2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup
Tournament details | |||
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Host countries | Spain Netherlands | ||
Dates | 1–17 July | ||
Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) | ||
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) | ||
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The 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup will be 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 will be held in Terrassa, Spain and Amstelveen, Netherlands from 1 to 17 July 2022.[1]
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.[2] The FIH received the following final five bids for the Women's 2022 World Cup.[3] 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 will compete in the tournament. Alongside the hosts, Spain and the Netherlands, the five continental champions will receive 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 eleven and the quota of places available through the FIH qualification events was decreased to five.[4]
Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
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8 November 2019 | Hosts | — | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
4–13 June 2021 | 2021 EuroHockey Championship | Amstelveen, Netherlands | 2 | |
7–22 August 2021 | 2021 Pan American Cup | Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | |
October 2021 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations | TBC | 1 | |
2021 | 2021 Asia Cup | TBC | 2 | |
2021 | 2021 Oceania Cup | TBC | 2 | |
March 2022 | Play-offs | — | 5 | |
Total | 16 |
See also
References
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ "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". indiatimes.com. Times of India. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ "2022/23 FIH Hockey World Cups qualification process reviewed". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- Women's Hockey World Cup
- 2022 in women's field hockey
- International women's field hockey competitions hosted by the Netherlands
- International women's field hockey competitions hosted by Catalonia
- 2022 in Spanish women's sport
- 2022 in Dutch women's sport
- Sport in Terrassa
- Sports competitions in Amstelveen
- July 2022 sports events in Europe
- Scheduled sports events