The 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League was the third edition of the men's field hockey national team league series and last season of the World League. The tournament started in April 2016 in Singapore and finished in December 2017 in Bhubaneswar, India.
The Semifinals of this competition also served as a qualifier for the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup as the 10/11 highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualified.
Australia won the tournament's Final round for a record second time after defeating Argentina 2–1 in the final match. India won the third place match by defeating Germany 2–1.
From 2019 onwards, the tournament was replaced by Pro League.
Qualification Each national association member of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) had the opportunity to compete in the tournament, and after seeking entries to participate, several teams were announced to compete.
The 11 teams ranked between 1st and 11th in the FIH World Rankings current at early 2015 received an automatic bye to the Semifinals while the 9 teams ranked between 12th and 20th received an automatic bye to Round 2. Those twenty teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following:
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
(12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20)
Schedule
Round 1
DatesLocationTeamsRound 2QuotasRound 2Qualifier(s)9–17 April 2016Singapore, Singapore 228 June–2 July 2016Suva, Fiji 130 August–4 September 2016Prague, Czech Republic 26–11 September 2016Glasgow, Scotland 29–11 September 2016Antalya, Turkey 19–11 September 2016Accra, Ghana 127 September–2 October 2016Salamanca, Mexico 11–9 October 2016Chiclayo, Peru 112 October 2016Appointed by FIH3
Round 2
DatesLocationTeams QualifiedSemifinalsQuotasSemifinalsQualifiersHostBy RankingFrom Round 14–12 March 2017Dhaka, Bangladesh311–19 March 2017Belfast, Ireland325 March–2 April 2017Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago2
Semifinals
DatesLocationTeams QualifiedFinalQuotasFinalQualifiersHostBy RankingFrom Round 215–25 June 2017London, England38–23 July 2017Johannesburg, South Africa4
Final
DatesLocationTeams QualifiedHostFrom Semifinals1–10 December 2017Bhubaneswar, India
Final ranking FIH issued a final ranking to determine the world ranking. The final ranking was as follows:
References