2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League

The 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League was the third edition of the women's field hockey national team league series and last season of the World League. The tournament started in April 2016 in Singapore and finished in November 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand.

2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League

Tournament details
Teams	60
Venue(s)	13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (2nd title)
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	South Korea
← 2014–15 (previous) (next) 2019 Pro League →

The Semifinals of this competition also served 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.

The Netherlands won the tournament's Final round for a record second time after defeating host nation New Zealand 3–0 in the final match. South Korea won the third place match by defeating England 1–0.

From 2019 onwards, the tournament was replaced by Pro League.

Qualification

Each national association member of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) had the opportunity to compete in the tournament, and after seeking entries to participate, several teams were announced to compete.

The eleven teams ranked between 1st and 11th in the FIH World Rankings current at early 2015 received an automatic bye to the Semifinals while the nine teams ranked between 12th and 20th received an automatic bye to Round 2. Those twenty teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following:

• Netherlands (1)
• Australia (2)
• Argentina (3)
• New Zealand (4)
• United States (5)
• Germany (6)
• China (7)
• England (8)
• South Korea(9)
• Japan (10)
• South Africa (11)

• Belgium (12)
• India (13)
• Ireland (14)
• Spain (15)
• Italy (16)
• Scotland (17)
• Belarus (18)
• Azerbaijan (19)
• Canada (20)

Schedule

Round 1

Main article: 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 1

Dates	Location	Teams	Round 2 Quotas	Round 2 Qualifier(s)
9–17 April 2016	Singapore	Brunei Cambodia Hong Kong Kazakhstan Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand	3	Thailand Kazakhstan Singapore
28 June–2 July 2016	Suva, Fiji	Fiji Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Tonga	1	Fiji
30 August–4 September 2016	Prague, Czech Republic	Czech Republic Lithuania Poland Turkey Ukraine	3	Czech Republic Poland Ukraine
9–11 September 2016	Accra, Ghana	Ghana Kenya Nigeria	1	Ghana
13–18 September 2016	Douai, France	Austria France Russia Switzerland Wales	3	Russia Wales France
27 September–2 October 2016	Salamanca, Mexico	Guatemala Mexico Trinidad and Tobago	1	Mexico
30 September–8 October 2016	Chiclayo, Peru	Brazil Chile Paraguay Peru Uruguay	2	Uruguay Chile
12 October 2016	Appointed by FIH		1	Trinidad and Tobago

Round 2

Main article: 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified			Semifinals Quotas	Semifinals Qualifiers
		Host	By Ranking	From Round 1
14–22 January 2017	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Malaysia	Ireland Italy	Fiji1 Kazakhstan Singapore Thailand Wales Hong Kong	3	Ireland Malaysia Italy
4–12 February 2017	Valencia, Spain	Spain	Scotland Azerbaijan2	Czech Republic Ghana Poland Russia Turkey Ukraine	3	Spain Poland Scotland
1–9 April 2017	West Vancouver, Canada	Canada	Belarus India	Chile France3 Mexico Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay	2	India Chile

^1 – Fiji withdrew from participating and Hong Kong took their place.

^2 – Azerbaijan withdrew from participating and Turkey took their place.

^3 – France withdrew from participating.

Semifinals

Main article: 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified			Final Quotas	Final Qualifiers
		Host	By Ranking	From Round 2
21 June–2 July 2017	Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	Australia China Netherlands New Zealand South Korea	Italy Malaysia Scotland Spain	3	Netherlands China South Korea
8–23 July 2017	Johannesburg, South Africa	South Africa	Argentina England Germany Japan United States	Chile India Ireland Poland	4	United States Germany England Argentina

Final

Main article: 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified
		Host	From Semifinals
17–26 November 2017	Auckland, New Zealand	New Zealand	Argentina China England Germany Netherlands South Korea United States

Final ranking

FIH issued a final ranking to determine the world ranking. The final ranking was as follows:

1. Netherlands
2. New Zealand
3. South Korea
4. England
5. Argentina
6. Germany
7. United States
8. China
9. Australia
10. South Africa
11. Japan
12. Italy
13. Ireland
14. Spain
15. Belgium
16. India
17. Chile
18. Scotland
19. Poland
20. Malaysia
21. Belarus
22. Wales
23. Uruguay
24. Ukraine
25. Czech Republic
26. Canada
27. Thailand
28. Russia
29. Mexico
30. Singapore
31. Turkey
32. Kazakhstan
33. Trinidad and Tobago
34. Ghana
35. Hong Kong