FIH Hockey World League / 2016–2017 Round 2 (Men)

The second round of the men's FIH Hockey World League / 2016–2017 took place between March 4 and April 2, 2017 in a total of three tournaments.

FIH Hockey World League Round 2 2016-2017
Men's
Number of nations	24
winner	Ireland , Japan and Malaysia
venue	Belfast , Dhaka and Tacarigua
opening	4th March 2017
Endgame	2nd April 2017
Number of games	72
Number of goals	398  (Ø 5.53 per game)

Point rule

In contrast to most hockey competitions, a shoot-out was then played in the first two rounds in the group stage in the event of a tie and the winner received two points. The loser stayed with one point.

mode

All three tournaments had the same mode. A total of eight nations take part in one tournament. These nations were divided into two groups of four. A simple group stage was played. Then the quarter-finals were played where the first of each group played against the last of the other group. The second in each group played his quarter-finals against the third in the other group. The losers in the quarterfinals played from five to eight among themselves. The winners first took part in the semifinals and then in the final (or game for third place).

Dhaka

The tournament in Dhaka , Bangladesh took place from March 4th to March 12th, 2017. The first two, Malaysia and the People's Republic of China, qualified directly for the Hockey World League semifinals. Third, Egypt also qualified because he was among the top two world rankings of all tournament thirds .

Group A

table

Pl.	Club	Sp.	S.	U (SO)	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Malaysia	3	3	0	0	20: 2	+18	9
2.	Oman	3	2	0	1	11: 8	+3	6th
3.	Bangladesh	3	1	0	2	7: 7	0	3
4th	Fiji	3	0	0	3	2:23	−21	0

game schedule

4th March 2017
Oman	7-0	Fiji
Malaysia	3-0	Bangladesh
5th March 2017
Oman	1: 6	Malaysia
Bangladesh	5: 1	Fiji
March 7, 2017
Malaysia	11: 1	Fiji
Bangladesh	2: 3	Oman

Group B

table

Pl.	Club	Sp.	S.	U (SO)	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	People's Republic of China	3	2	1	0	14: 6	+8	7th
2.	Egypt	3	1	2 (2)	0	9: 5	+4	7th
3.	Ghana	3	1	1	1	9:12	−3	4th
4th	Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3	7:16	−9	0

game schedule

4th March 2017
People's Republic of China	7: 3	Ghana
Egypt	6: 2	Sri Lanka
5th March 2017
Ghana	5: 4	Sri Lanka
Egypt	2: 2 (3: 2 SO)	People's Republic of China
March 7, 2017
People's Republic of China	5: 1	Sri Lanka
Ghana	1: 1 (2: 4 SO)	Egypt

Final phase

Quarter finals

March 9, 2017
Malaysia	5: 2	Sri Lanka
People's Republic of China	17: 0	Fiji
Oman	4: 3	Ghana
Egypt	5: 1	Bangladesh

Play for places 5–8

March 11, 2017
Sri Lanka	0: 9	Bangladesh
Ghana	11: 2	Fiji

Semifinals

March 11, 2017
Malaysia	5-0	Egypt
Oman	1: 5	People's Republic of China

Game for 7th place

March 12, 2017
Sri Lanka	5: 3	Fiji

Play for 5th place

March 12, 2017
Bangladesh	3: 3 (4: 3 SO)	Ghana

3rd place match

March 12, 2017
Egypt	5: 1	Oman

final

March 12, 2017
Malaysia	2: 2 (5: 3 SO)	People's Republic of China

Ranking list

rank	nation
1.	Malaysia
2.	People's Republic of China
3.	Egypt
4th	Oman
5.	Bangladesh
6th	Ghana
7th	Sri Lanka
8th.	Fiji

Nations qualified for the semi-finals are written in bold .

Belfast

The tournament in Belfast , United Kingdom took place from March 11th to 19th, 2017. The first two, Ireland and France , qualified directly for the Hockey World League semifinals. The third, Scotland , also qualified because he was among the two world rankings of all tournament third .

