', 68' Gorry 41' Kerr 81'	Report	Camila 2'

StubHub Center, Carson, California

Attendance: 11,948

Referee: Christina Unkel (United States)

August 3, 2017 (2017-08-03)

19:00

United States	3–0	Japan
Rapinoe 12' Pugh 60' Morgan 80'	Report

StubHub Center, Carson, California

Attendance: 23,161

Referee: Carol-Ann Chenard (Canada)

2017 Tournament of Nations winners
Australia 1st title

Goalscorers

26 goals were scored in 6 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per matches.

4 goals

• Sam Kerr

2 goals

• Lisa De Vanna
• Caitlin Foord
• Andressa
• Camila
• Yuka Momiki
• Megan Rapinoe

1 goal

• Tameka Butt
• Emily van Egmond
• Katrina Gorry
• Bruna Benites
• Mina Tanaka
• Julie Ertz
• Sam Mewis
• Alex Morgan
• Christen Press
• Mallory Pugh

Television coverage

The ESPN family of networks carried all tournament games. Games were shown on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN3.