2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals

The 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals took place in June and July 2017. A total of 20 teams competed in 2 events in this round of the tournament playing for 7 berths in the Final, to be played between 2 and 10 December 2017 in Bhubaneswar, India.

This round also served as a qualifier for the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup as the 10/11 highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualified.

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. 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	Australia (2) Netherlands (4) Germany (3) England (7) Belgium (5) Argentina (1) India (6) New Zealand (8) South Korea (12) Pakistan (13) Spain (10)
	Host Nation		1	South Africa (15)
4–12 March 2017	2016–17 FIH Hockey World League Round 2	Dhaka, Bangladesh	3	Malaysia (14) China (18) Egypt (19)
11–19 March 2017		Belfast, Ireland	3	Ireland (9) France (17) Scotland (23)
25 March–2 April 2017		Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago	2	Japan (16) Canada (11)
Total			20

London

Tournament details
Host country	England
City	London
Dates	15–25 June 2017
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	177 (5.36 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gonzalo Peillat (12 goals)
Best player	Gonzalo Peillat

All times are local (UTC+1).

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	4	3	1	0	20	6	+14	10	Quarterfinals
2	England (H)	4	3	1	0	19	8	+11	10
3	Malaysia	4	2	0	2	11	13	−2	6
4	China	4	1	0	3	6	19	−13	3
5	South Korea	4	0	0	4	5	15	−10	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

15 June 2017 12:00 South Korea 1–2 Argentina Lee N.  46' Report Peillat  26', 53' Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Paul Walker (ENG)

15 June 2017 20:00 England 2–0 China Middleton  11' Gleghorne  11' Report Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Andrés Ortiz (ESP)

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16 June 2017 20:00 Argentina 5–2 Malaysia Peillat  4', 11', 40', 47' Callioni  49' Report Shahril  7' Ahmad  18' Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Simon Taylor (NZL)

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17 June 2017 12:00 China 5–2 South Korea Su L.  3' Su J.  5', 15' E L.  44' Guo Z.  60' Report Yang  10' Hwang  40' Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Andrés Ortiz (ESP)

17 June 2017 16:00 England 7–3 Malaysia Middleton  5', 34' Griffiths  8' Ward  32', 51' Gleghorne  39', 55' Report Faizal  19', 57' Ahmad  28' Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

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18 June 2017 16:00 England 3–3 Argentina Gleghorne  6' Ward  9' Middleton  34' Report Peillat  37', 41' Paredes  40' Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Coen van Bunge (NED)

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19 June 2017 18:00 South Korea 0–1 Malaysia Report Razie  35' Umpires: You Suolong (CHN) Coen van Bunge (NED)

19 June 2017 20:00 Argentina 10–0 China Peillat  1', 15', 38' Vila  17', 55' Paredes  30' Tolini  33' Brunet  42' Bugallo  54' López  59' Report Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Eric Koh (MAS)

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20 June 2017 18:00 China 1–5 Malaysia Du T.  43' Report Faizal  2' Najmi  12' Razie  19', 27' Fitri  51' Umpires: Lim Hong Zhen (SIN) Andrés Ortiz (ESP)

20 June 2017 20:00 England 7–2 South Korea Ward  6', 34', 36', 60' Ames  17' Roper  50', 60' Report Jang  22' Lee D.  32' Umpires: Eric Koh (MAS) Coen van Bunge (NED)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	4	4	0	0	13	2	+11	12	Quarterfinals
2	India	4	3	0	1	15	5	+10	9
3	Canada	4	1	1	2	8	7	+1	4
4	Pakistan	4	1	0	3	4	18	−14	3
5	Scotland	4	0	1	3	3	11	−8	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

15 June 2017 14:00 India 4–1 Scotland R. Singh  31', 34' A. Singh  40' Harm. Singh  42' Report Grassick  6' Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

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15 June 2017 18:00 Netherlands 4–0 Pakistan Brinkman  6' Pruyser  26' Van der Weerden  42' Kemperman  49' Report Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) Eric Koh (MAS)

