FIH Hockey World League / 2016-2017

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The third edition of the FIH Hockey World League started on April 9, 2016 in Singapore and ended on December 10, 2017 in Bhubaneswar ( India ). This edition serves as qualification for the 2018 Women's Field Hockey World Championship in London as well as for the 2018 Men's Field Hockey World Championship in India.

format

  • Round 1 is not limited in the number of participants and tournaments. The mode depends on how many nations participate in an individual tournament.
  • Round 2 consists of three tournaments of eight nations each. Both the hosts and the nations placed 11th to 20th in the world rankings are already qualified. A tournament consists of a group phase with two groups of four and a placement phase with quarter finals.
  • Semi-finals are two tournaments with ten participants each. Depending on the continental champions, the first five to eight of a tournament will qualify for the 2018 World Hockey Championship . The host and the nations ranked 1-11 in the world rankings have already qualified in advance. The mode of a tournament consists of a group phase with two groups of five and a placement phase with quarter finals.
  • The final tournament takes place with eight participants. The mode consists of a group phase with groups of four and a placement phase with quarter-finals.

Special points rule

There is no tie in rounds 1 and 2. If both teams have scored the same number of goals after regular playing time, a "Shoot Out" will be played. The winner then receives two points and the loser one point. There are still three points for a win after regular time.

Ladies

The women's competition was played in a total of 13 individual tournaments in 13 different countries.

Round 1

The first round of the Hockey World League was played in a total of seven tournaments. The organizers were announced by the FIH on October 9, 2015. At six of these tournaments a men's tournament was also held at the same time. From a total of 32 participating nations, 16 qualified for the second round.

Period place Participant (world ranking)
April 9-17, 2016 Singapore 1. ThailandThailandThailand  (38), 2. KazakhstanKazakhstanKazakhstan  (32), 3. SingaporeSingaporeSingapore  (44), 4. Hong KongHong KongHong Kong  (39), 5. Sri Lanka (46), 6. Brunei (NP) and 7. Cambodia (NP) Sri LankaSri Lanka BruneiBrunei CambodiaCambodia 
June 27th - July 2nd, 2016 Suva 1 , Fiji 1. Fiji (54), 2. Papua New Guinea (59), 3. Solomon Islands (NP) and 4. Tonga (NP) FijiFiji Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands TongaTonga 
August 30 - September 4, 2016 Prague , Czech Republic 1. Czech RepublicCzech RepublicCzech Republic  (35), 2. PolandPolandPoland  (24), 3. UkraineUkraineUkraine  (26), 4. Lithuania (33) and 5. Turkey (36) LithuaniaLithuania TurkeyTurkey 
September 9-11, 2016 Accra , Ghana 1. GhanaGhanaGhana  (31), 2. Kenya (37) and 3. Nigeria (NP) KenyaKenya NigeriaNigeria 
September 13-18, 2016 Douai , France 1. RussiaRussiaRussia  (25), 2. WalesWalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg  (34), 3. FranceFranceFrance  (23), 4. Austria (28) and 5. Switzerland (40) AustriaAustria SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
September 27 - October 2, 2016 Salamanca , Mexico 1. MexicoMexicoMexico  (27), 2. Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago  (30) and 3. Guatemala (66) GuatemalaGuatemala 
September 30th - October 8th, 2016 Chiclayo , Peru 1. UruguayUruguayUruguay  (29), 2. ChileChileChile  (22), 3. Brazil (49), 4. Paraguay (NP) and 5. Peru (NP) BrazilBrazil ParaguayParaguay PeruPeru 
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round 2

On September 9, 2015, the FIH announced the organizers of the second round. A total of three tournaments will be held between January 14th and April 2nd. The participants are made up of the organizers, the five nations that were able to qualify via the world rankings and 16 qualifiers from the first round. The first two of the tournaments qualify directly. In addition, the two best in the world rankings from the third place advance one lap.

