The 2014–15

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was the second edition of

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national team league series. The tournament started in June 2014 in

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and finished in December 2015 in

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, Argentina. The

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of this competition also served as a qualifier for the

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as 7 highest placed teams apart from the five continental champions qualified.

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won the tournament's

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round for the first time after defeating

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5–1 in the final.

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won the third place match by defeating

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6–2.

Qualification

Each national association member of the

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(FIH) had the opportunity to compete in the tournament, and after seeking entries to participate, 51 teams were announced to compete. The 11 teams ranked between 1st and 11th in the

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current at early 2013 received an automatic bye to the

while the 8 teams ranked between 12th and 19th received an automatic bye to

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would have qualified as the nineteenth ranked team but will compete as

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as in every Olympic Qualifying Tournament, giving its berth to twentieth ranked

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. Those nineteen teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following: * (1) * (2) * (3) * (4) * (5) * (6) * (7) * (8) * (9) * (10) * (11) * (12) * (13) * (14) * (15) * (16) * (17) * (18) * (20)

Schedule

Round 1

Round 2

: – The

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withdrew from participating and

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took their place.

Semifinals

: –

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withdrew from participating and

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took their place.

Final

Final ranking

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References

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