2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League
Tournament details | |||
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Teams | 45 | ||
Venue(s) | 13 (in 13 host cities) | ||
Final positions | |||
Champions | ![]() | ||
Runner-up | ![]() | ||
Third place | ![]() | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Matches played | 182 | ||
Goals scored | 917 (5.04 per match) | ||
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The 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League was the inaugural edition of the women's field hockey national team league series. The tournament started in August 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic and finished in December 2013 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.[1]
The Semifinals of this competition also served as a qualifier for the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup as the 6 highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualified.
The Netherlands won the tournament's Final round for the first time after defeating Australia 5–1 in the final match. England won the third place match by defeating host nation Argentina 4–2 on a penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw.[2][3]
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, 51 teams were announced to compete. However, for different reasons, the final count of participating teams was 45.[4]
The 8 teams ranked between 1st and 8th in the FIH World Rankings current as of April 2011 received an automatic bye to the Semifinals while the 8 teams ranked between 9th and 16th received an automatic bye to Round 2. Those sixteen teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following:[5]
Argentina (1)
Netherlands (2)
Germany (3)
China (4)
England (5)
Australia (6)
New Zealand (7)
South Korea (8)
Japan (9)
Spain (10)
India (11)
South Africa (12)
United States (13)
Azerbaijan (14)
Ireland (15)
Chile (16)
Schedule
Round 1
Dates | Location | Teams | Round 2 Quotas | Round 2 Qualifier(s) |
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14–19 August 2012 | Prague, Czech Republic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
7–9 September 2012 | Accra, Ghana | ![]() ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
14–16 September 2012 | Kuantan, Malaysia | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
18–23 September 2012 | Vienna, Austria | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
11–17 November 2012 | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
8–15 December 2012 | Suva, Fiji | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
Round 2
Dates | Location | Teams Qualified | Semifinals Quotas | Semifinals Qualifiers | ||
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Host | By Ranking | From Round 1 | ||||
21–27 January 2013 | Cape Town, South Africa | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
18–24 February 2013 | New Delhi, India | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
25 February – 3 March 2013 | Valencia, Spain | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
4–10 March 2013 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
Semifinals
Dates | Location | Teams Qualified | Final Quotas | Final Qualifiers | ||
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Host | By Ranking | From Round 2 | ||||
13–22 June 2013 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
22–30 June 2013 | London, England | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Final
Dates | Location | Teams Qualified | |
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Host | From Semifinals | ||
30 November – 8 December 2013 | San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Final ranking
FIH issued a final ranking to determine the world ranking. The final ranking was as follows:[6]
References
- ^ "The Hockey World League 2012". FIH.ch. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ^ "Paumen inspires Netherlands to World League glory". FIH. 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
- ^ "Hinch & Walton seal Bronze for England". FIH. 2013-12-08. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
- ^ "Line-up for World League Revealed". FIH. 2011-10-23. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
- ^ "Invitation letters sent for FIH World League". FIH. 2011-02-21. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
- ^ "FIH Women's World Rankings – 9 December 2013" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. FIH.ch. Retrieved 2014-03-24.