2017 Women's
Cape Town Summer Series

Tournament details
City	Cape Town, South Africa
Dates	20 January – 26 February
Teams	5 (from 4 confederations)
Venue	Hartleyvale Stadium
Final positions
Champions	England (1st title)
Runner-up	China
Third place	Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	53 (3.79 per match)
Top scorer	Candice Manuel (5 goals)
← 2016 (previous)

The 2017 Cape Town Summer Series was the second edition of the women's field hockey friendly series, comprising a number of test matches between the national teams of Belgium, Chile, China, England and the hosts, South Africa. The series was held at Hartleyvale Stadium in Cape Town, from 20 January to 26 February. ^{[1] [2]}

Contents

• Results
• Standings
• Fixtures
• Goalscorers
• References

England finished in first place, topping the pool at the conclusion of the matches. ^[3]

Results

All times are local (SAST).

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Result
	England (C)	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	1.000	Champions
	China	7	5	0	2	16	13	+3	.714
	Belgium	5	2	2	1	8	5	+3	.600
4	Chile	5	1	1	3	4	9	−5	.300
5	South Africa (H)	9	2	1	6	18	24	−6	.278

Source: I and II
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) games won; 4) head-to-head result. ^[4]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Fixtures

20 January 2017 18:00 Chile   0–3   South Africa Report Marais  14' Manuel  29' Davids  57' Umpires: Wanri Venter (RSA) Lizé Strydom (RSA)

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21 January 2017 16:00 South Africa   2–3   China Bobbs  20' Russell  52' Report Gu  13', 42' Zhang X.  40' Umpires: Lizé Strydom (RSA) Wanri Venter (RSA)

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22 January 2017 16:00 China   2–1   Chile Cong  8' Yu  27' Report Tala  33' Umpires: Lizé Strydom (RSA) Wanri Venter (RSA)

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25 January 2017 18:00 China   5–2   South Africa Sun  7' Gao  34' Gu  41' Song X.  50' Zhang X.  52' Report Manuel  11' Damons  35' Umpires: Melissa Taylor (RSA) Andrea Nicholson (RSA)

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26 January 2017 18:00 South Africa   2–3   Chile Mayne  19' Manuel  58' Report Maldonado  12' Palma  35' Urroz  48' Umpires: Tanja Schafer (RSA) Melissa Taylor (RSA)

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28 January 2017 16:00 Chile   0–2   China Report Zhao  45' Song Q.  58' Umpires: Chantelle Britz (RSA) Tanja Schafer (RSA)

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29 January 2017 14:00 Belgium   0–0   Chile Report Umpires: Claire Cowan (RSA) Chantelle Britz (RSA)

29 January 2017 16:00 South Africa   4–2   China Deetlefs  2', 34' Coston  53' Manuel  59' Report Bao  15', 40' Umpires: Melissa Taylor (RSA) Tanja Schafer (RSA)

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30 January 2017 18:00 Belgium   1–0   South Africa Weyns  55' Report Umpires: Andrea Nicholson (RSA) Claire Cowan (RSA)

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1 February 2017 18:00 China   2–1   Belgium Gu  14' Bao  60' Report Scheerlinck  27' Umpires: Lyndal Robertson (RSA) Andrea Nicholson (RSA)

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2 February 2017 18:00 Belgium   3–0   China Steenackers  6' Fobe  11' Gerniers  51' Report Umpires: Claire Cowan (RSA) Lyndal Robertson (RSA)

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2 February 2017 18:00 South Africa   3–3   Belgium Du Plessis  8' Coston  31' Glasby  43' Report Raes  24' Gerniers  30' Boon  47' Umpires: Andrea Nicholson (RSA) Lyndal Robertson (RSA)

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25 February 2017 16:00 England   4–2   South Africa Haycroft  34' Leigh  42' Watton  48' Balsdon  59' Report Manuel  24' Chamberlain  36' Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Annelize Rostron (RSA)

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26 February 2017 16:00 South Africa   0–3   England Report Owsley  11' Hunter  31' Sanders  49' Umpires: Annelize Rostron (RSA) Michelle Joubert (RSA)

Goalscorers

There were 53 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 3.79 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References