2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League

International field hockey competition 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League 13 13 45 Netherlands 1 Australia England 182 917 2014–15 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League The 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League was the inaugural edition of the women's field hockey national team league series. The tournament started in August 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic and finished in December 2013 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.The Hockey World League 2012 http://www.fih.ch/en/events/worldleague FIH.ch 8 September 2012 The Semifinals of this competition also served as a qualifier for the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup as the 6 highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualified. The Netherlands won the tournament's Final round for the first time after defeating Australia 5–1 in the final match. England won the third place match by defeating host nation Argentina 4–2 on a penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw.http://www.fih.ch/en/news-4880-paumen-inspires-netherlands-to-world-league Paumen inspires Netherlands to World League glory 2013-12-09 FIH 2013-12-09http://www.fih.ch/en/news-4879-hinch-walton-seal-bronze-for-england Hinch & Walton seal Bronze for England 2013-12-08 FIH 2013-12-09 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. However, for different reasons, the final count of participating teams was 45.Line-up for World League Revealed http://www.fih.ch/en/news-3342-line-up-for-world-league-revealed FIH 2014-03-24 2011-10-23 The 8 teams ranked between 1st and 8th in the FIH World Rankings current as of April 2011 received an automatic bye to the Semifinals while the 8 teams ranked between 9th and 16th received an automatic bye to Round 2. Those sixteen teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following:Invitation letters sent for FIH World League http://www.fih.ch/en/news-2934-invitation-letters-sent-for-fih-world-league FIH 2014-03-24 2011-02-21 30em Argentina (1) Netherlands (2) Germany (3) China (4) England (5) Australia (6) New Zealand (7) South Korea (8) Japan (9) Spain (10) India (11) South Africa (12) United States (13) Azerbaijan (14) Ireland (15) Chile (16) Schedule Round 1 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 1 DatesLocationTeamsRound 2QuotasRound 2Qualifier(s)14–19 August 2012Prague, Czech RepublicBelarusCzech RepublicFranceItalyScotlandTurkey4BelarusItalyScotlandCzech Republic7–9 September 2012Accra, GhanaGhanaNigeria1Ghana14–16 September 2012Kuantan, MalaysiaKazakhstanMalaysiaSingaporeSri Lanka2MalaysiaKazakhstan18–23 September 2012Vienna, AustriaAustriaBelgiumLithuaniaRussiaUkraineWales4BelgiumRussiaUkraineAustria11–17 November 2012Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoBarbadosCanadaGuyanaTrinidad and TobagoUruguayVenezuela3CanadaUruguayTrinidad and Tobago8–15 December 2012Suva, FijiFijiPapua New GuineaSamoaVanuatu1Fiji Round 2 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 DatesLocationTeams QualifiedSemifinalsQuotasSemifinalsQualifiersHostBy RankingFrom Round 121–27 January 2013Cape Town, South AfricaSouth AfricaAzerbaijanAustriaBelgiumGhanaCanada1 12South AfricaBelgium18–24 February 2013New Delhi, IndiaIndiaJapanFijiKazakhstanMalaysiaRussia2IndiaJapan25 February – 3 March 2013Valencia, SpainSpainIrelandBelarusUkraine1 1Czech RepublicItaly2ItalySpain4–10 March 2013Rio de Janeiro, BrazilBrazilChileUnited StatesScotlandTrinidad and TobagoUruguay2United StatesChile 1 1 – Ukraine and Canada withdrew from participating. Semifinals 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals DatesLocationTeams QualifiedFinalQuotasFinalQualifiersHostBy RankingFrom Round 213–22 June 2013Rotterdam, NetherlandsNetherlandsGermanyNew ZealandSouth KoreaBelgiumChileIndiaJapan4GermanyNetherlandsSouth KoreaNew Zealand22–30 June 2013London, EnglandEnglandArgentinaAustraliaChinaItalySouth AfricaSpainUnited States3AustraliaEnglandChina Final 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final DatesLocationTeams QualifiedHostFrom Semifinals30 November – 8 December 2013San Miguel de Tucumán, ArgentinaArgentinaAustraliaChinaEnglandGermanySouth KoreaNetherlandsNew Zealand Final ranking FIH issued a final ranking to determine the world ranking. The final ranking was as follows:FIH Women's World Rankings – 9 December 2013 http://www.fih.ch/files/Sport/World%20Ranking/FIH%20Women's%20World%20Rankings%209%20December%202013.pdf International Hockey Federation FIH.ch 2014-03-24 15em Netherlands Australia England Argentina New Zealand China Germany South Korea Japan United States Belgium Italy South Africa India Spain Chile Malaysia Scotland Belarus Azerbaijan Uruguay Russia Ireland Austria Trinidad and Tobago Kazakhstan Ghana Czech Republic Brazil Fiji References Category:Women's FIH Hockey World League Category:2012 in women's field hockey Category:2013 in women's field hockey