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16 June 2017 18:00 Pakistan 0–6 Canada Report Tupper  11' Smythe  19', 27' Van Son  28' Bissett  50' Johnston  60+' Umpires: Lim Hong Zhen (SIN) You Suolong (CHN)

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17 June 2017 14:00 Canada 0–3 India Report S. V. Sunil  5' A. Singh  10' Sar. Singh  18' Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Paul Walker (ENG)

17 June 2017 18:00 Scotland 0–3 Netherlands Report Kemperman  15' Van der Weerden  36' Verger  51' Umpires: Eric Koh (MAS) You Suolong (CHN)

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18 June 2017 14:00 Pakistan 1–7 India Bhutta  57' Report Harm. Singh  13', 33' T. Singh  21', 24' A. Singh  47', 59' Mor  49' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

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19 June 2017 12:00 Scotland 1–3 Pakistan Adams  13' Report Irfan  34' Qadir  42' Bilal  46' Umpires: Andrés Ortiz (ESP) David Tomlinson (NZL)

19 June 2017 14:00 Netherlands 3–1 Canada Van der Weerden  13' Croon  36' Pruyser  53' Report Tupper  30' Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

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20 June 2017 12:00 Scotland 1–1 Canada Marshall  42' Report Johnston  29' Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) You Suolong (CHN)

20 June 2017 14:00 India 1–3 Netherlands A. Singh  28' Report Brinkman  2' Baart  12' Pruyser  24' Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Paul Walker (ENG)

Second round

Quarterfinals

22 June 2017 13:15 Argentina 3–1 Pakistan Casella  22', 44' Peillat  33' Report Shan  49' Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Eric Koh (MAS)

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22 June 2017 15:30 India 2–3 Malaysia R. Singh  24', 26' Report Razie  19', 48' Ahmad  20' Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Andrés Ortiz (ESP)

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22 June 2017 17:45 Netherlands 7–0 China Kemperman  24' De Geus  25' Pruyser  45', 60' Bakker  47' Kellerman  51' Algera  58' Report Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

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22 June 2017 20:00 England 4–2 Canada Middleton  13' Gleghorne  24' Goodfield  38' Ward  57' Report J. Smythe  9' Johnston  12' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

Ninth and tenth place

22 June 2017 11:00 South Korea 6–3 Scotland Bae  11' Yang  14' Jang  26' Jeong  39' Lee J.  45' Hwang W.  48' Report Atkins  3' Bain  54', 59' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) You Suolong (CHN)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

24 June 2017 09:30 Canada 7–3 China Sarmento  14' Tupper  22', 45', 52' Pearson  33' Van Son  35' Pereira  37' Report E W.  8' Meng  19' Wo  39' Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Paul Walker (ENG)

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24 June 2017 11:45 Pakistan 1–6 India Ahmad  41' Report R. Singh  8', 28' T. Singh  25' A. Singh  27' Harm. Singh  36' M. Singh  59' Umpires: Eric Koh (MAS) Simon Taylor (NZL)

Seventh and eighth place

25 June 2017 09:30 Pakistan 3–1 China Bhutta  51', 56' Irfan  56' Report Guo X.  58' Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Andrés Ortiz (ESP)

Fifth and sixth place

25 June 2017 11:45 India 2–3 Canada Harm. Singh  7', 22' Report Johnston  3', 44' Pereira  44' Umpires: You Suolong (CHN) Coen van Bunge (NED)

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals

24 June 2017 14:00 Argentina 2–1 Malaysia Vila  13' Brunet  34' Report Fitri  38' Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) Andrés Ortiz (ESP)

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24 June 2017 16:15 England 0–2 Netherlands Report Pruyser  45' Kellerman  48' Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

Third and fourth place

25 June 2017 14:00 Malaysia 1–4 England Faizal  53' Report Martin  5', 28' Ames  9' Roper  59' Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

Final

25 June 2017 16:15 Argentina 1–6 Netherlands Paredes  58' Report Verga  4', 14' Van Dam  27' Kemperman  33' Pruyser  35' Brinkman  58' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Eric Koh (MAS)

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Young Player of the Tournament
Gonzalo Peillat	Gonzalo Peillat	Kumar Subramaniam	Thierry Brinkman

Johannesburg

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Johannesburg
Dates	8–23 July 2017
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Belgium
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	150 (4.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tom Boon (7 goals)
Best player	Mats Grambusch

All times are local (UTC+2).

