The
2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League
The 2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League was the inaugural season of the men's field hockey national team league series. The tournament started in August 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic and finished in January 2014 in New Delhi, India.
The semif ...
Semifinals took place from June to July 2013. A total of 16 teams competing in 2 events were part in this round of the tournament playing for 7 berths in the
Final
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, played between 10 and 18 January 2014 in
New Delhi
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, India.
This round also served as the 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.
Qualification
8 teams ranked between 1st and 8th in the
FIH World Rankings
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current at the time of seeking entries for the competition qualified automatically. After
Germany
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announced they would not be able host a Semifinal due to financial restrictions,
Malaysia
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was chosen to do so therefore exempt from Round 2, to which were qualified by ranking basis. For this reason one less berth was available at that event and only 7 teams qualified from
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France
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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
Russia
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(20th) unable to qualify. The following sixteen teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this round of the tournament.
Rotterdam
Umpires
Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the
International Hockey Federation
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:
*Bruce Bale (ENG)
*Fernando Gómez (ARG)
*Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
*Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
*Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)
*Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
*Deon Nel (RSA)
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Tim Pullman (AUS)
*Simon Taylor (NZL)
*Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)
First round
Pool A
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*During the pre-game formalities,
New Zealand's national anthem was accidentally played instead of
Australia's national anthem, playing for 25 seconds before audio staff realised the mistake and stopped the music.
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Pool B
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Second round
Quarterfinals
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Fifth to eighth place classification
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First to fourth place classification
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=Final
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Johor Bahru
Umpires
Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the
International Hockey Federation
The International Hockey Federation, commonly known by the acronym FIH, is the international governing body of field hockey and indoor field hockey. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland. FIH is responsible for field hockey's major int ...
:
*Diego Barbas (ARG)
*Christian Blasch (GER)
*Hamish Jamson (ENG)
*Adam Kearns (AUS)
*Eric Koh (MAS)
*Francesco Parisi (ITA)
*Raghu Prasad (IND)
*Ayden Shrives (RSA)
*Coen Van Bunge (NED)
*Paco Vázquez (ESP)
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
=Semifinals
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=Third and fourth place
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=Final
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Awards
Final rankings
;Qualification for
2014 Hockey World Cup
: Host nation
: Continental champions
: Qualified through 2012–13 FIH Hockey World League
References
External links
Official website (Rotterdam)Official website (Johor Bahru)
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Semifinals
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Men's Hockey World Cup qualifiers
International field hockey competitions hosted by the Netherlands
International field hockey competitions hosted by Malaysia