2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League
Field hockey tournament
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The 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League was the second season of the men's field hockey national team league series. 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 in regular time.[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.[5]
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:[6][7]
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 |
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Round 2
| Dates | Location | Teams Qualified | Semifinals Quotas |
Semifinals Qualifiers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | By Ranking | From Round 1 | ||||
| 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 |
Semifinals
| Dates | Location | Teams Qualified | Final Quotas |
Final Qualifiers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | By Ranking | From Round 2 | ||||
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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:[8]
- Australia
- Belgium
- India
- Netherlands
- Argentina
- Great Britain
- Germany
- Canada
- Ireland
- Spain
- New Zealand
- Malaysia
- South Korea
- France
- Pakistan
- Japan
- Poland
Egypt
Austria- China
Russia- South Africa
Oman
Ukraine
Switzerland
Chile
Czech Republic
Bangladesh
Italy
United States
Azerbaijan
Singapore
Belarus
Trinidad and Tobago
Mexico