The IFWHA World Conference was 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).
Results Summaries YearHostFinalThird place matchNumber of teamsWinnerScoreRunner-upThird placeScoreFourth place1930Geneva, Switzerland 1933 Copenhagen, Denmark Round-robin Round-robin 81936Philadelphia, USA Round-robin Round-robin 8 1948 Amsterdam, Netherlands 1–0 2–2 111950Johannesburg, South Africa Round-robin 61953Folkestone, EnglandRound-robin 161956Sydney, AustraliaRound-robin Round-robin 91959Amsterdam, Netherlands Round-robinRound-robin151963 Towson, Maryland, USA Round-robinRound-robin161967Leverkusen, West GermanyRound-robinRound-robin161971Auckland, New Zealand Round-robinRound-robin161975Edinburgh, Scotland 2–0 1–1(3–2) Penalty strokes 221979Vancouver, USA 4–1 1–018
Gallery
Successful national teams TeamTitlesRunners-upThird places 7 (1933, 1936, 1948, 1950, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1975) 1 (1953‡) 2 (1971, 1979)1 (1948*) 1 (1956) 2 (1950*, 1953‡) 4 (1936, 1959, 1963, 1967)1 (1963) 2 (1956, 1975) 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 Team19331936194819501953195619591963196719711975 1979Total - - - - - -12th14th14th-6th10th5-5th - -2nd4th2nd2nd9th3rd5th4th9--10th -16th ---15th-19th -4 - - 7th -8th -8th -5th13th11th -6 - - - - - - - - - -17th-1 - - - - - 9th13th11th11th10th15th8th77th-8th -14th - ----22nd -41st1st1st1st2nd2nd1st4th1st4th1st6th12 - - - - - - - - - 16th-14th2 - - 6th -10th - 14th15th12th-- -2 - - - - - - - - - --16th1 - - - - 10th9th---14th8th13th54th6th4th5th1st5th9th12th7th12th7th11th12Great Britain and Ireland (U23) - - - - - - - - - -13th-1 - - - - - - - 8th19th-16th -2 - - - - - - - - - 11th14th12th3 - - - - - - - - - 15th17th -28th-2nd -5th5th4th5th10th1st4th1st10----6th3rd11th1st8th5th3rd9th8 (U23)---------7th--13rd3rd3rd4th7th8th10th13th6th6th9th7th12-3rd-2nd2nd1st3rd 3rd3rd---7 --11th-- ---17th-12th -3 - - - - 14th -15th16th16th---4 - - - - - - - 10th13th-18th15th42nd2nd5th3rd10th5th6th7th17th8th10th3rd125th8th8th -10th - 5th9th2nd9th2nd5th10^6th- - -10th -7th6th4th2nd-2nd7 - - - - - - - - - -21st18th2Total 8 8 11 6 16 9 15 16 16 16 22 18 ^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1974 and 1990
See also Women's FIH Hockey World Cup
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