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
Teams51
Venue(s)13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runner-up New Zealand
Third place Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played212
Goals scored1036 (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]

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
 Turkey1
 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		  France2
 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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