2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals

2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey
World League Semifinals

Tournament details
Dates	10 June – 5 July 2015
Teams	20 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	66
Goals scored	259 (3.92 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jodie Kenny (10 goals)

The 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals took place in June and July 2015. A total of 20 teams competed in 2 events in this round of the tournament playing for 7 berths in the Final, played between 21–29 November 2015 in Rosario, Argentina.

This round also served as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympics as the 7 highest placed teams apart from the five continental champions qualified.

Qualification[]

11 teams ranked between 1st and 11th in the FIH World Rankings current at the time of seeking entries for the competition qualified automatically, in addition to 7 teams qualified from Round 2 and two nations that did not meet ranking criteria and were exempt from Round 2 to host a Semifinal.^[1][2][3] The following twenty teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this round of the tournament.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
	Ranked 1st to 11th in the FIH World Rankings		11	Netherlands (1)  Argentina (3)  New Zealand (4)  Great Britain (8)  Germany (6)  Australia (2)  China (7)  South Korea (9)  Japan (10)  United States (5)  South Africa (11)
	Host nation		2	Belgium (12)  Spain (15)
14–22 February 2015	2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Round 2	Montevideo, Uruguay	3	Italy (16)  Uruguay (29)  Azerbaijan (19)  France (30)
7–15 March 2015		New Delhi, India	2	India (13)  Poland (23)
14–22 March 2015		Dublin, Ireland	2	Ireland (14)  Canada (20)
Total			20

Valencia[]

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Valencia
Dates	10–21 June 2015
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Polideportivo Virgen del Carmen Beteró
Final positions
Champions	Great Britain
Runner-up	China
Third place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	105 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carla Rebecchi Sophie Bray (5 goals)
Best player	Georgina Oliva

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)^[4]

Umpires[]

Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

First round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	4	4	0	0	10	2	+8	12	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Argentina	4	2	1	1	11	4	+7	7
3	Spain	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	7
4	China	4	1	0	3	3	6	−3	3
5	Canada	4	0	0	4	2	16	−14	0

10 June 2015 17:00 China  3–0  Canada Ma  17' Peng  38' De  51' Report Umpires: Hannah Sanders (ENG) Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

10 June 2015 19:00 Great Britain  2–0  Spain Danson  49' Leigh  50' Report Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Kylie Seymour (AUS)

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11 June 2015 17:00 Argentina  6–0  Canada F. Habif  11' Albertario  14', 25', 42' Barrionuevo  24' Rebecchi  36' Report Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Amy Baxter (USA)

11 June 2015 19:00 China  0–1  Spain Report Riera  10' Umpires: Chieko Soma (JPN) Mariana Reydo (ARG)

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13 June 2015 17:00 Great Britain  2–0  Argentina Macleod  37' Bray  58' Report Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Karen Bennett (NZL)

13 June 2015 19:00 Spain  3–0  Canada Ybarra  33' Riera  49'  55' Report Umpires: Kylie Seymour (AUS) Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

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14 June 2015 17:00 Canada  2–4  Great Britain Norlander  20' Stairs  60' Report Danson  8' Twigg  24' Bray  35', 54' Umpires: Emi Yamada (JPN) Karen Bennett (NZL)

14 June 2015 19:00 China  0–3  Argentina Report Sánchez Moccia  3' Merino  20' F. Habif  21' Umpires: Caroline Brunekreef (NED) Amy Baxter (USA)

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16 June 2015 13:00 Great Britain  2–0  China Bray  5', 57' Report Umpires: Mariana Reydo (ARG) Kylie Seymour (AUS)

16 June 2015 19:00 Argentina  2–2  Spain Rodríguez  30' Gomes Fantasia  53' Report Guinea  5' Petchame  59' Umpires: Chieko Soma (JPN) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland	4	3	0	1	10	6	+4	9	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Germany	4	2	2	0	12	2	+10	8
3	United States	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3	7
4	South Africa	4	0	2	2	3	9	−6	2
5	Uruguay	4	0	1	3	3	14	−11	1

