2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final

2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
CityBhubaneswar
Dates1–10 December
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)Kalinga Stadium
Final positions
Champions Australia (2nd title)
Runner-up Argentina
Third place India
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored80 (3.64 per match)
Top scorer(s)Belgium Loïck Luypaert (8 goals)
Best playerGermany Mats Grambusch

The 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final was the final stage of the 2016–17 edition of the Men's FIH Hockey World League. It took place between 1 and 10 December 2017 in Bhubaneswar, India.[1][2]

Australia won the tournament for a record second time after defeating Argentina 2–1 in the final match. India won the third place match by defeating Germany 2–1.[3]

Qualification

Odisha's Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Unveiling the Trophy

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)
15–25 June 2017 2016–17 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals London, England 7  Netherlands (4)
 Argentina (1)
 England (7)
8–23 July 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa  Belgium (3)
 Germany (5)
 Australia (2)
 Spain (9)
Total 8

Results

All times are local (UTC+5:30).[4]

First round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9 Quarter-finals
2  Spain 3 2 0 1 5 8 −3 6
3  Argentina 3 0 1 2 6 8 −2 1
4  Netherlands 3 0 1 2 5 9 −4 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[5]
2 December 2017
12:00
Argentina  2–3  Belgium
Casella field hockey ball 52'
Peillat field hockey ball 57' 		Report Luypaert field hockey ball 9'
Keusters field hockey ball 51'
Boon field hockey ball 56'
Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Ben de Young (AUS)
2 December 2017
14:00
Netherlands  2–3  Spain
Balk field hockey ball 37'
Pruyser field hockey ball 55' 		Report Quemada field hockey ball 15+'
González field hockey ball 35'
Arana field hockey ball 39'
Umpires:
Javed Shaikh (IND)
Ben Göntgen (GER)
3 December 2017
17:30
Belgium  5–0  Spain
Van Aubel field hockey ball 3'
Luypaert field hockey ball 38', 57', 59'
Charlier field hockey ball 58' 		Report
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Rana Anbanathan (MAS)
3 December 2017
19:30
Netherlands  3–3  Argentina
Brinkman field hockey ball 12'
Verga field hockey ball 37'
Pruyser field hockey ball 55' 		Report Rey field hockey ball 45'
Vila field hockey ball 50'
Peillat field hockey ball 59'
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Chen Dekang (CHN)
5 December 2017
17:30
Argentina  1–2  Spain
Paredes field hockey ball 21' Report Quemada field hockey ball 50'
Romeu field hockey ball 59'
Umpires:
Ben de Young (AUS)
Ben Göntgen (GER)
5 December 2017
19:30
Belgium  3–0  Netherlands
Luypaert field hockey ball 19', 30+'
Boon field hockey ball 32' 		Report
Umpires:
Javed Shaikh (IND)
Dan Barstow (ENG)

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Quarter-finals
2  England 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4
3  Australia 3 0 3 0 5 5 0 3
4  India (H) 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[5]
(H) Hosts
1 December 2017
16:45
Germany  2–0  England
Grambusch field hockey ball 19'
Rühr field hockey ball 25' 		Report
Umpires:
Rana Anbanathan (MAS)
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
1 December 2017
19:30
Australia  1–1  India
Hayward field hockey ball 21' Report Mandeep field hockey ball 20'
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Diego Barbas (ARG)
2 December 2017
17:30
Germany  2–2  Australia
Miltkau field hockey ball 7'
Häner field hockey ball 58' 		Report Govers field hockey ball 39'
Kleinschmidt field hockey ball 49'
Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Martin Madden (SCO)
2 December 2017
19:30
India  2–3  England
Akashdeep field hockey ball 47'
Rupinder field hockey ball 50' 		Report Goodfield field hockey ball 25'
Ward field hockey ball 43', 57'
Umpires:
Diego Barbas (ARG)
Chen Dekang (CHN)
4 December 2017
17:30
Australia  2–2  England
Wotherspoon field hockey ball 33'
Govers field hockey ball 41' 		Report Ansell field hockey ball 4'
Roper field hockey ball 54'
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
4 December 2017
19:30
India  0–2  Germany
Report Häner field hockey ball 17'
Grambusch field hockey ball 20'
Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Martin Madden (SCO)

Second round

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
6 December
 
 
 Belgium3 (2)
 
8 December
 
 India (p.s.o.)3 (3)
 
 India0
 
7 December
 
 Argentina1
 
 England2
 
10 December
 
 Argentina3
 
 Argentina1
 
6 December
 
 Australia2
 
 Spain1
 
9 December
 
 Australia4
 
 Australia3
 
7 December
 
 Germany0 Third place
 
 Germany (p.s.o.)3 (4)
 
