Women's World Field Hockey Championship 2014

13th World Cup 2014
Ladies
Number of nations	12
Association	FIH
venue	The hague
Stadion	Kyocera Stadium
opening	May 31, 2014
Endgame	15th June 2014
Number of games	38
Number of goals	152  (Ø 4 per game)
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The 13th women's field hockey world championship was held from May 31 to June 15, 2014 at the Kyocera Stadium in The Hague . Twelve national teams competed against each other in initially two groups and then in placement games. A total of 38 international matches were completed.

The Netherlands became world champions for the 7th time .

qualification

In addition to the hosts, the Netherlands , the five reigning continental champions were eligible to participate.  

Asia	America	Africa	Oceania	Europe
Japan	Argentina	South Africa	Australia	Germany

In addition, the six best-placed teams in the 3rd round of the World Hockey League ( Belgium , England , South Korea , New Zealand , USA , China ) qualified in June 2013.       

groups

The groups were divided according to the world rankings of the world hockey association FIH .

Group A	Group B
Netherlands (1)	Argentina (2)
Australia (4)	England (3)
New Zealand (5)	Germany (6)
South Korea (8)	China (7)
Japan (9)	USA (10)
Belgium (12)	South Africa (11)

The positions in the world rankings of the FIH at the time of the group division are given in brackets.

game schedule

As of June 10, 2014

Group stage

For the order in the table for international tournaments:

1. Points
2. Victories
3. Goal difference
4. own goals
5. Results among each other
6. possibly 7-meter shooting

Group A

rank	country	Games	Gates	difference	Victories	Points
1	Netherlands	5	17: 1	+ 16	5	15th
2	Australia	5	9: 8	+ 1	3	10
3	New Zealand	5	8: 7	+ 1	2	7th
4th	South Korea	5	8: 9	- 1	2	7th
5	Japan	5	7:16	- 9	0	2
6th	Belgium	5	9:17	- 8th	0	1

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 31, 2014 - 10:30 am	New Zealand	Belgium	4: 3 (3: 0)
May 31, 2014 - 2:30 p.m.	Australia	South Korea	3: 2 (1: 1)
May 31, 2014 - 7.45pm	Netherlands	Japan	6: 1 (3: 0)
June 2, 2014 - 10:30 am	Australia	Japan	3: 2 (1: 1)
June 2, 2014 - 2:30 p.m.	South Korea	New Zealand	1: 0 (0: 0)
June 2nd, 2014 - 7.45pm	Netherlands	Belgium	4: 0 (2: 0)
June 5, 2014 - 10:30 am	Belgium	Australia	2: 3 (1: 1)
June 5, 2014 - 2:30 p.m.	South Korea	Japan	1: 1 (1: 0)
June 5th, 2014 - 7.45pm	New Zealand	Netherlands	0: 2 (0: 2)
June 7, 2014 - 10:30 am	South Korea	Belgium	4: 2 (1: 1)
June 7, 2014 - 5:30 pm	Japan	New Zealand	1: 4 (0: 1)
June 7, 2014 - 7.45pm	Australia	Netherlands	0: 2 (0: 0)
June 9, 2014 - 10:30 am	New Zealand	Australia	0-0
June 9, 2014 - 4:00 p.m.	Netherlands	South Korea	3: 0 (1: 0)
June 9, 2014 - 5:30 p.m.	Japan	Belgium	2: 2 (0: 0)

Group B

rank	country	Games	Gates	difference	Victories	Points
1	United States	5	17: 6	+ 11	4th	13
2	Argentina	5	12: 5	+ 7	3	11
3	China	5	9:10	- 1	2	8th
4th	Germany	5	6:12	- 6	1	4th
5	South Africa	5	11:16	- 5th	1	3
6th	England	5	6:12	- 7th	1	3

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
June 1, 2014 - 1:00 p.m.	England	United States	1: 2 (0: 2)
June 1, 2014 - 2:30 p.m.	Germany	China	1: 1 (0: 0)
June 1st, 2014 - 7.45pm	Argentina	South Africa	4: 1 (2: 0)
June 3, 2014 - 10:30 am	South Africa	Germany	1: 3 (0: 1)
June 3, 2014 - 1:00 p.m.	England	China	0: 3 (0: 0)
June 3, 2014 - 5:30 pm	Argentina	United States	2: 2 (1: 1)
June 6, 2014 - 10:30 am	China	United States	0: 5 (0: 3)
June 6, 2014 - 2:30 p.m.	South Africa	England	4: 1 (2: 0)
June 6, 2014 - 4:00 p.m.	Germany	Argentina	0: 3 (0: 2)
June 8, 2014 - 2:30 p.m.	United States	Germany	4: 1 (1: 0)
June 8, 2014 - 4:00 p.m.	England	Argentina	1: 2 (1: 1)
June 8, 2014 - 5:30 pm	China	South Africa	4: 3 (2: 0)
June 10, 2014 - 2:30 p.m.	United States	South Africa	4: 2 (1: 0)
June 10, 2014 - 4:00 p.m.	Germany	England	1: 3 (0: 0)
June 10, 2014 - 5:30 pm	Argentina	China	1: 1 (1: 0)

Final round

Game for 11th place

Date / time	6. Group A	6. Group B	Result
June 12, 2014 - 11:00	Belgium	England	2: 3 nP (1: 1, 0: 1)

Play for 9th place

Date / time	5. Group A	5. Group B	Result
June 13, 2014 - 10:00	Japan	South Africa	0: 2 (0: 0)

Game for 7th place

Date / time	4. Group A	4. Group B	Result
June 13, 2014 - 12:30 pm	South Korea	Germany	4: 2 (2: 0)

Play for 5th place

Date / time	3. Group A	3. Group B	Result
June 14, 2014 - 10:15 am	New Zealand	China	4: 0 (1: 0)

Finals

	Semifinals				final
	June 12, 2014 - 4:00 p.m.
	United States	3 n.P. (2, 0)
	Australia	5 n.P. (2, 0)
					June 14, 2014 - 3:15 pm
					Australia	0
					Netherlands	2 (2)
					Game for third place
	June 12, 2014 - 7.45pm				June 14, 2014 - 12:30 pm
	Netherlands	4th			United States	1 (1)
	Argentina	0			Argentina	2 (2)

Final ranking

space	country
1	Netherlands
2	Australia
3	Argentina
4th	United States
5	New Zealand
6th	China
7th	South Korea
8th	Germany
9	South Africa
10	Japan
11	England
12	Belgium

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Qualification system for the 2014 World Cup (English, PDF). Retrieved May 31, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Qualification table for the 2014 World Cup (English, png). Retrieved May 31, 2014 . 
3. ↑ FIH world rankings. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 26, 2014 ; accessed on June 1, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Schedule. Retrieved June 10, 2014 . 

Web links

• Official website of the FIH for the tournament