The 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the

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, a

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tournament. It was held from 21 July to 5 August 2018 at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in

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, England. Defending champions the

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won the tournament for an eighth time after defeating

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6–0 in the final, who claimed their first World Cup medal.

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won the third place match by defeating

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3–1 to claim their first World Cup medal as well.

Bidding

In March 2013, one month after the FIH published the Event Assignment Process Document for the 2014–2018 cycle,

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and

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were shortlisted as candidates for hosting the event and were demanded to submit bidding documentation, requirement that eventually Belgium did not meet. In addition one month before the host election, Australia withdrew their application due to technical and financial reasons. England was announced as host on 7 November 2013 during a special ceremony in

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, Switzerland.

Venue

Also chosen to host the 2015 EuroHockey Nations Championship for

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and

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, the tournament will be held at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre within the

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, England. This venue is part of the

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from the

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as the

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, where the field hockey events took place, which was scaled down and moved to its current location at Lee Valley Park.

Qualification

Due to the increase to 16 participating teams, the new qualification process was announced in July 2015 by the

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. Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation received an automatic berth. In addition, the 10/11 highest placed teams at the

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of the 2016–17 FIH Hockey World League not already qualified entered the tournament. The following sixteen teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this tournament.

Format

The 16 teams were drawn into four groups, each containing four teams. Each team played each other team in its group once. The first-placed team in each group advanced to the quarterfinals, while the second- and third-placed teams in each group go into the crossover matches. From there on a

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was played.

Squads

Umpires

15 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament. *Amber Church (NZL) *

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(BEL) *Carolina De La Fuente (ARG) *Maggie Giddens (USA) *Kelly Hudson (NZL) *Michelle Joubert (RSA) *Alison Keogh (IRL) *Liu Xiaoying (CHN) * Ayanna McClean (TTO) *

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(GER) *Aleisha Neumann (AUS) *Irene Presenqui (ARG) *Annelize Rostron (RSA) *Sarah Wilson (SCO) *Emi Yamada (JPN)

Results

The schedule was published on 26 November 2017. ''All times are

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).''

First round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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Second round

Crossover

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third place game

Final

Final ranking

Goalscorers

Awards

References

External links

Official website
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