10 December
 
 Netherlands3 (3)
 
 India2
 
 
 Germany1
 

Quarter-finals

6 December 2017
17:15
Spain  1–4  Australia
Garcia field hockey ball 20' Report Hayward field hockey ball 28'
Kleinschmidt field hockey ball 48'
Govers field hockey ball 50', 50'
Umpires:
Diego Barbas (ARG)
Chen Dekang (CHN)
6 December 2017
19:30
Belgium  3–3  India
Luypaert field hockey ball 39', 46'
Keusters field hockey ball 53' 		Report Gurjant field hockey ball 31'
Harmanpreet field hockey ball 35'
Rupinder field hockey ball 46'
Penalties
Boccard Penalty shoot-out missed
Stockbroekx Penalty shoot-out missed
Wegnez Penalty shoot-out missed
Van Doren Penalty shoot-out scored
Van Aubel Penalty shoot-out scored
Van Doren Penalty shoot-out missed 		2–3 Penalty shoot-out missed Harmanpreet
Penalty shoot-out scored Lalit
Penalty shoot-out scored Rupinder
Penalty shoot-out missed Sumit
Penalty shoot-out missed Akashdeep
Penalty shoot-out scored Harmanpreet
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Rana Anbanathan (MAS)
7 December 2017
17:15
England  2–3  Argentina
Condon field hockey ball 29'
Dixon field hockey ball 60' 		Report Vila field hockey ball 21'
Paredes field hockey ball 29'
Gilardi field hockey ball 34'
Umpires:
Javed Shaikh (IND)
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
7 December 2017
19:30
Germany  3–3  Netherlands
Meyer field hockey ball 12'
Fuchs field hockey ball 34'
Staib field hockey ball 41' 		Report Pruyser field hockey ball 21', 60'
Kellerman field hockey ball 27'
Penalties
Fuchs Penalty shoot-out missed
Grambusch Penalty shoot-out scored
Miltkau Penalty shoot-out scored
Linnekogel Penalty shoot-out scored
Rühr Penalty shoot-out scored 		4–3 Penalty shoot-out missed Bakker
Penalty shoot-out scored Pruyser
Penalty shoot-out missed Kemperman
Penalty shoot-out scored Van Ass
Penalty shoot-out scored Kellerman
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Dan Barstow (ENG)

Fifth to eighth place classification

The losing quarterfinalists are 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  Belgium 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9
2  Spain 3 2 0 1 5 8 −3 6
3  England 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
4  Netherlands 3 0 1 2 5 9 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored.
Seventh place game
8 December 2017
17:15
England  0–1  Netherlands
Report Pruyser field hockey ball 42'
Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Chen Dekang (CHN)
Fifth place game
9 December 2017
17:15
Belgium  1–0  Spain
Dockier field hockey ball 4' Report
Umpires:
Ben de Young (AUS)
Javed Shaikh (IND)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals
8 December 2017
19:30
India  0–1  Argentina
Report Peillat field hockey ball 17'
Umpires:
Rana Anbanathan (MAS)
Ben Göntgen (GER)
9 December 2017
19:30
Australia  3–0  Germany
Wothersoon field hockey ball 42'
Hayward field hockey ball 48'
Wickham field hockey ball 60' 		Report
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Diego Barbas (ARG)
Third place game
10 December 2017
17:15
India  2–1  Germany
Sunil field hockey ball 21'
Harmanpreet field hockey ball 54' 		Report Appel field hockey ball 36'
Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Final
10 December 2017
19:30
Argentina  1–2  Australia
Bugallo field hockey ball 17' Report Hayward field hockey ball 17'
Govers field hockey ball 58'
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Marcin Grochal (POL)

Statistics

Final ranking

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  India
4  Germany
5  Belgium
6  Spain
7  Netherlands
8  England

Awards

The following individual awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[3]

Top Goalscorer Player of the Tournament Goalkeeper of the Tournament Young Player of the Tournament
Belgium Loïck Luypaert Germany Mats Grambusch Argentina Juan Manuel Vivaldi Belgium Victor Wegnez

Goalscorers

There were 80 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.64 goals per match.

8 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIH unveils event hosts for 2015-2018 cycle". FIH. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Bhubaneswar, India to host Men's Hockey World League Final 2017 and Hockey Men's World Cup 2018". FIH. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Australia's Kookaburras claim Odisha Men's Hockey World League Final Bhubaneswar 2017". FIH. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  4. ^ "FIH confirms Odisha Men's Hockey World League Final, Bhubaneswar 2017 schedule". fih.ch. 7 September 2017.
  5. ^ a b Regulations