2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final

2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final
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Tournament details
Host countryIndia
CityRaipur
Dates27 November–6 December
Teams8
Venue(s)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions Australia (1st title)
Runner-up Belgium
Third place India
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored100 (4.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Gonzalo Peillat (8 goals)
Best playerAustralia Jamie Dwyer

The 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final took place from 27 November to 6 December 2015 in Raipur, India.[1] A total of 8 teams competed for the title.[2]

Australia won the tournament for the first time after defeating Belgium 2–1 in the final match. Host nation India won the third place match by defeating the Netherlands 3–2 on a penalty shootout after a 5–5 draw.[3]

Qualification

The host nation qualified automatically in addition to 7 teams qualified from the Semifinals. The following eight teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this round of the tournament.

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
Host nation 1  India (6)
3–14 June 2015 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals Buenos Aires, Argentina 7  Germany (3)
 Argentina (5)
 Netherlands (2)
 Canada (14)
20 June–5 July 2015 Antwerp, Belgium  Australia (1)
 Belgium (7)
 Great Britain (4)
Total 8

Umpires

Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

  • Grant Hundley (USA)
  • Adam Kearns (AUS)
  • Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
  • Raghu Prasad (IND)
  • Ayden Shrives (RSA)
  • Gurinder Singh (IND)
  • Nathan Stagno (GBR)
  • David Sweetman (GBR)
  • David Tomlinson (NZL)
  • Paul Walker (GBR)

Results

All times are Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)[4]

First round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Great Britain 3 2 1 0 11 6 +5 7
2  Australia 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4 6
3  Belgium 3 1 1 1 10 6 +4 4
4  Canada 3 0 0 3 3 16 −13 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[5]
28 November 2015
14:30
Great Britain  3–1  Canada
Mantell field hockey ball 2', 23'
Catlin field hockey ball 24' 		Report Pearson field hockey ball 4'
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Adam Kearns (AUS)
28 November 2015
16:30
Australia  1–0  Belgium
Dwyer field hockey ball 22' Report
Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Nathan Stagno (GBR)
29 November 2015
18:30
Belgium  7–2  Canada
Dockier field hockey ball 9'
Van Aubel field hockey ball 12', 58'
Briels field hockey ball 13'
Truyens field hockey ball 14'
Van Doren field hockey ball 50'
Boon field hockey ball 54' 		Report Pearson field hockey ball 29'
Noronha field hockey ball 44'
Umpires:
Ayden Shrives (RSA)
David Sweetman (GBR)
29 November 2015
20:30
Australia  2–5  Great Britain
Hayward field hockey ball 17'
Gohdes field hockey ball 47' 		Report Weir field hockey ball 9'
Grassick field hockey ball 13'
Sloan field hockey ball 23'
Condon field hockey ball 32'
Roper field hockey ball 49'
Umpires:
Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
Grant Hundley (USA)
1 December 2015
18:30
Australia  6–0  Canada
Beale field hockey ball 4', 60'
Hayward field hockey ball 11'
Wotherspoon field hockey ball 13'
Dawson field hockey ball 15'
Govers field hockey ball 57' 		Report
Umpires:
Paul Walker (GBR)
David Sweetman (GBR)
1 December 2015
20:30
Great Britain  3–3  Belgium
Roper field hockey ball 7'
Brogdon field hockey ball 28'
Forsyth field hockey ball 40' 		Report Briels field hockey ball 13'
Cosyns field hockey ball 38'
Boon field hockey ball 42'
Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Grant Hundley (USA)

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Netherlands 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
2  Argentina 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
3  Germany 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
4  India 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[5]
27 November 2015
18:30
Argentina  3–0  India
Peillat field hockey ball 3', 60+'
Menini field hockey ball 24' 		Report
Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
David Tomlinson (NZL)
27 November 2015
20:30
Germany  0–0  Netherlands
Report
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Ayden Shrives (RSA)
28 November 2015
18:30
Germany  1–1  India
Wellen field hockey ball 6' Report A. Singh field hockey ball 47'
Umpires:
Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
Paul Walker (GBR)
28 November 2015
20:30
Netherlands  3–2  Argentina
Brinkman field hockey ball 10'
Van Ass field hockey ball 17'
Bovendeert field hockey ball 22' 		Report Peillat field hockey ball 30', 39'
Umpires:
Grant Hundley (USA)
David Sweetman (GBR)
30 November 2015
18:30
Netherlands  3–1  India
Van der Weerden field hockey ball 36'
Pruijser field hockey ball 43'
Bovendeert field hockey ball 54' 		Report Kangujam field hockey ball 47'
Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Ayden Shrives (RSA)
30 November 2015
20:30
Argentina  3–1  Germany
Peillat field hockey ball 17', 51'
Paredes field hockey ball 50' 		Report Wellen field hockey ball 26'
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Nathan Stagno (GBR)

