Women's FIH Hockey World Cup

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Women's Hockey World Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup
SportField hockey
Founded1974; 48 years ago (1974)
Inaugural season1974
No. of teams16
ContinentInternational (FIH)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Netherlands (8th title)
(2018)
Most titles Netherlands (8 titles)
Official websitewww.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[]

Continent Best performance
Europe 10 titles, won by the Netherlands (8) and Germany (2)
America 2 titles, won by Argentina
Oceania 2 titles, won by Australia
Asia Third place (Korea, 1990 and China, 2002)
Africa Seventh place (South Africa, 1998)

Team appearances[]

Team France
1974
Germany
1976
Spain
1978
Argentina
1981
Malaysia
1983
Netherlands
1986
Australia
1990
Ireland
1994
Netherlands
1998
Australia
2002
Spain
2006
Argentina
2010
Netherlands
2014
England
2018
Spain
Netherlands
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
20062018 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[]

References[]

  1. ^ "World Cup field to expand to 16 teams in 2018". FIH. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup London 2018". FIH. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
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