2014 Men's Hockey World Cup
Location of the World Cup venue
The 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 13th edition of the Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 31 May to 15 June 2014 at the Kyocera Stadion in The Hague, Netherlands.[1] It was held simultaneously with the women's tournament. It was the third time that the Netherlands hosts the World Cup after 1973 and 1998.
Defending champions Australia won the tournament for the third time after defeating the Netherlands 6–1 in the final.[2] Argentina won the third place match by defeating England 2–0 to claim their first ever World Cup medal.[3]
Bidding
The host was announced on 11 November 2010 during the FIH Congress and Forum in Montreux, Switzerland after FIH received bids from The Hague and London.[4]
Qualification
Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation received an automatic berth. In addition to the six highest placed teams at the Semifinals of the 2012–13 FIH Hockey World League not already qualified, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, will compete in this tournament.[5][6]
Squads
Umpires
17 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament.[7]
- Christian Blasch (GER)
- Marcin Grochal (POL)
- Hamish Jamson (ENG)
- Adam Kearns (AUS)
- Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
- Martin Madden (SCO)
- Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
- Tim Pullman (AUS)
- Raghu Prasad (IND)
- Javed Shaikh (IND)
- Gary Simmonds (RSA)
- Nathan Stagno (GIB)
- Simon Taylor (NZL)
- Roel van Eert (NED)
- Paco Vázquez (ESP)
- Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)
- John Wright (RSA)
Results
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)[8]
First round
Pool A
- Advanced to semifinals
GreenFields Stadium Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Gary Simmonds (RSA) |
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GreenFields Stadium Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Roderick Wijsmuller (NED) |
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GreenFields Stadium Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Simon Taylor (NZL) |
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GreenFields Stadium Umpires: Roderick Wijsmuller (NED) Simon Taylor (NZL) |
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GreenFields Stadium Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Kim Hong-lae (KOR) |
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Pool B
- Advanced to semifinals
GreenFields Stadium Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Paco Vázquez (ESP) |
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GreenFields Stadium Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Paco Vázquez (ESP) |
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GreenFields Stadium Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Adam Kearns (AUS) |
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Fifth to twelfth place classification
Eleventh and twelfth place
Ninth and tenth place
Seventh and eighth place
Fifth and sixth place
First to fourth place classification
Semifinals
Third and fourth place
Final
Awards
Statistics
Final ranking
References
External links
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