2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League

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]

2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League

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)
← 2012–13 (previous) (next) 2016–17 →

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]

•   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

Round 1

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

Dates	Location	Teams	Round 2 Quotas	Round 2 Qualifier(s)
21–26 June 2014	Singapore	Hong Kong   Kazakhstan   Malaysia   Myanmar   Singapore   Sri Lanka   Thailand	4	Malaysia   Kazakhstan   Thailand   Singapore
27–29 June 2014	Šiauliai, Lithuania	Belarus   Lithuania   Poland   Ukraine	3	Belarus   Ukraine   Lithuania
5–7 September 2014	Hradec Králové, Czech Republic	Austria   Czech Republic   France   Turkey	3	France   Austria   Czech Republic
5–7 September 2014	Nairobi, Kenya	Ghana   Kenya   Tanzania	1	Kenya
11–14 September 2014	Guadalajara, Mexico	Canada   Guatemala   Mexico   Peru	2	Canada   Mexico
30 September–5 October 2014	Kingston, Jamaica	Barbados   Dominican Republic   Jamaica   Puerto Rico   Trinidad and Tobago	2	Trinidad and Tobago   Dominican Republic
6–11 December 2014	Suva, Fiji	Fiji   Papua New Guinea   Samoa   Vanuatu	1	Fiji

Round 2

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

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified			Semifinals Quotas	Semifinals Qualifiers
		Host	By Ranking	From Round 1
14-22 February 2015	Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	Azerbaijan   Italy	Dominican Republic   France   Kenya   Mexico   Trinidad and Tobago	3	Italy   Uruguay   Azerbaijan
7–15 March 2015	New Delhi, India	India	Russia	Ghana   Kazakhstan   Malaysia   Poland   Singapore   Thailand	2	India   Poland
14–22 March 2015	Dublin, Ireland	Ireland	Chile	Austria   Belarus   Canada   Lithuania   Turkey^1   Ukraine	2	Ireland   Canada

^1 – The Czech Republic withdrew from participating and Turkey took their place.

Semifinals

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

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified			Final Quotas	Final Qualifiers
		Host	By Ranking	From Round 2
10–21 June 2015	Valencia, Spain	Spain	Argentina   China   Germany   Great Britain   South Africa   United States	Canada   Ireland   Uruguay	4	Great Britain   China   Germany   Argentina
20 June–5 July 2015	Antwerp, Belgium	Belgium	Australia   Japan   Netherlands   New Zealand   South Korea	France^2   India   Italy   Poland	4	Australia   Netherlands   New Zealand   South Korea

^2 – Azerbaijan withdrew from participating and France took their place.^[7]

Final

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

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified
		Host	From Semifinals
5–13 December 2015	Rosario, Argentina	Argentina	Australia   China   Germany   Great Britain   Netherlands   New Zealand   South Korea

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. "FIH unveils event hosts for 2015-2018 cycle". FIH. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
2. "FIH unveils plans for 2nd edition of Hockey World League". FIH. 2013-12-18. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
3. "Argentina hit high five against New Zealand to win Argentina HWL Final". FIH. 2015-12-13. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
4. "Germany go from bottom of the pool to third place in Argentina HWL Final". FIH. 2015-12-13. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
5. "FIH Women's World Rankings - 8 October 2012" (PDF). FIH. 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
6. "Explanatory Note about the Format of Hockey World League 2014 / 2015" (PDF). FIH. 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
7. "FINTRO Hockey World League Semi-Finals - Antwerp: France replace Azerbaijan in women's competition". FIH. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
8. FIH Women's Ranking November 2015 - FIH official website

 

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