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2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League

2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League

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The 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League was the second season of the men's field hockey national team league series. The tournament started in July 2014 in Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia and finished in December 2015 in Raipur, India.[1][2][3]

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The Semifinals of this competition also served as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympics as the 6 highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualified.

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

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, 56 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. Those nineteen teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following:[5][6]

Schedule

Round 1

Main article: 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 1
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Round 2

Main article: 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2
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^1 – Fiji and Sri Lanka withdrew from participating and Oman and Ukraine took their place.

Semifinals

Main article: 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals
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Final

Main article: 2014–15 Men'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:[7]

  1.  Australia
  2.  Belgium
  3.  India
  4.  Netherlands
  5.  Argentina
  6.  Great Britain
  7.  Germany
  8.  Canada
  9.  Ireland
  10.  Spain
  11.  New Zealand
  12.  Malaysia
  13.  South Korea
  14.  France
  15.  Pakistan
  16.  Japan
  17.  Poland
  18.  Egypt
  19.  Austria
  20.  China
  21.  Russia
  22.  South Africa
  23.  Oman
  24.  Ukraine
  25.   Switzerland
  26.  Chile
  27.  Czech Republic
  28.  Bangladesh
  29.  Italy
  30.  United States
  31.  Azerbaijan
  32.  Singapore
  33.  Belarus
  34.  Trinidad and Tobago
  35.  Mexico

References

  1. [1]
    "FIH unveils event hosts for 2015-2018 cycle". FIH. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  2. [2]
    "FIH unveils plans for 2nd edition of Hockey World League". FIH. 2013-12-18. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
  3. [3]
    "Raipur, India confirmed host of the 2015 Men's Hockey World League Final". FIH. 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
  4. [4]
    "Australia crowned Hero Hockey World League champions". FIH. 2015-12-06. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  5. [5]
    "FIH Men's World Rankings - 10 December 2012" (PDF). FIH. 2012-12-10. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  6. [6]
    "Explanatory Note about the Format of Hockey World League 2014 / 2015" (PDF). FIH. 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  7. [7]
    "FIH MEN'S WORLD RANKINGS - NOVEMBER 2015" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. FIH.ch. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
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