2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2

The 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 was held in March and April 2017. A total of 24 teams competing in three events took part in this round of the tournament playing for 8 berths in the Semifinals, played in June and July 2017.

Qualification[]

9 teams ranked between 12th and 20th in the FIH World Rankings current at the time of seeking entries for the competition qualified automatically. However, South Africa was chosen to host a Semifinal, hence exempt from Round 2 and leaving 8 teams qualified. Additionally 14 teams qualified from Round 1 as well as two nations that did not meet ranking criteria and were exempt from Round 1 to host a Round 2 tournament.^[1] The following 24 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this round of the tournament.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
	Ranked 12th to 20th in the FIH World Rankings		8	Malaysia (13)  Ireland (10)  Canada (11)  Japan (16)  Poland (19)  France (17)  Russia (22)  Egypt (20)
	Host nation		2	Bangladesh (32)  Trinidad and Tobago (33)
9–17 April 2016	2016–17 FIH Hockey World League Round 1	Singapore	2	China (18)  Sri Lanka (41)
28 June–2 July 2016		Suva, Fiji	1	Fiji (44)
30 August–4 September 2016		Prague, Czech Republic	2	Ukraine (24)  Italy (35)
6–11 September 2016		Glasgow, Scotland	3	Wales (34)  Scotland (27)   Switzerland (30)
9–11 September 2016		Antalya, Turkey	2	Austria (21)  Oman (31)
9–11 September 2016		Accra, Ghana	1	Ghana (38)
27 September–2 October 2016		Salamanca, Mexico	2	United States (29)  Barbados (49)
1–9 October 2016		Chiclayo, Peru	1	Chile (26)
Total			24

Dhaka[]

• Dhaka, Bangladesh, 4–12 March 2017.

All times are local (UTC+6).

First round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malaysia	3	3	0	0	0	20	2	+18	9	Quarterfinals
2	Oman	3	2	0	0	1	11	8	+3	6
3	Bangladesh (H)	3	1	0	0	2	7	7	0	3
4	Fiji	3	0	0	0	3	2	23	−21	0

4 March 2017 13:45 Oman  7–0  Fiji  24'  27', 38', 46'  35'  45'  58' Report Umpires: Tao Zhinan (CHN) Dayan Dissanayake (SRI)

4 March 2017 16:00 Malaysia  3–0  Bangladesh Jalil  5'  19'  54' Report Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Sherif El-Amari (EGY)

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5 March 2017 13:45 Oman  1–6  Malaysia  37' Report Saabah  11' Rahim  26' Ahmad  33', 48'  42', 53' Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Tao Zhinan (CHN)

5 March 2017 16:00 Bangladesh  5–1  Fiji  26', 51' Mahmud  37', 41' Islam  58' Report  32' Umpires: Sherif El-Amari (EGY) Alfred Akrong (GHA)

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7 March 2017 09:15 Malaysia  11–1  Fiji Saabah  2', 12', 23', 59'  3', 22' Ahmad  10' Saari  11', 55', 58' Rahim  17' Report Edwards  29' Umpires: Alfred Akrong (GHA) Sherif El-Amari (EGY)

7 March 2017 16:00 Bangladesh  2–3  Oman  9' Sarkar  17' Report  15'  25'  26' Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Tao Zhinan (CHN)

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	2	0	1	0	14	6	+8	7	Quarterfinals
2	Egypt	3	1	2	0	0	9	5	+4	7
3	Ghana	3	1	0	1	1	9	12	−3	4
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	0	0	3	7	16	−9	0

4 March 2017 09:15 China  7–3  Ghana  3', 53'  12'  15'  21'  42'  58' Report  23', 56'  33' Umpires: Puvalagan Paskaran (MAS) Khalil Al-Balushi (OMA)

4 March 2017 11:30 Egypt  6–2  Sri Lanka  15', 59'  23', 56' El-Naggar  52'  58' Report  41'  58' Umpires: Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS) Shahbaz Ali (BAN)

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5 March 2017 09:15 Ghana  5–4  Sri Lanka  8', 24', 57'  25'  26' Report  9'  43'  43'  46' Umpires: Shahbaz Ali (BAN) Harry Heritage (FIJ)

