2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League

The 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League was the third edition of the women's field hockey national team league series and last season of the World League. The tournament started in April 2016 in Singapore and finished in November 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand.[1][2]

2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League
Tournament details
Teams60
Venue(s)13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (2nd title)
Runner-up New Zealand
Third place South Korea
← 2014–15 (previous) (next) 2019 Pro League →

The Semifinals of this competition also served as a qualifier for the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup as the 10/11 highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualify.

The Netherlands won the tournament's Final round for a record second time after defeating host nation New Zealand 3–0 in the final match. South Korea won the third place match by defeating England 1–0.[3]

From 2019 onwards, the tournament was replaced by Pro League.

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, several teams were announced to compete.

The eleven teams ranked between 1st and 11th in the FIH World Rankings current at early 2015 received an automatic bye to the Semifinals while the nine teams ranked between 12th and 20th received an automatic bye to Round 2.[4] Those twenty teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following:[5]

Schedule

Round 1
Main article: 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 1
Dates Location Teams Round 2
Quotas		 Round 2
Qualifier(s)
9–17 April 2016 Singapore  Brunei
 Cambodia
 Hong Kong
 Kazakhstan
 Singapore
 Sri Lanka
 Thailand		 3  Thailand
 Kazakhstan
 Singapore
28 June–2 July 2016 Suva, Fiji  Fiji
 Papua New Guinea
 Solomon Islands
 Tonga		 1  Fiji
30 August–4 September 2016 Prague, Czech Republic  Czech Republic
 Lithuania
 Poland
 Turkey
 Ukraine		 3  Czech Republic
 Poland
 Ukraine
9–11 September 2016 Accra, Ghana  Ghana
 Kenya
 Nigeria		 1  Ghana
13–18 September 2016 Douai, France  Austria
 France
 Russia
  Switzerland
 Wales		 3  Russia
 Wales
 France
27 September–2 October 2016 Salamanca, Mexico  Guatemala
 Mexico
 Trinidad and Tobago		 1  Mexico
30 September–8 October 2016 Chiclayo, Peru  Brazil
 Chile
 Paraguay
 Peru
 Uruguay		 2  Uruguay
 Chile
12 October 2016 Appointed by FIH 1  Trinidad and Tobago

Round 2
Main article: 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2
Dates Location Teams Qualified Semifinals
Quotas		 Semifinals
Qualifiers
Host By Ranking From Round 1
14–22 January 2017 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  Malaysia  Ireland
 Italy		  Fiji1
 Kazakhstan
 Singapore
 Thailand
 Wales
 Hong Kong		 3  Ireland
 Malaysia
 Italy
4–12 February 2017 Valencia, Spain  Spain  Scotland
 Azerbaijan2		  Czech Republic
 Ghana
 Poland
 Russia
 Turkey
 Ukraine		 3  Spain
 Poland
 Scotland
1–9 April 2017 West Vancouver, Canada  Canada  Belarus
 India		  Chile
 France3
 Mexico
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Uruguay		 2  India
 Chile
^1 – Fiji withdrew from participating and Hong Kong took their place.
^2 – Azerbaijan withdrew from participating and Turkey took their place.
^3 – France withdrew from participating.

Semifinals
Main article: 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals
Dates Location Teams Qualified Final
Quotas		 Final
Qualifiers
Host By Ranking From Round 2
21 June–2 July 2017 Brussels, Belgium  Belgium  Australia
 China
 Netherlands
 New Zealand
 South Korea		  Italy
 Malaysia
 Scotland
 Spain		 3  Netherlands
 China
 South Korea
8–23 July 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa  South Africa  Argentina
 England
 Germany
 Japan
 United States		  Chile
 India
 Ireland
 Poland		 4  United States
 Germany
 England
 Argentina

Final
Main article: 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final
Dates Location Teams Qualified
Host From Semifinals
17–26 November 2017 Auckland, New Zealand  New Zealand  Argentina
 China
 England
 Germany
 Netherlands
 South Korea
 United States

Final ranking

FIH issued a final ranking to determine the world ranking. The final ranking was as follows:[6]

  1.  Netherlands
  2.  New Zealand
  3.  South Korea
  4.  England
  5.  Argentina
  6.  Germany
  7.  United States
  8.  China
  9.  Australia
  10.  South Africa
  11.  Japan
  12.  Italy
  13.  Ireland
  14.  Spain
  15.  Belgium
  16.  India
  17.  Chile
  18.  Scotland
  19.  Poland
  20.  Malaysia
  21.  Belarus
  22.  Wales
  23.  Uruguay
  24.  Ukraine
  25.  Czech Republic
  26.  Canada
  27.  Thailand
  28.  Russia
  29.  Mexico
  30.  Singapore
  31.  Turkey
  32.  Kazakhstan
  33.  Trinidad and Tobago
  34.  Ghana
  35.  Hong Kong

References
  1. "FIH unveils event hosts for 2015-2018 cycle". FIH. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  2. "Valencia and Auckland play host to Hockey World League". FIH. 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  3. "Classy Netherlands beat Brave Black Sticks in Sentinel Homes Hockey World League Final". FIH. 2017-11-26. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
  4. "Hockey World League 2016 / 2017" (PDF). FIH. November 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  5. "FIH WOMEN'S WORLD RANKINGS - MARCH 2015" (PDF). FIH. March 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  6. "FIH WOMEN'S WORLD RANKINGS - DECEMBER 2017" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. FIH.ch. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
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