2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League
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The 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League will be the 2nd edition of the FIH Hockey World League for women. The tournament will start in 2014 and is scheduled to finish in December 2015 in Rosario, Argentina.[1][2]
The Semifinals of this competition will also serve as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympics as the 6/7 highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualify.
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, 53 teams were announced to compete.
The 11 teams ranked between 1st and 11th in the FIH World Rankings current at early 2013 received an automatic bye to the Semifinals while the 8 teams ranked between 12th and 19th received an automatic bye to Round 2. Scotland would have qualified as the nineteenth ranked team but will compete as Great Britain as in every Olympic Qualifying Tournament, giving its berth to twentieth ranked Russia. Those nineteen teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following:[3][4]
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Schedule
Round 1
| Dates | Location | Teams | Round 2 Quotas |
Round 2 Qualifier(s) |
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| 21–26 June 2014 | Singapore |  Hong Kong Kazakhstan Malaysia Myanmar Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand |
4 | Malaysia Kazakhstan Thailand Singapore |
| 27–29 June 2014 | Šiauliai, Lithuania |  Belarus Lithuania Poland Ukraine |
3 | Belarus Ukraine Lithuania |
| 5–7 September 2014 | Hradec Králové, Czech Republic |  Austria Czech Republic France Turkey |
3 | France Austria Czech Republic |
| 5–7 September 2014 | Nairobi, Kenya |  Ghana Kenya Tanzania |
1 | Kenya |
| 11–14 September 2014 | Guadalajara, Mexico |  Canada Guatemala Mexico Peru |
2 | Canada Mexico |
| 30 September–5 October 2014 | Kingston, Jamaica |  Barbados Dominican Republic Jamaica Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago |
2 | Trinidad and Tobago Dominican Republic |
| 6–11 December 2014 | Suva, Fiji |  Fiji Papua New Guinea Samoa Vanuatu |
1 | Fiji |
Round 2
| Dates | Location | Teams Qualified | Semifinals Quotas |
Semifinals Qualifiers | ||
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| Host | By Ranking | From Round 1 | ||||
| 14-22 February 2015 | Montevideo, Uruguay |  Uruguay |
 Azerbaijan Italy |
Dominican Republic France Kenya Mexico Trinidad and Tobago |
3 | Italy Uruguay Azerbaijan |
| 7–15 March 2015 | New Delhi, India |  India |
 Russia |
Ghana Kazakhstan Malaysia Poland Singapore Thailand |
2 | India Poland |
| 14–22 March 2015 | Dublin, Ireland |  Ireland |
 Chile |
Austria Belarus Canada Lithuania Turkey1 Ukraine |
2 | Ireland Canada |
- ^1 – The Czech Republic withdrew from participating and Turkey took their place.
Semifinals
| Dates | Location | Teams Qualified | Final Quotas |
Final Qualifiers | ||
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| Host | By Ranking | From Round 2 | ||||
| 10–21 June 2015 | Valencia, Spain |  Spain |
 Argentina China Germany Great Britain South Africa United States |
Canada Ireland Uruguay |
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| 20 June–5 July 2015 | Antwerp, Belgium | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
 Australia Japan Netherlands New Zealand South Korea |
Azerbaijan India Italy Poland |
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Final
| Dates | Location | Teams Qualified | |
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| Host | From Semifinals | ||
| 5–13 December 2015 | Rosario, Argentina | Argentina |
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References
- ↑ "FIH unveils event hosts for 2015-2018 cycle". FIH. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
- ↑ "FIH unveils plans for 2nd edition of Hockey World League". FIH. 2013-12-18. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
- ↑ "FIH Women's World Rankings - 8 October 2012" (PDF). FIH. 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
- ↑ "Explanatory Note about the Format of Hockey World League 2014 / 2015" (PDF). FIH. 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
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