10 June 2015 13:00 South Africa  1–4  Ireland Madsen  9' Report Evans  5', 18', 50' Daly  55' Umpires: Mariana Reydo (ARG) Amy Baxter (USA)

10 June 2015 15:00 Germany  8–0  Uruguay Hoffmann  5' Lorenz  9' Stapenhorst  11', 37' Haase  35', 60' Krüger  36', 42' Report Umpires: Chieko Soma (JPN) Elena Eskina (RUS)

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11 June 2015 13:00 United States  2–0  Uruguay Dawson  25' Sharkey  60' Report Umpires: Emi Yamada (JPN) Karen Bennett (NZL)

11 June 2015 15:00 Germany  3–1  Ireland Schröder  32' Mävers  37' Haase  60' Report O'Flanagan  48' Umpires: Kylie Seymour (AUS) Hannah Sanders (ENG)

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13 June 2015 13:00 Ireland  3–2  Uruguay O'Flanagan  26' Evans  36'  57' Report Stanley  41' Vilar del Valle  44' Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Amy Baxter (USA)

13 June 2015 15:00 South Africa  1–4  United States Chamberlain  7' Report Crandall  29' Falgowski  33' Sharkey  49' Witmer  59' Umpires: Hannah Sanders (ENG) Emi Yamada (JPN)

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14 June 2015 13:00 Uruguay  1–1  South Africa Vilar del Valle  58' Report Evans  38' Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Chieko Soma (JPN)

14 June 2015 15:00 Germany  2–2  United States Altenburg  39' Krüger  40' Report Reinprecht  11', 48' Umpires: Mariana Reydo (ARG) Elena Eskina (RUS)

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16 June 2015 15:00 United States  0–2  Ireland Report Frazer  29' O'Flanagan  60' Umpires: Caroline Brunekreef (NED) Karen Bennett (NZL)

16 June 2015 17:00 South Africa  0–0  Germany Report Umpires: Hannah Sanders (ENG) Emi Yamada (JPN)

Second round[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	18 June 2015
	Great Britain	2
					20 June 2015
	South Africa	0
					Great Britain	1
	18 June 2015
					Germany	0
	Germany (p.s.o)	1 (3)
									21 June 2015
	Spain	1 (2)
									Great Britain	2
	18 June 2015
									China	0
	Argentina	3
					20 June 2015
	United States	0
					Argentina	1
	18 June 2015
					China	2			Third place
	Ireland	1 (3)
									21 June 2015
	China (p.s.o)	1 (4)
									Germany (p.s.o)	1 (3)
									Argentina	1 (1)

Quarter-finals[]

18 June 2015 11:30 Ireland  1–1  China Watkins  42' Report Zhang  5' Penalties Frazer O'Flanagan Evans —— Frazer O'Flanagan 3–4 De Liang Peng Li J. Yu —— Peng Liang Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Elena Eskina (RUS)

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18 June 2015 14:00 Argentina  3–0  United States Rebecchi  16', 29' Barrionuevo  44' Report Umpires: Kylie Seymour (AUS) Karen Bennett (NZL)

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18 June 2015 16:30 Great Britain  2–0  South Africa Danson  12' K. Richardson-Walsh  14' Report Umpires: Chieko Soma (JPN) Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

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18 June 2015 19:00 Germany  1–1  Spain Hoffmann  51' Report Riera  42' Penalties Stapenhorst Altenburg Mävers Teschke Hauke —— Hauke 3–2 Oliva Magaz Pérez Tost Riera —— Oliva Umpires: Mariana Reydo (ARG) Amy Baxter (USA)

Ninth and tenth place[]