Period place Participant (world ranking)
January 14-22, 2017 Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia 1. IrelandIreland hockeyIreland  (14), 2. MalaysiaMalaysiaMalaysia  (21), 3. ItalyItalyItaly  (16), 4. Wales (34), 5. Thailand (37), 6. Singapore (44), 7. Kazakhstan (32) and 8 . Hong Kong (40) WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg ThailandThailand SingaporeSingapore KazakhstanKazakhstan Hong KongHong Kong 
February 4-12, 2017 Valencia , Spain 1. SpainSpainSpain  (15), 2. PolandPolandPoland  (24), 3. Scotland (17), 4. Ukraine (26), 5. Czech Republic (35), 6. Russia (25), 7. Turkey (36) and 8 . Ghana (31) ScotlandScotland UkraineUkraine Czech RepublicCzech Republic RussiaRussia TurkeyTurkey GhanaGhana 
April 1-9, 2017 Vancouver , Canada 1. IndiaIndiaIndia  (13), 2. ChileChileChile  (22), 3. Belarus (18), 4. Uruguay (29), 5. Canada (20), 6. Mexico (27), 7. Trinidad and Tobago (30) BelarusBelarus UruguayUruguay CanadaCanada MexicoMexico Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago 

Semifinals

The organizing associations of the semifinals were announced on November 8, 2013. For the women, Belgium and Argentina were originally chosen as the host countries. However, Argentina returned the alignment for reasons not known. Announced on October 4th, 2016 that this tournament will take place in Johannesburg , South Africa . The semifinals also function as qualifying tournaments for the 2018 World Cup in London , United Kingdom . Participants in the semifinals were, in addition to the hosts, the nations qualified via the world rankings and the eight qualifiers from the second round.

Period place Participant (world ranking)
June 21 - July 2, 2017 Brussels , Belgium 1. NetherlandsNetherlandsNetherlands  (1), 2. People's Republic of ChinaChina People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  (8), 3. New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand  (5), 4. South KoreaKorea SouthSouth Korea  (9), 5. Australia (4), 6. Italy (16), 7. Spain (15), 8. Belgium (12), 9. Scotland (17), 10. Malaysia (21) AustraliaAustralia ItalyItaly SpainSpain BelgiumBelgium ScotlandScotland MalaysiaMalaysia 
July 8-23 Johannesburg , South Africa 1. United StatesUnited StatesUnited States  (6), 2. GermanyGermanyGermany  (7), 3. EnglandEnglandEngland  (2), 4. ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina  (3), 5. South Africa (11), 6. Japan (10), 7. Ireland (14), 8. India (14), 9. Chile (22), 10. Poland (24) South AfricaSouth Africa JapanJapan Ireland hockeyIreland IndiaIndia ChileChile PolandPoland 

final

Auckland , New Zealand was nominated by the world governing body on March 15, 2014 as the venue for the final round of the World League. The first four of both semifinals were eligible.

Period place Participant (world ranking)
November 18-26, 2017 Auckland , New Zealand 1. Netherlands (1), 2. New Zealand (5), 3. South Korea (9), 4. England (2), 5. Argentina (3), 6. Germany (7), 7. United States (6), 8. People's Republic of China (8) NetherlandsNetherlands New ZealandNew Zealand Korea SouthSouth Korea EnglandEngland ArgentinaArgentina GermanyGermany United StatesUnited States China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 

Men's

The men's competition was played in a total of 14 individual tournaments in 14 different countries.

Round 1

The first round of the Hockey World League was played in a total of eight tournaments. The organizers were announced by the FIH on October 9, 2015. In 6 of these tournaments, a women's tournament was also held at the same time. From a total of 43 participating nations, 13 qualified for the second round.

