2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2
The 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 will be held from January to April 2017. A total of 24 teams competing in 3 events will take part in this round of the tournament playing for 8 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 but Belgium was chosen to host a Semifinal therefore exempt from Round 2 and leaving with 8 teams. Additionally 15 teams qualified from Round 1 as well as one nation that did not meet ranking criteria and was 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked 12th to 20th in the FIH World Rankings | 8 |  India Ireland Spain Italy Scotland Belarus Azerbaijan Canada | ||
| Host nation | 1 |  Malaysia | ||
| 9–17 April 2016 | 2016–17 FIH Hockey World League Round 1 | Singapore | 3 |  Thailand Kazakhstan Singapore |
| 30 August–4 September 2016 | Prague, Czech Republic | |||
| 9–11 September 2016 | Accra, Ghana | |||
| 13–18 September 2016 | Douai, France | |||
| 27 September–2 October 2016 | Salamanca, Mexico | |||
| 1–9 October 2016 | Chiclayo, Peru | |||
| TBC | Oceania | |||
| Total | 24 | |||
References
- ↑ "FIH announces hosts for 2016/17 Hockey World League Round 2". FIH. 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
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