2012-13_Women's_FIH_Hockey_World_League

2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League

2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League

International field hockey competition

The 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League was the inaugural edition of the women's field hockey national team league series. The tournament started in August 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic and finished in December 2013 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.[1]

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The Semifinals of this competition also served as a qualifier for the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup as the 6 highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualified.

The Netherlands won the tournament's Final round for the first time after defeating Australia 5–1 in the final match. England won the third place match by defeating host nation Argentina 4–2 on a penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw.[2][3]

Qualification

Each 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. However, for different reasons, the final count of participating teams was 45.[4]

The 8 teams ranked between 1st and 8th in the FIH World Rankings current as of April 2011 received an automatic bye to the Semifinals while the 8 teams ranked between 9th and 16th received an automatic bye to Round 2. Those sixteen teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following:[5]

Schedule

Round 1

Main article: 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 1
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Round 2

Main article: 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2
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^1 – Ukraine and Canada withdrew from participating.

Semifinals

Main article: 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals
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Final

Main article: 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final
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Final ranking

FIH issued a final ranking to determine the world ranking. The final ranking was as follows:[6]

  1.  Netherlands
  2.  Australia
  3.  England
  4.  Argentina
  5.  New Zealand
  6.  China
  7.  Germany
  8.  South Korea
  9.  Japan
  10.  United States
  11.  Belgium
  12.  Italy
  13.  South Africa
  14.  India
  15.  Spain
  16.  Chile
  17.  Malaysia
  18.  Scotland
  19.  Belarus
  20.  Azerbaijan
  21.  Uruguay
  22.  Russia
  23.  Ireland
  24.  Austria
  25.  Trinidad and Tobago
  26.  Kazakhstan
  27.  Ghana
  28.  Czech Republic
  29.  Brazil
  30.  Fiji

References

  1. [1]
    "The Hockey World League 2012". FIH.ch. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Paumen inspires Netherlands to World League glory". FIH. 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  3. [3]
    "Hinch & Walton seal Bronze for England". FIH. 2013-12-08. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  4. [4]
    "Line-up for World League Revealed". FIH. 2011-10-23. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  5. [5]
    "Invitation letters sent for FIH World League". FIH. 2011-02-21. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  6. [6]
    "FIH Women's World Rankings – 9 December 2013" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. FIH.ch. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
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