2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final

The 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final was the final stage of the 2016–17 edition of the Men's FIH Hockey World League. It took place between 1 and 10 December 2017 in Bhubaneswar, India.^[1][2]

2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final

Tournament details
Host country	India
City	Bhubaneswar
Dates	1–10 December
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	Kalinga Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	80 (3.64 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Loïck Luypaert (8 goals)
Best player	Mats Grambusch

Australia won the tournament for a record second time after defeating Argentina 2–1 in the final match. India won the third place match by defeating Germany 2–1.^[3]

Qualification

 

Odisha's Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Unveiling the Trophy

The host nation qualified automatically in addition to 7 teams qualified from the Semifinals. The following eight teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this round of the tournament.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
	Host nation		1	India (6)
15–25 June 2017	2016–17 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals	London, England	7	Netherlands (4)   Argentina (1)   England (7)
8–23 July 2017		Johannesburg, South Africa		Belgium (3)   Germany (5)   Australia (2)   Spain (9)
Total			8

Results

All times are local (UTC+5:30).^[4]

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Quarter-finals
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	5	8	−3	6
3	Argentina	3	0	1	2	6	8	−2	1
4	Netherlands	3	0	1	2	5	9	−4	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[5]

2 December 2017 12:00 Argentina   2–3   Belgium Casella   52' Peillat   57' Report Luypaert   9' Keusters   51' Boon   56' Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Ben de Young (AUS)

2 December 2017 14:00 Netherlands   2–3   Spain Balk   37' Pruyser   55' Report Quemada   15+' González   35' Arana   39' Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Ben Göntgen (GER)

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3 December 2017 17:30 Belgium   5–0   Spain Van Aubel   3' Luypaert   38', 57', 59' Charlier   58' Report Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Rana Anbanathan (MAS)

3 December 2017 19:30 Netherlands   3–3   Argentina Brinkman   12' Verga   37' Pruyser   55' Report Rey   45' Vila   50' Peillat   59' Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Chen Dekang (CHN)

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5 December 2017 17:30 Argentina   1–2   Spain Paredes   21' Report Quemada   50' Romeu   59' Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Ben Göntgen (GER)

5 December 2017 19:30 Belgium   3–0   Netherlands Luypaert   19', 30+' Boon   32' Report Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Dan Barstow (ENG)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Quarter-finals
2	England	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
3	Australia	3	0	3	0	5	5	0	3
4	India (H)	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[5]
(H) Host

1 December 2017 16:45 Germany   2–0   England Grambusch   19' Rühr   25' Report Umpires: Rana Anbanathan (MAS) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

1 December 2017 19:30 Australia   1–1   India Hayward   21' Report Mandeep   20' Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Diego Barbas (ARG)

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2 December 2017 17:30 Germany   2–2   Australia Miltkau   7' Häner   58' Report Govers   39' Kleinschmidt   49' Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) Martin Madden (SCO)

2 December 2017 19:30 India   2–3   England Akashdeep   47' Rupinder   50' Report Goodfield   25' Ward   43', 57' Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Chen Dekang (CHN)

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4 December 2017 17:30 Australia   2–2   England Wotherspoon   33' Govers   41' Report Ansell   4' Roper   54' Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Sean Rapaport (RSA)

4 December 2017 19:30 India   0–2   Germany Report Häner   17' Grambusch   20' Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Martin Madden (SCO)

Second round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	6 December
	Belgium	3 (2)
					8 December
	India (p.s.o.)	3 (3)
					India	0
	7 December
					Argentina	1
	England	2
									10 December
	Argentina	3
									Argentina	1
	6 December
									Australia	2
	Spain	1
					9 December
	Australia	4
					Australia	3
	7 December
					Germany	0			Third place
	Germany (p.s.o.)	3 (4)
									10 December
	Netherlands	3 (3)
									India	2
									Germany	1

Quarter-finals

6 December 2017 17:15 Spain   1–4   Australia Garcia   20' Report Hayward   28' Kleinschmidt   48' Govers   50', 50' Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Chen Dekang (CHN)

