The 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League was the second edition of women's field hockey national team league series. The tournament started in June 2014 in Singapore and finished in December 2015 in Rosario, Argentina.[1][2]
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 51 | ||
| Venue(s) | 13 (in 13 host cities) | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Argentina (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up |  New Zealand | ||
| Third place |  Germany | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 212 | ||
| Goals scored | 1036 (4.89 per match) | ||
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The Semifinals of this competition also served as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympics as 7 highest placed teams apart from the five continental champions qualified.
Argentina won the tournament's Final round for the first time after defeating New Zealand 5–1 in the final. Germany won the third place match by defeating China 6–2.[3][4]
Qualification
editEach national association member of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) had the opportunity to compete in the tournament, and after seeking entries to participate, 51 teams were announced to compete.
The 11 teams ranked between 1st and 11th in the FIH World Rankings current at early 2013 received an automatic bye to the Semifinals while the 8 teams ranked between 12th and 19th received an automatic bye to Round 2. Scotland would have qualified as the nineteenth ranked team but will compete as Great Britain as in every Olympic Qualifying Tournament, giving its berth to twentieth ranked Russia. Those nineteen teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following:[5][6]
Netherlands (1)
Argentina (2)
New Zealand (3)
Great Britain (4)
Germany (5)
Australia (6)
China (7)
South Korea (8)
Japan (9)
United States (10)
South Africa (11)
India (12)
Belgium (13)
Ireland (14)
Spain (15)
Azerbaijan (16)
Italy (17)
Chile (18)
Russia (20)
Schedule
editRound 1
edit| Dates | Location | Teams | Round 2 Quotas |
Round 2 Qualifier(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21–26 June 2014 | Singapore |  Hong Kong Kazakhstan Malaysia Myanmar Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand
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4 | Malaysia Kazakhstan Thailand Singapore
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| 27–29 June 2014 | Šiauliai, Lithuania |  Belarus Lithuania Poland Ukraine
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3 | Belarus Ukraine Lithuania
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| 5–7 September 2014 | Hradec Králové, Czech Republic |  Austria Czech Republic France Turkey
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3 | France Austria Czech Republic
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| 5–7 September 2014 | Nairobi, Kenya |  Ghana Kenya Tanzania
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1 | Kenya
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| 11–14 September 2014 | Guadalajara, Mexico |  Canada Guatemala Mexico Peru
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2 | Canada Mexico
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| 30 September–5 October 2014 | Kingston, Jamaica |  Barbados Dominican Republic Jamaica Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago
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2 | Trinidad and Tobago Dominican Republic
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| 6–11 December 2014 | Suva, Fiji |  Fiji Papua New Guinea Samoa Vanuatu
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1 | Fiji
|
Round 2
edit| Dates | Location | Teams Qualified | Semifinals Quotas |
Semifinals Qualifiers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | By Ranking | From Round 1 | ||||
| 14-22 February 2015 | Montevideo, Uruguay |  Uruguay
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 Azerbaijan Italy
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Dominican Republic France Kenya Mexico Trinidad and Tobago
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3 | Italy Uruguay Azerbaijan
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| 7–15 March 2015 | New Delhi, India |  India
|
 Russia
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Ghana Kazakhstan Malaysia Poland Singapore Thailand
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2 | India Poland
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| 14–22 March 2015 | Dublin, Ireland |  Ireland
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 Chile
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Austria Belarus Canada Lithuania Turkey1 Ukraine
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2 | Ireland Canada
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- ^1 – The Czech Republic withdrew from participating and Turkey took their place.
Semifinals
edit| Dates | Location | Teams Qualified | Final Quotas |
Final Qualifiers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | By Ranking | From Round 2 | ||||
| 10–21 June 2015 | Valencia, Spain |  Spain
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Argentina China Germany Great Britain South Africa United States
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Canada Ireland Uruguay
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4 | Great Britain China Germany Argentina
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| 20 June–5 July 2015 | Antwerp, Belgium |  Belgium
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 Australia Japan Netherlands New Zealand South Korea
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France2 India Italy Poland
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4 | Australia Netherlands New Zealand South Korea
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- ^2 – Azerbaijan withdrew from participating and France took their place.[7]
Final
edit| Dates | Location | Teams Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host | From Semifinals | ||
| 5–13 December 2015 | Rosario, Argentina | Argentina
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Australia China Germany Great Britain Netherlands New Zealand South Korea
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Final ranking
editReference:[8]
- Argentina
- New Zealand
- Germany
- China
- Netherlands
- Australia
- Great Britain
- South Korea
- United States
- India
- Spain
- Japan
- Belgium
- South Africa
- Ireland
- Italy
Canada
Poland
Uruguay
France- Chile
Malaysia
Belarus
Thailand
Mexico- Not specified
- Russia
Austria
Kazakhstan
Trinidad and Tobago
Lithuania
Ukraine
Dominican Republic
Ghana
Kenya
Singapore
Turkey- Azerbaijan
References
edit- ^ "FIH unveils event hosts for 2015-2018 cycle". FIH. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
- ^ "FIH unveils plans for 2nd edition of Hockey World League". FIH. 2013-12-18. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
- ^ "Argentina hit high five against New Zealand to win Argentina HWL Final". FIH. 2015-12-13. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ^ "Germany go from bottom of the pool to third place in Argentina HWL Final". FIH. 2015-12-13. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ^ "FIH Women's World Rankings - 8 October 2012" (PDF). FIH. 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
- ^ "Explanatory Note about the Format of Hockey World League 2014 / 2015" (PDF). FIH. 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
- ^ "FINTRO Hockey World League Semi-Finals - Antwerp: France replace Azerbaijan in women's competition". FIH. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
- ^ FIH Women's Ranking November 2015 - FIH official website
