2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final

The 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final took place from 27 November to 6 December 2015 in Raipur, India.[1] A total of 8 teams competed for the title.[2]

2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final
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Tournament details
Host countryIndia
CityRaipur
Dates27 November–6 December
Teams8
Venue(s)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions Australia (1st title)
Runner-up Belgium
Third place India
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored100 (4.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Gonzalo Peillat (8 goals)
Best playerAustralia Jamie Dwyer

Australia won the tournament for the first time after defeating Belgium 2–1 in the final match. Host nation India won the third place match by defeating the Netherlands 3–2 on a penalty shootout after a 5–5 draw.[3]

Qualification edit

The host nation qualified automatically in addition to 7 teams qualified from the Semifinals. The following eight teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this round of the tournament.

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
Host nation 1   India (6)
3–14 June 2015 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals Buenos Aires, Argentina 7   Germany (3)
  Argentina (5)
  Netherlands (2)
  Canada (14)
20 June–5 July 2015 Antwerp, Belgium   Australia (1)
  Belgium (7)
  Great Britain (4)
Total 8

Umpires edit

Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

  • Grant Hundley (USA)
  • Adam Kearns (AUS)
  • Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
  • Raghu Prasad (IND)
  • Ayden Shrives (RSA)
  • Gurinder Singh (IND)
  • Nathan Stagno (GBR)
  • David Sweetman (GBR)
  • David Tomlinson (NZL)
  • Paul Walker (GBR)

Results edit

All times are Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)[4]

First round edit

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Great Britain 3 2 1 0 11 6 +5 7
2   Australia 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4 6
3   Belgium 3 1 1 1 10 6 +4 4
4   Canada 3 0 0 3 3 16 −13 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[5]
28 November 2015
14:30
Great Britain   3–1   Canada
Mantell   2'23'
Catlin   24'
Report Pearson   4'
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Adam Kearns (AUS)
28 November 2015
16:30
Australia   1–0   Belgium
Dwyer   22' Report
Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Nathan Stagno (GBR)

29 November 2015
18:30
Belgium   7–2   Canada
Dockier   9'
Van Aubel   12'58'
Briels   13'
Truyens   14'
Van Doren   50'
Boon   54'
Report Pearson   29'
Noronha   44'
Umpires:
Ayden Shrives (RSA)
David Sweetman (GBR)
29 November 2015
20:30
Australia   2–5   Great Britain
Hayward   17'
Gohdes   47'
Report Weir   9'
Grassick   13'
Sloan   23'
Condon   32'
Roper   49'
Umpires:
Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
Grant Hundley (USA)

1 December 2015
18:30
Australia   6–0   Canada
Beale   4'60'
Hayward   11'
Wotherspoon   13'
Dawson   15'
Govers   57'
Report
Umpires:
Paul Walker (GBR)
David Sweetman (GBR)
1 December 2015
20:30
Great Britain   3–3   Belgium
Roper   7'
Brogdon   28'
Forsyth   40'
Report Briels   13'
Cosyns   38'
Boon   42'
Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Grant Hundley (USA)

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Netherlands 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
2   Argentina 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
3   Germany 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
4   India 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[5]
27 November 2015
18:30
Argentina   3–0   India
Peillat   3'60+'
Menini   24'
Report
Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
David Tomlinson (NZL)
27 November 2015
20:30
Germany   0–0   Netherlands
Report
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Ayden Shrives (RSA)

28 November 2015
18:30
Germany   1–1   India
Wellen   6' Report A. Singh   47'
Umpires:
Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
Paul Walker (GBR)
28 November 2015
20:30
Netherlands   3–2   Argentina
Brinkman   10'
Van Ass   17'
Bovendeert   22'
Report Peillat   30'39'
Umpires:
Grant Hundley (USA)
David Sweetman (GBR)

30 November 2015
18:30
Netherlands   3–1   India
Van der Weerden   36'
Pruijser   43'
Bovendeert   54'
Report Kangujam   47'
Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Ayden Shrives (RSA)
30 November 2015
20:30
Argentina   3–1   Germany
Peillat   17'51'
Paredes   50'
Report Wellen   26'
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Nathan Stagno (GBR)

