Men's FIH Hockey World League

Men's FIH Hockey World League
HWL Logo
Sport Field hockey
Founded 2012
Ceased 2017
Replaced by Hockey Pro League & Hockey Series
No. of teams 65 in 2016-17
Last
champion(s)		  Australia (2nd title)
Most titles  Australia (2 titles)
Official website World League Info

The Men's FIH Hockey World League was an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation. The league also served as a qualifier for the 2014 and 2018 Men's Hockey World Cups and the 2016 Olympic Games. [1] Three seasons were held in 2012–13, 2014–15 and 2016-17. It was replaced by the new Hockey Pro League and Hockey Series in 2018-19.

Format

The tournament featured four rounds. For each edition the FIH decides the amount of events and teams for each round. The number of Round 1 events varied in each cycle depending on the number of participating national teams. Teams were grouped regionally, although European teams were split in several tournaments. The remaining rounds have teams selected with no regional restrictions. The top teams received a bye to a Round 2 or Semifinal event depending on the FIH World Rankings at the time of seeking entries, number which also varied depending on the edition.[2]

Year Teams Round 1 Round 2 Semifinals Final
2012–13 [3] 54 9 events of 3 to 5 teams 4 events of 6 teams 2 events of 8 teams 1 event of 8 teams
2014–15 [4] 56 9 events of 4 to 8 teams 3 events of 8 teams 2 events of 10 teams
2016-17

[5]

 65 8 events of 4 to 9 teams

Summaries

Year Final host Final 3rd Place Match Teams
PR / FR
Champions Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2012–13 New Delhi, India
Netherlands		 7–2
New Zealand
England		 2–1
Australia		 54 / 8
2014–15 Raipur, India
Australia		 2–1
Belgium
India		 5–5
(3–2 pen.)
Netherlands		 56 / 8
2016-17 Bhubaneswar, India
Australia		 2–1
Argentina
India		 2–1
Germany		 65 / 8

Performance by nation

Team Titles Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place
 Australia 2 (2014–15, 2016–17) 1 (2012–13)
 Netherlands 1 (2012–13) 1 (2014–15)
 New Zealand 1 (2012–13)
 Belgium 1 (2014–15)
 Argentina 1 (2016–17)
 India 2 (2014–15*, 2016–17*)
 England 1 (2012–13)
 Germany 1 (2016–17)
* = host nation

Team appearances

Team 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17 Apps at Finals
 Argentina 8th5th2nd3
 Australia 4th1st1st3
 Austria 22nd19th25th–
 Azerbaijan –31st––
 Bangladesh 19th28th27th–
 Barbados ––34th–
 Belarus –33rd––
 Belgium 5th2nd5th3
 Brazil 31st–––
 Canada 18th8th10th1
 Chile 20th26th32nd–
 China 23rd20th16th–
 Czech Republic 30th27th––
 England~ 3rd6th8th3
 Egypt 25th18th15th–
 Fiji 32nd–36th–
 France 16th14th13th–
 Ghana ––28th–
 Germany 7th7th4th3
 India 6th3rd3rd3
 Ireland 14th9th11th–
 Italy –29th31st–
 Japan 12th16th20th–
 Malaysia 11th12th9th–
 Mexico –35th––
 Netherlands 1st4th7th3
 New Zealand 2nd11th12th1
 Oman 29th23rd23rd–
 Pakistan 13th15th14th–
 Poland 27th17th29th–
 Portugal 33rd–––
 Russia 17th21st22nd–
 Scotland 24th–19th–
 Singapore –32nd––
 South Africa 15th22nd18th–
 South Korea 9th13th17th–
 Spain 10th10th6th1
 Sri Lanka ––33rd–
  Switzerland –25th30th–
 Trinidad and Tobago 26th34th26th–
 Ukraine 21st24th35th–
 United States 28th30th21st–
 Wales ––24th–
* = host nation
~ = includes results representing Great Britain

References

  1. ↑ "FIH World League will replace Olympic, WC qualifiers". The Times of India. 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
  2. ↑ "A Newcomers Guide: World League 101". International Hockey Federation. 2012-08-21. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
  3. ↑ "FIH Hockey World League" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  4. ↑ "Hockey World League 2014 / 2015" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  5. ↑ "Hockey World League 2014 / 2015" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
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