5 March 2017 11:30 Egypt  2–2  China El-Naggar  28'  53' Report  3'  9' Penalties 3–2 Umpires: Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS) Khalil Al-Balushi (OMA)

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7 March 2017 11:30 China  5–1  Sri Lanka  6', 44'  10'  41'  55' Report  11' Umpires: Harry Heritage (FIJ) Puvalagan Paskaran (MAS)

7 March 2017 13:45 Ghana  1–1  Egypt  34' Report  23' Penalties 2–4 Umpires: Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS) Shahbaz Ali (BAN)

Second round[]

Bracket[]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	9 March
	Malaysia	5
					11 March
	Sri Lanka	2
					Malaysia	5
	9 March
					Egypt	0
	Egypt	5
									12 March
	Bangladesh	1
									Malaysia (p.s.o.)	2 (5)
	9 March
									China	2 (3)
	Oman	4
					11 March
	Ghana	3
					Oman	1
	9 March
					China	5			Third place
	China	17
									12 March
	Fiji	0
									Egypt	5
									Oman	1

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	11 March
	Sri Lanka	0
					12 March
	Bangladesh	9
					Bangladesh (p.s.o.)	3 (4)
	11 March
					Ghana	3 (3)
	Ghana	11
	Fiji	2
					Seventh place
					12 March
					Sri Lanka	5
					Fiji	3

Quarterfinals[]

9 March 2017 09:15 Malaysia  5–2  Sri Lanka  9', 22' Ahmad  18'  23'  29' Report  14'  27' Umpires: Alfred Akrong (GHA) Shahbaz Ali (BAN)

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9 March 2017 11:30 China  17–0  Fiji  1', 33', 35'  2'  10', 20', 42'  11'  17'  21', 60'  23', 51' Lu  28'  30'  49'  54' Report Umpires: Dayan Dissanayake (SRI) Khalil Al-Balushi (OMA)

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9 March 2017 13:45 Oman  4–3  Ghana  6'  17'  34'  37' Report  18', 49'  59' Umpires: Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS) Sherif El-Amari (EGY)

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9 March 2017 16:05 Egypt  5–1  Bangladesh  4'  17', 49'  30'  55' Report Islam  17' Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Tao Zhinan (CHN)

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

Crossover[]

11 March 2017 09:15 Sri Lanka  0–9  Bangladesh Report  1', 24' M. Hossain  11', 32', 59' Islam  46' A. Hossain  49', 58' Mahmud  56' Umpires: Tao Zhinan (CHN) Harry Heritage (FIJ)

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11 March 2017 11:30 Ghana  11–2  Fiji  6', 20', 21', 22', 56'  11'  17'  25'  29'  32'  46' Report  18'  43' Umpires: Dayan Dissanayake (SRI) Puvalagan Paskaran (MAS)

Seventh and eighth place[]

12 March 2017 09:15 Sri Lanka  5–3  Fiji  10'  18', 29'  41'  48' Report  6'  21'  49' Umpires: Shahbaz Ali (BAN) Alfred Akrong (GHA)

Fifth and sixth place[]

12 March 2017 11:45 Bangladesh  3–3  Ghana  19', 21' Mahmud  60+' Report  17'  43'  53' Penalties Islam Sarkar Mahmud 4–3 Umpires: Khalil Al-Balushi (OMA) Puvalagan Paskaran (MAS)

First to fourth place classification[]

Semifinals[]

11 March 2017 13:45 Malaysia  5–0  Egypt Rahim  15+' Saari  25' Ahmad  30' Saabah  44'  49' Report Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Shahbaz Ali (BAN)

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11 March 2017 16:00 Oman  1–5  China  53' Report  5', 13', 40'  36'  56' Umpires: Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS) Sherif El-Amari (EGY)

Third and fourth place[]

12 March 2017 13:45 Egypt  5–1  Oman  11'  13', 60'  54', 59' Report  21' Umpires: Tao Zhinan (CHN) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

Final[]

12 March 2017 16:00 Malaysia  2–2  China Saabah  46'  55' Report  15+'  22' Penalties Jalil Ahmad Saari 5–3 Umpires: Sherif El-Amari (EGY) Zeke Newman (AUS)

Final ranking[]

Qualified for Semifinals

Rank	Team
1	Malaysia
2	China
3	Egypt
4	Oman
5	Bangladesh
6	Ghana
7	Sri Lanka
8	Fiji

Belfast[]

• Belfast, Northern Ireland, 11–19 March 2017.