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	4	0	0	14	5	+9	12	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	4	3	0	1	8	6	+2	9
3	New Zealand	4	1	1	2	10	10	0	4
4	France	4	1	1	2	9	9	0	4
5	Japan	4	0	0	4	5	16	−11	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

9 July 2017 12:00 New Zealand 3–3 France Jenness  3' Inglis  26', 32' Report Tynevez  5' Goyet  17' Van Straaten  44' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Grant Hundley (USA)

9 July 2017 14:00 Spain 2–1 Japan Romeu  39' Iglesias  49' Report Yamada  33' Umpires: Sebastien Duterme (BEL) Raghu Prasad (IND)

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11 July 2017 14:00 Australia 3–2 France Whetton  18' Pollard  51' Knowles  53' Report Charlet  7' Van Straaten  8' Umpires: Dave Dowdall (ENG) Gabriel Labate (ARG)

11 July 2017 16:00 New Zealand 3–1 Japan Panchia  18' Woods  28' Jenness  35' Report Zendana  59' Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Peter Wright (RSA)

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13 July 2017 14:00 Japan 1–4 France Wakuri  24' Report Tynevez  10' Baumgarten  21' Goyet  44' Rogeau  55' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Roel van Eert (NED)

13 July 2017 16:00 Spain 0–2 Australia Report Wotherspoon  53' Mitton  60' Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Grant Hundley (USA)

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15 July 2017 12:00 France 0–2 Spain Report Quemada  45' González  59' Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Dave Dowdall (ENG)

15 July 2017 14:00 New Zealand 1–2 Australia Panchia  39' Report Edwards  53' Pollard  60' Umpires: Sebastian Duterme (BEL) Haider Rasool (PAK)

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17 July 2017 12:00 Australia 7–2 Japan Knowles  1' Whetton  5', 26' Wotherspoon  28' Zalewski  34' Wickham  40' Hayward  57' Report Yamada  42' Zandana  51' Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Raghu Prasad (IND)

17 July 2017 14:00 Spain 4–3 New Zealand Romeu  23' González  35' Iglesias  57' Quemada  60' Report McAleese  43' Woods  55' Russell  55' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Grant Hundley (USA)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	4	4	0	0	14	5	+9	12	Quarterfinals
2	Belgium	4	3	0	1	27	6	+21	9
3	Ireland	4	2	0	2	6	9	−3	6
4	Egypt	4	1	0	3	3	18	−15	3
5	South Africa (H)	4	0	0	4	5	17	−12	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

9 July 2017 16:00 Belgium 10–0 Egypt Briels  4', 60' Boon  5', 57' Stockbroekx  9' Keusters  9' De Kerpel  23' Luypaert  30' Charlier  40' Dockier  46' Report Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Gabriel Labate (ARG)

9 July 2017 18:00 South Africa 0–2 Ireland Report Nelson  10' O'Donoghue  42' Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Dave Dowdall (ENG)

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11 July 2017 12:00 Germany 5–0 Egypt Miltkau  23' T. Grambusch  27' Linnekogel  37' Gomoll  52' Herzbruch  53' Report Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Sebastien Duterme (BEL)

11 July 2017 18:00 Belgium 6–2 Ireland Gougnard  17' Charlier  20' Boon  28', 44', 48' Luypaert  37' Report Cole  13' Sothern  57' Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Grant Hundley (USA)

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13 July 2017 12:00 Ireland 2–1 Egypt Cargo  31' O'Donoghue  59' Report El-Naggar  25' Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Gabriel Labate (ARG)

13 July 2017 18:00 South Africa 3–4 Germany Smith  37', 50' Robinson  56' Report Trompertz  27' Wellen  32' M. Grambusch  34' Herzbruch  38' Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Dave Dowdall (ENG)

