2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final

The 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final was the 2nd edition of the Finals of the FIH Hockey World League for women. It took place between 5–13 December 2015 in Rosario, Argentina. A total of eight teams competed for the title.[1]

2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
CityRosario
Dates5–13 December
Teams8
Venue(s)Estadio Mundialista Luciana Aymar
Final positions
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runner-up New Zealand
Third place Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored79 (3.59 per match)
Top scorer(s)China Wang Mengyu (5 goals)
Best playerNew Zealand Stacey Michelsen

Argentina won the tournament for the first time after defeating New Zealand 5–1 in the final. Germany won the third place match by defeating China 6–2.[2][3]

Qualification

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The host nation qualified automatically in addition to 7 teams qualified from the Semifinals. The following eight teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this round of the tournament.

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
Host nation 1   Argentina (3)
10–21 June 2015 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals Valencia, Spain 7   Great Britain (6)
  China (5)
  Germany (9)
20 June–5 July 2015 Antwerp, Belgium   Netherlands (1)
  South Korea (8)
  Australia (2)
  New Zealand (4)
Total 8

Umpires

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

  • Frances Block (GBR)
  • Maggie Giddens (USA)
  • Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
  • Michelle Joubert (RSA)
  • Ayanna McClean (TRI)
  • Michelle Meister (GER)
  • Miao Lin (CHN)
  • Irene Presenqui (ARG)
  • Aleesha Unka (NZL)
  • Emi Yamada (JPN)

Results

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All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00)[4]

First round

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Netherlands 3 3 0 0 14 4 +10 9
2   New Zealand 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
3   South Korea 3 0 1 2 4 9 −5 1
4   Germany 3 0 1 2 3 9 −6 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[5]
5 December 2015
14:15
New Zealand   3–1   South Korea
Hayward   4'
Pearce   37'
Flynn   48'
Report Seo   58'
Umpires:
Frances Block (GBR)
Maggie Giddens (USA)
5 December 2015
16:30
Netherlands   5–1   Germany
Krekelaar   16'
Welten   27'
Van Male   38'
Hoog   41'
De Goede   56'
Report Haase   17'
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Aleesha Unka (NZL)

6 December 2015
14:15
Germany   1–1   South Korea
Hauke   37' Report Han   45'
Umpires:
Ayanna McClean (TRI)
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
6 December 2015
16:30
New Zealand   1–4   Netherlands
Webster  17' Report Van Maasakker   3'
Jonker   29'
Hoog   35'
Leurink   41'
Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Emi Yamada (JPN)

Matches were scheduled to be played on 8 December but were postponed due to heavy rain.[6]

9 December 2015
10:30
Netherlands   5–2   South Korea
Welten   7'
Van Maasakker   17'
Hoog   27'
Jonker   41'
Keetels   49'
Report Cheon   14'
Park S.   30'
Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
9 December 2015
12:45
Germany   1–3   New Zealand
Hauke   45' Report Harrison   19'
Hayward   32'
Thompson   42'
Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Maggie Giddens (USA)

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Australia 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
2   China 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3   Great Britain 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4   Argentina 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[5]
5 December 2015
18:45
Australia   1–0   China
Morgan   43' Report
Umpires:
Emi Yamada (JPN)
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
5 December 2015
21:00
Argentina   2–1   Great Britain
Granatto   15'
A. Habif   41'
Report Owsley   5'
Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Michelle Meister (GER)

6 December 2015
18:45
China   1–1   Great Britain
Wang   35' Report H. Richardson-Walsh   34'
Umpires:
Aleesha Unka (NZL)
Maggie Giddens (USA)
6 December 2015
21:00
Argentina   1–2   Australia
Merino   4' Report Kenny   53'
Morgan   60+'
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Frances Block (GBR)

8 December 2015
14:15
Australia   0–1   Great Britain
Report H. Richardson-Walsh   26'
Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Aleesha Unka (NZL)
8 December 2015
16:30
China   3–1   Argentina
Wang   22'
Zhao   39'
Yu   42'
Report Barrionuevo   32'
Umpires:
Ayanna McClean (TRI)
Emi Yamada (JPN)

Second round

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
10 December 2015
 
 
  Netherlands0
 
12 December 2015
 
  Argentina1
 
  Argentina1
 
10 December 2015
 
  China0
 
  China3
 
13 December 2015
 
  South Korea1
 
  Argentina5
 
10 December 2015
 
  New Zealand1
 
  Australia2 (1)
 
