2018 Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup

2018 Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Berlin
Dates	7–11 February
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	Max-Schmeling-Halle
Final positions
Champions	Germany (3rd title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Belarus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	250 (6.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	; (9 goals)
Best player	Lisa Hahn
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The 2018 Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup was the fifth edition of this tournament and played from 7 to 11 February 2018 in Berlin, Germany.^[1]

Germany defeated the Netherlands 2–1 in the final to win their third title, while Belarus secured their first medal.^[2]

Qualification[]

Twelve teams participated in the tournament.^[3]

Host nation & Continental qualifiers
Dates	Event	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
18 January 2017	Host nation	1	Germany
24–28 April 2017	Asian Indoor Cup	1	Kazakhstan
23–25 June 2017	African Indoor Cup	1	Namibia
15–17 January 2016	European Nations Indoor Cup	1	Netherlands
	Oceania Indoor Qualification Tournament	1	Australia
16–21 October 2017	Pan American Indoor Cup	1	United States
Best six ranked teams from continental tournaments
Dates	Event	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
15–17 January 2016	European Nations Indoor Cup	6	Belarus Czech Republic Poland Russia Switzerland Ukraine

Umpires[]

12 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament.^[4]

Karine Alves (FRA)
Vilma Bagdanskienė (LTU)
Emily Carroll (AUS)
Claire Druijts (NED)
Elena Eskina (RUS)
Ana Faias (POR)
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)
Michelle Meister (GER)
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)
Rachel Williams (ENG)
Sarah Wilson (SCO)

Results[]

The schedule was released on 19 September 2017.^[5]

All times are local (UTC+1).

First round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	28	10	+18	15	Quarterfinals
2	Belarus	5	4	0	1	20	7	+13	12
3	Switzerland	5	3	0	2	13	12	+1	9
4	Poland	5	1	1	3	10	11	−1	4
5	United States	5	1	1	3	14	18	−4	4
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	0	5	3	30	−27	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[6]

7 February 2018
09:15

Poland	4–1	Kazakhstan
4' 6' Rybacha 22', 38'	Report	40+'

Umpires:
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)
Elena Eskina (RUS)

7 February 2018
10:10

Netherlands	5–2	Switzerland
L. van Wijk 5', 35' Veen 10' 23', 29'	Report	31', 40+'

Umpires:
Sarah Wilson (SCO)
Emily Carroll (AUS)

7 February 2018
10:25

Belarus	4–1	United States
16', 39' 23' 23'	Report	4'

Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)

7 February 2018
16:00

Poland	1–1	United States
Rybacha 15'	Report	24'

Umpires:
Vilma Bagdanskienė (LTU)
Emily Carroll (AUS)

7 February 2018
16:15

Netherlands	7–0	Kazakhstan
9' 10', 33' 29' 31' De Baat 38', 39'	Report

Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Ana Faias (POR)

7 February 2018
17:10

Switzerland	1–5	Belarus
36'	Report	5' 18', 28' 37' 39'

Umpires:
Rachel Williams (ENG)
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)

8 February 2018
09:15

Belarus	1–4	Netherlands
13'	Report	L. van Wijk 8', 39' 23' 40'

Umpires:
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)
Vilma Bagdanskienė (LTU)

8 February 2018
10:10

United States	7–2	Kazakhstan
Zanolli 14', 20', 23' 17' 29' 32' Campbell 36'	Report	29' 31'

Umpires:
Ana Faias (POR)
Claire Druijts (NED)

8 February 2018
10:25

Switzerland	3–1	Poland
20' 24' 33'	Report	Rybacha 37'

Umpires:
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Emily Carroll (AUS)

8 February 2018
16:00

Poland	3–4	Netherlands
Rybacha 2', 31', 40'	Report	L. van Wijk 9' 20+' 22' 36'

Umpires:
Ana Faias (POR)
Michelle Meister (GER)

8 February 2018
16:15

United States	1–3	Switzerland
40'	Report	10' 30' 39'

Umpires:
Elena Eskina (RUS)
Karine Alves (FRA)

