2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals

The 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals will take place in June and July 2017. A total of 20 teams will compete in 2 events in this round of the tournament playing for 7 berths in the Final, to be played between 18–26 November 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand.

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

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.^[1][2] 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	Netherlands  Australia  Argentina  New Zealand  United States  Germany  China  England  South Korea  Japan  South Africa
	Host nation		1	Belgium
14–22 January 2017	2016–17 FIH Hockey World League Round 2	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4–12 February 2017		Valencia, Spain
25 March–2 April 2017		Vancouver, Canada
Total			20

References

1. "FIH unveils event hosts for 2015-2018 cycle". FIH. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
2. "Hockey World League 2016 / 2017" (PDF). FIH. November 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-04.