2018 Tournament of Nations

The 2018 Tournament of Nations was the second Tournament of Nations, an international women's football tournament, consisting of a series of friendly games. It was held in the United States, from July 26 to August 2, 2018, and featured the same four teams as the previous tournament.^[1]

2018 Tournament of Nations

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	July 26 – August 2, 2018
Teams	4 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runners-up	Australia
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	22 (3.67 per match)
Attendance	93,602 (15,600 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alex Morgan (4 goals)
← 2017

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 were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.^[1]

Country	June 2018 FIFA Ranking[2]	Best World Cup Finish	Best Olympic Games Finish	Best Tournament of Nations Finish
Australia	8	Quarter-finals (2007, 2011, 2015)	Quarter-finals (2004, 2016)	Champions (2017)
Brazil	7	Runners–up (2007)	Runners–up (2004, 2008)	Fourth (2017)
Japan	6	Champions (2011)	Runners–up (2012)	Third (2017)
United States	1	Champions (1991, 1999, 2015)	Champions (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)	Runners-up (2017)

Venues

Three cities served as the venues for the tournament.^[1]

Kansas City	East Hartford	Bridgeview
Children's Mercy Park	Pratt & Whitney Stadium	Toyota Park
Capacity: 18,467	Capacity: 40,642	Capacity: 20,000
Kansas City East Hartford Bridgeview

Squads

Main article: 2018 Tournament of Nations squads

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States (C, H)	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7
2	Australia	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	Brazil	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

Source: ^[1]
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 (CDT in Kansas City and Bridgeview, EDT in East Hartford).

Matches

Brazil	1–3	Australia
Debinha 79'	Report	Poliana 9' (o.g.) Butt 39' Kerr 50'

July 26, 2018 (2018-07-26)

15:15

Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 10,307

Referee: Christina Unkel (United States)

United States	4–2	Japan
Morgan 18', 26', 56' Rapinoe 66'	Report	Tanaka 20' Sakaguchi 76'

July 26, 2018 (2018-07-26)

18:00

Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 18,467

Referee: Carol Anne Chénard (Canada)

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Japan	1–2	Brazil
Masuya 90+3'	Report	Marta 76' Bia Zaneratto 90'

July 29, 2018 (2018-07-29)

16:15

Pratt & Whitney Stadium, East Hartford, Connecticut

Attendance: 13,027

Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)

United States	1–1	Australia
Horan 90'	Report	Logarzo 22'

July 29, 2018 (2018-07-29)

19:00

Pratt & Whitney Stadium, East Hartford, Connecticut

Attendance: 21,570

Referee: Miriam León (El Salvador)

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Australia	2–0	Japan
Kennedy 47' Kerr 81'	Report

August 2, 2018 (2018-08-02)

16:45

Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois

Attendance: 11,922

Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)

External videos
United States Vs Brazil Full match on YouTube

United States	4–1	Brazil
Lavelle 33' Ertz 53' Heath 61' Morgan 77'	Report	Davidson 16' (o.g.)

August 2, 2018 (2018-08-02)

19:30

Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois

Attendance: 18,309

Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

2018 Tournament of Nations winners
United States 1st title

Goalscorers

There were 22 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.

4 goals

• Alex Morgan

2 goals

• Sam Kerr

1 goal

• Tameka Butt
• Alanna Kennedy
• Chloe Logarzo
• Bia Zaneratto
• Debinha
• Marta
• Rika Masuya
• Moeno Sakaguchi
• Mina Tanaka
• Julie Ertz
• Tobin Heath
• Lindsey Horan
• Rose Lavelle
• Megan Rapinoe

1 own goal

• Poliana (against Australia)
• Tierna Davidson (against Brazil)

Television coverage

All three USA games were televised domestically on FS1.

In Australia, all three games featuring the national team were televised live on Fox Sports.^[3]

In Brazil, all three games featuring the national team were televised live on SporTV and online at the CBF website.^[4]