8 February 2018
17:10

Kazakhstan	0–8	Belarus
	Report	6', 31' 13' 19', 37' 20' 27' 35'

Umpires:
Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

9 February 2018
13:00

Netherlands	8–4	United States
Veen 2', 40' 7', 16', 27' L. van Wijk 22' De Baat 25' 40'	Report	Zanolli 16', 40' 17', 34'

Umpires:
Vilma Bagdanskienė (LTU)
Elena Eskina (RUS)

9 February 2018
14:25

Kazakhstan	0–4	Switzerland
	Report	14' 27' 29' 32'

Umpires:
Emily Carroll (AUS)
Michelle Meister (GER)

9 February 2018
15:35

Belarus	2–1	Poland
8' 34'	Report	Rybacha 11'

Umpires:
Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)
Maggie Giddens (USA)

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	5	4	1	0	30	4	+26	13	Quarterfinals
2	Ukraine	5	3	0	2	14	17	−3	9
3	Australia	5	2	2	1	12	11	+1	8
4	Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	12	9	+3	6
5	Namibia	5	1	2	2	13	28	−15	5
6	Russia	5	0	1	4	12	24	−12	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[6]
(H) Host

7 February 2018
09:00

Ukraine	4–3	Australia
4', 32', 36' 34'	Report	9' 18' 25'

Umpires:
Claire Druijts (NED)
Maggie Giddens (USA)

7 February 2018
11:20

Germany	8–1	Russia
Pieper 14' Huse 17', 22' Hauke 20', 35' Mävers 26' Hahn 31' Schröder 39'	Report	Sadovaia 12'

Umpires:
Ana Faias (POR)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

7 February 2018
11:35

Czech Republic	6–2	Namibia
2', 12', 17', 40' 14' 17'	Report	26' 38'

Umpires:
Karine Alves (FRA)
Vilma Bagdanskienė (LTU)

7 February 2018
17:25

Czech Republic	1–2	Australia
2'	Report	3' 33'

Umpires:
Sarah Wilson (SCO)
Elena Eskina (RUS)

7 February 2018
18:20

Germany	12–0	Namibia
Müller-Wieland 9' 11' Huse 15', 30' Lorenz 18', 26' Pieper 25' 28', 39' Hahn 29' Hauke 32' Schröder 40'	Report

Umpires:
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)

7 February 2018
18:35

Russia	4–6	Ukraine
2' 16' 27' 28'	Report	19', 29' 20' 22', 29' 33'

Umpires:
Karine Alves (FRA)
Claire Druijts (NED)

8 February 2018
09:00

Russia	1–3	Czech Republic
Sadovaia 23'	Report	11' 20' 37'

Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

8 February 2018
11:20

Ukraine	0–6	Germany
	Report	Lorenz 3' Hauke 11', 38' Hahn 22' Schröder 22', 31'

Umpires:
Karine Alves (FRA)
Sarah Wilson (SCO)

8 February 2018
11:35

Australia	3–3	Namibia
10' 21' 28'	Report	12', 24', 28'

Umpires:
Elena Eskina (RUS)
Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)

8 February 2018
17:25

Australia	2–1	Russia
20+', 27'	Report	7'

Umpires:
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Sarah Wilson (SCO)

8 February 2018
18:20

Czech Republic	1–2	Germany
32'	Report	20' Pieper 24'

Umpires:
Vilma Bagdanskienė (LTU)
Claire Druijts (NED)

8 February 2018
18:35

Namibia	3–2	Ukraine
6', 40+' 37'	Report	26' 39'

Umpires:
Emily Carroll (AUS)
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)

9 February 2018
13:15

Ukraine	2–1	Czech Republic
3' 26'	Report	28'

Umpires:
Karine Alves (FRA)
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)

9 February 2018
14:10

Namibia	5–5	Russia
5' 9', 22' 29' 35'	Report	20', 25' 23' Sadovaia 34' 39'

Umpires:
Ana Faias (POR)
Claire Druijts (NED)

9 February 2018
15:20

Germany	2–2	Australia
Huse 16' Schröder 30'	Report	37' 40'

