2016–17_Women's_FIH_Hockey_World_League

2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League

2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League

International field hockey competition

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]

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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
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Round 2

Main article: 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2
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^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
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Final

Main article: 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final
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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. [1]
    "FIH unveils event hosts for 2015-2018 cycle". FIH. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  2. [2]
    "Valencia and Auckland play host to Hockey World League". FIH. 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  3. [3]
    "Classy Netherlands beat Brave Black Sticks in Sentinel Homes Hockey World League Final". FIH. 2017-11-26. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
  4. [4]
    "Hockey World League 2016 / 2017" (PDF). FIH. November 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  5. [5]
    "FIH WOMEN'S WORLD RANKINGS - MARCH 2015" (PDF). FIH. March 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  6. [6]
    "FIH WOMEN'S WORLD RANKINGS - DECEMBER 2017" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. FIH.ch. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
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