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.
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.
Host selection 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. The FIH received the following final five bids for the Women's 2022 World Cup. In November 2019, it was announced that Spain and the Netherlands would host the tournament in July 2022.
For the preferred time window 1–17 July 2022: Germany Netherlands & Spain Spain
For the preferred time window 13–29 January 2023: Australia (withdrew) India (withdrew) Malaysia New Zealand
Qualification 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. 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.
DatesEventLocationQuotasQualifier(s)8 November 2019Hosts2 (1) (7)4–13 June 20212021 EuroHockey ChampionshipAmstelveen, Netherlands3 (5) (4) (6)21–24 October 20212021 European QualifierPisa, Italy1 (12)17–23 January 20222022 Africa Cup of NationsAccra, Ghana1 (15)21–28 January 20222022 Asia CupMuscat, Oman4 (13) (8) (10) (11)19–29 January 20222022 Pan American CupSantiago, Chile3 (2) (14) (17)(Debut)Cancelled2022 Oceania CupWhangārei, New Zealand2 (3) (9)Total16
Venues Following is a list of all venues and host cities.
AmstelveenTerrassaWagener StadiumEstadi Olímpic de TerrassaCapacity: 9,000Capacity: 11,500
Draw The draw took place on 17 February 2022.
Seeding 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.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Squads
Umpires On 29 November 2021, 18 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament.
Amber Church (NZL) Laurine Delforge (BEL) Maggie Giddens (USA) Hannah Harrison (ENG) Kelly Hudson (NZL) Kang Hyun-young (KOR) Alison Keogh (IRL) Ivona Makar (CRO) Ayanna McClean (TTO) Michelle Meister (GER) Catalina Montesino (CHI) Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Irene Presenqui (ARG) Annelize Rostron (RSA) Cookie Tan (SGP) Wanri Venter (RSA) Sarah Wilson (SCO) Emi Yamada (JPN)
First round The match schedule was announced on 3 December 2020.
All times are local (UTC+2).
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Classification 9–16th place quarterfinals
13–16th place classification
9–12th place classification
Second round Bracket
Cross-overs
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Final standings
Goalscorers
Awards 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
See also 2022 Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup 2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup
Notes
References
External links Official website