19 June 2015 19:00 Canada  2–0  Uruguay  24' Hennig  29' Report Umpires: Ayanna McClean (TRI) Hannah Sanders (ENG)

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

	Crossover				Fifth place match
	20 June 2015
	South Africa	0
					21 June 2015
	Spain	2
					Spain	1
	20 June 2015
					United States	3
	United States	6
	Ireland	1
					Seventh place match
					21 June 2015
					South Africa	4
					Ireland	0

Crossover[]

20 June 2015 11:30 United States  6–1  Ireland Crandall  8', 9' O'Donnell  35', 41' Selenski  47' Witmer  58' Report O'Flanagan  43' Umpires: Hannah Sanders (ENG) Mariana Reydo (ARG)

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20 June 2015 14:00 South Africa  0–2  Spain Report Magaz  4' Riera  12' Umpires: Emi Yamada (JPN) Amy Baxter (USA)

Seventh and eighth place[]

21 June 2015 11:30 South Africa  4–0  Ireland Manuel  14' Deetlefs  44' Du Plessis  52' Madsen  55' Report Umpires: Hannah Sanders (ENG) Karen Bennett (NZL)

Fifth and sixth place[]

21 June 2015 14:00 Spain  1–3  United States Pérez  15' Report K. Reinprecht  17' Sharkey  40' Vittese  56' Umpires: Kylie Seymour (AUS) Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

First to fourth place classification[]

Semifinals[]

20 June 2015 16:30 Argentina  1–2  China Rebecchi  24' Report Wang M.  25', 56' Umpires: Chieko Soma (JPN) Elena Eskina (RUS)

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20 June 2015 19:00 Great Britain  1–0  Germany Owsley  7' Report Umpires: Kylie Seymour (AUS) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

Third and fourth place[]

21 June 2015 16:30 Germany  1–1  Argentina  58' Report Rebecchi  16' Penalties Hillmann Mävers Altenburg Teschke 3–1 Gomes Fantasia Merino Sánchez Moccia Albertario Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Elena Eskina (RUS)

Final[]

21 June 2015 19:00 Great Britain  2–0  China Webb  25' Danson  35' Report Umpires: Mariana Reydo (ARG) Amy Baxter (USA)

Awards[]

Top Goalscorers[6]	Player of the Tournament[6]	Goalkeeper of the Tournament[6]	Young Player of the Tournament[6]
Carla Rebecchi Sophie Bray	Georgina Oliva	Maddie Hinch	Charlotte Stapenhorst

Antwerp[]

Tournament details
Host country	Belgium
City	Antwerp
Dates	20 June–5 July 2015
Teams	10
Venue(s)	KHC Dragons
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	154 (4.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jodie Kenny (10 goals)
Best player	Lidewij Welten

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)^[7]

Umpires[]

Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

First round[]

Pool A[]

Azerbaijan was supposed to take part but France took their place.^[8]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	4	4	0	0	26	1	+25	12	Advance to quarterfinals
2	South Korea	4	2	1	1	14	3	+11	7
3	Italy	4	1	2	1	7	12	−5	5
4	Japan	4	1	1	2	8	8	0	4
5	France	4	0	0	4	1	32	−31	0

20 June 2015 12:00 South Korea  1–1  Italy Park M.  11' Report Ruggieri  58' Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

20 June 2015 14:00 Netherlands  11–0  France Verschoor  9' Paumen  11', 49', 60' Jonker  13', 31' Van Maasakker  18' Welten  22', 25', 56' Hoog  44' Report Umpires: Chen Hong (CHN) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

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21 June 2015 14:00 South Korea  1–2  Netherlands Park S.  9' Report De Goede  5' Verschoor  47' Umpires: Melissa Trivic (AUS) Annelize Rostron (RSA)

21 June 2015 20:00 France  1–6  Japan  58' Report Y. Nagai  6' Oikawa  11', 28', 43' Shibata  14' H. Nagai  45' Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

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23 June 2015 20:00 Japan  0–4  Netherlands Report Paumen  13', 47' Van As  26' De Waard  55' Umpires: Claire Adenot (FRA) Annelize Rostron (RSA)

