2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League

The 2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League was the inaugural season of the men's field hockey national team league series. The tournament started in August 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic and finished in January 2014 in New Delhi, India.[1]

2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League
Tournament details
Teams54
Venue(s)15 (in 15 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (1st title)
Runner-up New Zealand
Third place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played121
Goals scored1067 (8.82 per match)
(next) 2014–15

The Semifinals of this competition also served as a qualifier for the 2014 Men'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 New Zealand 7–2 in the final match. England won the third place match by defeating Australia 2–1.[2]

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, 62 teams were announced to compete. However, for different reasons, the final count of participating teams was 54.[3]

The 8 teams ranked between 1st and 8th in the FIH World Rankings current at early 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:[4]

Schedule

Round 1

Dates Location Teams Round 2
Quotas
Round 2
Qualifier(s)
17–19 August 2012 Prague, Czech Republic  Belarus
 Czech Republic
 Poland
 Ukraine
2  Poland
 Ukraine
31 August – 2 September 2012 Singapore  Bangladesh
 Hong Kong
 Singapore
 Thailand
1  Bangladesh
7–9 September 2012 Accra, Ghana  Egypt
 Ghana
 Nigeria
1  Egypt
7–9 September 2012 Cardiff, Wales  Austria
 Ireland
 Sweden
 Wales
2  Ireland
 Austria
25–30 September 2012 Lousada, Portugal  Gibraltar
 Italy
 Morocco
 Portugal
 Scotland
2  Scotland
 Portugal
14–17 November 2012 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  Barbados
 Chile
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Venezuela
2  Trinidad and Tobago
 Chile
16–18 November 2012 Chula Vista, United States  Guatemala
 Mexico
 United States
1  United States
27 November – 2 December 2012 Doha, Qatar  Azerbaijan
 Oman
1
 Sri Lanka
 Turkey
1  Azerbaijan
8–15 December 2012 Suva, Fiji  Fiji
 Papua New Guinea
 Vanuatu
1  Fiji
^1 Qatar´s results were officially deleted from the event due to an eligibility problem with some of its players.[5]

Round 2

Dates Location Teams Qualified Semifinals
Quotas
Semifinals
Qualifier(s)
Host By Ranking From Round 1
18–24 February 2013 New Delhi, India  India  China  Bangladesh
 Fiji
 Ireland
 Oman2
2  India
 Ireland
27 February – 5 March 2013 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil  Argentina
 South Africa
 Chile
 Trinidad and Tobago
 United States
2  Argentina
 South Africa
6–12 May 2013 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France  France  Belgium
 Canada
 Poland
 Portugal
 Scotland
2  Belgium
 France4
27 May – 2 June 2013 Elektrostal, Russia  Russia  Japan  Austria
 Czech Republic3
 Egypt
 Ukraine
1  Japan
^2 Azerbaijan withdrew from participating and Oman took their place.
^3 Malaysia was chosen to host a Semifinal therefore exempt from Round 2, to which were qualified by ranking basis. The Czech Republic took their place.[6]
^4 – As Malaysia was chosen to host a Semifinal, one less berth was available at that event. France (17th) qualified as the highest-ranked second-placed team between the Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Elektrostal Round 2 events, leaving Russia (20th) unable to qualify.[7]

Semifinals

Dates Location Teams Qualified Final
Quotas
Final
Qualifiers
Host By Ranking From Round 2
13–23 June 2013 Rotterdam, Netherlands  Netherlands  Australia
 New Zealand
 Spain
 Belgium
 France
 India
 Ireland
4  Belgium
 Australia
 Netherlands
 New Zealand
29 June – 7 July 2013 Johor Bahru, Malaysia  Malaysia  England
 Germany
 Pakistan
 South Korea
 Argentina
 Japan
 South Africa
3  Germany
 Argentina
 England

Final

Dates Location Teams Qualified
Host From Semifinals
10–18 January 2014 New Delhi, India  India  Argentina
 Australia
 Belgium
 England
 Germany
 Netherlands
 New Zealand

Final ranking

FIH issued a final ranking to determine the world ranking. The final ranking was as follows:[8]

References

  1. "The Hockey World League 2012". FIH.ch. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  2. "The Netherlands are winners of the Hero Hockey World League Final". FIH. 2014-01-18. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
  3. "Line-up for World League Revealed". FIH. 2011-10-23. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  4. "Invitation letters sent for FIH World League". FIH. 2011-02-21. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  5. "Welcome to World League Round 2 Azerbaijan". FIH. 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
  6. "Hockey World League Semifinals take shape". FIH. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  7. "Last two teams known for men's World League Semis". FIH. 2013-06-02. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  8. "FIH Men's World Rankings – 20 January 2014" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. FIH.ch. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
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