2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2
The 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 will be held in March and April 2017. A total of 24 teams competing in 3 events will take part in this round of the tournament playing for 9 berths in the Semifinals, to be played in June and July 2017.
Qualification
9 teams ranked between 12th and 20th in the FIH World Rankings current at the time of seeking entries for the competition qualified automatically. However, South Africa was chosen to host a Semifinal, hence exempt from Round 2 and leaving with 8 teams. Additionally 14 teams qualified from Round 1 as well as two nations that did not meet ranking criteria and were exempt from Round 1 to host a Round 2 tournament.[1] The following 24 teams will compete in this round of the tournament.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
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| Ranked 12th to 20th in the FIH World Rankings | 8 |  Malaysia Ireland Canada Japan Poland France Russia Egypt
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| Host nation | 2 |  Bangladesh Trinidad and Tobago
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| 9–17 April 2016 | 2016–17 FIH Hockey World League Round 1 | Singapore | 2 |  China Sri Lanka
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| 28 June–2 July 2016 | Suva, Fiji | 1 |  Fiji
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| 30 August–4 September 2016 | Prague, Czech Republic | 2 |  Ukraine Italy
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| 6–11 September 2016 | Glasgow, Scotland | 3 |  Wales Scotland Switzerland
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| 9–11 September 2016 | Antalya, Turkey | 2 |  Austria Oman
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| 9–11 September 2016 | Accra, Ghana | 1 |  Ghana
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| 27 September–2 October 2016 | Salamanca, Mexico | 2 |  United States Barbados
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| 1–9 October 2016 | Chiclayo, Peru | 1 |  Chile
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| Total | 24 | |||
References
- ^ "FIH announces hosts for 2016/17 Hockey World League Round 2". FIH. 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2016-04-14.