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24 June 2015 12:00 Italy  4–0  France Wybieralska  14', 47' Casale  17' Ruggieri  24' Report Umpires: Chen Hong (CHN) Irene Presenqui (ARG)

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25 June 2015 10:00 South Korea  11–0  France Cheon  5' Park M.  12', 33' Han  22', 42' Kim J.  36', 51'  38', 54' Baek  48' Kim B.  57' Report Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Chen Hong (CHN)

25 June 2015 12:00 Japan  2–2  Italy Shibata  4' Kato  15' Report Braconi  7', 29' Umpires: Melissa Trivic (AUS) Kang Hyun-young (KOR)

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27 June 2015 12:00 Japan  0–1  South Korea Report Kim J.  17' Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

27 June 2015 14:00 Netherlands  9–0  Italy Paumen  3', 12', 40' Van Maasakker  18' Hoog  29' Welten  37', 51' Keetels  46' Dirkse van den Heuvel  54' Report Umpires: Claire Adenot (FRA) Annelize Rostron (RSA)

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	4	4	0	0	21	0	+21	12	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Australia	4	3	0	1	15	4	+11	9
3	Belgium	4	2	0	2	3	4	−1	6
4	India	4	1	0	3	5	11	−6	3
5	Poland	4	0	0	4	1	26	−25	0

20 June 2015 10:00 New Zealand  12–0  Poland Punt  8', 34' Flynn  13', 15', 32', 47' Keddell  15' Merry  19', 48' Webster  37' Pearce  42' Thompson  55' Report Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Irene Presenqui (ARG)

20 June 2015 16:00 Belgium  1–0  India Van Lindt  35' Report Umpires: Claire Adenot (FRA) Annelize Rostron (RSA)

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21 June 2015 10:00 Australia  9–0  Poland Kenny  9', 22', 35', 44' Parker  20' Smith  25' Slattery  42' Nanscawen  54' Blyth  57' Report Umpires: Kang Hyun-young (KOR) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

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23 June 2015 14:00 New Zealand  5–0  India Flynn  10', 40' Merry  18' Pearce  52', 56' Report Umpires: Kang Hyun-young (KOR) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

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24 June 2015 16:00 India  3–1  Poland R. Rani  20', 29' Kataria  54' Report  49' Umpires: Melissa Trivic (AUS) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

24 June 2015 18:00 Belgium  0–2  Australia Report Kenny  9' McMahon  41' Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Amber Church (NZL)

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25 June 2015 18:00 Poland  0–2  Belgium Report Sinia  24'  54' Umpires: Claire Adenot (FRA) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

25 June 2015 20:00 Australia  0–2  New Zealand Report Punt  33' Gunson  54' Umpires: Irene Presenqui (ARG) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

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27 June 2015 16:00 Belgium  0–2  New Zealand Report Punt  12' Flynn  33' Umpires: Melissa Trivic (AUS) Sarah Wilson (SCO)

27 June 2015 18:00 Australia  4–2  India Kenny  2', 6', 33', 44' Report Kataria  5' P. Rani  33' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

Second round[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	30 June 2015
	Netherlands	7
					2 July 2015
	India	0
					Netherlands	5
	30 June 2015
					Australia	1
	Australia	2
									4 July 2015
	Italy	0
									Netherlands	2
	30 June 2015
									South Korea	1
	South Korea (p.s.o)	2 (3)
					2 July 2015
	Belgium	2 (0)
					South Korea (p.s.o)	1 (4)
	30 June 2015
					New Zealand	1 (2)			Third place
	New Zealand	5
									4 July 2015
	Japan	1
									Australia	4
									New Zealand	2

Quarter-finals[]

30 June 2015 13:00 Australia  2–0  Italy Kenny  21' Flanagan  40' Report Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Kang Hyun-young (KOR)

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30 June 2015 15:30 New Zealand  5–1  Japan Webster  5' Cocks  34' Punt  42' Pearce  49' Flynn  54' Report Kato  4' Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Irene Presenqui (ARG)