Second round edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
3 December 2015
 
 
  Great Britain1
 
5 December 2015
 
  India2
 
  India0
 
3 December 2015
 
  Belgium1
 
  Argentina1
 
6 December 2015
 
  Belgium2
 
  Belgium1
 
2 December 2015
 
  Australia2
 
  Australia4
 
4 December 2015
 
  Germany1
 
  Australia3
 
2 December 2015
 
  Netherlands2 Third place
 
  Netherlands2
 
6 December 2015
 
  Canada0
 
  India (p.s.o.)5 (3)
 
 
  Netherlands5 (2)
 

Quarterfinals edit

2 December 2015
18:30
Netherlands   2–0   Canada
Jonker   25'
Bovendeert   56'
Report
Umpires:
Paul Walker (GBR)
Raghu Prasad (IND)

2 December 2015
20:45
Australia   4–1   Germany
Hayward   4'
Dwyer   5'
Dawson   27'
Turner   60'
Report Rühr   40'
Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GBR)
Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

3 December 2015
18:30
Great Britain   1–2   India
Mantell   52' Report Raghunath   19'
T. Singh   39'
Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Ayden Shrives (RSA)

3 December 2015
20:45
Argentina   1–2   Belgium
Mazilli   42' Report Hendrickx   22'
Dockier   27'
Umpires:
Paul Walker (GBR)
David Sweetman (GBR)

Fifth to eighth place classification edit

The losing quarterfinalists were ranked according to their first round results to determine the fixtures for the fifth to eighth place classification matches.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Great Britain 3 2 1 0 11 6 +5 7
2   Argentina 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
3   Germany 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
4   Canada 3 0 0 3 3 16 −13 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored.
Seventh and eighth place edit
5 December 2015
20:45
Germany   8–3   Canada
Rühr   3'4'
Fürste   8'
Wellen   18'
Windfeder   24'
Fuchs   51'
Korn   54'
Staib   59'
Report Johnston   30+'
Guest   41'
Tupper   49'
Umpires:
David Sweetman (GBR)
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Fifth and sixth place edit
4 December 2015
20:45
Great Britain   2–4   Argentina
Mantell   50'
Roper   57'
Report Ibarra   5'17'
Peillat   14'54'
Umpires:
Ayden Shrives (RSA)
Grant Hundley (USA)

First to fourth place classification edit

Semifinals edit
4 December 2015
18:30
Australia   3–2   Netherlands
Wotherspoon   8'
Beale   22'
Gohdes   42'
Report Jonker   29'
Pruijser   33'
Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GBR)
David Tomlinson (NZL)

5 December 2015
18:30
India   0–1   Belgium
Report Charlier   5'
Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
Third and fourth place edit
6 December 2015
18:30
Netherlands   5–5   India
Pruijser   9'
Van der Schoot   25'
Van der Weerden   54'58'60+'
Report Ra. Singh   39'51'
Pal Singh   47'55'
A. Singh   56'
Penalties
Bakker  
Hertzberger  
Pruijser  
Van Ass  
Verga  
2–3   Mujtaba
  Amir Khan
  Lakra
  S. Singh
  Manpreet
Umpires:
Paul Walker (GBR)
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Final edit
6 December 2015
20:45
Australia   2–1   Belgium
Hayward   16'
Dawson   37'
Report Gougnard   60+'
Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GBR)
Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

Awards edit

Top Goalscorer Player of the Tournament Goalkeeper of the Tournament Young Player of the Tournament
  Gonzalo Peillat   Jamie Dwyer   Jaap Stockmann   Arthur van Doren

Statistics edit

Final standings edit

Goalscorers edit

There were 100 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 4.55 goals per match.

8 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References edit

  1. ^ "Raipur, India confirmed host of the 2015 Men's Hero Hockey World League Final". FIH. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  2. ^ "FIH unveils event hosts for 2015-2018 cycle". FIH. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Australia crowned Hero Hockey World League champions". FIH. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  4. ^ "FIH confirms men's Hero Hockey World League Final schedule". fih.ch. 30 September 2015.
  5. ^ a b Regulations

External links edit