Women's FIH Hockey World Cup

Women's Hockey World Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1974; 48 years ago (1974)
Inaugural season	1974
No. of teams	16
Continent	International (FIH)
Most recent champion(s)	Netherlands (8th title) (2018)
Most titles	Netherlands (8 titles)
Official website	www.fih.ch

The Women's 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 International Hockey Federation (FIH) since they merged with the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA) in 1982. Since 1986, it has been held regularly once every four years, in the same year as the men's competition, which is mid-cycle between Summer Olympic games.

Of the fourteen tournaments held so far, only four teams have won the event. Netherlands is by far the most successful team, having won the title eight times. Argentina, Germany and Australia are joint second best teams, having each won the title twice. So far, the Netherlands and Australia are the two champions able to defend their titles. At the end of the 2018 World Cup, fifteen nations had reached the semifinal of the tournament.

The size of the tournament has changed over time. The 1974 and 1978 World Cups featured 10 nations (smallest); the 1976 World Cup featured 11 nations; the 2002 World Cup featured 16 nations (largest), and the remaining seven World Cups have featured 12 nations. The World Cup was again expanded to 16 teams in 2018, and the FIH will evaluate the possibility of increasing it to 24 in 2022.^[1]

The 2018 tournament was held in London, England from 21 July to 5 August,^[2] with Netherlands winning a second consecutive title and a record eighth title after beating Ireland 6–0 in the final.

Results[]

Summaries[]

Year	Host		Final				Third place game				Number of teams
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1974 Details	Mandelieu, France		Netherlands	1–0	Argentina		West Germany	2–0	India		10
1976 Details	West Berlin, West Germany		West Germany	2–0	Argentina		Netherlands	1–0	Belgium		11
1978 Details	Madrid, Spain		Netherlands	1–0	West Germany		Belgium	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p.s.o.)	Argentina		10
1981 Details	Buenos Aires, Argentina		West Germany	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p.s.o.)	Netherlands		Soviet Union	5–1	Australia		12
1983 Details	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		Netherlands	4–2	Canada		Australia	3–1	West Germany		12
1986 Details	Amstelveen, Netherlands		Netherlands	3–0	West Germany		Canada	3–2 (a.e.t.)	New Zealand		12
1990 Details	Sydney, Australia		Netherlands	3–1	Australia		South Korea	3–2	England		12
1994 Details	Dublin, Ireland		Australia	2–0	Argentina		United States	2–1	Germany		12
1998 Details	Utrecht, Netherlands		Australia	3–2	Netherlands		Germany	3–2	Argentina		12
2002 Details	Perth, Australia		Argentina	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p.s.o.)	Netherlands		China	2–0	Australia		16
2006 Details	Madrid, Spain		Netherlands	3–1	Australia		Argentina	5–0	Spain		12
2010 Details	Rosario, Argentina		Argentina	3–1	Netherlands		England	2–0	Germany		12
2014 Details	The Hague, Netherlands		Netherlands	2–0	Australia		Argentina	2–1	United States		12
2018 Details	London, England		Netherlands	6–0	Ireland		Spain	3–1	Australia		16
2022 Details	Terrassa, Spain & Amstelveen, Netherlands										16

Successful national teams[]

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third places	Fourth places
Netherlands	8 (1974, 1978, 1983, 1986*, 1990, 2006, 2014*, 2018)	4 (1981, 1998*, 2002, 2010)	1 (1976)
Argentina	2 (2002, 2010*)	3 (1974, 1976, 1994)	3 (1978, 2006, 2014)	1 (1998)
Australia	2 (1994, 1998)	3 (1990*, 2006, 2014)	1 (1983)	3 (1981, 2002*, 2018)
Germany^	2 (1976*, 1981)	2 (1978, 1986)	2 (1974, 1998)	3 (1983, 1994, 2010)
Canada		1 (1983)	1 (1986)
Ireland		1 (2018)
Belgium			1 (1978)	1 (1976)
United States			1 (1994)	1 (2014)
England			1 (2010)	1 (1990)
Spain			1 (2018)	1 (2006*)
Soviet Union#			1 (1981)
South Korea			1 (1990)
China			1 (2002)
India				1 (1974)
New Zealand				1 (1986)

