Women's IFWHA World Conference explained

IFWHA World Conference
Sport:	field hockey
Replaced:	FIH Hockey World Cup
Organizer:	IFWHA
Countries:	-->
Continent:	International

The IFWHA World Conference is the field hockey World Cup competition for women, whose format for qualification and the final tournament is similar to the men's. It has been held since 1930. The tournament has been organized by the Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA).^[1]

Results

Summaries

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=17		Final			width=1% rowspan=17		Third place match			width=1% rowspan=17	width=4% rowspan=2	Number of teams
width=14%	Winner	width=10%	Score	width=14%	Runner-up	width=14%	Third place	width=10%	Score	width=14%	Fourth place
1930	Geneva, Switzerland
1933^[2]	Copenhagen, Denmark		Round-robin			Round-robin		8
1936^[3]	Philadelphia, USA		Round-robin			Round-robin		8
1948^[4]	Amsterdam, Netherlands		1–0			2–2		11
1950^[5]	Johannesburg, South Africa		Round-robin					6
1953^[6]	Folkestone, England		Round-robin						16
1956^[7]	Sydney, Australia		Round-robin			Round-robin		9
1959^[8]	Amsterdam, Netherlands		Round-robin			Round-robin		15
1963^[9]	Towson,Maryland, USA		Round-robin			Round-robin		16
1967^[10]	Leverkusen, West Germany		Round-robin			Round-robin		16
1971^[11]	Auckland, New Zealand		Round-robin			Round-robin		16
1975^[12]	Edinburgh, Scotland		2–0			1–1 (3–2) Penalty strokes		22
1979^[13]	Vancouver, USA		4–1			1–0		18

Successful national teams

Team	Runners-up	Third places
style=background:#FFF68F	style=background:#FFF68F	7 (1933, 1936, 1948, 1950, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1975)	1 (1953‡)
style=background:#FFF68F	style=background:#FFF68F	2 (1971, 1979)	1 (1948*)
style=background:#FFF68F	style=background:#FFF68F	1 (1956)	2 (1950*, 1953‡)	4 (1936, 1959, 1963, 1967)
style=background:#FFF68F	style=background:#FFF68F	1 (1963)		2 (1956, 1975)
style=background:#FFF68F	style=background:#FFF68F	1 (1953)
	3 (1953‡, 1959, 1963)	1 (1971)
	2 (1933, 1936*)	2 (1950, 1979*)
	2 (1967, 1975)
^	2 (1971, 1979)
		2 (1933, 1948)

* = host country

^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1974 and 1990

‡ = Ireland did not play against England, South Africa and Australia.

Team appearances

Team	1933	1936	1948	1950	1953	1956	1959	1963	1967	1971	1975	1979	Total
	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	14th	14th	-	6th	10th	5
	-	5th	-	-	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	9th	3rd	5th	4th	9
	-	-	10th	-	16th	-	-	-	15th	-	19th	-	4
	-	-	7th	-	8th	-	8th	-	5th	13th	11th	-	6
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20th	17th	-	1
	-	-	-	-	-	9th	13th	11th	11th	10th	15th	8th	7
	7th	-	8th	-	14th	-	-	-	-	-	22nd	-	4
	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	4th	1st	4th	1st	6th	12
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16th	-	14th	2
	-	-	6th	-	10th	-	14th	15th	12th	-	-	-	2
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16th	1
	-	-	-	-	10th	9th	-	-	-	14th	8th	13th	5
	4th	6th	4th	5th	1st	5th	9th	12th	7th	12th	7th	11th	12
Great Britain and Ireland (U23)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13th	-	1
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	19th	-	16th	-	2
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11th	14th	12th	3
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15th	17th	-	2
	8th	-	bgcolor=silver	2nd	-	5th	5th	4th	5th	10th	bgcolor=gold	1st	4th	bgcolor=gold	1st	10
	-	-	-	-	6th	3rd	11th	bgcolor=gold	1st	8th	5th	3rd	9th	8
(U23)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	1
	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	7th	8th	10th	13th	6th	6th	9th	7th	12
	-	3rd	-	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	3rd	3rd	3rd	-	-	-	7
	-	-	11th	-	-	-	-	-	17th	-	12th	-	3
	-	-	-	-	14th	-	15th	16th	16th	-	-	-	4
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10th	13th	-	18th	15th	4
	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	5th	3rd	10th	5th	6th	7th	17th	8th	10th	3rd	12
	5th	8th	8th	-	10th	-	5th	9th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	9th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	5th	10
^	6th	-	-	-	10th	-	7th	6th	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	-	bgcolor=silver	2nd	7
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21st		18th	2
Total	8	8	11	6	16	9	15	16	16	16	22	18