2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League

2014–15 Men's
FIH Hockey World League
Tournament details
Teams	56
Venue(s)	15 (in 15 host cities)
Top three teams
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runner-up	Belgium
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	213
Goals scored	1147 (5.38 per match)
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The 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League was the second edition of the FIH Hockey World League field hockey championship for men. The tournament started in July 2014 in Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia and finished in December 2015 in Raipur, India.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The Semifinals of this competition also served as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympics as the 6 highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualified.

Australia won the tournament's Final round for the first time after defeating Belgium 2–1 in the final match. India won the third place match by defeating the Netherlands 3–2 on a penalty shootout after a 5–5 draw.^[4]

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, 56 teams were announced to compete.

The 11 teams ranked between 1st and 11th in the FIH World Rankings current at early 2013 received an automatic bye to the Semifinals while the 8 teams ranked between 12th and 19th received an automatic bye to Round 2. Those nineteen teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following:^[5]^[6]

Germany (1)
Australia (2)
Netherlands (3)
Great Britain (4)
Pakistan (5)
New Zealand (6)
Spain (7)
South Korea (8)
Belgium (9)
Argentina (10)
India (11)

South Africa (12)
Malaysia (13)
Canada (14)
Ireland (15)
Japan (16)
France (17)
China (18)
Poland (19)

Schedule

Round 1

Dates	Location	Teams	Round 2 Quotas	Round 2 Qualifier(s)
1–6 July 2014	Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia	Bulgaria Croatia Russia Switzerland Turkey	2	Russia Switzerland
2–7 September 2014	Hradec Králové, Czech Republic	Belarus Czech Republic Lithuania Slovakia Ukraine	3	Belarus Czech Republic Ukraine
5–7 September 2014	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bangladesh Hong Kong Sri Lanka	1	Bangladesh
5–7 September 2014	Muscat, Oman	Azerbaijan Iran Oman Thailand	2	Azerbaijan Oman
5–7 September 2014	Nairobi, Kenya	Egypt Ghana Kenya Tanzania	1	Egypt
12–14 September 2014	Guadalajara, Mexico	Brazil Chile Guatemala Mexico	2	Chile Mexico
12–14 September 2014	Lousada, Portugal	Austria Italy Portugal	2	Austria Italy
1–5 October 2014	Kingston, Jamaica	Barbados Dominican Republic Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago	1	Trinidad and Tobago
6–11 December 2014	Suva, Fiji	Fiji Papua New Guinea Samoa	0

Round 2

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified			Semifinals Quotas	Semifinals Qualifiers
Dates	Location	Host	By Ranking	From Round 1	Semifinals Quotas	Semifinals Qualifiers
17–25 January 2015	Singapore	Singapore	Japan Malaysia Poland	Bangladesh Mexico Oman¹ Ukraine¹	3	Malaysia Poland Japan
28 February – 8 March 2015	San Diego, United States	United States	Canada Ireland	Austria Chile Italy Russia Trinidad and Tobago	3	Ireland Austria Canada
7–15 March 2015	Cape Town, South Africa	South Africa	China France	Azerbaijan Belarus Czech Republic Egypt Switzerland	3	France China Egypt

^1 – Fiji and Sri Lanka withdrew from participating and Oman and Ukraine took their place.

Semifinals

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified			Final Quotas	Final Qualifiers
Dates	Location	Host	By Ranking	From Round 2	Final Quotas	Final Qualifiers
3–14 June 2015	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentina	Germany Netherlands New Zealand South Korea Spain	Austria Canada Egypt Japan	4	Germany Argentina Netherlands Canada
20 June–5 July 2015	Antwerp, Belgium	Belgium	Australia Great Britain India Pakistan	China France Ireland Malaysia Poland	3	Australia Belgium Great Britain

Final

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified
Dates	Location	Host	From Semifinals
28 November–6 December 2015	Raipur, India	India	Argentina Australia Belgium Canada Germany Great Britain Netherlands

Final ranking

FIH issued a final ranking to determine the world ranking. The final ranking was as follows:^[7]

References

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v t e 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League
Men's	Round 1 Round 2 Semifinals Final
Women's	Round 1 Round 2 Semifinals Final

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UCI	Cyclo-cross Mountain bike '14 '15 Road cycling (men's) '14 '15 Road cycling (women's) '14 '15 Track cycling
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2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League

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Round 1

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Semifinals

Final

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