| Tournament: | 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup |
| Size: | 250px |
| Country: | Spain |
| Country2: | Netherlands |
| Dates: | 1–17 July |
| Venues: | Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa Wagener Stadium |
| City: | Terrassa |
| City2: | Amstelveen |
| Teams: | 16 |
| Confederations: | 5 |
| Count: | 9 |
| Matches: | 44 |
| Goals: | 149 |
| Top Scorer: | Agustina Gorzelany |
| Top Scorer Goals: | 8 |
| Best Player: | María José Granatto |
| Goalkeeper: | Belén Succi |
| Young Player: | Charlotte Englebert |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Next Tournament: | 2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup |
The 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup was 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 was held from 1 to 17 July 2022 at the Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa in Terrassa, Spain and at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, the Netherlands.[1]
Defending champions the Netherlands won the tournament for a record ninth time after defeating Argentina 3–1 in the final. Australia won the third place match by defeating Germany 2–1.[2]
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.[3] The FIH received the following final five bids for the Women's 2022 World Cup.[4] 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:
For the preferred time window 13–29 January 2023:
Just as in 2018, 16 teams competed in the tournament. Alongside the hosts, Spain and the Netherlands, the five continental champions received 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 sixteen.[5]
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 November 2019 | Hosts | 2 | (1) (7) | ||
| 4–13 June 2021 | 2021 EuroHockey Championship | Amstelveen, Netherlands | 3 | (5) (4) (6) | |
| 21–24 October 2021 | 2021 European Qualifier | Pisa, Italy | 1 | (12) | |
| 17–23 January 2022 | 2022 Africa Cup of Nations | Accra, Ghana | 1 | (15) | |
| 21–28 January 2022 | 2022 Asia Cup | Muscat, Oman | 4 | (13) (8) (10) (11) | |
| 19–29 January 2022 | 2022 Pan American Cup | Santiago, Chile | 3 | (2) (14) (17) | |
| Cancelled | 2022 Oceania Cup | New Zealand | 2 | (3) (9) | |
| Total | 16 | ||||
Following is a list of all venues and host cities.
| Amstelveen | Terrassa | |
|---|---|---|
| Wagener Stadium | Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa | |
| Capacity: 9,000 | Capacity: 11,500 | |
The draw took place on 17 February 2022.[6]
As the hosts, Netherlands and Spain played in their countries until the quarter-final. Therefore, they were allocated in different sides of the pools but in the rows corresponding to their World Ranking. Based on that ranking, Netherlands was positioned as A1 and Spain as C2. The top four teams according to the world ranking and qualified to the event were allocated in the first row as the headers of each pool.[7]
See main article: 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup squads.
On 29 November 2021, 18 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament.[8] [9]
The match schedule was announced on 3 December 2020.[10]
All times are local (UTC+2).
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The awards were announced on 17 July 2022.
| Award | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the tournament | María José Granatto | |
| Top goalscorer | Agustina Gorzelany | |
| Goalkeeper of the tournament | Belén Succi | |
| Young player of the tournament | Charlotte Englebert |