The 2014
Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I
The Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I was an international field hockey tournament, played every two years. It was introduced in 2002 by the International Hockey Federation in order to broaden hockey's competitive base at world level. The Cha ...
was the 8th and last edition of the
field hockey
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championship for women. It was held from 27 April to 4 May 2014 in
Glasgow
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,
Scotland
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. The tournament doubled as the qualifier to the
2016 Champions Trophy as the winner earned an automatic berth to compete.
The
United States
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won the tournament for the first time after defeating
Ireland
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3–1 in the final, earning an automatic berth at the
2016 Champions Trophy after their absence in the previous fifteen editions.
South Africa
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won the third place match by defeating
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
1–0.
Qualification
The following eight teams announced by the
FIH competed in this tournament.
* (Host nation)
* (Seventh in
2012 Champions Trophy)
* (Second in
2012 Champions Challenge I)
* (Third in 2012 Champions Challenge I)
* (Fifth in 2012 Champions Challenge I)
* (Sixth in 2012 Champions Challenge I)
* (Seventh in 2012 Champions Challenge I)
* (Highest ranked team not qualified for the
next Champions Trophy or
Champions Challenge I)
Results
''All times are
British Summer Time (
UTC+01:00)''
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
=Crossover
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=Seventh and eighth place
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=Fifth and sixth place
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First to fourth place classification
=Semi-finals
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=Third and fourth place
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=Final
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Awards
The following awards were presented at the conclusion of the tournament:
Statistics
Final ranking
Goalscorers
References
External links
Official website
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2014 in women's field hockey
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International women's field hockey competitions hosted by Scotland
2010s in Glasgow
hockey
Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers o ...