The 2016–17

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was the third edition of the men's

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national team league series and last season of the World League. The tournament started in April 2016 in

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and finished in December 2017 in

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, India. The

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of this competition also served as a qualifier for the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup as the 10/11 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 a record second time after defeating

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2–1 in the final match.

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won the third place match by defeating

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2–1. From 2019 onwards, the tournament was replaced by Pro League.

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, several teams were announced to compete. The 11 teams ranked between 1st and 11th in the

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current at early 2015 received an automatic bye to the

while the 9 teams ranked between 12th and 20th received an automatic bye to

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. Those twenty 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) * (20)

Schedule

Round 1

Round 2

Semifinals

Final

Final ranking

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References

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