2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals
The 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals will take place in June and July 2017. A total of 20 teams will compete in 2 events in this round of the tournament playing for 7 berths in the Final, to be played between 18–26 November 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand.
This round will also serve as a qualifier for the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup as the 10/11 highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualify.
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 8 teams qualified from Round 2 and one nation that did not meet ranking criteria and was exempt from Round 2 to host a Semifinal.[1][2] 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 Australia Argentina New Zealand United States Germany China England South Korea Japan South Africa | ||
| Host nation | 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | ||
| 14–22 January 2017 | 2016–17 FIH Hockey World League Round 2 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ||
| 4–12 February 2017 | Valencia, Spain | |||
| 25 March–2 April 2017 | Vancouver, Canada | |||
| Total | 20 | |||
References
- ↑ "FIH unveils event hosts for 2015-2018 cycle". FIH. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
- ↑ "Hockey World League 2016 / 2017" (PDF). FIH. November 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-04.