# 2017 Women's Ford National Hockey League

The 2017 Women's Ford National Hockey League was the 19th edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The competition was held in Wellington, New Zealand from 16–24 September.
The tournament saw an increase to eight teams from the seven that contested the 2016 edition.
Midlands won the title for the second time, defeating Northland 4–2 in the final. Auckland finished third after defeating North Harbour 3–0 in a penalty shoot-out after the third place match finished 1–1.

## Participating teams

* –– Auckland
* –– Canterbury
* –– Capital
* –– Central
* –– Midlands
* –– Northland
* –– North Harbour
* –– Southern

## Results
### First round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | –– Auckland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 12 |
| 2 | –– Canterbury | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 8 |
| 3 | –– Capital | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| 4 | –– Southern | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
* 16 September 2017 10:45
| Auckland –– | 2–0 | –– Capital |
| Steele 11' Tuilotolava 41' | Report | |
* Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Lani Jackman (NZL)
* 16 September 2017 12:45
| Canterbury –– | 3–0 | –– Southern |
| McCann 11' Wium 35' Kiddle 38' | Report | |
* Umpires: Lucy Lawlor (NZL) Kelly Hudson (NZL)
* 17 September 2017 11:00
| Auckland –– | 2–1 | –– Southern |
| King 5' Ritchie 10' | Report | Duncan 11' |
* Umpires: Karen Bennett (NZL) Katrina Woolf (NZL)
* 17 September 2017 13:00
| Capital –– | 0–1 | –– Canterbury |
| | Report | McCann 22' |
* Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Julena Phillips (NZL)
* 19 September 2017 17:00
| Canterbury –– | 0–1 | –– Auckland |
| | Report | Harrison 40' |
* Umpires: Melanie Oakden (NZL) Lucy Lawlor (NZL)
* 19 September 2017 19:00
| Capital –– | 4–2 | –– Southern |
| Velzian 9' Lawton 28' Chisholm 57', 59' | Report | McLean 11' Jopp 34' |
* Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Julena Phillips (NZL)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | –– Northland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 |
| 2 | –– Midlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 |
| 3 | –– North Harbour | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
| 4 | –– Central | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 |
* 16 September 2017 14:45
| Midlands –– | 2–3 | –– Northland |
| McCaw 4' Gloyn 16' | Report | Lench 4' McBurnie 23' Michelsen 56' |
* Umpires: Joanne Cumming (NZL) Katrina Woolf (NZL)
* 16 September 2017 16:45
| North Harbour –– | 1–1 | –– Central |
| Dickins 18' | Report | Rainey 14' |
| Penalties |||
| Elliott Hyatt-Brown Dickins Teschke Henry | 3–1 | Carey P. Norman Curtis Ralph |
* Umpires: Julena Phillips (NZL) Melanie Oakden (NZL)
* 17 September 2017 15:00
| Midlands –– | 4–1 | –– Central |
| FitzSimons 1', 33', 56' McCaw 25' | Report | Pearson 12' |
* Umpires: Melanie Oakden (NZL) Lucy Lawlor (NZL)
* 17 September 2017 17:00
| Northland –– | 4–3 | –– North Harbour |
| Michelsen 5' Ashton 15+' Neal 20' McBurnie 28' | Report | Polovnikoff 13' Teschke 14' Elliott 44' |
* Umpires: Joanne Cumming (NZL) Kelly Hudson (NZL)
* 19 September 2017 13:00
| Northland –– | 2–2 | –– Central |
| Nichol 53', 58' | Report | Ralph 7' Carey 17' |
| Penalties |||
| Neal Lench Pilmer Michelsen Gunson | 3–1 | Whitelock Norman Curtis Carey |
* Umpires: Karen Bennett (NZL) Lani Jackman (NZL)
* 19 September 2017 15:00
| North Harbour –– | 0–1 | –– Midlands |
| | Report | McCaw 36' |
* Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Katrina Woolf (NZL)