12 December 2015
 
  Germany (p.s.o.)2 (2)
 
  Germany1
 
10 December 2015
 
  New Zealand2 Third place
 
  New Zealand2
 
13 December 2015
 
  Great Britain1
 
  China2
 
 
  Germany6
 

Quarterfinals

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10 December 2015
13:30
China   3–1   South Korea
Wang   9'
Zhang X.   45'
Wu Q.   60'
Report Cheon   5'
Umpires:
Frances Block (GBR)
Ayanna McClean (TRI)

10 December 2015
16:00
New Zealand   2–1   Great Britain
Punt   22'
Merry   59'
Report H. Richardson-Walsh   54'
Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Michelle Meister (GER)

10 December 2015
18:30
Australia   2–2   Germany
Nanscawen   22'
Slattery   25'
Report Altenburg   44'60'
Penalties
Blyth  
Nanscawen  
Dwyer  
Williams  
Kenny  
1–2   Müller
  Mävers
  Altenburg
  Teschke
Umpires:
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
Emi Yamada (JPN)

10 December 2015
21:00
Netherlands   0–1   Argentina
Report Merino   4'
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Miao Lin (CHN)

Fifth to eighth place classification

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The losing quarterfinalists are ranked according to their first round results to determine the fixtures for the fifth to eighth place classification matches.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Netherlands 3 3 0 0 14 4 +10 9
2   Australia 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3   Great Britain 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4   South Korea 3 0 1 2 4 9 −5 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored.
Seventh place game
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12 December 2015
11:30
Great Britain   5–1   South Korea
White   9'48'
Watton   21'
Macleod   33'
H. Richardson-Walsh   58'
Report Han   58'
Umpires:
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Ayanna McClean (TRI)
Fifth place game
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12 December 2015
14:00
Netherlands   1–0   Australia
Welten   42' Report
Umpires:
Frances Block (GBR)
Aleesha Unka (NZL)

First to fourth place classification

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Semifinals
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12 December 2015
16:30
Germany   1–2   New Zealand
Hoffmann   36' Report Pearce   9'
Thompson   25'
Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Irene Presenqui (ARG)

12 December 2015
19:00
Argentina   1–0   China
Campoy   7' Report
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Michelle Meister (GER)
Third place game
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13 December 2015
16:30
China   2–6   Germany
Wang   27'38' Report Oldhafer   8'
Hoffmann   9'
Müller   13'
Müller-Wieland   15+'
Mävers   38'
Altenburg   42'
Umpires:
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Final
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13 December 2015
19:00
Argentina   5–1   New Zealand
Granatto   16'
Campoy   29'
Dupuy   41'
Barrionuevo   44'
Merino   50'
Report Punt   34'
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Miao Lin (CHN)

Awards

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Player of the Tournament Top Goalscorer Young Player of the Tournament
  Stacey Michelsen   Wang Mengyu   María José Granatto

Statistics

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Final standings

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As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
    Argentina 6 4 0 2 11 7 +4 12 Gold Medal
    New Zealand 6 4 0 2 12 13 −1 12 Silver Medal
    Germany 6 1 2 3 12 15 −3 5 Bronze Medal
4   China 6 2 1 3 9 11 −2 7 Fourth place
5   Netherlands 5 4 0 1 15 5 +10 12 Eliminated in
group stage
6   Australia 5 2 1 2 5 5 0 7
7   Great Britain 5 2 1 2 9 6 +3 7
8   South Korea 5 0 1 4 6 17 −11 1
Source: FIH

Goalscorers

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There were 79 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.59 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

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  1. ^ "FIH unveils event hosts for 2015-2018 cycle". FIH. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
  2. ^ "Argentina hit high five against New Zealand to win Argentina HWL Final". FIH. 2015-12-13. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  3. ^ "Germany go from bottom of the pool to third place in Argentina HWL Final". FIH. 2015-12-13. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  4. ^ "FIH confirms women's Argentina Hockey World League Final schedule". fih.ch. 30 September 2015.
  5. ^ a b Regulations
  6. ^ "GER v NZL and NED v KOR games postponed until Wednesday 9 December". fih.ch. 9 December 2015.
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