The 1994 Women's Hockey World Cup was the ninth staging of the

Women's Hockey World Cup The Women's FIH Hockey World Cup is the field hockey World Cup competition for women, whose format for qualification and the final tournament is similar to the men's. It has been held since 1974. The tournament has been organized by the Internat ...

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tournament. It was held from 13 to 23 July 1994 in

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, Ireland. It was won by

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, who defeated

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2–0 in the final. The host nation,

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finished 11th.

Qualification

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Classification round

Ninth to twelfth place classification

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=Eleventh and twelfth place

=Ninth and tenth place

Fifth to eighth place classification

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=Seventh and eighth place

=Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

=Semi-finals

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=Third and fourth place

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Statistics

Final standings

Goalscorers

References

External links

Official FIH website
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1994 in Irish women's sport

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