2018 Women's Hockey World Cup

2018 Women's Hockey World Cup
Tournament details
Host country England
City London
Teams 16
Venue(s) Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre
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The 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup will be the 14th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup. It will be held between 7–21 July 2018 in London, England.[1]

Bidding

In March 2013, one month after the FIH published the Event Assignment Process Document for the 2014–2018 cycle, Australia, Belgium, England and New Zealand were shortlisted as candidates for hosting the event and were demanded to submit bidding documentation,[2][3] requirement that eventually Belgium did not meet.[4] In addition one month before the host election, Australia withdrew their application due to technical and financial reasons.[5] England was announced as host on 7 November 2013 during a special ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Venue

Also chosen to host the 2015 EuroHockey Nations Championship for men and women, the tournament will be held at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre within the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, England.[6] This venue is part of the legacy from the 2012 Summer Olympics as the Riverbank Arena, where the field hockey events took place, was scaled down and moved to its current location at Lee Valley Park.

Qualification

Due to the increase to 16 participating teams, the new qualification process was announced in July 2015 by the International Hockey Federation. Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation received an automatic berth. In addition to the 10/11 highest placed teams at the Semifinals of the 2016–17 FIH Hockey World League not already qualified, the following sixteen teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, will compete in this tournament. [7]

Dates Event Location Qualifier(s)
7 November 2013 Host nation  England
28 June–8 July 2017 2016–17 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals Belgium
19–30 July 2017 Argentina
19–27 August 2017 2017 EuroHockey Nations Championship Amsterdam, Netherlands
28 October–5 November 2017 2017 Hockey Asia Cup TBC
TBC 2017 2017 Pan American Cup Lancaster, United States
TBC 2017 2017 Oceania Cup TBC
TBC 2017 2017 Hockey African Cup for Nations TBC

References

  1. ↑ "England & India to host Hockey World Cups 2018". FIH. 2013-11-07. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  2. ↑ "FIH Opens World Cup 2018 Bidding Process". FIH. 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
  3. ↑ "Six nations shortlisted for Hockey World Cups 2018". FIH. 2013-03-18. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
  4. ↑ "Five nations in battle to host FIH World Cups 2018". FIH. 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  5. ↑ "Four nations prepare to learn fate of 2018 Hockey World Cup bids". FIH. 2013-11-06. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  6. ↑ "England Hockey wins bid to host World Cup in 2018". England Hockey. 2013-11-07. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
  7. ↑ "Qualification System for Hockey World Cup 2018" (PDF). FIH. 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
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