Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup
Women's field hockey tournament
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The Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup is an international women's field hockey tournament organised annually by the International Hockey Federation. The tournament serves as the qualification tournament for the Women's FIH Pro League.
Current season, competition or edition: 2025–26 Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup | |
| Sport | Field hockey |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2019 |
| First season | 2022 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Most recent champion |  New Zealand (1st title) (2024–25) |
| Most titles |  India Spain New Zealand (1 title each) |
| Promotion to | FIH Pro League |
| Relegation to | FIH Hockey Nations Cup 2 |
The tournament was founded in 2019 and the first edition was held in December 2022 in Valencia, Spain.[1]
Format
The tournament features the eight highest ranked teams in the FIH Women's World Ranking not participating in the Women's FIH Pro League. The winner of the tournament will be promoted to the following year's FIH Pro League to replace the bottom team who will be relegated.[2] The team will only be promoted if they meet the necessary requirements for participation in the Pro League. The winner of the first edition will qualify for the 2023–24 season of the FIH Pro League.[3]
Results
| Year | Host | Final | Third place game | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 2022 | Valencia, Spain | India |
1–0 | Spain |
 Japan |
3–2 |  Ireland |
8 | |||
| 2023–24 | Terrassa, Spain | Spain |
2–0 | Ireland |
 Chile |
2–1 | New Zealand |
8 | |||
| 2024–25 | Santiago, Chile | New Zealand |
1–1 (4–2 pen.) |
Ireland |
Chile |
2–1 |  United States |
8 | |||
| 2025–26 | Auckland, New Zealand | 8 | |||||||||
Summary
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain |
1 (2023–24*) | 1 (2022*) | ||
| New Zealand |
1 (2024–25) | 1 (2023–24) | ||
| India |
1 (2022) | |||
| Ireland |
2 (2023–24, 2024–25) | 1 (2022) | ||
| Chile |
2 (2023–24, 2024–25*) | |||
| Japan |
1 (2022) | |||
| United States |
1 (2024–25) |
- * = host country
Team appearances
| Team | 2022 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | 2025–26 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada |
WD | 6th | 8th  | – | 2 |
| Chile |
7th | 3rd | 3rd | Q | 4 |
 France |
– | – | – | Q | 1 |
| India |
1st  | – | – | Q | 2 |
| Ireland |
4th | 2nd | 2nd [a] | – | 3 |
 Italy |
5th | 7th | – | – | 2 |
| Japan |
3rd | 5th | 6th | Q | 4 |
| New Zealand |
– | 4th | 1st | Q[a] | 3 |
 Scotland |
– | – | 5th | WD | 1 |
 South Africa |
8th | – | – | – | 1 |
 South Korea |
6th | 8th | 7th | Q | 4 |
| Spain |
2nd | 1st | – | – | 2 |
 Uruguay |
– | – | – | Q | 1 |
| United States |
– | – | 4th | Q | 2 |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
See also
Notes
- New Zealand withdrew and were replaced by Ireland to the 2025–26 Women's FIH Pro League.[4]