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2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League

International field hockey competition

Field	Value
tournament	2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League
cities	13
venues	13
teams	45
champions
count	1
second
third
matches	182
goals	917
next_year	2014–15
next_tournament	2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League

The 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League was the inaugural edition of the women's field hockey national team league series. The tournament started in August 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic and finished in December 2013 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.

The Semifinals of this competition also served as a qualifier for the 2014 Women'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 Australia 5–1 in the final match. England won the third place match by defeating host nation Argentina 4–2 on a penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw.

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, 51 teams were announced to compete. However, for different reasons, the final count of participating teams was 45.

The 8 teams ranked between 1st and 8th in the FIH World Rankings current as of April 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 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 1

Dates	Location	Teams	Round 2
Quotas	Round 2
Qualifier(s)
14–19 August 2012	Prague, Czech Republic
4

7–9 September 2012	Accra, Ghana
1
14–16 September 2012	Kuantan, Malaysia
2

18–23 September 2012	Vienna, Austria
4

11–17 November 2012	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
3

8–15 December 2012	Suva, Fiji
1

Round 2

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

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified	Semifinals
Quotas	Semifinals
Qualifiers	Host	By Ranking	From Round 1
21–27 January 2013	Cape Town, South Africa
2

18–24 February 2013	New Delhi, India
2

25 February – 3 March 2013	Valencia, Spain
2

4–10 March 2013	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2

: – Ukraine and Canada withdrew from participating.

Semifinals

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

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified	Final
Quotas	Final
Qualifiers	Host	By Ranking	From Round 2
13–22 June 2013	Rotterdam, Netherlands

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22–30 June 2013	London, England

3

Final

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

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified	Host	From Semifinals
30 November – 8 December 2013	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina

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.
(2013-12-09). "Paumen inspires Netherlands to World League glory". FIH.
(2013-12-08). "Hinch & Walton seal Bronze for England". FIH.
(2011-10-23). "Line-up for World League Revealed". FIH.
(2011-02-21). "Invitation letters sent for FIH World League". FIH.
"FIH Women's World Rankings – 9 December 2013". FIH.ch.

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