Women's Hockey World Cup

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The Women's Hockey World Cup is the field hockey World Cup competition for women, whose format for qualification and final tournament is similar to the men's. It has been held since 1974. The tournament has been organised by the International Hockey Federation (IHF) since they took over the role from the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA) in 1983. Since 1986, it has been held regularly once every four years, in the same year as the men's competition.

Of the ten tournaments held so far, only four teams have won the event. Netherlands is the most successful team, having won the title six times. Germany and Australia are joint second best teams, having each won the title twice. Argentina is the only other country who has won the tournament. So far, Netherlands and Australia are the two champions able to defend their titles. At the end of the 2006 world cup, fourteen nations had reached the semifinal of the tournament.

The 2006 Women's World Hockey Cup was held in Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain from September 27 to October 8, 2006. The next Women's Hockey World Cup will be held in 2010 in Argentina.^[1]

[edit] Results

[edit] Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third Place
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1974	Mandelieu, France		Netherlands	1–0 in extra time	Argentina		West Germany		India
1976	Berlin, West Germany		West Germany	2–0	Argentina		Netherlands	1–0	Belgium
1978	Madrid, Spain		Netherlands	1–0	West Germany		Belgium		Argentina
1981	Buenos Aires, Argentina		West Germany	1–1 (3–1) on penalties	Netherlands		Soviet Union		Australia
1983	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		Netherlands	4–2	Canada		Australia		West Germany
1986	Amstelveen, Netherlands		Netherlands	3–0	West Germany		Canada	3–2	New Zealand
1990	Sydney, Australia		Netherlands	3–1	Australia		Korea		England
1994 Details	Dublin, Ireland		Australia	2–0	Argentina		USA	2–1	Germany
1998 Details	Utrecht, Netherlands		Australia	3–2	Netherlands		Germany	3–2	Argentina
2002 Details	Perth, Australia		Argentina	1–1 (4–3) on penalties	Netherlands		China	2–0	Australia
2006 Details	Madrid, Spain		Netherlands	3–1	Australia		Argentina	5–0	Spain
2010 Details	Argentina

[edit] Successful national teams

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Netherlands	6 (1974, 1978, 1983, 1986*, 1990, 2006)	3 (1981, 1998, 2002)	1 (1976)
Germany	2 (1976*, 1981)	2 (1978, 1986)	2 (1974, 1998)	2 (1983, 1994)
Australia	2 (1994, 1998)	2 (1990*, 2006)	1 (1983)	2 (1981, 2002*)
Argentina	1 (2002)	3 (1974, 1976, 1994)	1 (2006)	2 (1978, 1998)
Canada		1 (1983)	1 (1986)
Belgium			1 (1978)	1 (1976)
China			1 (2002)
Korea			1 (1990)
Soviet Union			1 (1981)#
USA			1 (1994)
England				1 (1990)
India				1 (1974)
New Zealand				1 (1986)
Spain				1 (2006*)

* = host

# = Now compete as independent country

[edit] Performance by continental zones

[edit] Team appearances

After 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup qualification:

# no longer in existence

Argentina, Germany and Netherlands are among the three teams to have never missed the World Cup, and some 28 teams have competed at least once over the years.

[edit] See also

• Hockey World Cup

[edit] References

International field hockey v • d • e
FIH | World Cup | Women's World Cup | Junior World Cup | Junior Women's World Cup Champions Trophy | Champions Challenge | Olympics | Commonwealth Games | Asian Games Pan American Games | Teams
Asia: ASHF – Asia Cup      Africa: AFHF – African Cup of Nations      Americas: PAHF – Pan American Cup      Oceania: OHF – Oceania Cup      Europe: EHF – Nations Championship
Men's Hockey World Cup v • d • e
Barcelona 1971 | Amstelveen 1973 | Kuala Lumpur 1975 | Buenos Aires 1978 | Mumbai 1982 | London 1986 | Lahore 1990 | Sydney 1994 | Utrecht 1998 | Kuala Lumpur 2002 | Mönchengladbach 2006 | New Delhi 2010
Women's Hockey World Cup
Mandelieu 1974 | Berlin 1976 | Madrid 1978 | Buenos Aires 1981 | Kuala Lumpur 1983 | Amstelveen 1986 | Sydney 1990 | Dublin 1994 | Utrecht 1998 | Perth 2002 | Madrid 2006