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30 June 2015 18:00 Netherlands  7–0  India Van As  1' Welten  9', 48' Van Maasakker  16', 26', 53' Zerbo  18' Report Umpires: Annelize Rostron (RSA) Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

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30 June 2015 20:30 South Korea  2–2  Belgium Park M.  4' Cheon  60' Report Versavel  37'  45' Penalties Park M. Kim D. Park S. Han 3–0 Gerniers Boon Raes Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Melissa Trivic (AUS)

Ninth and tenth place[]

30 June 2015 10:30 France  1–5  Poland  35' Report  22', 46'  41'  51'  56' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Chen Hong (CHN)

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

	Crossover				Fifth place match
	2 July 2015
	India (p.s.o)	1 (5)
					4 July 2015
	Italy	1 (4)
					India	1
	2 July 2015
					Japan	0
	Belgium	1 (2)
	Japan (p.s.o)	1 (4)
					Seventh place match
					4 July 2015
					Italy	2
					Belgium	4

Crossover[]

2 July 2015 13:00 India  1–1  Italy R. Rani  33' Report Pacella  9' Penalties Kaur Kataria Thokchom R. Rani Deepika —— R. Rani 5–4 Braconi Mirabella Casale Ruggieri Tiddi —— Ruggieri Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

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2 July 2015 15:30 Belgium  1–1  Japan De Groof  22' Report Oikawa  18' Penalties Vanden Borre Van Lindt Gerniers Raes 2–4 Yamamoto Shibata Nagai Kato Umpires: Claire Adenot (FRA) Kang Hyun-young (KOR)

Seventh and eighth place[]

4 July 2015 10:30 Italy  2–4  Belgium  15' Tiddi  41' Report Versavel  19', 48' Vanden Borre  25' Vandermeiren  52'

Fifth and sixth place[]

4 July 2015 13:00 India  1–0  Japan R. Rani  13' Report Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Irene Presenqui (ARG)

First to fourth place classification[]

Semifinals[]

2 July 2015 18:00 Netherlands  5–1  Australia Dirkse van den Heuvel  14' Paumen  15' Zerbo  20' Welten  45' Bos  53' Report Slattery  30' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Irene Presenqui (ARG)

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2 July 2015 20:30 South Korea  1–1  New Zealand Park M.  25' Report Flynn  27' Penalties Park M. Han Cheon Park S. Kim D. 4–2 King Gunson Charlton Michelsen Umpires: Melissa Trivic (AUS) Sarah Wilson (GBR)

Third and fourth place[]

4 July 2015 15:30 Australia  4–2  New Zealand Smith  3' Claxton  4' Williams  15' Nanscawen  45' Report Michelsen  34' Punt  48' Umpires: Sarah Wilson (GBR) Claire Adenot (FRA)

Final[]

4 July 2015 18:00 Netherlands  2–1  South Korea Van Maasakker  44' Hoog  58' Report Kim B.  34' Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Amber Church (NZL)

Awards[]

Top Goalscorers[9]	Player of the Tournament[9]	Goalkeeper of the Tournament[9]	Young Player of the Tournament[9]
Jodie Kenny	Lidewij Welten	Sally Rutherford	Xan de Waard

Final rankings[]

Qualification for 2016 Summer Olympics

Rank	Valencia	Antwerp
1	Great Britain	Netherlands
2	China	South Korea
3	Germany	Australia
4	Argentina	New Zealand
5	United States	India
6	Spain	Japan
7	South Africa	Belgium
8	Ireland	Italy
9	Canada	Poland
10	Uruguay	France

  Continental champions

  Qualified through 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League

  Withdrew from participating^[10][11]

Goalscorers[]

The following goalscorers list comprises players from both events.

There were 259 goals scored in 66 matches, for an average of 3.92 goals per match.

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: Antwerp Valencia

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (Valencia)
• Official website (Antwerp)