The 2014–15

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was the second season of the men's

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national team league series. The tournament started in July 2014 in

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, Croatia and finished in December 2015 in

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, India. The

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of this competition also served as a qualifier for the

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as the 6 highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualified.

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won the tournament's

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round for the first time after defeating

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2–1 in the final match.

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won the third place match by defeating the

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3–2 on a

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after a 5–5 draw in regular time.

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, 56 teams were announced to compete. The 11 teams ranked between 1st and 11th in the FIH World Rankings current at early 2013 received an automatic bye to the

while the 8 teams ranked between 12th and 19th received an automatic bye to

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. Those nineteen teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following: * (1) * (2) * (3) * (4) * (5) * (6) * (7) * (8) * (9) * (10) * (11) * (12) * (13) * (14) * (15) * (16) * (17) * (18) * (19)

Schedule

Round 1

Round 2

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and

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withdrew from participating and

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and

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took their place.

Semifinals

Final

Final ranking

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References

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