All times are local (UTC±0).

First round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland (H)	3	2	1	0	0	11	3	+8	8	Quarterfinals
2	Austria	3	1	1	1	0	6	4	+2	6
3	Italy	3	1	0	1	1	7	4	+3	4
4	Ukraine	3	0	0	0	3	6	19	−13	0

11 March 2017 15:00 Ireland  9–2  Ukraine  8'  15', 26' O'Donoghue  20'  26'  42' Harte  54'  58'  59' Report  9'  60' Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Ian Diamond (SCO)

11 March 2017 17:15 Austria  1–1  Italy  22' Report  18' Penalties 4–3 Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Jamie Hooper (WAL)

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12 March 2017 14:30 Austria  1–1  Ireland  59' Report  3' Penalties 2–4 Harte Magee O'Donoghue Umpires: Sebastien Duterme (BEL) Jamie Hooper (WAL)

12 March 2017 16:45 Ukraine  2–6  Italy  2'  46' Report  13'  28'  28'  32'  41', 58' Umpires: Ian Diamond (SCO) Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

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14 March 2017 14:30 Ireland  1–0  Italy  25' Report Umpires: Sebastien Duterme (BEL) Jamie Hooper (WAL)

14 March 2017 16:45 Ukraine  2–4  Austria  13'  22' Report  10'  23', 28'  24' Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Quarterfinals
2	Wales	3	1	1	0	1	5	4	+1	5
3	Scotland	3	1	0	1	1	5	6	−1	4
4	Poland	3	0	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

11 March 2017 10:30 France  3–1  Scotland Martin-Brisac  26' Charlet  41'  45' Report Forsyth  50' Umpires: Sebastien Duterme (BEL) Oliver Tarnoczi (AUT)

11 March 2017 12:45 Poland  1–3  Wales  52' Report  25'  33' Shipperley  53' Umpires: Vincenzo Ilgrande (ITA) Malcolm Coombes (IRL)

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12 March 2017 10:30 Poland  1–3  France  46' Report Charlet  5'  24'  45' Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Oliver Tarnoczi (AUT)

12 March 2017 12:45 Scotland  2–2  Wales  4' Forsyth  8' Report  6'  52' Penalties Forsyth 2–4 Umpires: Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR) Malcolm Coombes (IRL)

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14 March 2017 10:00 Scotland  2–1  Poland Forsyth  2', 56' Report  33' Umpires: Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR) Vincenzo Ilgrande (ITA)

14 March 2017 12:45 France  1–0  Wales  9' Report Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Ian Diamond (SCO)

Second round[]

Bracket[]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	16 March
	Ireland	5
					18 March
	Poland	1
					Ireland	3
	16 March
					Wales	1
	Wales	3
									19 March
	Italy	0
									Ireland (p.s.o.)	1 (4)
	16 March
									France	1 (2)
	Austria	5 (2)
					18 March
	Scotland (p.s.o.)	5 (4)
					Scotland	0
	16 March
					France	2			Third place
	France	11
									19 March
	Ukraine	2
									Wales	0
									Scotland	4

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	18 March
	Poland	2
					19 March
	Italy	1
					Poland	1
	18 March
					Austria	2
	Austria	6
	Ukraine	1
					Seventh place
					19 March
					Italy	4
					Ukraine	2

Quarterfinals[]

16 March 2017 10:00 France  11–2  Ukraine Tynevez  9', 60'  12' Masson  15', 45'  19', 57'  22' Van Straaten  41'  54' Lockwood  55' Report  50'  56' Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Oliver Tarnoczi (AUT)

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16 March 2017 12:15 Wales  3–0  Italy  15+', 21' Shipperley  43' Report Umpires: Sebastien Duterme (BEL) Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)

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16 March 2017 14:30 Austria  5–5  Scotland  2'  18', 32', 60'  40' Report Forsyth  9', 22', 43'  34'  59' Penalties 2–4 Forsyth Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Malcolm Coombes (IRL)

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16 March 2017 16:45 Ireland  5–1  Poland  20', 58' Magee  21' O'Donoghue  26', 34' Report  51' Umpires: Ian Diamond (SCO) Vincenzo Ilgrande (ITA)

