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| Tournament details | |||
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| Host countries | Spain Netherlands  | ||
| Cities | Terrassa Amstelveen  | ||
| Dates | 1–17 July | ||
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) | ||
| Venue(s) | Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa Wagener Stadium  | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | |||
| Runner-up | |||
| Third place | |||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 44 | ||
| Goals scored | 149 (3.39 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | |||
| Best player | |||
| Best young player | |||
| Best goalkeeper | |||
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The 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup was the 15th edition of the Women's FIH Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for women's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held from 1 to 17 July 2022 at the Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa in Terrassa, Spain and at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, the Netherlands.[1]
Defending champions the Netherlands won the tournament for a record ninth time after defeating Argentina 3–1 in the final. Australia won the third place match by defeating Germany 2–1.[2]
Host selection
The International Hockey Federation announced in December 2018 that the 2022 FIH Hockey World Cups will be held either in July 2022 or January 2023.[3] The FIH received the following final five bids for the Women's 2022 World Cup.[4] In November 2019, it was announced that Spain and the Netherlands would host the tournament in July 2022.[1]
For the preferred time window 1–17 July 2022:
- Germany
 - Netherlands & Spain
 - Spain
 
For the preferred time window 13–29 January 2023:
Australia(withdrew)India(withdrew)- Malaysia
 - New Zealand
 
Qualification
Just as in 2018, 16 teams competed in the tournament. Alongside the hosts, Spain and the Netherlands, the five continental champions received an automatic berth.[1] After the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics the quota of places available through continental championships including the World Cup hosts was increased from six to sixteen.[5]
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) | 
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| 8 November 2019 | Hosts | — | 2 | |
| 4–13 June 2021 | 2021 EuroHockey Championship | Amstelveen, Netherlands | 3 | |
| 21–24 October 2021 | 2021 European Qualifier | Pisa, Italy | 1 | |
| 17–23 January 2022 | 2022 Africa Cup of Nations | Accra, Ghana | 1 | |
| 21–28 January 2022 | 2022 Asia Cup | Muscat, Oman | 4 | |
| 19–29 January 2022 | 2022 Pan American Cup | Santiago, Chile | 3 | |
| Cancelled[note 1] | 2022 Oceania Cup | New Zealand | 2 | |
| Total | 16 | |||
Venues
Following is a list of all venues and host cities.
| Amstelveen | Terrassa | |
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| Wagener Stadium | Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa | |
| Capacity: 9,000 | Capacity: 11,500 | |
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Draw
The draw took place on 17 February 2022.[7]
Seeding
As the hosts, Netherlands and Spain played in their countries until the quarter-final. Therefore, they were allocated in different sides of the pools but in the rows corresponding to their World Ranking. Based on that ranking, Netherlands was positioned as A1 and Spain as C2. The top four teams according to the world ranking and qualified to the event were allocated in the first row as the headers of each pool.[8]
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Squads
Umpires
On 29 November 2021, 18 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament.[9][10]
- Amber Church (NZL)
 - Laurine Delforge (BEL)
 - Maggie Giddens (USA)
 - Hannah Harrison (ENG)
 - Kelly Hudson (NZL)
 - Kang Hyun-young (KOR)
 - Alison Keogh (IRL)
 - Ivona Makar (CRO)
 - Ayanna McClean (TTO)
 - Michelle Meister (GER)
 - Catalina Montesino (CHI)
 - Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
 - Irene Presenqui (ARG)
 - Annelize Rostron (RSA)
 - Cookie Tan (SGP)
 - Wanri Venter (RSA)
 - Sarah Wilson (SCO)
 - Emi Yamada (JPN)
 
First round
The match schedule was announced on 3 December 2020.[11]
All times are local (UTC+2).
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Cross-overs | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | 
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[12]
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Cross-overs | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | 
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[12]
 
 
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 9 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | Cross-overs | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 0 | 
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[12]
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Cross-overs | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 | 
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[12]
 
