The Women's FIH Hockey World Cup is the
field hockey
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World Cup competition for women, whose format for qualification and the final tournament is similar to the men's. It has been held since 1974. The tournament has been organized by the
International Hockey Federation
The Fédération Internationale de Hockey (English: International Hockey Federation), commonly known by the acronym FIH, is the international governing body of field hockey and indoor field hockey. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland. ...
(FIH) since they merged with the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA) in 1982. Since
1986
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, it has been held regularly once every four years, in the same year as the men's competition, which is mid-cycle between Summer Olympic games.
Of the fourteen tournaments held so far, only four teams have won the event.
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is by far the most successful team, having won the title nine times.
Argentina
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Germany
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and
Australia
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are joint second best teams, having each won the title twice. So far, the Netherlands and Australia are the two champions able to defend their titles. At the end of the 2018 World Cup, fifteen nations had reached the semifinal of the tournament.
The size of the tournament has changed over time. The 1974 and 1978 World Cups featured 10 nations (smallest); the 1976 World Cup featured 11 nations; the 2002 World Cup featured 16 nations (largest), and the remaining seven World Cups have featured 12 nations. The World Cup was again expanded to 16 teams in 2018, and the FIH will evaluate the possibility of increasing it to 24 in 2022.
The 2022 tournament was held in
Amstelveen
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and
Terrassa
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from 1st to 17th July, with
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winning a third consecutive title and a record ninth title after beating
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest ...
3–1 in the final.
Results
Summaries
Successful national teams
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Performance by continental zones
Team appearances
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Debut of teams
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Argentina, Germany and the Netherlands are the only teams to have competed at each World Cup; 28 teams have competed in at least one World Cup.
See also
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Field hockey at the Summer Olympics
Field hockey was introduced at the Olympic Games as a men's competition at the 1908 Games in London, with six teams, four from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and other two were France and Germany.
History
Field hockey was rem ...
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Women's IFWHA World Conference
The IFWHA World Conference is 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 ...
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Men's FIH Hockey World Cup
The Men's FIH Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was started in 1971. It is held every four years, bridging the four years between the Summer O ...
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Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup
The Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, formerly known as the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, is the field hockey Junior World Cup competition for women, with the format for qualification and the final tournament similar to the men's.
It is org ...
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Women's FIH Pro League
The Women's FIH Pro League is an international women's field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH), which replaces the Women's FIH Hockey World League. The competition also serves as a qualifier for the Hocke ...
References
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