The 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals were the third stage of the 2016–17 edition of the Men's FIH Hockey World League. It took place in June and July 2017. A total of 20 teams competed in 2 events in this round of the tournament playing for 7 berths in the Final, to be played between 2 and 10 December 2017 in Bhubaneswar, India.
This round 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.
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. The following twenty teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this round of the tournament.
DatesEventLocationQuotasQualifier(s)Ranked 1st to 11th in the FIH World Rankings11 (2) (4) (3) (7) (5) (1) (6) (8) (12) (13) (10)Host Nation1 (15)4–12 March 20172016–17 FIH Hockey World League Round 2Dhaka, Bangladesh3 (14) (18) (19)11–19 March 2017Belfast, Ireland3 (9) (17) (23)25 March–2 April 2017Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago2 (16) (11)Total20
London
All times are local (UTC+1).
First round Pool A
Pool B
Second round
Quarter-finals
Ninth and tenth place
Fifth to eighth place classification
Crossover
Seventh and eighth place
Fifth and sixth place
First to fourth place classification Semi-finals
Third and fourth place
Final
Awards Top GoalscorerPlayer of the TournamentGoalkeeper of the TournamentYoung Player of the Tournament Gonzalo Peillat Gonzalo Peillat Kumar Subramaniam Thierry Brinkman
Johannesburg
All times are local (UTC+2).
First round Pool A
Pool B
Second round
Quarter-finals
Ninth and tenth place
Fifth to eighth place classification
Crossover
Seventh and eighth place
Fifth and sixth place
First to fourth place classification Semi-finals
Third and fourth place
Final
Awards Top GoalscorerPlayer of the TournamentGoalkeeper of the TournamentYoung Player of the Tournament Tom Boon Mats Grambusch Quico Cortés Arthur Van Doren
Final rankings Qualification for 2018 Hockey World Cup
RankLondonJohannesburg12345678910
Host nation and continental champion Continental champions Qualified through FIH Hockey World League
References
External links Official website (London) Official website (Johannesburg)