The Women's FIH Hockey World Cup is the

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World Cup competition for women, whose format for qualification and the final tournament is similar to the men's. It has been held since 1974. The tournament has been organized by the

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(FIH) since they merged with the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA) in 1982. Since

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, it has been held regularly once every four years, in the same year as the men's competition, which is mid-cycle between Summer Olympic games. Of the fourteen tournaments held so far, only four teams have won the event.

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is by far the most successful team, having won the title nine times.

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and

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are joint second best teams, having each won the title twice. So far, the Netherlands and Australia are the two champions able to defend their titles. At the end of the 2018 World Cup, fifteen nations had reached the semifinal of the tournament. The size of the tournament has changed over time. The 1974 and 1978 World Cups featured 10 nations (smallest); the 1976 World Cup featured 11 nations; the 2002 World Cup featured 16 nations (largest), and the remaining seven World Cups have featured 12 nations. The World Cup was again expanded to 16 teams in 2018, and the FIH will evaluate the possibility of increasing it to 24 in 2022. The 2022 tournament was held in

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and

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from 1st to 17th July, with

winning a third consecutive title and a record ninth title after beating

3–1 in the final.

Results

Summaries

Successful national teams

:* = ''host country'' :^ = ''includes results representing West Germany between 1974 and 1990'' :# = ''states that have since split into two or more independent countries''

Performance by continental zones

Team appearances

:^ = ''includes results representing West Germany between 1974 and 1990'' :# = ''states that have since split into two or more independent nations''

Debut of teams

:''* = Defunct Team'' :''# = Part of Soviet Union (1974–1990)'' :''^ = Germany is official successor of West Germany'' Argentina, Germany and the Netherlands are the only teams to have competed at each World Cup; 28 teams have competed in at least one World Cup.

References

External links

* {{Sports country lists *

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