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2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League

Field	Value
tournament	2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League
cities	15
venues	15
teams	54
champions
count	1
second
third
matches	121
goals	1067
next_year	2014–15
next_tournament	2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League

The 2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League was the inaugural season of the men's field hockey national team league series. The tournament started in August 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic and finished in January 2014 in New Delhi, India.

The semifinals of this competition also served as a qualifier for the 2014 Men'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 New Zealand 7–2 in the final. England won the third place match by defeating Australia 2–1.

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, 62 teams were announced to compete. However, for different reasons, the final count of participating teams was 54.

The 8 teams ranked between 1st and 8th in the FIH World Rankings current at early 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:

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Schedule

Round 1

Main article: 2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 1

Dates	Location	Teams	Round 2
Quotas	Round 2
Qualifier(s)
17–19 August 2012	Prague, Czech Republic
2

31 August – 2 September 2012	Singapore
1
7–9 September 2012	Accra, Ghana
1
7–9 September 2012	Cardiff, Wales
2

25–30 September 2012	Lousada, Portugal
2

14–17 November 2012	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
2

16–18 November 2012	Chula Vista, United States
1
27 November – 2 December 2012	Doha, Qatar
1
8–15 December 2012	Suva, Fiji
1

: – Qatar´s results were officially deleted from the event due to an eligibility problem with some of its players.

Round 2

Main article: 2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified	Semifinals
Quotas	Semifinals
Qualifier(s)	Host	By Ranking	From Round 1
18–24 February 2013	New Delhi, India
2

27 February – 5 March 2013	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2

6–12 May 2013	Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France

2

27 May – 2 June 2013	Elektrostal, Russia
1

: – Azerbaijan withdrew from participating and Oman took their place. : – Malaysia was chosen to host a Semifinal therefore exempt from Round 2, to which were qualified by ranking basis. The Czech Republic took their place. : – As Malaysia was chosen to host a Semifinal, one less berth was available at that event. France (17th) qualified as the highest-ranked second-placed team between the Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Elektrostal Round 2 events, leaving Russia (20th) unable to qualify.

Semifinals

Main article: 2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified	Final
Quotas	Final
Qualifiers	Host	By Ranking	From Round 2
13–23 June 2013	Rotterdam, Netherlands

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29 June – 7 July 2013	Johor Bahru, Malaysia

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Final

Main article: 2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified	Host	From Semifinals
10–18 January 2014	New Delhi, India

Final ranking

FIH issued a final ranking to determine the world ranking. The final ranking was as follows:

References

"The Hockey World League 2012". FIH.ch.
(2014-01-18). "The Netherlands are winners of the Hero Hockey World League Final". FIH.
(2011-10-23). "Line-up for World League Revealed". FIH.
(2011-02-21). "Invitation letters sent for FIH World League". FIH.
(2012-12-03). "Welcome to World League Round 2 Azerbaijan". FIH.
(2012-01-30). "Hockey World League Semifinals take shape". FIH.
(2013-06-02). "Last two teams known for men’s World League Semis". FIH.
"FIH Men's World Rankings – 20 January 2014". FIH.ch.

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