Second round

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
3 December 2015
 
 
 Great Britain1
 
5 December 2015
 
 India2
 
 India0
 
3 December 2015
 
 Belgium1
 
 Argentina1
 
6 December 2015
 
 Belgium2
 
 Belgium1
 
2 December 2015
 
 Australia2
 
 Australia4
 
4 December 2015
 
 Germany1
 
 Australia3
 
2 December 2015
 
 Netherlands2 Third place
 
 Netherlands2
 
6 December 2015
 
 Canada0
 
 India (p.s.o.)5 (3)
 
 
 Netherlands5 (2)
 

Quarterfinals

2 December 2015
18:30
Netherlands  2–0  Canada
Jonker field hockey ball 25'
Bovendeert field hockey ball 56' 		Report
Umpires:
Paul Walker (GBR)
Raghu Prasad (IND)
2 December 2015
20:45
Australia  4–1  Germany
Hayward field hockey ball 4'
Dwyer field hockey ball 5'
Dawson field hockey ball 27'
Turner field hockey ball 60' 		Report Rühr field hockey ball 40'
Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GBR)
Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
3 December 2015
18:30
Great Britain  1–2  India
Mantell field hockey ball 52' Report Raghunath field hockey ball 19'
T. Singh field hockey ball 39'
Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Ayden Shrives (RSA)
3 December 2015
20:45
Argentina  1–2  Belgium
Mazilli field hockey ball 42' Report Hendrickx field hockey ball 22'
Dockier field hockey ball 27'
Umpires:
Paul Walker (GBR)
David Sweetman (GBR)

Fifth to eighth place classification

The losing quarterfinalists were ranked according to their first round results to determine the fixtures for the fifth to eighth place classification matches.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Great Britain 3 2 1 0 11 6 +5 7
2  Argentina 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
3  Germany 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
4  Canada 3 0 0 3 3 16 −13 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored.
Seventh and eighth place
5 December 2015
20:45
Germany  8–3  Canada
Rühr field hockey ball 3', 4'
Fürste field hockey ball 8'
Wellen field hockey ball 18'
Windfeder field hockey ball 24'
Fuchs field hockey ball 51'
Korn field hockey ball 54'
Staib field hockey ball 59' 		Report Johnston field hockey ball 30+'
Guest field hockey ball 41'
Tupper field hockey ball 49'
Umpires:
David Sweetman (GBR)
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Fifth and sixth place
4 December 2015
20:45
Great Britain  2–4  Argentina
Mantell field hockey ball 50'
Roper field hockey ball 57' 		Report Ibarra field hockey ball 5', 17'
Peillat field hockey ball 14', 54'
Umpires:
Ayden Shrives (RSA)
Grant Hundley (USA)

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals
4 December 2015
18:30
Australia  3–2  Netherlands
Wotherspoon field hockey ball 8'
Beale field hockey ball 22'
Gohdes field hockey ball 42' 		Report Jonker field hockey ball 29'
Pruijser field hockey ball 33'
Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GBR)
David Tomlinson (NZL)
5 December 2015
18:30
India  0–1  Belgium
Report Charlier field hockey ball 5'
Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
Third and fourth place
6 December 2015
18:30
Netherlands  5–5  India
Pruijser field hockey ball 9'
Van der Schoot field hockey ball 25'
Van der Weerden field hockey ball 54', 58', 60+' 		Report Ra. Singh field hockey ball 39', 51'
Pal Singh field hockey ball 47', 55'
A. Singh field hockey ball 56'
Penalties
Bakker Penalty shoot-out scored
Hertzberger Penalty shoot-out missed
Pruijser Penalty shoot-out missed
Van Ass Penalty shoot-out scored
Verga Penalty shoot-out missed 		2–3 Penalty shoot-out missed Mujtaba
Penalty shoot-out missed Amir Khan
Penalty shoot-out scored Lakra
Penalty shoot-out scored S. Singh
Penalty shoot-out scored Manpreet
Umpires:
Paul Walker (GBR)
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Final
6 December 2015
20:45
Australia  2–1  Belgium
Hayward field hockey ball 16'
Dawson field hockey ball 37' 		Report Gougnard field hockey ball 60+'
Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GBR)
Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

Awards

Top Goalscorer Player of the Tournament Goalkeeper of the Tournament Young Player of the Tournament
Argentina Gonzalo Peillat Australia Jamie Dwyer Netherlands Jaap Stockmann Belgium Arthur van Doren

Statistics

Final standings

  1.  Australia
  2.  Belgium
  3.  India
  4.  Netherlands
  5.  Argentina
  6.  Great Britain
  7.  Germany
  8.  Canada

Goalscorers

There were 100 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 4.55 goals per match.

8 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

  1. ^ "Raipur, India confirmed host of the 2015 Men's Hero Hockey World League Final". FIH. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  2. ^ "FIH unveils event hosts for 2015-2018 cycle". FIH. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Australia crowned Hero Hockey World League champions". FIH. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  4. ^ "FIH confirms men's Hero Hockey World League Final schedule". fih.ch. 30 September 2015.
  5. ^ a b Regulations