The 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup was the 15th edition of the

Women's FIH Hockey World Cup The Women's FIH Hockey World Cup is the field hockey World Cup competition for women, whose format for qualification and the final tournament is similar to the men's. It has been held since 1974. The tournament has been organized by the Internat ...

, the quadrennial world championship for women's national

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teams organized by the

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. It was held from 1 to 17 July 2022 at the

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, Spain and at the Wagener Stadium in

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, the Netherlands. Defending champions the

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won the tournament for a record ninth time after defeating

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3–1 in the final.

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won the third place match by defeating

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2–1.

Host selection

The

announced in December 2018 that the 2022 FIH Hockey World Cups will be held either in July 2022 or January 2023. The FIH received the following final five bids for the Women's 2022 World Cup. In November 2019, it was announced that Spain and the Netherlands would host the tournament in July 2022. For the preferred time window 1–17 July 2022: *Germany *Netherlands & Spain *Spain For the preferred time window 13–29 January 2023: *~~Australia~~ (withdrew) *~~India~~ (withdrew) *Malaysia *New Zealand

Qualification

Just as in 2018, 16 teams competed in the tournament. Alongside the hosts,

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and the

, the five continental champions received an automatic berth. After the postponement of the

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the quota of places available through continental championships including the World Cup hosts was increased from six to sixteen.

Venues

Following is a list of all venues and host cities.

Draw

The draw took place on 17 February 2022.

Seeding

As the hosts, Netherlands and Spain played in their countries until the quarter-final. Therefore, they were allocated in different sides of the pools but in the rows corresponding to their

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. Based on that ranking, Netherlands was positioned as A1 and Spain as C2. The top four teams according to the world ranking and qualified to the event were allocated in the first row as the headers of each pool.

Squads

Umpires

On 29 November 2021, 18 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament. *Amber Church (NZL) *

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(BEL) *Maggie Giddens (USA) *Hannah Harrison (ENG) *Kelly Hudson (NZL) *Kang Hyun-young (KOR) *Alison Keogh (IRL) *Ivona Makar (CRO) * Ayanna McClean (TTO) * Michelle Meister (GER) *Catalina Montesino (CHI) *Aleisha Neumann (AUS) *Irene Presenqui (ARG) *Annelize Rostron (RSA) *Cookie Tan (SGP) *Wanri Venter (RSA) *Sarah Wilson (SCO) *Emi Yamada (JPN)

First round

The match schedule was announced on 3 December 2020. ''All times are local (

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).''

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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Classification

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13–16th place classification

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9–12th place classification

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Second round

Bracket

Cross-overs

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Final standings

Goalscorers

Awards

The awards were announced on 17 July 2022.

Notes

References

External links

Official website
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Host selection

Qualification

Venues

Draw

Seeding

Squads

Umpires

First round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Classification

9–16th place quarterfinals

13–16th place classification

9–12th place classification

Second round

Bracket

Cross-overs

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Final standings

Goalscorers

Awards

See also

Notes

References

External links