2014–15_Women's_FIH_Hockey_World_League

2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League

2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League

International field hockey competition

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]

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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

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.

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]

Schedule

Round 1

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

Main article: 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2
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^1 – The Czech Republic withdrew from participating and Turkey took their place.

Semifinals

Main article: 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals
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^2 – Azerbaijan withdrew from participating and France took their place.[7]

Final

Main article: 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final
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Final ranking

Reference:[8]

  1.  Argentina
  2.  New Zealand
  3.  Germany
  4.  China
  5.  Netherlands
  6.  Australia
  7.  Great Britain
  8.  South Korea
  9.  United States
  10.  India
  11.  Spain
  12.  Japan
  13.  Belgium
  14.  South Africa
  15.  Ireland
  16.  Italy
  17.  Canada
  18.  Poland
  19.  Uruguay
  20.  France
  21.  Chile
  22.  Malaysia
  23.  Belarus
  24.  Thailand
  25.  Mexico
  26. Not specified
  27.  Russia
  28.  Austria
  29.  Kazakhstan
  30.  Trinidad and Tobago
  31.  Lithuania
  32.  Ukraine
  33.  Dominican Republic
  34.  Ghana
  35.  Kenya
  36.  Singapore
  37.  Turkey
  38.  Azerbaijan

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]
    "Argentina hit high five against New Zealand to win Argentina HWL Final". FIH. 2015-12-13. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  4. [4]
    "Germany go from bottom of the pool to third place in Argentina HWL Final". FIH. 2015-12-13. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  5. [5]
    "FIH Women's World Rankings - 8 October 2012" (PDF). FIH. 2012-10-08. 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]
    "FINTRO Hockey World League Semi-Finals - Antwerp: France replace Azerbaijan in women's competition". FIH. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  8. [8]
    FIH Women's Ranking November 2015 - FIH official website
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