# 2017 Women's Cape Town Summer Series

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.
England finished in first place, topping the pool at the conclusion of the matches.

## 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 | |

### 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)
* 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)
* 22 January 2017 16:00
| China | 2–1 | Chile |
| Cong 8' Yu 27' | Report | Tala 33' |
* Umpires: Lizé Strydom (RSA) Wanri Venter (RSA)
* 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)
* 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)
* 28 January 2017 16:00
| Chile | 0–2 | China |
| | Report | Zhao 45' Song Q. 58' |
* Umpires: Chantelle Britz (RSA) Tanja Schafer (RSA)
* 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)
* 30 January 2017 18:00
| Belgium | 1–0 | South Africa |
| Weyns 55' | Report | |
* Umpires: Andrea Nicholson (RSA) Claire Cowan (RSA)
* 1 February 2017 18:00
| China | 2–1 | Belgium |
| Gu 14' Bao 60' | Report | Scheerlinck 27' |
* Umpires: Lyndal Robertson (RSA) Andrea Nicholson (RSA)
* 2 February 2017 18:00
| Belgium | 3–0 | China |
| Steenackers 6' Fobe 11' Gerniers 51' | Report | |
* Umpires: Claire Cowan (RSA) Lyndal Robertson (RSA)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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
* Candice Manuel
4 goals
* Gu Bingfeng
3 goals
* Bao Qianqian
2 goals
* Alix Gerniers
* Zhang Xiaoxue
* Bernadette Coston
* Lisa-Marié Deetlefs
1 goal
* Jill Boon
* Aliné Fobe
* Anouk Raes
* Lisa Scheerlinck
* Silke Steenackers
* Anne-Sophie Weyns
* María Maldonado
* Constanza Palma
* Francisca Tala
* Manuela Urroz
* Gao Lihua
* Sun Xiaomei
* Song Xiaoming
* Song Qingling
* Yu Qian
* Zhao Yudiao
* Cong Zengyu
* Grace Balsdon
* Sarah Haycroft
* Joanne Hunter
* Joie Leigh
* Lily Owsley
* Erica Sanders
* Eloise Watton
* Quanita Bobbs
* Dirkie Chamberlain
* Sulette Damons
* Illse Davids
* Tarryn Glasby
* Marizen Marais
* Jade Mayne
* Lilian du Plessis
* Shelley Russell