The

2012–13 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 Semif ...

Semifinals took place from June to July 2013. A total of 16 teams competing in 2 events were part in this round of the tournament playing for 7 berths in the

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, played between 10 and 18 January 2014 in

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, India. This round also served as the qualifier for the

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as the 6 highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualified.

Qualification

8 teams ranked between 1st and 8th in the

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current at the time of seeking entries for the competition qualified automatically. After

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announced they would not be able host a Semifinal due to financial restrictions,

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was chosen to do so therefore exempt from Round 2, to which were qualified by ranking basis. For this reason one less berth was available at that event and only 7 teams qualified from

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(17th) qualified as the highest-ranked second-placed team between the Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Elektrostal Round 2 events, leaving

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(20th) unable to qualify. The following sixteen teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this round of the tournament.

Rotterdam

Umpires

Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the

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: *Bruce Bale (ENG) *Fernando Gómez (ARG) *Kim Hong-lae (KOR) *Satoshi Kondo (JPN) *Lim Hong Zhen (SIN) *Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) *Deon Nel (RSA) * Tim Pullman (AUS) *Simon Taylor (NZL) *Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)

First round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Second round

Quarterfinals

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Fifth to eighth place classification

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=Seventh and eighth place

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First to fourth place classification

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=Third and fourth place

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Johor Bahru

Umpires

Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the

: *Diego Barbas (ARG) *Christian Blasch (GER) *Hamish Jamson (ENG) *Adam Kearns (AUS) *Eric Koh (MAS) *Francesco Parisi (ITA) *Raghu Prasad (IND) *Ayden Shrives (RSA) *Coen Van Bunge (NED) *Paco Vázquez (ESP)

First round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Second round

Quarterfinals

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Fifth to eighth place classification

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=Seventh and eighth place

=Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

=Semifinals

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=Third and fourth place

=Final

Awards

Final rankings

;Qualification for 2014 Hockey World Cup : Host nation : Continental champions : Qualified through 2012–13 FIH Hockey World League

References

External links

Official website (Rotterdam)Official website (Johor Bahru)
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Men's Hockey World Cup qualifiers International field hockey competitions hosted by the Netherlands International field hockey competitions hosted by Malaysia