2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League

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2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League
Tournament details
Teams45
Venue(s)13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (1st title)
Runner-upFile:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Third placeFile:Flag of England.svg England
Tournament statistics
Matches played182
Goals scored917 (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]

Schedule

Round 1

Main article: 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 1
Dates Location Teams Round 2
Quotas 		Round 2
Qualifier(s)
14–19 August 2012 Prague, Czech Republic File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
File:Flag of France.svg France
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 		4 File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
7–9 September 2012 Accra, Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 		1 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
14–16 September 2012 Kuantan, Malaysia File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 		2 File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
18–23 September 2012 Vienna, Austria File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales 		4 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
11–17 November 2012 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago File:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana
File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 		3 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago
8–15 December 2012 Suva, Fiji File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji
File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea
File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa
File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu 		1 File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji

Round 2

Main article: 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2
Dates Location Teams Qualified Semifinals
Quotas 		Semifinals
Qualifiers
Host By Ranking From Round 1
21–27 January 2013 Cape Town, South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada1 		2 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
18–24 February 2013 New Delhi, India File:Flag of India.svg India File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 		2 File:Flag of India.svg India
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
25 February – 3 March 2013 Valencia, Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain File:Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg Ireland File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine1
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 		2 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
4–10 March 2013 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 		File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 		2 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile
^1 – Ukraine and Canada withdrew from participating.

Semifinals

Main article: 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals
Dates Location Teams Qualified Final
Quotas 		Final
Qualifiers
Host By Ranking From Round 2
13–22 June 2013 Rotterdam, Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 		File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile
File:Flag of India.svg India
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 		4 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
22–30 June 2013 London, England File:Flag of England.svg England File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 		File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 		3 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
File:Flag of England.svg England
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China

Final

Main article: 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final
Dates Location Teams Qualified
Host From Semifinals
30 November – 8 December 2013 San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
File:Flag of England.svg England
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand

Final ranking

FIH issued a final ranking to determine the world ranking. The final ranking was as follows:[6]

  1. File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
  2. File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
  3. File:Flag of England.svg England
  4. File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
  5. File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
  6. File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
  7. File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
  8. File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
  9. File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
  10. File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
  11. File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
  12. File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
  13. File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
  14. File:Flag of India.svg India
  15. File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
  16. File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile
  17. File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
  18. File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
  19. File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus
  20. File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan
  21. File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
  22. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
  23. File:Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg Ireland
  24. File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
  25. File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago
  26. File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
  27. File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
  28. File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
  29. File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
  30. File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji

References

  1. ↑ "The Hockey World League 2012". FIH.ch. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Paumen inspires Netherlands to World League glory". FIH. 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  3. ↑ "Hinch & Walton seal Bronze for England". FIH. 2013-12-08. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  4. ↑ "Line-up for World League Revealed". FIH. 2011-10-23. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  5. ↑ "Invitation letters sent for FIH World League". FIH. 2011-02-21. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  6. ↑ "FIH Women's World Rankings – 9 December 2013" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. FIH.ch. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
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