Period place Participant (world ranking)
April 9-17, 2016 Singapore 1. People's Republic of ChinaChina People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  (31), 2. Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka  (40), 3. Thailand (58), 4. Singapore (38), 5. Hong Kong (50), 6. Kazakhstan (68), 7. Myanmar (NP) , 8. Brunei (NP) and 9. Vietnam (NP) ThailandThailand SingaporeSingapore Hong KongHong Kong KazakhstanKazakhstan MyanmarMyanmar BruneiBrunei VietnamVietnam 
June 28 - July 2, 2016 Suva 3 , Fiji 1. FijiFijiFiji  (64), 2. Vanuatu (75), 3. Papua New Guinea (62), 4. Solomon Islands (NP) and 5. Tonga (NP) VanuatuVanuatu Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands TongaTonga 
August 30 - September 4, 2016 Prague , Czech Republic 1. UkraineUkraineUkraine  (24), 2. ItalyItalyItaly  (32), 3. Belarus (35), 4. Czech Republic (23), 5. Cyprus (63) and 6. Lithuania (73) BelarusBelarus Czech RepublicCzech Republic Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus LithuaniaLithuania 
September 6-11, 2016 Glasgow , UK 1. WalesWalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg  (36), 2. ScotlandScotlandScotland  (27), 3. SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland  (33), 4. Portugal (47) and 5. Slovakia (53) PortugalPortugal SlovakiaSlovakia 
September 9-11, 2016 Antalya , Turkey 1. AustriaAustriaAustria  (22), 2. OmanOmanOman  (21), 3. Turkey (51) and 4. Qatar (NP) TurkeyTurkey QatarQatar 
September 9-11, 2016 Accra , Ghana 1. GhanaGhanaGhana  (41), 2. Kenya (39), 3. Nigeria (NP) and 4. Namibia (NP) KenyaKenya NigeriaNigeria NamibiaNamibia 
September 27 - October 2, 2016 Salamanca , Mexico 1. United StatesUnited StatesUnited States  (26), 2. BarbadosBarbadosBarbados  (43), 3. Mexico (34) and 4. Guatemala (71) MexicoMexico GuatemalaGuatemala 
October 1-9, 2016 Chiclayo , Peru 1. Chile (25)ChileChile  , 2. Venezuela (65), 3. Uruguay (44), 4. Paraguay (NP), 5. Peru (NP) and 6. Ecuador (NP) VenezuelaVenezuela UruguayUruguay ParaguayParaguay PeruPeru EcuadorEcuador 
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round 2

On September 9, 2015, the FIH announced the organizers of the second round. In the period from January 14th to April 2nd, a total of three tournaments were held. The participants consisted of the organizers, the seven nations that qualified via the world rankings, and 14 qualifiers from the first round. The first two of the tournaments qualified directly. In addition, the two best in the world rankings from the third place went one round.

Period place Participant (world ranking)
March 4-12, 2017 Dhaka , Bangladesh 1. MalaysiaMalaysiaMalaysia  (12), 2. People's Republic of ChinaChina People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  (31), 3. EgyptEgyptEgypt  (20), 4. Oman (21), 5. Bangladesh (30), 6. Ghana (41), 7. Sri Lanka (40) and 8. Fiji (64) OmanOman BangladeshBangladesh GhanaGhana Sri LankaSri Lanka FijiFiji 
March 11-19, 2017 Dublin , Ireland 1. IrelandIreland hockeyIreland  (14), 2. FranceFranceFrance  (18), 3. ScotlandScotlandScotland  (27), 4. Wales (36), 5. Austria (22), 6. Poland (17), 7. Italy (32) and 8 . Ukraine (24) WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg AustriaAustria PolandPoland ItalyItaly UkraineUkraine 
March 25 - April 2, 2017 Tacarigua , Trinidad & Tobago 1. JapanJapanJapan  (16), 2. CanadaCanadaCanada  (15), 3. United States (26), 4. Russia (19), 5. Trinidad and Tobago (29), 6. Switzerland (33), 7. Chile (25 ) and 8. Barbados (43) United StatesUnited States RussiaRussia Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago SwitzerlandSwitzerland ChileChile BarbadosBarbados 

Semifinals

The organizing associations of the semifinals were announced on November 8, 2013. For the men, London and Argentina were chosen as the host countries and locations. As with the women, the Argentine federation gave the event back. On October 4th, 2016, the international association announced that the semifinals would take place in Johannesburg , South Africa . The semifinals also acted as qualifying tournaments for the 2018 World Cup in Bhubaneswar , India . Participants in the semifinals were, in addition to the hosts, the nations qualified via the world rankings, and the nine qualifiers from the second round.

