The 1983 Women's Hockey World Cup was the fifth edition of the
Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey
Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...
tournament. It was held from 10 April to 23 April in
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population ...
, Malaysia.
It was won by the
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
, who defeated
Canada
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4–2 in the final.
Host nation
Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
did not participate in the tournament.
Results
Pool A
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Pool B
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Ninth to twelfth place classification
Crossover
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Eleventh and twelfth place
Ninth and tenth place
Fifth to eighth place classification
Crossover
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Seventh and eighth place
Fifth and sixth place
First to fourth place classification
Semi-finals
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Third and fourth place
Final
Final standings
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References
External links
Official FIH website
{{Women's Hockey World Cup
Women's Hockey World Cup
Hockey World Cup
International women's field hockey competitions hosted by Malaysia
World Cup
A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...
1980s in Kuala Lumpur
Sport in Kuala Lumpur
Hockey World Cup