The 2012–13

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was the inaugural season of the men's

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national team league series. The tournament started in August 2012 in

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and finished in January 2014 in

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. The

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of this competition also served as a qualifier for the 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup as the 6 highest-placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualified. The

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won the tournament's

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round for the first time after defeating

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7–2 in the final.

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won the third place match by defeating

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2–1.

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, 62 teams were announced to compete. However, for different reasons, the final count of participating teams was 54. The 8 teams ranked between 1st and 8th in the

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current at early 2011 received an automatic bye to the

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while the 8 teams ranked between 9th and 16th received an automatic bye to

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

Schedule

Round 1

: – Qatar´s results were officially deleted from the event due to an eligibility problem with some of its players.

Round 2

: –

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withdrew from participating and

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took their place. : –

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was chosen to host a Semifinal therefore exempt from Round 2, to which were qualified by ranking basis. The

took their place. : – As

was chosen to host a Semifinal, one less berth was available at that event.

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(17th) qualified as the highest-ranked second-placed team between the Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Elektrostal Round 2 events, leaving

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(20th) unable to qualify.

Semifinals

Final

Final ranking

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References

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