* = host country

^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1974 and 1990

# = states that have since split into two or more independent countries

Performance by continental zones[]

Team appearances[]

Team	1974	1976	1978	1981	1983	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	2022	Total
Argentina	2nd	2nd	3rd	6th	9th	7th	9th	2nd	4th	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	7th	Q	15
Australia	–	–	–	4th	3rd	6th	2nd	1st	1st	4th	2nd	5th	2nd	4th	Q	12
Austria	8th	9th	–	12th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Belgium	5th	4th	3rd	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12th	10th	Q	7
Canada	–	–	5th	5th	2nd	3rd	10th	10th	–	–	–	–	–	–	Q	7
Chile	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Q	1
China	–	–	–	–	–	–	6th	7th	11th	3rd	10th	8th	6th	16th	Q	9
Czechoslovakia#	–	–	9th	–	–	–	–	Defunct								1
England	–	–	–	–	5th	5th	4th	9th	9th	5th	7th	3rd	11th	6th	Q	11
France	7th	6th	–	9th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Germany^	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	8th	4th	3rd	7th	8th	4th	8th	5th	Q	15
India	4th	–	7th	–	11th	–	–	–	12th	–	11th	9th	–	8th	Q	8
Ireland	–	–	–	–	–	12th	–	11th	–	15th	–	–	–	2nd	Q	5
Italy	–	10th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9th	–	2
Japan	–	–	6th	7th	–	–	11th	–	–	10th	5th	11th	10th	13th	Q	9
Mexico	10th	7th	–	11th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Netherlands	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	6th	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	Q	15
New Zealand	–	–	–	–	7th	4th	7th	–	6th	11th	–	7th	5th	11th	Q	9
Nigeria	–	11th	10th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
Russia	Part of the Soviet Union							12th	–	16th	–	–	–	–	–	2
Scotland	–	–	–	–	8th	10th	–	–	10th	12th	–	–	–	–	–	4
South Africa	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7th	13th	12th	10th	9th	15th	Q	7
South Korea	–	–	–	–	–	–	3rd	5th	5th	6th	9th	6th	7th	12th	Q	9
Soviet Union#	–	–	–	3rd	10th	8th	–	Defunct								3
Spain	6th	5th	8th	10th	–	11th	5th	8th	–	8th	4th	12th	–	3rd	Q	12
Switzerland	9th	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
Ukraine	Part of the Soviet Union							–	–	14th	–	–	–	–	–	1
United States	–	–	–	–	6th	9th	12th	3rd	8th	9th	6th	–	4th	14th	–	9
Wales	–	–	–	–	12th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Total	10	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	12	12	12	16	16

^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1974 and 1990

# = states that have since split into two or more independent nations

Debut of teams[]

Year	Debuting teams			Successor and renamed teams
	Teams	No.	CT
1974	Argentina,  Austria,  Belgium,  France,  India,  Mexico,  Netherlands,  Spain,   Switzerland,  West Germany^	10	10
1976	Italy,  Nigeria	2	12
1978	Canada,  Czechoslovakia*,  Japan	3	15
1981	Australia,  Soviet Union*	2	17
1983	England,  New Zealand,  Scotland,  United States,  Wales	5	22
1986	Ireland	1	23
1990	China,  South Korea	2	25
1994	Russia#	1	26	Germany
1998	South Africa	1	27
2002	Ukraine#	1	28
2006–2018	No debuts	0	0
2022	Chile	1	29

* = Defunct Team

# = Part of Soviet Union (1974–1990)

^ = Germany is official successor of West Germany

Argentina, Germany and the Netherlands are the only teams to have competed at each World Cup; 28 teams have competed in at least one World Cup.

See also[]

• Field hockey at the Summer Olympics
• Men's FIH Hockey World Cup
• Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup
• Women's FIH Pro League

References[]