The
2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League
The 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League was the second season of the men's field hockey national team league series. The tournament started in July 2014 in Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia and finished in December 2015 in Raipur, India.
The Semifin ...
Final took place from 27 November to 6 December 2015 in
Raipur
Raipur ( ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Raipur is also the administrative headquarters of Raipur district and Raipur division, and the largest city of the state. It was a part of Madhya Pradesh before the state of Chh ...
, India. A total of 8 teams competed for the title.
Australia
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won the tournament for the first time after defeating
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
2–1 in the final match. Host nation
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
won the third place match by defeating the
Netherlands
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3–2 on a
penalty shootout
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after a 5–5 draw.
Qualification
The host nation qualified automatically in addition to 7 teams qualified from the
Semifinals
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
. The following eight teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this round of the tournament.
Umpires
Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the
International Hockey Federation
The Fédération Internationale de Hockey (English: International Hockey Federation), commonly known by the acronym and initialism, acronym FIH, is the international governing body of field hockey and indoor field hockey. Its headquarters are i ...
:
*Grant Hundley (USA)
*Adam Kearns (AUS)
*Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
*Raghu Prasad (IND)
*Ayden Shrives (RSA)
*Gurinder Singh (IND)
*Nathan Stagno (GBR)
*David Sweetman (GBR)
*David Tomlinson (NZL)
*Paul Walker (GBR)
Results
''All times are
Indian Standard Time
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(
UTC+05:30)''
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
The losing quarterfinalists were ranked according to their first round results to determine the fixtures for the fifth to eighth place classification matches.
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First to fourth place classification
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=Third and fourth place
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=Final
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Awards
Statistics
Final standings
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Goalscorers
References
External links
Official website
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Final
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*Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event
** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...
International field hockey competitions hosted by India
2015 in Indian sport
Sport in Raipur, Chhattisgarh