2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League

2016–17 Men's
FIH Hockey World League

Tournament details
Venue(s)	14 (in 14 host cities)
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The 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League will be the third edition of the FIH Hockey World League field hockey championship for men. The tournament started in April 2016 in Singapore and is scheduled to finish in December 2017 in India.^[1]

The Semifinals of this competition will also serve 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 qualify.

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 11 teams ranked between 1st and 11th in the FIH World Rankings current at early 2015 received an automatic bye to the Semifinals while the 9 teams ranked between 12th and 20th received an automatic bye to Round 2.^[2] Those twenty teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following:^[3]

Australia (1)  Netherlands (2)  Germany (3)  England (4)  Belgium (5)  Argentina (6)  India (7)  New Zealand (8)  South Korea (9)  Pakistan (10)  Spain (11)

Ireland (12)  Malaysia (13)  Canada (14)  South Africa (15)  Japan (16)  Poland (17)  France (18)  Russia (19)  Egypt (20)

Schedule

Round 1

Dates	Location	Teams	Round 2 Quotas	Round 2 Qualifier(s)
9–17 April 2016	Singapore, Singapore	Brunei  China  Hong Kong  Kazakhstan  Myanmar  Singapore  Sri Lanka  Thailand  Vietnam	2	China  Sri Lanka
30 August–4 September 2016	Prague, Czech Republic	Belarus  Czech Republic  Italy  Lithuania  Ukraine	2
6–11 September 2016	Antalya, Turkey	Austria  Azerbaijan  Cyprus  Oman  Qatar  United Arab Emirates  Turkey	2
9–11 September 2016	Accra, Ghana	Ghana  Kenya  Namibia  Nigeria	1
9–11 September 2016	Glasgow, Scotland	Portugal  Scotland   Switzerland  Wales	2
27 September–2 October 2016	Salamanca, Mexico	Barbados  Guatemala  Jamaica  Mexico  Panama  United States	2
1–9 October 2016	Chiclayo, Peru	Brazil  Chile  Paraguay  Peru  Uruguay  Venezuela	1
TBC	Oceania		1

Round 2

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified			Semifinals Quotas	Semifinals Qualifiers
		Host	By Ranking	From Round 1
4–12 March 2017	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Canada  Egypt  South Africa
11–19 March 2017	Dublin, Ireland	Ireland	France  Poland
25 March–2 April 2017	Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Japan  Malaysia  Russia

Semifinals

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified			Final Quotas	Final Qualifiers
		Host	By Ranking	From Round 2
14–25 June 2017	Argentina	Argentina
12–23 July 2017	London, England	England

Final

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified
		Host	From Semifinals
2–10 December 2017	India	India

References

1. "FIH unveils event hosts for 2015-2018 cycle". FIH. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
2. "Hockey World League 2016 / 2017" (PDF). FIH. November 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
3. "FIH MEN'S WORLD RANKINGS - MARCH 2015" (PDF). FIH. March 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-14.