Umpires:
Sarah Wilson (SCO)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

Second round[]

Quarterfinal: Netherlands vs. Czech Republic

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

10 February 2018

Netherlands	8
		10 February 2018
Czech Republic	3
		Netherlands	6
10 February 2018
		Ukraine	1
Ukraine	8
				11 February 2018
Switzerland	3
				Netherlands	1
10 February 2018
				Germany	2
Belarus	5
		10 February 2018
Australia	2
		Belarus	2
10 February 2018
		Germany	3	Third place game
Germany	3
				11 February 2018
Poland	1
				Ukraine	1

				Belarus	2

Quarter-finals[]

10 February 2018
10:00

Belarus	5–2	Australia
3' 16' 23' 29' 36'	Report	13' Somerville 20'

Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Vilma Bagdanskienė (LTU)

10 February 2018
11:30

Ukraine	8–3	Switzerland
3', 20' 17', 26', 30' 28' 32' 36'	Report	16', 18' 38'

Umpires:
Rachel Williams (ENG)
Claire Druijts (NED)

10 February 2018
13:00

Germany	3–1	Poland
Hahn 13', 25' Mävers 20'	Report	22'

Umpires:
Sarah Wilson (SCO)
Karine Alves (FRA)

10 February 2018
14:30

Netherlands	8–3	Czech Republic
9' 10', 15' 20', 39' De Baat 35' Veen 40' 40'	Report	22' 24' 37'

Umpires:
Ana Faias (POR)
Elena Eskina (RUS)

Eleventh and twelfth place[]

10 February 2018
13:30

Kazakhstan	1–7	Russia
16'	Report	11' Sadovaia 13' 19', 26', 37' 28' 30'

Umpires:
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)
Maggie Giddens (USA)

Ninth and tenth place[]

10 February 2018
15:00

United States	5–5	Namibia
7' 8', 37' Campbell 13', 40'	Report	4', 34' 27', 36' 34'
Penalties
Zanolli	0–1

Umpires:
Emily Carroll (AUS)
Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)

First to fourth place classification[]

Semi-finals[]

10 February 2018
19:30

Netherlands	6–1	Ukraine
4' 7' L. van Wijk 14' 19' 28' 40'	Report	40'

Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Ana Faias (POR)

10 February 2018
21:00

Belarus	2–3	Germany
17' 36'	Report	Lorenz 2' Hahn 21' Mävers 29'

Umpires:
Rachel Williams (ENG)
Elena Eskina (RUS)

Third and fourth place[]

11 February 2018
10:30

Ukraine	1–2	Belarus
15'	Report	18' 33'

Umpires:
Claire Druijts (NED)
Karine Alves (FRA)

Final[]

11 February 2018
13:30

Netherlands	1–2	Germany
L. Van Wijk 26'	Report	Lorenz 29' Schröder 32'

Umpires:
Vilma Bagdanskienė (LTU)
Sarah Wilson (SCO)

Final standings[]

Rank	Team
	Germany
	Netherlands
	Belarus
4	Ukraine
5	Switzerland
6	Australia
7	Czech Republic
8	Poland
9	Namibia
10	United States
11	Russia
12	Kazakhstan

Awards[]

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Young Player of the Tournament
	Lisa Hahn		Nike Lorenz

References[]

^ "Berlin, Germany to host Hockey Indoor World Cup 2018". fih.ch. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^ "Schröder strike gives Germany title at 5th Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup 2018". fih.ch. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
^ Qualification structure
^ Officials
^ "FIH confirms Indoor Hockey World Cup, Berlin 2018 playing schedule". FIH. 19 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b Regulations

External links[]

[1] "Berlin, Germany to host Hockey Indoor World Cup 2018". fih.ch. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.

[2] "Schröder strike gives Germany title at 5th Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup 2018". fih.ch. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.

[3] Qualification structure

[4] Officials

[5] "FIH confirms Indoor Hockey World Cup, Berlin 2018 playing schedule". FIH. 19 September 2017.

[Regulations-6] Regulations

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