Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup explained

Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup
Current Season:2023 Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup
Sport:Indoor hockey
Inaugural:2003
Teams:12
Confed:International (FIH)
Website:FIH
Champ Season:2023
Most Champs:

(3 titles each)
Qualification:Continental championships

The Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup is an international indoor field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was first held in 2003 and it is held every four years.

Format

Twelve qualified teams will be divided into two pools. The top two in their pool qualified for the first to fourth classification, while third and fourth qualified for fifth to eighth classification, the last two teams will play for last four placing.

Qualification

Qualification is set by the governing body, the International Hockey Federation. The qualified teams include the host country, continental champions and the most recent World Cup final ranking.[1]

Summaries

YearHostwidth=1% rowspan=10Finalwidth=1% rowspan=10Third place match
width=15%Winnerwidth=10%Scorewidth=15%Runner-upwidth=15%Third placewidth=10%Scorewidth=15%Fourth place
2003
Details
Leipzig, Germany5–23–1
2007
Details
Vienna, Austria4–25–2
2011
Details
Poznań, Poland4–24–2
2015
Details
Leipzig, Germany1–1 0–0
2018
Details
Berlin, Germany2–12–1
2022
Details
Liège, BelgiumCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2023
Details
Pretoria, South Africa7–03–1
2025
Details
Poreč, Croatia

Performance by nation

TeamTitlesRunners-upThird placeFourth place
3 (2007, 2015, 2023)3 (2003, 2011, 2018)
3 (2003*, 2011, 2018*)1 (2015*)1 (2007)
1 (2023)1 (2015)
1 (2007)
2 (2015, 2023)1 (2003)
1 (2011)2 (2007, 2018)
1 (2018)1 (2011)
1 (2003)
1 (2023*)

* = host country

Team appearances

Team
2003

2007

2011

2015

2018

2023

2025
Years
9th1
9th6th8th8th6th7thQ7
7th7th7th4thbgcolor=silver2ndQ6
5th5th4th7th3rd DSQ5
11th5thQ3
9th10th8th3
Q1
4th11th6th3rd7th3rdQ7
3rd1
bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"1st3rdbgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red"2ndbgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"1st WDQ6
10th1
12th12th12th10th4
6th1
12th1
10th9th12thQ4
bgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=gold1st6
11th1
5th5th8thQ4
8th11thDSQ2
8th1
10th12th9th4thQ5
bgcolor=silver2ndQ2
5th1
Q1
11th1
4th3rd6th4th6th5
10th9thQ3
11th1
Total12121212121212

External links

See main article: world championships.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Qualification Criteria, Men's and Women's Indoor World Cups, 2011. FIH. 2 August 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100617040855/http://www.fihockey.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,1181-172385-189603-101099-0-file,00.pdf. 17 June 2010.
  2. Web site: FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup in Liège cancelled!. 10 January 2022. fih.ch. 10 January 2022.