Men's field hockey world championship 2014

13th World Cup 2014
Men's
Number of nations	12
World Champion	Australia (3rd title)
Association	FIH
venue	The hague
Stadion	Kyocera Stadium
opening	May 31, 2014
Endgame	15th June 2014
Number of games	38
Number of goals	167  (Ø 4.39 per game)
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The 13th men's field hockey world championship was held from May 31 to June 15, 2014 in 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 Australian national team became world champion for the third time , making it the third nation after Pakistan (1982) and Germany (2006) to defend the title.

qualification

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

Asia	America	Africa	Oceania	Europe
South Korea	Argentina	South Africa	Australia	Germany

In addition, the six best-placed teams of the 3rd round of the World Hockey League ( Belgium , England , India , Malaysia , New Zealand , Spain ) qualified in June 2013.

groups

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

Group A	Group B
Australia (1)	Germany (2)
England (4)	Netherlands (3)
Belgium (5)	New Zealand (6)
India (8)	South Korea (7)
Spain (10)	Argentina (11)
Malaysia (13)	South Africa (12)

The placements in the world rankings of the FIH (Sahara Men's World Rankings) at the time of the group division are given in brackets.

game schedule

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	Australia	5	19: 1	+ 18	5	15th
2	England	5	8: 9	- 1	3	10
3	Belgium	5	17:12	+5	3	9
4th	Spain	5	9:12	- 3	1	5
5	India	5	7:12	- 5th	1	4th
6th	Malaysia	5	6:20	- 14	0	0

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 31, 2014 - 10:30 am	Australia	Malaysia	4: 0 (1: 0)
May 31, 2014 - 4:00 p.m.	Belgium	India	3: 2 (1: 0)
May 31, 2014 - 5:30 pm	England	Spain	1: 1 (1: 0)
June 2, 2014 - 1:00 p.m.	Australia	Spain	3: 0 (3: 0)
June 2, 2014 - 4:00 p.m.	England	India	2: 1 (1: 1)
June 2, 2014 - 5:30 pm	Malaysia	Belgium	2: 6 (2: 3)
June 5, 2014 - 1:00 p.m.	Malaysia	England	0: 2 (0: 1)
June 5, 2014 - 4:00 p.m.	Belgium	Australia	1: 3 (0: 2)
June 5, 2014 - 5:30 p.m.	India	Spain	1: 1 (1: 1)
June 7, 2014 - 1:00 p.m.	Spain	Belgium	2: 5 (0: 3)
June 7, 2014 - 2:30 p.m.	India	Malaysia	3: 2 (1: 0)
June 7, 2014 - 4:00 p.m.	England	Australia	0: 5 (0: 4)
June 9, 2014 - 1:00 p.m.	Australia	India	4: 0 (4: 0)
June 9, 2014 - 2:30 p.m.	Spain	Malaysia	5: 2 (2: 1)
June 9, 2014 - 7.45pm	Belgium	England	2: 3 (1: 1)

Group B

rank	country	Games	Gates	difference	Victories	Points
1	Netherlands	5	14: 4	+ 10	4th	13
2	Argentina	5	15: 5	+ 10	4th	12
3	Germany	5	15: 6	+ 9	3	9
4th	New Zealand	5	12:10	+ 2	2	7th
5	South Korea	5	3:15	- 12	0	1
6th	South Africa	5	2:21	-19	0	1

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
June 1, 2014 - 10:30	Germany	South Africa	4: 0 (2: 0)
June 1, 2014 - 4:00 p.m.	Netherlands	Argentina	3: 1 (1: 1)
June 1, 2014 - 5:30 pm	New Zealand	South Korea	2: 1 (1: 0)
June 3, 2014 - 2:30 p.m.	South Africa	New Zealand	0: 5 (0: 3)
June 3, 2014 - 4:00 p.m.	Germany	Argentina	0: 1 (0: 1)
June 3, 2014 - 7.45pm	Netherlands	South Korea	2: 1 (1: 1)
June 6, 2014 - 1:00 p.m.	New Zealand	Argentina	1: 3 (0: 0)
June 6, 2014 - 5:30 pm	South Korea	South Africa	0-0
June 6, 2014 - 7.45pm	Germany	Netherlands	0: 1 (0: 1)
June 8, 2014 - 10:30 am	New Zealand	Germany	3: 5 (1: 3)
June 8, 2014 - 1:00 p.m.	South Korea	Argentina	0: 5 (0: 4)
June 8, 2014 - 7.45pm	South Africa	Netherlands	1: 7 (0: 4)
June 10, 2014 - 10:30 am	Argentina	South Africa	5: 1 (2: 0)
June 10, 2014 - 1:00 p.m.	Germany	South Korea	6: 1 (3: 0)
June 10, 2014 - 7.45pm	New Zealand	Netherlands	1: 1 (0: 1)

Placement games

Game for 11th place

Date / time	6. Group A	6. Group B	Result
June 12, 2014 - 1.30 p.m.	Malaysia	South Africa	2: 6 (1: 0)

Play for 9th place

Date / time	5. Group A	5. Group B	Result
June 14, 2014 - 8:00 am	India	South Korea	3: 0 (1: 0)

Game for 7th place

Date / time	4. Group A	4. Group B	Result
June 15, 2014 - 8:00 am	Spain	New Zealand	2: 5 n.P. (1: 1, 0: 1)

Play for 5th place

Date / time	3. Group A	3. Group B	Result
June 15, 2014 - 10:15	Belgium	Germany	4: 2 (1: 1)

Finals

	Semifinals				final
	June 13, 2014 - 6:00 p.m.
	Australia	5 (3)
	Argentina	1 (0)
					June 15, 2014 - 3:15 pm
					Netherlands	1 (1)
					Australia	6 (2)
					Game for third place
	June 13, 2014 - 3:15 pm				June 15, 2014 - 12:30 pm
	Netherlands	1 (1)			England	0
	England	0			Argentina	2 (0)

Final ranking

space	country
1	Australia
2	Netherlands
3	Argentina
4th	England
5	Belgium
6th	Germany
7th	New Zealand
8th	Spain
9	India
10	South Korea
11	South Africa
12	Malaysia

Web links

• Australia confidently defends the world championship. In: World Championship Men. hockey.de, June 2014, accessed on August 3, 2016 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FIH world rankings from January 20, 2014