2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League

2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League
Tournament details
Teams	60
Venue(s)	13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (2nd title)
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	South Korea
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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]

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]

Belgium (12)
India (13)
Ireland (14)
Spain (15)
Italy (16)
Scotland (17)
Belarus (18)
Azerbaijan (19)
Canada (20)

Schedule

Round 1

Dates	Location	Teams	Round 2 Quotas	Round 2 Qualifier(s)
9–17 April 2016	Singapore	Brunei Cambodia Hong Kong Kazakhstan Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand	3	Thailand Kazakhstan Singapore
28 June–2 July 2016	Suva, Fiji	Fiji Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Tonga	1	Fiji
30 August–4 September 2016	Prague, Czech Republic	Czech Republic Lithuania Poland Turkey Ukraine	3	Czech Republic Poland Ukraine
9–11 September 2016	Accra, Ghana	Ghana Kenya Nigeria	1	Ghana
13–18 September 2016	Douai, France	Austria France Russia Switzerland Wales	3	Russia Wales France
27 September–2 October 2016	Salamanca, Mexico	Guatemala Mexico Trinidad and Tobago	1	Mexico
30 September–8 October 2016	Chiclayo, Peru	Brazil Chile Paraguay Peru Uruguay	2	Uruguay Chile
12 October 2016	Appointed by FIH		1	Trinidad and Tobago

Round 2

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified			Semifinals Quotas	Semifinals Qualifiers
Dates	Location	Host	By Ranking	From Round 1	Semifinals Quotas	Semifinals Qualifiers
14–22 January 2017	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Malaysia	Ireland Italy	~~Fiji~~¹ Kazakhstan Singapore Thailand Wales Hong Kong	3	Ireland Malaysia Italy
4–12 February 2017	Valencia, Spain	Spain	Scotland ~~Azerbaijan~~²	Czech Republic Ghana Poland Russia Turkey Ukraine	3	Spain Poland Scotland
1–9 April 2017	West Vancouver, Canada	Canada	Belarus India	Chile ~~France~~³ Mexico Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay	2	India Chile

^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

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified			Final Quotas	Final Qualifiers
Dates	Location	Host	By Ranking	From Round 2	Final Quotas	Final Qualifiers
21 June–2 July 2017	Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	Australia China Netherlands New Zealand South Korea	Italy Malaysia Scotland Spain	3	Netherlands China South Korea
8–23 July 2017	Johannesburg, South Africa	South Africa	Argentina England Germany Japan United States	Chile India Ireland Poland	4	United States Germany England Argentina

Final

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified
Dates	Location	Host	From Semifinals
17–26 November 2017	Auckland, New Zealand	New Zealand	Argentina China England Germany Netherlands South Korea United States

Final ranking

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

References

^ "FIH unveils event hosts for 2015-2018 cycle". FIH. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
^ "Valencia and Auckland play host to Hockey World League". FIH. 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
^ "Classy Netherlands beat Brave Black Sticks in Sentinel Homes Hockey World League Final". FIH. 2017-11-26. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
^ "Hockey World League 2016 / 2017" (PDF). FIH. November 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
^ "FIH WOMEN'S WORLD RANKINGS - MARCH 2015" (PDF). FIH. March 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
^ "FIH WOMEN'S WORLD RANKINGS - DECEMBER 2017" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. FIH.ch. Retrieved 2017-12-12.

[1] "FIH unveils event hosts for 2015-2018 cycle". FIH. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2013-11-08.

[2] "Valencia and Auckland play host to Hockey World League". FIH. 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2017-04-11.

[3] "Classy Netherlands beat Brave Black Sticks in Sentinel Homes Hockey World League Final". FIH. 2017-11-26. Retrieved 2017-12-05.

[4] "Hockey World League 2016 / 2017" (PDF). FIH. November 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-04.

[5] "FIH WOMEN'S WORLD RANKINGS - MARCH 2015" (PDF). FIH. March 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-14.

[6] "FIH WOMEN'S WORLD RANKINGS - DECEMBER 2017" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. FIH.ch. Retrieved 2017-12-12.

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