### Classification round

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 21 September 2017 | 21 September 2017 | | | |
| –– Auckland (pen.) | 1 (3) | | | |
| –– Auckland (pen.) | 1 (3) | 22 September 2017 | 22 September 2017 | | |
| –– Central | 1 (2) | 22 September 2017 | 22 September 2017 | |
| –– Central | 1 (2) | –– Auckland | 1 | |
| 21 September 2017 | 21 September 2017 | | –– Auckland | 1 | |
| 21 September 2017 | 21 September 2017 | –– Midlands | 3 | |
| –– Midlands | 1 | –– Midlands | 3 | |
| –– Midlands | 1 | | | | 24 September 2017 | 24 September 2017 |
| –– Capital | 0 | | | | 24 September 2017 | 24 September 2017 |
| –– Capital | 0 | | | | –– Midlands | 4 |
| 21 September 2017 | 21 September 2017 | | | | | –– Midlands | 4 |
| 21 September 2017 | 21 September 2017 | | | | –– Northland | 2 |
| –– Northland | 7 | | | | –– Northland | 2 |
| –– Northland | 7 | 22 September 2017 | 22 September 2017 | | | |
| –– Southern | 1 | 22 September 2017 | 22 September 2017 | | | |
| –– Southern | 1 | –– Northland | 3 | | | |
| 21 September 2017 | 21 September 2017 | | –– Northland | 3 | | | |
| 21 September 2017 | 21 September 2017 | –– North Harbour | 2 | | Third Place | Third Place |
| –– Canterbury | 1 | –– North Harbour | 2 | | Third Place | Third Place |
| –– Canterbury | 1 | | | | 24 September 2017 | 24 September 2017 |
| –– North Harbour | 2 | | | | 24 September 2017 | 24 September 2017 |
| –– North Harbour | 2 | | | | –– Auckland (pen.) | 1 (3) |
| | | | | | –– North Harbour | 1 (0) |

#### Quarter-finals

* 21 September 2017 13:00
| Northland –– | 7–1 | –– Southern |
| Neal 4', 37' Nichol 25', 28', 51' Gunson 33' Michelsen 35' | Report | McLean 44' |
* Umpires: Katrina Woolf (NZL) Julena Phillips (NZL)
* 21 September 2017 13:15
| Canterbury –– | 1–2 | –– North Harbour |
| Hayward 32' | Report | Dickins 18', 58' |
* Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Lani Jackman (NZL)
* 21 September 2017 15:00
| Auckland –– | 1–1 | –– Central |
| Inglis 6' | Report | Rainey 7' |
| Penalties |||
| Harrison King Jones Steele Middleton —— Harrison | 3–2 | Waddell P. Norman Curtis Phillips Pearson —— Curtis |
* Umpires: Karen Bennett (NZL) Lucy Lawlor (NZL)
* 21 September 2017 15:15
| Midlands –– | 1–0 | Capital –– |
| McCaw 4' | Report | |
* Umpires: Joanne Cumming (NZL) Melanie Oakden (NZL)

#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| 22 September 2017 | 22 September 2017 |
| –– Central (pen.) | 1 (3) |
| –– Central (pen.) | 1 (3) | 24 September 2017 | 24 September 2017 |
| –– Capital | 1 (1) | 24 September 2017 | 24 September 2017 |
| –– Capital | 1 (1) | –– Central | 3 |
| 22 September 2017 | 22 September 2017 | | –– Central | 3 |
| 22 September 2017 | 22 September 2017 | –– Canterbury | 1 |
| –– Southern | 1 | –– Canterbury | 1 |
| –– Canterbury | 7 | | |
| –– Canterbury | 7 | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 24 September 2017 | 24 September 2017 |
| | | –– Capital | 4 |
| | | –– Southern | 0 |

