title: 2017 Women's International Festival of Hockey
text: # 2017 Women's International Festival of Hockey
  
  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 | Final |
  | 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 | Third and fourth |
  
  * 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)
  * 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)
  * 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)
  
  **Classification matches**
  
  **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
  