Group A

table

Pl.	Club	Sp.	S.	U (SO)	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Ireland	3	2	1 (1)	0	11: 3	+8	8th
2.	Austria	3	1	2 (1)	0	6: 4	+2	6th
3.	Italy	3	1	1 (0)	1	7: 4	+3	4th
4th	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	6:19	−13	0

game schedule

March 11, 2017
Ireland	9: 2	Ukraine
Austria	1: 1 (4: 3 SO)	Italy
March 12, 2017
Austria	1: 1 (2: 4 SO)	Ireland
Ukraine	2: 6	Italy
March 14, 2017
Ireland	1-0	Italy
Ukraine	2: 4	Austria

Group B

table

Pl.	Club	Sp.	S.	U (SO)	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	France	3	3	0	0	7: 2	+5	9
2.	Wales	3	1	1 (1)	1	5: 4	+1	5
3.	Scotland	3	1	1 (0)	1	5: 6	−1	4th
4th	Poland	3	0	0	3	3: 8	−5	0

game schedule

March 11, 2017
France	3: 1	Scotland
Poland	1: 3	Wales
March 12, 2017
Poland	1: 3	France
Scotland	2: 2 (2: 4 SO)	Wales
March 14, 2017
Scotland	2: 1	Poland
France	1-0	Wales

Final phase

Quarter finals

March 16, 2017
Ireland	5: 1	Poland
Austria	5: 5 (2: 4 SO)	Scotland
Wales	3-0	Italy
France	11: 2	Ukraine

Play for places 5–8

18th March 2017
Poland	2: 1	Italy
Austria	6: 1	Ukraine

Semifinals

18th March 2017
Ireland	3: 1	Wales
Scotland	0: 2	France

Game for 7th place

19th March 2017
Ukraine	2: 4	Italy

Play for 5th place

19th March 2017
Austria	2: 1	Poland

3rd place match

19th March 2017
Wales	0: 4	Scotland

final

19th March 2017
Ireland	1: 1 (4: 2 SO)	France

Ranking list

rank	nation
1.	Ireland
2.	France
3.	Scotland
4th	Wales
5.	Austria
6th	Poland
7th	Italy
8th.	Ukraine

Nations qualified for the semi-finals are written in bold .

Tacarigua

The tournament in Tacarigua , Trinidad & Tobago took place from March 25th to April 2nd, 2017. The first two, Japan and Canada , qualified directly for the Hockey World League semifinals.

Group A

table

Pl.	Club	Sp.	S.	U (SO)	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Canada	3	3	0	0	19: 3	+16	9
2.	United States	3	1	1 (1)	1	7: 4	+3	5
3.	Chile	3	1	1	1	5: 8	−3	4th
4th	Barbados	3	0	0	3	2:19	−17	0

game schedule

March 25, 2017
Canada	4: 2	United States
Chile	2: 1	Barbados
March 26, 2017
United States	7: 1	Barbados
Chile	1: 5	Canada
March 27, 2017
United States	2: 2 (2: 0 SO)	Chile
Canada	10-0	Barbados

Group B

table

Pl.	Club	Sp.	S.	U (SO)	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Japan	3	3	0	0	11: 2	+9	9
2.	Russia	3	2	0	1	8: 5	+3	6th
3.	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	8:10	−2	3
4th	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	3:13	−10	0

game schedule

March 25, 2017
Japan	3-0	Switzerland
Russia	3: 1	Trinidad and Tobago
March 26, 2017
Russia	1: 3	Japan
Switzerland	2: 6	Trinidad and Tobago
March 28, 2017
Switzerland	1: 4	Russia
Japan	5: 1	Trinidad and Tobago

Final phase

Quarter finals

March 30, 2017
Canada	2: 1	Switzerland
Russia	4: 2	Chile
Japan	5-0	Barbados
United States	2: 2 (4: 2 SO)	Trinidad and Tobago

Play for places 5–8

April 1, 2017
Switzerland	4: 2	Chile
Trinidad and Tobago	3: 1	Barbados

Semifinals

April 1, 2017
Canada	4: 1	Russia
United States	0: 2	Japan

Game for 7th place

2nd April 2017
Chile	0: 0 (3: 1 SO)	Barbados

Play for 5th place

2nd April 2017
Switzerland	3: 4	Trinidad and Tobago

3rd place match

2nd April 2017
Russia	2: 2 (1: 2 SO)	United States

final

2nd April 2017
Canada	1: 2	Japan

Ranking list

rank	nation
1.	Japan
2.	Canada
3.	United States
4th	Russia
5.	Trinidad and Tobago
6th	Switzerland
7th	Chile
8th.	Barbados

Nations qualified for the semi-finals are written in bold .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2017 World League Round 2 Dhaka, Bangladesh website of the FIH. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
2. ↑ 2017 World League Round 2 Ulster, Ireland website of the FIH. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
3. ↑ 2017 World League Round 2 Tacarigua, Trinidad & Tobago website of the FIH. Retrieved February 11, 2017.