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2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League
Tournament details
Teams	51
Venue(s)	13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (1st title)
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	212
Goals scored	1036 (4.89 per match)
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The 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League was the second edition of women's field hockey national team league series. The tournament started in June 2014 in Singapore and finished in December 2015 in Rosario, Argentina.^[1]^[2]

The Semifinals of this competition also served as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympics as 7 highest placed teams apart from the five continental champions qualified.

Argentina won the tournament's Final round for the first time after defeating New Zealand 5–1 in the final. Germany won the third place match by defeating China 6–2.^[3]^[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, 51 teams were announced to compete.

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. Scotland would have qualified as the nineteenth ranked team but will compete as Great Britain as in every Olympic Qualifying Tournament, giving its berth to twentieth ranked Russia. Those nineteen teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following:^[5]^[6]

Netherlands (1)
Argentina (2)
New Zealand (3)
Great Britain (4)
Germany (5)
Australia (6)
China (7)
South Korea (8)
Japan (9)
United States (10)
South Africa (11)
India (12)
Belgium (13)
Ireland (14)
Spain (15)
Azerbaijan (16)
Italy (17)
Chile (18)
Russia (20)

Schedule

Round 1

Dates	Location	Teams	Round 2 Quotas	Round 2 Qualifier(s)
21–26 June 2014	Singapore	Hong Kong Kazakhstan Malaysia Myanmar Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand	4	Malaysia Kazakhstan Thailand Singapore
27–29 June 2014	Šiauliai, Lithuania	Belarus Lithuania Poland Ukraine	3	Belarus Ukraine Lithuania
5–7 September 2014	Hradec Králové, Czech Republic	Austria Czech Republic France Turkey	3	France Austria Czech Republic
5–7 September 2014	Nairobi, Kenya	Ghana Kenya Tanzania	1	Kenya
11–14 September 2014	Guadalajara, Mexico	Canada Guatemala Mexico Peru	2	Canada Mexico
30 September–5 October 2014	Kingston, Jamaica	Barbados Dominican Republic Jamaica Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago	2	Trinidad and Tobago Dominican Republic
6–11 December 2014	Suva, Fiji	Fiji Papua New Guinea Samoa Vanuatu	1	Fiji

Round 2

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified			Semifinals Quotas	Semifinals Qualifiers
Dates	Location	Host	By Ranking	From Round 1	Semifinals Quotas	Semifinals Qualifiers
14-22 February 2015	Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	Azerbaijan Italy	Dominican Republic France Kenya Mexico Trinidad and Tobago	3	Italy Uruguay Azerbaijan
7–15 March 2015	New Delhi, India	India	Russia	Ghana Kazakhstan Malaysia Poland Singapore Thailand	2	India Poland
14–22 March 2015	Dublin, Ireland	Ireland	Chile	Austria Belarus Canada Lithuania Turkey¹ Ukraine	2	Ireland Canada

^1 – The Czech Republic withdrew from participating and Turkey took their place.

Semifinals

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified			Final Quotas	Final Qualifiers
Dates	Location	Host	By Ranking	From Round 2	Final Quotas	Final Qualifiers
10–21 June 2015	Valencia, Spain	Spain	Argentina China Germany Great Britain South Africa United States	Canada Ireland Uruguay	4	Great Britain China Germany Argentina
20 June–5 July 2015	Antwerp, Belgium	Belgium	Australia Japan Netherlands New Zealand South Korea	France² India Italy Poland	4	Australia Netherlands New Zealand South Korea

^2 – Azerbaijan withdrew from participating and France took their place.^[7]

Final

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified
Dates	Location	Host	From Semifinals
5–13 December 2015	Rosario, Argentina	Argentina	Australia China Germany Great Britain Netherlands New Zealand South Korea

Final ranking

Reference:^[8]

References

^ "FIH unveils event hosts for 2015-2018 cycle". FIH. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
^ "FIH unveils plans for 2nd edition of Hockey World League". FIH. 2013-12-18. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
^ "Argentina hit high five against New Zealand to win Argentina HWL Final". FIH. 2015-12-13. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
^ "Germany go from bottom of the pool to third place in Argentina HWL Final". FIH. 2015-12-13. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
^ "FIH Women's World Rankings - 8 October 2012" (PDF). FIH. 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
^ "Explanatory Note about the Format of Hockey World League 2014 / 2015" (PDF). FIH. 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
^ "FINTRO Hockey World League Semi-Finals - Antwerp: France replace Azerbaijan in women's competition". FIH. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
^ FIH Women's Ranking November 2015 - FIH official website

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

[2] "FIH unveils plans for 2nd edition of Hockey World League". FIH. 2013-12-18. Retrieved 2014-02-06.

[3] "Argentina hit high five against New Zealand to win Argentina HWL Final". FIH. 2015-12-13. Retrieved 2015-12-13.

[4] "Germany go from bottom of the pool to third place in Argentina HWL Final". FIH. 2015-12-13. Retrieved 2015-12-13.

[5] "FIH Women's World Rankings - 8 October 2012" (PDF). FIH. 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2014-03-25.

[6] "Explanatory Note about the Format of Hockey World League 2014 / 2015" (PDF). FIH. 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-22.

[7] "FINTRO Hockey World League Semi-Finals - Antwerp: France replace Azerbaijan in women's competition". FIH. Retrieved 2015-07-01.

[8] FIH Women's Ranking November 2015 - FIH official website

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