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

Crossover[]

18 March 2017 10:00 Austria  6–1  Ukraine  21', 25', 54'  29'  37'  43' Report  18' Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

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18 March 2017 12:45 Poland  2–1  Italy  8'  39' Report  9' Umpires: Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR) Jamie Hooper (WAL)

Seventh and eighth place[]

19 March 2017 10:00 Ukraine  2–4  Italy  6'  14' Report  6', 9'  15'  22' Umpires: Oliver Tarnoczi (AUT) Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

Fifth and sixth place[]

19 March 2017 12:15 Austria  2–1  Poland  3', 18' Report  18' Umpires: Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR) Malcolm Coombes (IRL)

First to fourth place classification[]

Semifinals[]

18 March 2017 14:30 Ireland  3–1  Wales O'Donoghue  18'  25'  48' Report  11' Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Ian Diamond (SCO)

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18 March 2017 16:45 Scotland  0–2  France Report Van Straaten  15' Charlet  22' Umpires: Sebastien Duterme (BEL) Vincenzo Ilgrande (ITA)

Third and fourth place[]

19 March 2017 14:30 Wales  0–4  Scotland Report  23', 54'  42'  55' Umpires: Sebastien Duterme (BEL) Xavier Fenaert (FRA)

Final[]

19 March 2017 16:45 Ireland  1–1  France O'Donoghue  52' Report Charlet  30' Penalties Harte Magee O'Donoghue 4–2 Lockwood Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Vincenzo Ilgrande (ITA)

Final ranking[]

Qualified for Semifinals

Rank	Team
1	Ireland
2	France
3	Scotland
4	Wales
5	Austria
6	Poland
7	Italy
8	Ukraine

Tacarigua[]

• Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago, 25 March–2 April 2017.

All times are local (UTC−4).

First round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	0	19	3	+16	9	Quarterfinals
2	United States	3	1	1	0	1	11	7	+4	5
3	Chile	3	1	0	1	1	5	8	−3	4
4	Barbados	3	0	0	0	3	2	19	−17	0

25 March 2017 13:15 Canada  4–2  United States Pereira  10' Ho-Garcia  19' Tupper  44' Johnston  55' Report  46'  55' Umpires: Federico García (URU) Chahir Panschiri (SUI)

25 March 2017 15:30 Chile  2–1  Barbados  10'  46' Report  42' Umpires: Michihiko Watanabe (JPN) Dimitry Zhabin (RUS)

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26 March 2017 13:15 United States  7–1  Barbados  10', 50'  11'  20'  28'  39'  57' Report  53' Umpires: Michihiko Watanabe (JPN) Dimitry Zhabin (RUS)

26 March 2017 15:30 Chile  1–5  Canada Fer. Renz  32' Report Pearson  40', 44' Johnston  41' Pereira  47' Tupper  50' Umpires: Donny Gobinsingh (TTO) Chahir Panschiri (SUI)

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28 March 2017 15:30 United States  2–2  Chile  45'  46' Report Martín  21'  32' Penalties 2–0 Rodríguez Martín Umpires: Federico García (URU) Donny Gobinsingh (TTO)

28 March 2017 17:45 Canada  10–0  Barbados Ho-Garcia  3', 3', 20' Johnston  13', 38', 39' Curran  15' Sarmento  29' Pearson  45', 50' Report Umpires: Chahir Panschiri (SUI) Michihiko Watanabe (JPN)

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	3	2	0	0	1	8	5	+3	6
3	Trinidad and Tobago (H)	3	1	0	0	2	8	10	−2	3
4	Switzerland	3	0	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

25 March 2017 17:45 Japan  3–0   Switzerland Ke. Tanaka  3', 15', 34' Report Umpires: Guillermo Poblete (CHI) Shane Lewis (BAR)

25 March 2017 20:00 Russia  3–1  Trinidad and Tobago  28'  37'  58' Report  3' Umpires: Andrés Ledesma (ARG) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

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26 March 2017 17:45 Russia  1–3  Japan  54' Report Ke. Tanaka  14', 15' Fukuda  22' Umpires: Andrés Ledesma (ARG) Lance Sarabia (USA)