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6 December 2017 19:30 Belgium   3–3   India Luypaert   39', 46' Keusters   53' Report Gurjant   31' Harmanpreet   35' Rupinder   46' Penalties Boccard   Stockbroekx   Wegnez   Van Doren   Van Aubel   Van Doren   2–3   Harmanpreet   Lalit   Rupinder   Sumit   Akashdeep   Harmanpreet Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Rana Anbanathan (MAS)

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7 December 2017 17:15 England   2–3   Argentina Condon   29' Dixon   60' Report Vila   21' Paredes   29' Gilardi   34' Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

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7 December 2017 19:30 Germany   3–3   Netherlands Meyer   12' Fuchs   34' Staib   41' Report Pruyser   21', 60' Kellerman   27' Penalties Fuchs   Grambusch   Miltkau   Linnekogel   Rühr   4–3   Bakker   Pruyser   Kemperman   Van Ass   Kellerman Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Dan Barstow (ENG)

Fifth to eighth place classification

The losing quarterfinalists are ranked according to their first-round results to determine the fixtures for the fifth to eighth place classification matches.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	5	8	−3	6
3	England	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Netherlands	3	0	1	2	5	9	−4	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored.

Seventh place game

8 December 2017 17:15 England   0–1   Netherlands Report Pruyser   42' Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) Chen Dekang (CHN)

Fifth place game

9 December 2017 17:15 Belgium   1–0   Spain Dockier   4' Report Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Javed Shaikh (IND)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

8 December 2017 19:30 India   0–1   Argentina Report Peillat   17' Umpires: Rana Anbanathan (MAS) Ben Göntgen (GER)

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9 December 2017 19:30 Australia   3–0   Germany Wothersoon   42' Hayward   48' Wickham   60' Report Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Diego Barbas (ARG)

Third place game

10 December 2017 17:15 India   2–1   Germany Sunil   21' Harmanpreet   54' Report Appel   36' Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

Final

10 December 2017 19:30 Argentina   1–2   Australia Bugallo   17' Report Hayward   17' Govers   58' Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Marcin Grochal (POL)

Statistics

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Australia
	Argentina
	India
4	Germany
5	Belgium
6	Spain
7	Netherlands
8	England

Awards

The following individual awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[3]

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Young Player of the Tournament
Loïck Luypaert	Mats Grambusch	Juan Manuel Vivaldi	Victor Wegnez

Goalscorers

There were 80 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.64 goals per match.

8 goals

•   Loïck Luypaert

5 goals

•   Blake Govers
•   Mirco Pruyser

4 goals

•   Jeremy Hayward

3 goals

•   Gonzalo Peillat

2 goals

•   Matías Paredes
•   Lucas Vila
•   Dylan Wotherspoon
•   Aaron Kleinschmidt
•   Tom Boon
•   Amaury Keusters
•   Samuel Ward
•   Mats Grambusch
•   Martin Häner
•   Rupinder Pal Singh
•   Harmanpreet Singh
•   Pau Quemada

1 goal

•   Agustín Bugallo
•   Maico Casella
•   Juan Ignacio Gilardi
•   Matías Rey
•   Tom Wickham
•   Cédric Charlier
•   Sébastien Dockier
•   Florent van Aubel
•   Liam Ansell
•   David Condon
•   Adam Dixon
•   David Goodfield
•   Phil Roper
•   Mark Appel
•   Florian Fuchs
•   Julius Meyer
•   Marco Miltkau
•   Christopher Rühr
•   Constantin Staib
•   Akashdeep Singh
•   Gurjant Singh
•   S.V. Sunil
•   Mandeep Singh
•   Lars Balk
•   Thierry Brinkman
•   Bjorn Kellerman
•   Valentin Verga
•   Diego Arana
•   Marc Garcia
•   Enrique González
•   Josep Romeu

Source: FIH

See also

• 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final

References

1. "FIH unveils event hosts for 2015-2018 cycle". FIH. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
2. "Bhubaneswar, India to host Men's Hockey World League Final 2017 and Hockey Men's World Cup 2018". FIH. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
3. "Australia's Kookaburras claim Odisha Men's Hockey World League Final Bhubaneswar 2017". FIH. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
4. "FIH confirms Odisha Men's Hockey World League Final, Bhubaneswar 2017 schedule". fih.ch. 7 September 2017.
5. Regulations

External links

• Official website