FIH Hockey World League

FIH Hockey World League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League
2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League
Sport Field hockey
Founded 2012
No. of teams +32
Continent International (FIH)
Most recent
champion(s)
M: Australia (1st title)
W: Argentina (1st title)
Most titles M: Netherlands &  Australia (1 title)
W: Netherlands &  Argentina (1 title)
Official website World League Info

The FIH Hockey World League is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The competition, which is held over two years, also serves as the qualifier for the Hockey World Cup (men and women's) and the Olympic Games.[1]

Format

Both men and women's tournament have four rounds of competition. For each edition the FIH decides the amount of events and teams for each round.

The number of Round 1 events varies in each cycle depending on the number of participating national teams. Teams are grouped regionally, although European teams are split in several tournaments. The remaining rounds have teams selected with no regional restrictions.

The top teams receive a bye to a Round 2 or Semifinal event depending on the FIH World Rankings at the time of seeking entries, number which also varies depending on the edition.[2]

Year Teams Round 1 Round 2 Semifinals Final
Men Women Men Women
2012–13[3] 54 45 9 events of 3 to 5 teams 6 events of 2 to 6 teams 4 events of 6 teams 2 events of 8 teams 1 event of 8 teams
2014–15[4] 56 51 9 events of 4 to 8 teams 7 events of 3 to 9 teams 3 events of 8 teams 2 events of 10 teams 1 event of 8 teams

Men

Summaries

Year Final host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2012–13
Details
New Delhi, India
Netherlands
7–2
New Zealand

England
2–1
Australia
2014–15
Details
Raipur, India
Australia
2–1
Belgium

India
5–5
(3–2 pen.)

Netherlands
2016–17
Details
India

Performance by nation

Team Titles Runners-up Third places Fourth places
 Netherlands 1 (2012–13) 1 (2014–15)
 Australia 1 (2014–15) 1 (2012–13)
 New Zealand 1 (2012–13)
 Belgium 1 (2014–15)
 England 1 (2012–13)
 India 1 (2014–15*)
* = host nation

Team appearances

Team 2012–13 2014–15 Appearances at the Final
 Argentina 8th5th2
 Australia 4th1st2
 Austria 22nd19th
 Azerbaijan 31st
 Bangladesh 19th28th
 Belarus 33rd
 Belgium 5th2nd2
 Brazil 31st
 Canada 18th8th1
 Chile 20th26th
 China 23rd20th
 Czech Republic 30th27th
 England~ 3rd6th2
 Egypt 25th18th
 Fiji 32nd
 France 16th14th
 Germany 7th7th2
 India 6th3rd2
 Ireland 14th9th
 Italy 29th
 Japan 12th16th
 Malaysia 11th12th
 Mexico 35th
 Netherlands 1st4th2
 New Zealand 2nd11th1
 Oman 29th23rd
 Pakistan 13th15th
 Poland 27th17th
 Portugal 33rd
 Russia 17th21st
 Scotland 24th
 Singapore 32nd
 South Africa 15th22nd
 South Korea 9th13th
 Spain 10th10th
  Switzerland 25th
 Trinidad and Tobago 26th34th
 Ukraine 21st24th
 United States 28th30th
* = host nation
~ = includes results representing Great Britain

Women

Summaries

Year Final host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2012–13
Details
San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Netherlands
5–1
Australia

England
1–1
(4–2 pen.)

Argentina
2014–15
Details
Rosario, Argentina
Argentina
5–1
New Zealand

Germany
6–2
China
2016–17
Details
Auckland, New Zealand

Performance by nation

Team Titles Runners-up Third places Fourth places
 Argentina 1 (2014–15*) 1 (2012–13*)
 Netherlands 1 (2012–13)
 Australia 1 (2012–13)
 New Zealand 1 (2014–15)
 England 1 (2012–13)
 Germany 1 (2014–15)
 China 1 (2014–15)
* = host nation

Team appearances

Team 2012–13 2014–15 Appearances at the Final
 Argentina 4th1st2
 Australia 2nd6th2
 Austria 24th28th
 Azerbaijan 20th38th
 Belarus 19th23rd
 Belgium 11th13th
 Brazil 29th
 Canada 17th
 Chile 16th21st
 China 6th4th2
 Czech Republic 28th
 Dominican Republic 33rd
 England~ 3rd7th2
 Fiji 30th
 France 20th
 Germany 7th3rd2
 Ghana 27th34th
 India 14th10th
 Ireland 23rd15th
 Italy 12th16th
 Japan 9th12th
 Kazakhstan 26th29th
 Kenya 35th
 Lithuania 31st
 Malaysia 17th22nd
 Mexico 25th
 Netherlands 1st5th2
 New Zealand 5th2nd2
 Poland 18th
 Russia 22nd27th
 Scotland 18th
 Singapore 36th
 South Africa 13th14th
 South Korea 8th8th2
 Spain 15th11th
 Thailand 24th
 Trinidad and Tobago 25th30th
 Turkey 37th
 Ukraine 32nd
 United States 10th9th
 Uruguay 21st19th
* = host nation
~ = includes results representing Great Britain

References

  1. "FIH World League will replace Olympic, WC qualifiers". The Times of India. 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
  2. "A Newcomers Guide: World League 101". International Hockey Federation. 2012-08-21. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
  3. "FIH Hockey World League" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  4. "Hockey World League 2014 / 2015" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
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