26 March 2017 20:00 Switzerland   2–6  Trinidad and Tobago  5'  50' Report  8'  26' Browne  27', 28'  37'  59' Umpires: Federico García (URU) Shane Lewis (BAR)

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28 March 2017 13:15 Switzerland   1–4  Russia  44' Report  28', 45'  31'  35' Umpires: Lance Sarabia (USA) Guillermo Poblete (CHI)

28 March 2017 20:00 Japan  5–1  Trinidad and Tobago Fukuda  6', 21' Ke. Tanaka  30' Yamada  52' Ka. Tanaka  58' Report  49' Umpires: Tyler Klenk (CAN) Andrés Ledesma (ARG)

Second round[]

Bracket[]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	30 March
	Canada	2
					1 April
	Switzerland	1
					Canada	4
	30 March
					Russia	1
	Russia	4
									2 April
	Chile	2
									Canada	1
	30 March
									Japan	2
	United States (p.s.o.)	2 (3)
					1 April
	Trinidad and Tobago	2 (2)
					United States	0
	30 March
					Japan	2			Third place
	Japan	5
									2 April
	Barbados	0
									Russia	2 (1)
									United States (p.s.o.)	2 (2)

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	1 April
	Switzerland	4
					2 April
	Chile	2
					Switzerland	2
	1 April
					Trinidad and Tobago	3
	Trinidad and Tobago	3
	Barbados	1
					Seventh place
					2 April
					Chile (p.s.o.)	0 (3)
					Barbados	0 (1)

Quarterfinals[]

30 March 2017 13:15 Canada  2–1   Switzerland Tupper  38', 54' Report  41' Umpires: Donny Gobinsingh (TTO) Dimitry Zhabin (RUS)

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30 March 2017 15:30 Russia  4–2  Chile  8'  19'  26'  32' Report  56'  60' Umpires: Michihiko Watanabe (JPN) Shane Lewis (BAR)

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30 March 2017 17:45 Japan  5–0  Barbados Ke. Tanaka  1' S. Tanaka  10' Yamada  24' Zendana  37' Fukuda  53' Report Umpires: Lance Sarabia (USA) Guillermo Poblete (CHI)

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30 March 2017 20:00 United States  2–2  Trinidad and Tobago  44'  59' Report Pierre  23'  43' Penalties 3–2 Pierre Umpires: Federico García (URU) Andrés Ledesma (ARG)

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

Crossover[]

1 April 2017 13:15 Switzerland   4–2  Chile  5'  30'  34'  52' Report  10'  18' Umpires: Lance Sarabia (USA) Donny Gobinsingh (TTO)

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1 April 2017 15:30 Trinidad and Tobago  3–1  Barbados  20', 42', 60' Report  59' Umpires: Dimitry Zhabin (RUS) Chahir Panschiri (SUI)

Seventh and eighth place[]

2 April 2017 13:15 Chile  0–0  Barbados Report Penalties Martín Rodríguez 3–1 Umpires: Chahir Panschiri (SUI) Lance Sarabia (USA)

Fifth and sixth place[]

2 April 2017 15:30 Switzerland   2–3  Trinidad and Tobago  16'  21' Report  10'  43'  45' Umpires: Shane Lewis (BAR) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

First to fourth place classification[]

Semifinals[]

1 April 2017 17:45 Canada  4–1  Russia Pearson  20', 48' Tupper  26', 29' Report  11' Umpires: Federico García (URU) Michihiko Watanabe (JPN)

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1 April 2017 20:00 United States  0–2  Japan Report  34'  60' Umpires: Andrés Ledesma (ARG) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

Third and fourth place[]

2 April 2017 17:45 Russia  2–2  United States  34'  54' Report  45'  47' Penalties 1–2 Umpires: Michihiko Watanabe (JPN) Andrés Ledesma (ARG)

Final[]

2 April 2017 20:00 Canada  1–2  Japan Tupper  31' Report Ke. Tanaka  35'  40' Umpires: Federico García (URU) Dimitry Zhabin (RUS)

Final ranking[]

Qualified for Semifinals

Rank	Team
1	Japan
2	Canada
3	United States
4	Russia
5	Trinidad and Tobago
6	Switzerland
7	Chile
8	Barbados

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (Dhaka)
• Official website (Belfast)
• Official website (Tacarigua)