Period place Participant (world ranking)
June 15-25, 2017 London , UK

1. NetherlandsNetherlandsNetherlands  (3), 2. ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina  (2), 3. EnglandEnglandEngland  (7), 4. Malaysia (14), 5. Canada (12), 6. India (6), 7. Pakistan (13), 8 . people's Republic of China (18) 9. South Korea (11) 10. Scotland (28) MalaysiaMalaysia CanadaCanada IndiaIndia PakistanPakistan China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Korea SouthSouth Korea ScotlandScotland 
July 8-23, 2017 Johannesburg , South Africa 1. BelgiumBelgiumBelgium  (5), 2. GermanyGermanyGermany  (4), 3. AustraliaAustraliaAustralia  (1), 4. SpainSpainSpain  (9), 5. Ireland (10), 6. New Zealand (8), 7. France (17), 8 . Egypt (20) 9. South Africa (15) 10. Japan (16) Ireland hockeyIreland New ZealandNew Zealand FranceFrance EgyptEgypt South AfricaSouth Africa JapanJapan 

final

Simultaneously with the announcement of the semi-finals in 2013, the host association for the final tournament was also determined. India will host the final for the third time. The venue is Bhubaneswar . The first three of the semifinals and the fourth better positioned in the world rankings are qualified.

Period place Participant (world ranking)
December 1-10, 2017 Bhubaneswar , India 1. Australia (1), 2. Argentina (2), 3. India (6), 4. Germany (4), 5. Belgium (5), 6. Spain (9), 7. Netherlands (3), 8 . England (7) AustraliaAustralia ArgentinaArgentina IndiaIndia GermanyGermany BelgiumBelgium SpainSpain NetherlandsNetherlands EnglandEngland 

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b http://fih.ch/media/12236280/160710-calendar-2016.pdf
  2. ↑ a b c d http://fih.ch/news/fih-unveils-event-hosts-for-2015-2018-cycle/
  3. ↑ http://fih.ch/media/9020447/150703-qualification-system-for-hockey-world-cup-2018.pdf
  4. ↑ http://fih.ch/media/8997769/151110-world-league-2016-2017-competition-details.pdf
  5. ↑ a b http://fih.ch/news/fih-announces-hosts-for-201617-hockey-world-league-round-1/
  6. ↑ a b c http://fih.ch/media/813065/fih-womens-world-rankings-march-2015.pdf
  7. ↑ a b http://fih.ch/news/fih-announces-hosts-for-201617-hockey-world-league-round-2/
  8. ↑ a b c d e f http://fih.ch/media/12236279/160710-calendar-2017.pdf
  9. ↑ a b FIH confirms teams participating in the Hockey World League Round 2 events website of the FIH. Retrieved October 12, 2016
  10. ↑ a b http://fih.ch/media/10040012/event-assignment-process-2017-2018.pdf
  11. ↑ a b FIH confirms England Belgium and South Africa to host the Hockey World League Semi Finals website of the FIH. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  12. ↑ FIH confirms team allocation for Hockey World League Semi-Finals website of the FIH. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  13. ↑ World Ranking List for Women August 2016 FIH website. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  14. ↑ http://fih.ch/news/valencia-and-auckland-play-host-to-hockey-world-league/
  15. ↑ Official tournament website. Retrieved December 15, 2017 .
  16. ↑ a b c http://fih.ch/media/813063/fih-mens-world-rankings-march-2015.pdf
  17. ^ "FIH confirms participants in the Men's Hockey World League" website of the FIH. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  18. ↑ World Ranking List for Men August 2016 FIH website. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  19. ↑ Bhubaneswar hosts the Men's Hockey World League Final 2017 and the Men's World Championship 2018. Website of the FIH. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  20. ↑ Official tournament website. Retrieved December 15, 2017 .