The Istria Cup 2017 was the 5th edition of the women's football invitation tournament for national teams , which had been held since 2013 (at that time as the Slavic Cup 2013 ) and was held at various venues in Croatia from March 1, 2017 . The tournament ran parallel to the Algarve and Cyprus Cups , but stronger teams took part. The games took place in the City Stadium (Stella Maris Complex) in Umag as well as in Dajla and Poreč .
The eight teams played in their group each against each other for the placement. The best score, then the direct comparison and only then the goal difference was decisive for the placement.
Finally, there were placement games, in which the teams of the two groups of equal rank met each other.
Since FIFA classified the games as “ friendly ”, each team was allowed to make six substitutions per game. The games against the B teams were not counted by FIFA and are therefore not included in the FIFA world ranking .