2017 Women's Pan American Cup

2017 Women's Pan American Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
CityLancaster
Dates5–13 August
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Spooky Nook Sports
Final positions
Champions Argentina (5th title)
Runner-up Chile
Third place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored71 (4.73 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Noel Barrionuevo
United States Kathleen Sharkey (5 goals)
Best playerChile Denise Krimerman
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The 2017 Women's Pan American Cup was the fifth edition of the Women's Pan American Cup, the quadrennial international women's field hockey championship of the Americas organised by the Pan American Hockey Federation. It was held between 5 and 13 August 2017 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, simultaneously with the men's tournament.[1]

The tournament doubled as the qualifier for two major international tournaments: the winner qualified directly to the 2018 World Cup, and the two teams not qualifying through the 2018 South American Games or the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games to be held in Lima, Peru. Also, the top 6 teams qualified for the next Pan American Cup, while the bottom two need to compete in the Pan American Challenge.

Argentina won the tournament for the fifth consecutive time after defeating Chile 4–1 in the final.[2] As they had already secured an automatic berth at the 2018 Hockey World Cup thanks to a fourth-place finish at the World League Semifinal in Johannesburg, South Africa, their quota was immediately awarded to first reserve team, Italy.[3]

  1. ^ "PAHF announce hosts for events until 2017". PAHF. 2014-06-25. Archived from the original on 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
  2. ^ "Argentina win fifth Pan American Cup after beating brave Chile. USA overcome Canada's challenge". FIH. 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  3. ^ "Italy qualify for Women's Hockey World Cup, London 2018". FIH. 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2017-08-18.