##### Crossover

* 22 September 2017 13:00
| Southern –– | 1–7 | –– Canterbury |
| Jopp 25' | Report | McCann 3', 5', 11', 58' Willis 12', 17', 56' |
* Umpires: Lucy Lawlor (NZL) Joanne Cumming (NZL)
* 22 September 2017 15:00
| Central –– | 1–1 | –– Capital |
| McCullough 22' | Report | Chan 38' |
| Penalties |||
| Waddell Pearson Curtis Phillips | 3–1 | Neil Lawton Roberts MacAdre |
* Umpires: Katrina Woolf (NZL) Lani Jackman (NZL)

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 24 September 2017 08:30
| Capital –– | 4–0 | –– Southern |
| Neil 18' Eastman 38' Edwards 39' Lawton 58' | Report | |
* Umpires: Julena Phillips (NZL) Lucy Lawlor (NZL)

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 24 September 2017 10:45
| Central –– | 3–1 | –– Canterbury |
| Ralph 52', 53' Whitelock 54' | Report | Kiddle 3' |
* Umpires: Katrina Woolf (NZL) Lani Jackman (NZL)

#### First to fourth place classification
##### Semi-finals

* 22 September 2017 17:00
| Northland –– | 3–2 | –– North Harbour |
| Nichol 2' Neal 58' Gunson 59' | Report | Pearce 22' Dickins 48' |
* Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Karen Bennett (NZL)
* 22 September 2017 19:00
| Auckland –– | 1–3 | –– Midlands |
| King 49' | Report | Savory 12' Gloyn 21' FitzSimons 25' |
* Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Melanie Oakden (NZL)

##### Third and fourth place

* 24 September 2017 09:00
| Auckland –– | 1–1 | –– North Harbour |
| King 48' | Report | Polovnikoff 59' |
| Penalties |||
| Harrison King Jones | 3–0 | Elliott Hyatt-Brown Dickins |
* Umpires: Joanne Cumming (NZL) Karen Bennett (NZL)

##### Final

* 24 September 2017 13:00
| Midlands –– | 4–2 | –– Northland |
| McCaw 14' Keddell 27' Charlton 30' Gloyn 33' | Report | Michelsen 31' Gunson 43' |
* Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Amber Church (NZL)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | –– Midlands | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 20 | Gold Medal |
| | –– Northland | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 18 | Silver Medal |
| | –– Auckland | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 16 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | –– North Harbour | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 7 | |
| 5 | –– Central | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 9 | |
| 6 | –– Canterbury | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 12 | |
| 7 | –– Capital | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | |
| 8 | –– Southern | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 27 | −22 | 0 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 89 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.71 goals per match.
6 goals
* –– Rachel McCann
* –– Jodie Nichol
5 goals
* –– Gemma McCaw
4 goals
* –– Natasha FitzSimons
* –– Stacey Michelsen
* –– Brooke Neal
* –– Stephanie Dickins
3 goals
* –– Julia King
* –– Margot Willis
* –– Hope Ralph
* –– Shiloh Gloyn
* –– Elizabeth Gunson
2 goals
* –– Bridget Kiddle
* –– Jessica Chisholm
* –– Amy Lawton
* –– Emma Rainey
* –– Ashlyn McBurnie
* –– Samantha Polovnikoff
* –– Tessa Jopp
* –– Maddison McLean
1 goal
* –– Deanna Ritchie
* –– Samantha Harrison
* –– Polly Inglis
* –– Phoebe Steele
* –– Louisa Tuilotolava
* –– Pippa Hayward
* –– Emily Wium
* –– Esther Chan
* –– Charlotte Eastman
* –– Bronie Edwards
* –– Imogen Neil
* –– Lydia Velzian
* –– Tinesha Carey
* –– Clodagh McCullough
* –– Holly Pearson
* –– Kayla Whitelock
* –– Samantha Charlton
* –– Rose Keddell
* –– Kate Savory
* –– Renee Ashton
* –– Tyler Lench
* –– Stephanie Elliot
* –– Kirsten Pearce
* –– Jana Teschke
* –– Ellie Duncan
Source: Hockey New Zealand