 
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Second round
Bracket
| Cross-overs | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 12 July – Amstelveen | ||||||||||||||
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| 9 July – Amstelveen | ||||||||||||||
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| 16 July – Terrassa | ||||||||||||||
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| 13 July – Terrassa | ||||||||||||||
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| 10 July – Terrassa | ||||||||||||||
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| 17 July – Terrassa | ||||||||||||||
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| 12 July – Amstelveen | ||||||||||||||
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Final standings
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result | 
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| 1 | A | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 18 | Gold medal | |
| 2 | C | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 13 | Silver medal | |
| 3 | D | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 15 | Bronze medal | |
| 4 | A | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 13 | Fourth place | |
| 5 | B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 7 | Eliminated in quarterfinals  | |
| 6 | D | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 9 | ||
| 7 | C | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 9 | ||
| 8 | B | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | B | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | Ninth place | |
| 9 | B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | ||
| 11 | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 4 | Eleventh place | |
| 11 | A | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 3 | ||
| 13 | A | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 6 | Thirteenth place | |
| 13 | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 4 | ||
| 15 | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 1 | Fifteenth place | |
| 15 | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 2 | 
Goalscorers
There were 149 goals scored in 44 matches, for an average of 3.39 goals per match.
8 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
 Emilia Forcherio
 Valentina Raposo
 Rebecca Greiner
 Greta Hayes
 Penny Squibb
 Mariah Williams
 Ambre Ballenghien
 Alix Gerniers
 Justine Rasir
 Grace Delmotte
 Karli Johansen
 Brienne Stairs
 Francisca Tala
 Manuela Urroz
 Chen Yang
 Chen Yanhua
 Cui Qiuxia
 Gu Bingfeng
 Ma Ning
 Zhang Ying
 Zheng Jiali
 Grace Balsdon
 Tessa Howard
 Hannah Martin
 Lily Owsley
 Isabelle Petter
 Elena Rayer
 Hanna Granitzki
 Pauline Heinz
 Anne Schröder
 Sonja Zimmermann
 Deep Grace Ekka
 Gurjit Kaur
 Lalremsiami
 Salima Tete
 Michelle Carey
 Sarah Hawkshaw
 Yu Asai
 Shiho Kobayakawa
 Hazuki Nagai
 Yuri Nagai
 Mai Toriyama
 Felice Albers
 Eva de Goede
 Marloes Keetels
 Laurien Leurink
 Sabine Plönissen
 Lidewij Welten
 Tarryn Davey
 Frances Davies
 Tessa Jopp
 Rose Tynan
 Lilian du Plessis
 Jean-Leigh du Toit
 Kristen Paton
 Cho Hye-jin
 Kim Min-ji
 Kim Seo-na
 Lee Seung-ju
 Sara Barrios
 Belén Iglesias
 Lucía Jiménez Vicente
 María López García
 Marta Segú
Source: FIH
Awards
The awards were announced on 17 July 2022.[2]
| Award | Player | 
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| Player of the tournament | |
| Top goalscorer | |
| Goalkeeper of the tournament | |
| Young player of the tournament | 
See also
Notes
- ↑ The Oceania Cup could not be completed before the qualification deadline due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore the two Oceania quota places have been filled based on the FIH Women's World Ranking.[6]
 
References
- 1 2 3 "2022 FIH Hockey Women's World Cup in Spain and the Netherlands, 2023 FIH Hockey Men's World Cup in India". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
 - 1 2 "Netherlands tame Las Leonas to win ninth title in style". FIH. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
 - ↑ "Two time windows set for 2022 FIH World Cups". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
 - ↑ "India presents bid to host men's Hockey World Cup in 2023". The Times of India. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
 - ↑ "World Cup qualification quotas decided". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
 - ↑ @FIH_Hockey (30 January 2022). "We have our 16 teams for the FIH Hockey Women's World Cup 2022. Here is how the teams qualified for the event in Spain and Netherlands in July 2022. The draws of the pools will be revealed on 17th Feb" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
 - ↑ "Path to 2022 FIH Hockey Women's World Cup glory laid out". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
 - ↑ "Draw of Lots". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
 - ↑ "Officials confirmed for 2022 and 2023 FIH Women's and Men's World Cups". FIH. 29 November 2021.
 - ↑ "Officials List" (PDF). FIH. 29 November 2021.
 - ↑ "Match Schedule" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
 - 1 2 3 4 2022 FIH Hockey Women's World Cup Tournament Regulations
 


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