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15 July 2017 16:00 Egypt 2–1 South Africa Ghobran  39', 41' Report Sibbald  30' Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

15 July 2017 18:00 Belgium 2–3 Germany Van Doren  32' Gougnard  40' Report Miltkau  30' Windfeder  43' Linnekogel  54' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Raghu Prasad (IND)

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17 July 2017 16:00 Germany 2–0 Ireland T. Grambusch  12' Zwicker  50' Report Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Sebastien Duterme (BEL)

17 July 2017 18:00 South Africa 1–9 Belgium Guise-Brown  35' Report Hendrickx  3' De Kerpel  7' Briels  17', 25' Dockier  27', 33' Luypaert  29' Charlier  29' Boccard  59' Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Gabriel Labate (ARG)

Second round

Quarterfinals

19 July 2017 11:15 Australia 4–0 Egypt Hayward  10' Whetton  13', 35' Swann  20' Report Umpires: Grant Hundley (USA) Sebastien Duterme (BEL)

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19 July 2017 13:30 Spain 2–1 Ireland Sánchez  39' Iglesias  45' Report Sothern  44' Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

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19 July 2017 15:45 Germany 4–1 France T. Grambusch  15' Herzbruch  26', 42' Miltkau  52' Report Dumont  59' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Dave Dowdall (ENG)

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19 July 2017 18:00 Belgium 2–0 New Zealand Dockier  3' Boon  5' Report Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Raghu Prasad (IND)

Ninth and tenth place

21 July 2017 10:00 Japan 2–4 South Africa Yamasaki  15' Mitani  49' Report Smith  13', 29' Robinson  51' Cassiem  56' Umpires: Grant Hundley (USA) Gabriel Labate (ARG)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

21 July 2017 12:15 Egypt 0–2 New Zealand Report Haig  36' Russell  50' Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Dave Dowdell (ENG)

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21 July 2017 14:30 Ireland 1–1 France O'Donoghue  42' Report Genestet  5' Penalties Harte Magee Jackson O'Donoghue Cargo 4–3 Lockwood Kieffer Van Straaten Deront Genestet Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Raghu Prasad (IND)

Seventh and eighth place

22 July 2017 15:45 Egypt 0–3 France Report Charlet  6' Genestet  43' Rogeau  48' Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

Fifth and sixth place

22 July 2017 18:00 New Zealand 0–1 Ireland Report Sothern  49' Umpires: Sebastien Duterme (BEL) Gabriel Labate (ARG)

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals

21 July 2017 15:45 Spain 1–1 Germany Sánchez  15' Report Weinke  55' Penalties Serrahima Iglesias Salles González Enrique Enrique González 3–4 Rühr Linnekogel Miltkau M. Grambusch Trompertz M. Grambusch Rühr Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Sebastien Duterme (BEL)

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21 July 2017 18:00 Australia 1–2 Belgium Hayward  45+' Report Charlier  22' Keusters  36' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

Third and fourth place

23 July 2017 13:15 Australia 8–1 Spain Whetton  7' Hayward  10', 18' Kleinschmidt  27', 34' Craig  36' Mitton  45' Wickham  58' Report Quemada  59' Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Dave Dowdall (ENG)

Final

23 July 2017 18:00 Belgium 6–1 Germany Van Doren  14' Boon  20' Keusters  22' Charlier  27', 58' Meurmans  59' Report T. Grambusch  16' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Peter Wright (RSA)

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Young Player of the Tournament
Tom Boon	Mats Grambusch	Quico Cortés	Arthur Van Doren

Final rankings

Qualification for 2018 Hockey World Cup

Rank	London	Johannesburg
1	Netherlands	Belgium
2	Argentina	Germany
3	England	Australia
4	Malaysia	Spain
5	Canada	Ireland
6	India	New Zealand
7	Pakistan	France
8	China	Egypt
9	South Korea	South Africa
10	Scotland	Japan

  Host nation and continental champion

  Continental champions

  Qualified through FIH Hockey World League

External links

• Official website (London)
• Official website (Johannesburg)