Women's Hockey World Cup

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Women's Hockey World Cup
Sport Field hockey
Founded 1974
No. of teams 12
Continent International (FIH)
Most recent champion(s)  Netherlands

The Women's Hockey World Cup is the field hockey World Cup competition for women, whose format for qualification and final tournament is similar to the men's. It has been held since 1974. The tournament has been organised by the International Hockey Federation (IHF) since they took over the role from the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA) in 1983. Since 1986, it has been held regularly once every four years, in the same year as the men's competition.

Of the ten tournaments held so far, only four teams have won the event. Netherlands is the most successful team, having won the title six times. Germany and Australia are joint second best teams, having each won the title twice. Argentina is the only other country who has won the tournament. So far, Netherlands and Australia are the two champions able to defend their titles. At the end of the 2006 world cup, fourteen nations had reached the semifinal of the tournament.

The 2006 Women's World Hockey Cup was held at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain from September 27 to October 8, 2006. The next Women's Hockey World Cup will be held in 2010 in Rosario, Argentina.[1]

Contents

[edit] Results

[edit] Summaries

Year Host Final Third Place
Winner Score Runner-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
1974 Mandelieu, France Flag of the Netherlands
Netherlands
1–0
in extra time
Flag of Argentina
Argentina
Flag of Germany
West Germany
2–0 Flag of India
India
1976 Berlin, West Germany Flag of Germany
West Germany
2–0 Flag of Argentina
Argentina
Flag of the Netherlands
Netherlands
1–0 Flag of Belgium
Belgium
1978 Madrid, Spain Flag of the Netherlands
Netherlands
1–0 Flag of Germany
West Germany
Flag of Belgium
Belgium
0–0
(3–2)
Penalty strokes
Flag of Argentina
Argentina
1981 Buenos Aires, Argentina Flag of Germany
West Germany
1–1
(3–1)
Penalty strokes
Flag of the Netherlands
Netherlands
Flag of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
5–1 Flag of Australia
Australia
1983 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Flag of the Netherlands
Netherlands
4–2 Flag of Canada
Canada
Flag of Australia
Australia
3–1 Flag of Germany
West Germany
1986 Amstelveen, Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands
Netherlands
3–0 Flag of Germany
West Germany
Flag of Canada
Canada
3–2
in extra time
Flag of New Zealand
New Zealand
1990 Sydney, Australia Flag of the Netherlands
Netherlands
3–1 Flag of Australia
Australia
Flag of South Korea
Korea
3–2 Flag of England
England
1994 Dublin, Ireland Flag of Australia
Australia
2–0 Flag of Argentina
Argentina
Flag of the United States
USA
2–1 Flag of Germany
Germany
1998
Details
Utrecht, Netherlands Flag of Australia
Australia
3–2 Flag of the Netherlands
Netherlands
Flag of Germany
Germany
3–2 Flag of Argentina
Argentina
2002
Details
Perth, Australia Flag of Argentina
Argentina
1–1
(4–3)
Penalty strokes
Flag of the Netherlands
Netherlands
Flag of the People's Republic of China
China
2–0 Flag of Australia
Australia
2006
Details
Madrid, Spain Flag of the Netherlands
Netherlands
3–1 Flag of Australia
Australia
Flag of Argentina
Argentina
5–0 Flag of Spain
Spain
2010
Details
Rosario, Argentina

[edit] Successful national teams

Team Titles Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 Netherlands 6 (1974, 1978, 1983, 1986*, 1990, 2006) 3 (1981, 1998, 2002) 1 (1976)
 Germany 2 (1976*, 1981) 2 (1978, 1986) 2 (1974, 1998) 2 (1983, 1994)
 Australia 2 (1994, 1998) 2 (1990*, 2006) 1 (1983) 2 (1981, 2002*)
 Argentina 1 (2002) 3 (1974, 1976, 1994) 1 (2006) 2 (1978, 1998)
 Canada 1 (1983) 1 (1986)
 Belgium 1 (1978) 1 (1976)
 China 1 (2002)
 Korea 1 (1990)
 Soviet Union 1 (1981)#
 USA 1 (1994)
 England 1 (1990)
 India 1 (1974)
 New Zealand 1 (1986)
 Spain 1 (2006*)
* = host
# = Now compete as independent country

[edit] Performance by continental zones

Continent Best performance
European 8 titles, won by Netherlands (6) and Germany (2)
Oceania 2 titles, won by Australia
Americas 1 title, won by Argentina
Asian fourth place (India, 1974)
African Seventh place (South Africa, 1998)

[edit] Team appearances

After 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup qualification:

11 times
8 times
7 times
6 times
5 times
4 times
3 times
2 times
1 times
# no longer in existence

Argentina, Germany and Netherlands are among the three teams to have never missed the World Cup, and some 28 teams have competed at least once over the years.

[edit] References


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