2014 – Hague

Game Outline

FIH World Cup is an international competition to decide the world champion. 12 countries including each Champion from continental preliminaries and top ranked countries from last World League will participate in it. This is the 4th participation in a row and total 7th participation for Japan. Holland got the 6th championship, the best ever, and the followings are Argentina, Germany and Australia that got 2nd championship. Japan ranked 5th as best in Madrid competition.

Name

The 13rd Women’s World Cup 2014 (2014/Haag)

Host

FIH International Hockey Federation

Host City

Holland, HaagUTC+1 [Summer Time] (-7 hours difference between Japan)

Schedule

From May 31 to June 15, 2014 (9 days)

Map

Kyocera Stadion

Green Fields Stadium

Participating Countries

12 countries

Game Management

After the group leagues with 6 countries in each 2 group, top 4 countries advance to the final tournament. Countries below 3rd rank in each group has a playoff with the same rank as the opposite group.