The 2017 Tournament of Nations was the inaugural 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 27 to August 3, 2017, and featured four teams.
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. Current FIFA Ranking is important, as it is one of the tie-breaking criteria.
CountryJune 2017 FIFA RankingBest World Cup FinishBest Olympic Games Finish7Quarter–finals (2007, 2011, 2015)Quarter–finals (2004, 2016)8Runners–up (2007)Runners–up (2004, 2008)6Champions (2011)Runners–up (2012)1Champions (1991, 1999, 2015)Champions (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Venues Three cities along the west coast served as the venues for the tournament. Seattle San Diego Carson CenturyLink Field Qualcomm Stadium StubHub Center Capacity: 38,300 Capacity: 54,000 Capacity: 30,510
Squads
Matches
All times are local PDT (UTC−7).
Goalscorers 26 goals were scored in 6 matches, for an average of 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.
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