FIH Hockey World League

FIH Hockey World League

Current season, competition or edition: 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	2012
No. of teams	+32
Continent	International (FIH)
Most recent champion(s)	M:Australia (1st title) W:Argentina (1st title)
Most titles	M:Netherlands & Australia (1 title) W:Netherlands & Argentina (1 title)
Official website	World League Info

The FIH Hockey World League is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The competition, which is held over two years, also serves as the qualifier for the Hockey World Cup (men and women's) and the Olympic Games.

Format

Both men and women's tournament have four rounds of competition. For each edition the FIH decides the amount of events and teams for each round.

The number of Round 1 events varies in each cycle depending on the number of participating national teams. Teams are grouped regionally, although European teams are split in several tournaments. The remaining rounds have teams selected with no regional restrictions.

The top teams teams receive a bye to a Round 2 or Semifinal event depending on the FIH World Rankings at the time of seeking entries, number which also varies depending on the edition.

Year	Teams		Round 1		Round 2	Semifinals	Final
	Men	Women	Men	Women
2012–13	54	45	9 events of 3 to 5 teams	6 events of 2 to 6 teams	4 events of 6 teams	2 events of 8 teams	1 event of 8 teams
2014–15	56	51	9 events of 4 to 8 teams	7 events of 3 to 9 teams	3 events of 8 teams	2 events of 10 teams	1 event of 8 teams

Men

Summaries

Year	Final host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
2012–13 Details	New Delhi, India		Template:Fh-big	7–2	Template:Fh-big		Template:Fh-big	2–1	Template:Fh-big
2014–15 Details	Raipur, India		Template:Fh-big	2–1	Template:Fh-big		Template:Fh-big	5–5 (3–2 pen.)	Template:Fh-big
2016–17 Details	India

Performance by nation

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third places	Fourth places
Netherlands	1 (2012–13)			1 (2014–15)
Australia	1 (2014–15)			1 (2012–13)
New Zealand		1 (2012–13)
Belgium		1 (2014–15)
England			1 (2012–13)
India			1 (2014–15*)

* = host nation

Team appearances

Team	2012–13	2014–15	Appearances at the Final
Argentina	8th	5th	2
Australia	4th	1st	2
Austria	22nd	19th	–
Azerbaijan	–	31st	–
Bangladesh	19th	28th	–
Belarus	–	33rd	–
Belgium	5th	2nd	2
Brazil	31st	–	–
Canada	18th	8th	1
Chile	20th	26th	–
China	23rd	20th	–
Czech Republic	30th	27th	–
England~	3rd	6th	2
Egypt	25th	18th	–
Fiji	32nd	–	–
France	16th	14th	–
Germany	7th	7th	2
India	6th	3rd	2
Ireland	14th	9th	–
Italy	–	29th	–
Japan	12th	16th	–
Malaysia	11th	12th	–
Mexico	–	35th	–
Netherlands	1st	4th	2
New Zealand	2nd	11th	1
Oman	29th	23rd	–
Pakistan	13th	15th	–
Poland	27th	17th	–
Portugal	33rd	–	–
Russia	17th	21st	–
Scotland	24th	–	–
Singapore	–	32nd	–
South Africa	15th	22nd	–
South Korea	9th	13th	–
Spain	10th	10th	–
Switzerland	–	25th	–
Trinidad and Tobago	26th	34th	–
Ukraine	21st	24th	–
United States	28th	30th	–

* = host nation

~ = includes results representing Great Britain

Women

Summaries

Year	Final host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
2012–13 Details	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina		Netherlands	5–1	Australia		England	1–1 (4–2 pen.)	Argentina
2014–15 Details	Rosario, Argentina		Argentina	5–1	New Zealand		Germany	6–2	China
2016–17 Details	Auckland, New Zealand

Performance by nation

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third places	Fourth places
Argentina	1 (2014–15*)			1 (2012–13*)
Netherlands	1 (2012–13)
Australia		1 (2012–13)
New Zealand		1 (2014–15)
England			1 (2012–13)
Germany			1 (2014–15)
China				1 (2014–15)

* = host nation

Team appearances

Team	2012–13	2014–15	Appearances at the Final
Argentina	4th	1st	2
Australia	2nd	6th	2
Austria	24th	28th	–
Azerbaijan	20th	38th	–
Belarus	19th	23rd	–
Belgium	11th	13th	–
Brazil	29th	–	–
Canada	–	17th	–
Chile	16th	21st	–
China	6th	4th	2
Czech Republic	28th	–	–
Dominican Republic	–	33rd	–
England~	3rd	7th	2
Fiji	30th	–	–
France	–	20th	–
Germany	7th	3rd	2
Ghana	27th	34th	–
India	14th	10th	–
Ireland	23rd	15th	–
Italy	12th	16th	–
Japan	9th	12th	–
Kazakhstan	26th	29th	–
Kenya	–	35th	–
Lithuania	–	31st	–
Malaysia	17th	22nd	–
Mexico	–	25th	–
Netherlands	1st	5th	2
New Zealand	5th	2nd	2
Poland	–	18th	–
Russia	22nd	27th	–
Scotland	18th	–	–
Singapore	–	36th	–
South Africa	13th	14th	–
South Korea	8th	8th	2
Spain	15th	11th	–
Thailand	–	24th	–
Trinidad and Tobago	25th	30th	–
Turkey	–	37th	–
Ukraine	–	32nd	–
United States	10th	9th	–
Uruguay	21st	19th	–

* = host nation

~ = includes results representing Great Britain

External links

• Official website