2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final

The 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final was the 2nd edition of the Finals of the FIH Hockey World League for women. It took place between 5–13 December 2015 in Rosario, Argentina. A total of eight teams competed for the title.[1]

2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
CityRosario
Dates5–13 December
Teams8
Venue(s)Estadio Mundialista Luciana Aymar
Final positions
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runner-up New Zealand
Third place Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored79 (3.59 per match)
Top scorer(s) Wang Mengyu (5 goals)
Best player Stacey Michelsen

Argentina won the tournament for the first time after defeating New Zealand 5–1 in the final. Germany won the third place match by defeating China 6–2.[2][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  Argentina (3)
10–21 June 2015 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals Valencia, Spain 7  Great Britain (6)
 China (5)
 Germany (9)
20 June–5 July 2015 Antwerp, Belgium  Netherlands (1)
 South Korea (8)
 Australia (2)
 New Zealand (4)
Total 8

Umpires

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

  • Frances Block (GBR)
  • Maggie Giddens (USA)
  • Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
  • Michelle Joubert (RSA)
  • Ayanna McClean (TRI)
  • Michelle Meister (GER)
  • Miao Lin (CHN)
  • Irene Presenqui (ARG)
  • Aleesha Unka (NZL)
  • Emi Yamada (JPN)

Results

All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00)[4]

First round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 14 4 +10 9
2  New Zealand 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
3  South Korea 3 0 1 2 4 9 5 1
4  Germany 3 0 1 2 3 9 6 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[5]
5 December 2015
14:15
New Zealand  3–1  South Korea
Hayward  4'
Pearce  37'
Flynn  48'
Report Seo  58'
Umpires:
Frances Block (GBR)
Maggie Giddens (USA)
5 December 2015
16:30
Netherlands  5–1  Germany
Krekelaar  16'
Welten  27'
Van Male  38'
Hoog  41'
De Goede  56'
Report Haase  17'
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Aleesha Unka (NZL)

6 December 2015
14:15
Germany  1–1  South Korea
Hauke  37' Report Han  45'
Umpires:
Ayanna McClean (TRI)
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
6 December 2015
16:30
New Zealand  1–4  Netherlands
Webster 17' Report Van Maasakker  3'
Jonker  29'
Hoog  35'
Leurink  41'
Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Emi Yamada (JPN)

Matches were scheduled to be played on 8 December but were postponed due to heavy rain.[6]

9 December 2015
10:30
Netherlands  5–2  South Korea
Welten  7'
Van Maasakker  17'
Hoog  27'
Jonker  41'
Keetels  49'
Report Cheon  14'
Park S.  30'
Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
9 December 2015
12:45
Germany  1–3  New Zealand
Hauke  45' Report Harrison  19'
Hayward  32'
Thompson  42'
Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Maggie Giddens (USA)

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Australia 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
2  China 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3  Great Britain 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Argentina 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 3
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[5]
5 December 2015
18:45
Australia  1–0  China
Morgan  43' Report
Umpires:
Emi Yamada (JPN)
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
5 December 2015
21:00
Argentina  2–1  Great Britain
Granatto  15'
A. Habif  41'
Report Owsley  5'
Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Michelle Meister (GER)

6 December 2015
18:45
China  1–1  Great Britain
Wang  35' Report H. Richardson-Walsh  34'
Umpires:
Aleesha Unka (NZL)
Maggie Giddens (USA)
6 December 2015
21:00
Argentina  1–2  Australia
Merino  4' Report Kenny  53'
Morgan  60+'
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Frances Block (GBR)

8 December 2015
14:15
Australia  0–1  Great Britain
Report H. Richardson-Walsh  26'
Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Aleesha Unka (NZL)
8 December 2015
16:30
China  3–1  Argentina
Wang  22'
Zhao  39'
Yu  42'
Report Barrionuevo  32'
Umpires:
Ayanna McClean (TRI)
Emi Yamada (JPN)

Second round

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
10 December 2015
 
 
 Netherlands0
 
12 December 2015
 
 Argentina1
 
 Argentina1
 
10 December 2015
 
 China0
 
 China3
 
13 December 2015
 
 South Korea1
 
 Argentina5
 
10 December 2015
 
 New Zealand1
 
 Australia2 (1)
 
12 December 2015
 
 Germany (p.s.o.)2 (2)
 
 Germany1
 
10 December 2015
 
 New Zealand2 Third place
 
 New Zealand2
 
13 December 2015
 
 Great Britain1
 
 China2
 
 
 Germany6
 

Quarterfinals

10 December 2015
13:30
China  3–1  South Korea
Wang  9'
Zhang X.  45'
Wu Q.  60'
Report Cheon  5'
Umpires:
Frances Block (GBR)
Ayanna McClean (TRI)

10 December 2015
16:00
New Zealand  2–1  Great Britain
Punt  22'
Merry  59'
Report H. Richardson-Walsh  54'
Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Michelle Meister (GER)

10 December 2015
18:30
Australia  2–2  Germany
Nanscawen  22'
Slattery  25'
Report Altenburg  44', 60'
Penalties
Blyth
Nanscawen
Dwyer
Williams
Kenny
1–2 Müller
Mävers
Altenburg
Teschke
Umpires:
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
Emi Yamada (JPN)

10 December 2015
21:00
Netherlands  0–1  Argentina
Report Merino  4'
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Miao Lin (CHN)

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  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 14 4 +10 9
2  Australia 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3  Great Britain 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  South Korea 3 0 1 2 4 9 5 1
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored.
Seventh place game
12 December 2015
11:30
Great Britain  5–1  South Korea
White  9', 48'
Watton  21'
Macleod  33'
H. Richardson-Walsh  58'
Report Han  58'
Umpires:
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Ayanna McClean (TRI)
Fifth place game
12 December 2015
14:00
Netherlands  1–0  Australia
Welten  42' Report
Umpires:
Frances Block (GBR)
Aleesha Unka (NZL)

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals
12 December 2015
16:30
Germany  1–2  New Zealand
Hoffmann  36' Report Pearce  9'
Thompson  25'
Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Irene Presenqui (ARG)

12 December 2015
19:00
Argentina  1–0  China
Campoy  7' Report
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Michelle Meister (GER)
Third place game
13 December 2015
16:30
China  2–6  Germany
Wang  27', 38' Report Oldhafer  8'
Hoffmann  9'
Müller  13'
Müller-Wieland  15+'
Mävers  38'
Altenburg  42'
Umpires:
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Final
13 December 2015
19:00
Argentina  5–1  New Zealand
Granatto  16'
Campoy  29'
Dupuy  41'
Barrionuevo  44'
Merino  50'
Report Punt  34'
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Miao Lin (CHN)

Awards

Player of the Tournament Top Goalscorer Young Player of the Tournament
Stacey Michelsen Wang Mengyu María José Granatto

Statistics

Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
 Argentina 6 4 0 2 11 7 +4 12 Gold Medal
 New Zealand 6 4 0 2 12 13 1 12 Silver Medal
 Germany 6 1 2 3 12 15 3 5 Bronze Medal
4  China 6 2 1 3 9 11 2 7 Fourth place
5  Netherlands 5 4 0 1 15 5 +10 12 Eliminated in
group stage
6  Australia 5 2 1 2 5 5 0 7
7  Great Britain 5 2 1 2 9 6 +3 7
8  South Korea 5 0 1 4 6 17 11 1
Source: FIH

Goalscorers

There were 79 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.59 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

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