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2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals

The 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals took place in June and July 2015. A total of 20 teams competed in 2 events in this round of the tournament playing for 7 berths in the Final, played between 21–29 November 2015 in Rosario, Argentina.

This round also served as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympics as the 7 highest placed teams apart from the five continental champions qualified.

Qualification

11 teams ranked between 1st and 11th in the FIH World Rankings current at the time of seeking entries for the competition qualified automatically, in addition to 7 teams qualified from Round 2 and two nations that did not meet ranking criteria and were exempt from Round 2 to host a Semifinal.[1][2][3] The following twenty teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this round of the tournament.

Valencia

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)[4]

Umpires

Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

First round

Pool A

Source: FIH.ch
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[5]

Pool B

Source: FIH.ch
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[5]

Second round

Quarter-finals

Ninth and tenth place

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover
Seventh and eighth place
Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals
Third and fourth place
Final

Awards

Antwerp

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)[7]

Umpires

Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

First round

Pool A

Azerbaijan was supposed to take part but France took their place.[8]

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[5]

Pool B

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[5]

Second round

Quarter-finals

Ninth and tenth place

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover
Seventh and eighth place
Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals
Third and fourth place
Final

Awards

Final rankings

Qualification for 2016 Summer Olympics
  Continental champions
  Qualified through 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League
  Withdrew from participating[10][11]

Goalscorers

The following goalscorers list comprises players from both events.

There were 259 goals scored in 66 matches, for an average of 3.92 goals per match.

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: Antwerp Valencia

References

  1. ^ "FIH unveils event hosts for 2015-2018 cycle". FIH. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
  2. ^ "FIH unveils plans for 2nd edition of Hockey World League". FIH. 2013-12-18. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
  3. ^ "Valencia and Auckland play host to Hockey World League". FIH. 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
  4. ^ "FIH release schedule for the women's Hockey World League Semi-Final Valencia, Spain!". FIH. 2015-03-26. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
  5. ^ a b c d Regulations
  6. ^ a b c d "Oliva takes honours in Valencia". fih.ch. 21 June 2015.
  7. ^ "FIH release schedule for the Fintro men and women's Hockey World League Semi-Final, Antwerp, Belgium". FIH. 2015-03-24. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
  8. ^ FINTRO Hockey World League Semi-Finals - Antwerp: France replace Azerbaijan in women’s competition FIH
  9. ^ a b c d "Netherlands, Korea and Australia on the Road to Rio". fih.ch. 4 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Agreement between SASCOC and SAHA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  11. ^ "Rio 2016 Olympics Selection Criteria for SA Hockey Association". Archived from the original on 2015-11-21. Retrieved 2015-12-17.

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