2017 Women's Four Nations Cup

2017 Women's Four Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Berlin
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Germany (3rd title)
Runner-up	Ireland
Third place	China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	23 (3.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nike Lorenz; Marie Mävers; Kathryn Mullan (2 goals)
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The 2018 Women's Four Nations Cup was the seventh Hockey Four Nations Cup, an international women's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Germany, from June 15 to 18, 2017, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.^[1]

Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of China, Ireland, South Korea, and the hosts, Germany, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.

Country	June 2017 FIH Ranking^[2]	Best World Cup finish	Best Olympic Games finish
China	8	Third Place (2002)	Runners-Up (2008)
Germany	7	Champions (1976, 1981)	Champions (2004)
Ireland	15	Eleventh Place (1994)	Never Qualified
South Korea	9	Third Place (1990)	Runners-Up (1988, 1996)

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Germany (H)	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6	Tournament Champion
2	Ireland	3	2	0	1	6	7	−1	6
3	China	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
4	South Korea	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Games won; 5) Head-to-head.
(H) Hosts

Matches

15 June 2017
17:00

China	1–1	South Korea
Zhao 32'	Report	Cheon Eun-bi 53'

Umpires:
Alison Keogh (IRE)
Michelle Meister (GER)

15 June 2017
19:00

Germany	1–2	Ireland
Teschke 45'	Report	O'Flanagan 40' Mullan 57'

Umpires:
Celine Martin-Schmets (BEL)
Kim Sung-youn (KOR)

16 June 2017
17:00

China	5–2	Ireland
Liang 10' Zhong 38' Peng 44' Sun 55' Zhang X. 59'	Report	Watkins 35' Upton 42'

Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Kim Sung-yeon (KOR)

16 June 2017
19:00

Germany	3–2	South Korea
Lorenz 10' Mävers 33' Nobis 58'	Report	Kim Jong-eun 36' Cho Yun-kyoung 53'

Umpires:
Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)
Celine Martin-Schmets (BEL)

18 June 2017
12:00

Ireland	2–1	South Korea
McCay 35' Mullan 43'	Report	Cheon Seul-ki 37'

Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Celine Martin-Schmets (BEL)

18 June 2017
14:00

Germany	3–0	China
Mävers 25' Lorenz 42' Hauke 53'	Report

Umpires:
Alison Keogh (IRE)
Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 Goals

1 Goal

References

^ "2017 4 Nations Invitational (W)". FIH. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
^ "FIH Men's and Women's Hero World Ranking". FIH. Retrieved August 3, 2018.

[about-1] "2017 4 Nations Invitational (W)". FIH. Retrieved August 6, 2018.

[fifawwrankings-2] "FIH Men's and Women's Hero World Ranking". FIH. Retrieved August 3, 2018.

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