The 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals took place in June and July 2015. A total of 20 teams competing in 2 events took part in this round of the tournament playing for 7 berths in the Final, played between 5–13 December 2015 in Raipur, India.
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Dates | 3 June – 5 July 2015 |
Teams | 20 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 66 |
Goals scored | 299 (4.53 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Blake Govers (7 goals) |
Best player | John-John Dohmen David Carter |
This round also served as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympics as the 6 highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualify.
Qualification
edit11 teams ranked between 1st and 11th in the FIH World Rankings current at the time of seeking entries for the competition qualified automatically, in addition to 9 teams qualified from Round 2.[1][2] The following twenty teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this round of the tournament.
Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
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Ranked 1st to 11th in the FIH World Rankings | 11 | Germany (3) Australia (1) Netherlands (2) Great Britain (4) Pakistan (10) New Zealand (7) Spain (11) South Korea (8) Belgium (5) Argentina (6) India (9) | ||
17–25 January 2015 | 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Round 2 | Singapore | 3 | Japan (16) Malaysia (12) Poland (17) |
28 February – 8 March 2015 | San Diego, United States | 3 | Ireland (15) Austria (22) Canada (14) | |
7–15 March 2015 | Cape Town, South Africa | 3 | France (18) China (28) Egypt (21) | |
Total | 20 |
Buenos Aires
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Host country | Argentina |
City | Buenos Aires |
Dates | 3–14 June 2015 |
Teams | 10 |
Venue(s) | CeNARD |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 33 |
Goals scored | 140 (4.24 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Christopher Rühr Pau Quemada (6 goals) |
Best player | David Carter |
All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00)[3]
Umpires
editBelow are the 11 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:
- Bruce Bale (GBR)
- Murray Grime (AUS)
- Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
- Gabriel Labate (ARG)
- Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)
- Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)
- Deon Nel (RSA)
- Haider Rasool (PAK)
- Maximiliano Scala (ARG)
- Simon Taylor (NZL)
- Daniel López Ramos (URU)
First round
editPool A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 10 | Advanced to quarterfinals |
2 | New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 8 | |
3 | South Korea | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 7 | |
4 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | |
5 | Egypt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[4]
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Pool B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Argentina | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 12 | Advanced to quarterfinals |
2 | Germany | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 9 | |
3 | Canada | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 6 | |
4 | Spain | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 3 | |
5 | Austria | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[4]
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Second round
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Netherlands | 3 | |||||||||
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Spain | 1 | |||||||||
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Germany | 2 | |||||||||
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South Korea | 0 | |||||||||
Germany | 4 | |||||||||
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Argentina | 1 | |||||||||
New Zealand | 0 (7) | |||||||||
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Canada (p.s.o) | 0 (8) | |||||||||
Canada | 0 | |||||||||
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Argentina | 3 | Third place | ||||||||
Argentina | 2 | |||||||||
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Japan | 1 | |||||||||
Netherlands | 6 | |||||||||
Canada | 1 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
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South Korea | 2 (2) | |||||
Spain | 3 | |||||
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New Zealand | 1 | |||||
New Zealand | 4 | |||||
Japan | 1 | |||||
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South Korea | 1 | |||||
Japan | 0 |
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First to fourth place classification
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Third and fourth place
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Final
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Awards
editTop Goalscorers | Player of the Tournament | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Young Player of the Tournament |
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Christopher Rühr Pau Quemada |
David Carter | David Carter | Niklas Wellen |
Antwerp
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Host country | Belgium |
City | Brasschaat |
Dates | 20 June–5 July 2015 |
Teams | 10 |
Venue(s) | KHC Dragons |
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Champions | Australia |
Runner-up | Belgium |
Third place | Great Britain |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 33 |
Goals scored | 159 (4.82 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Blake Govers (7 goals) |
Best player | John-John Dohmen |
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)[5]
Umpires
editBelow are the 10 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:
- Diego Barbas (ARG)
- Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
- Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
- Nathan Stagno (GBR)
- Eric Kim Lai Koh (MAS)
- Raghu Prasad (IND)
- Tim Pullman (AUS)
- Roel Van Eert (NED)
- Geoffroy van Elegem (BEL)
- John Wright (RSA)
First round
editPool A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Australia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | +23 | 12 | Advance to quarterfinals |
2 | India | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | |
3 | Pakistan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 5 | |
4 | France | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 4 | |
5 | Poland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[4]
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Pool B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Belgium | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 10 | Advance to quarterfinals |
2 | Great Britain | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 8 | |
3 | Malaysia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | |
4 | Ireland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 4 | |
5 | China | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 23 | −20 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[4]
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Second round
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Great Britain | 5 | |||||||||
India | 1 | |||||||||
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France | 1 | |||||
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France | 2 |
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Final
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Awards
editTop Goalscorers[6] | Player of the Tournament[6] | Goalkeeper of the Tournament[6] | Young Player of the Tournament[6] |
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Blake Govers | John-John Dohmen | David Harte | Blake Govers |
Final rankings
edit- Qualification for 2016 Summer Olympics
Rank | Buenos Aires | Antwerp |
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1 | Germany | Australia |
2 | Argentina | Belgium |
3 | Netherlands | Great Britain |
4 | Canada | India |
5 | Spain | Ireland |
6 | New Zealand | Malaysia |
7 | South Korea | France |
8 | Japan | Pakistan |
9 | Egypt | Poland |
10 | Austria | China |
- Continental champions
- Qualified through 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League
Goalscorers
editThe following goalscorers list comprises players from both events.
There were 299 goals scored in 66 matches, for an average of 4.53 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
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- Simon Orchard
- John-John Dohmen
- Amaury Keusters
- Hamada Atef
- Jean-Laurent Kieffer
- Simon Martin-Brisac
- Nicholas Catlin
- Christopher Griffiths
- Ashley Jackson
- Barry Middleton
- Samuel Ward
- Moritz Fürste
- Mats Grambusch
- Christopher Zeller
- Peter Caruth
- Shane O'Donoghue
- Haziq Shamsul
- Jeroen Hertzberger
- Bob de Voogd
2 goals
- Ignacio Ortíz
- Daniel Beale
- Matthew Gohdes
- Edward Ockenden
- Sébastien Dockier
- Simon Gougnard
- Dorian Thiery
- Devohn Noronha
- Li Zecheng
- Victor Charlet
- Hugo Genestet
- Martin Genestet
- Mark Gleghorne
- Oskar Deecke
- Tobias Hauke
- Jasjit Singh Kular
- Devindar Walmiki
- Kyle Good
- Kenji Kitazato
- Genki Mitani
- Toshi Tachibana
- Faizal Saari
- Izwan Tajuddin
- Constantijn Jonker
- Robbert Kempermann
- Steven Edwards
- Nicholas Haig
- Hugo Inglis
- Muhammad Imran
- Muhammad Irfan
- Muhammad Waqas
- Oh Dae-Keun
- You Hyo-Sik
- Jang Jong-Hyun
- Albert Beltrán
- Andrés Mir
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- Facundo Callioni
- Nicolás Della Torre
- Pedro Ibarra
- Matías Paredes
- Lucas Vila
- Matthew Swann
- Aran Zalewski
- Alexander Bele
- Michael Körper
- Dominic Uher
- Tom Boon
- Thomas Briels
- Tanguy Cosyns
- Loïck Luypaert
- Emmanuel Stockbroekx
- Gordon Johnston
- James Kirkpatrick
- Sukhi Panesar
- Mark Pearson
- Matthew Sarmento
- Du Chen
- Guo Xiaoping
- Zhang Zhixuan
- Amr El-Hady
- Mohamed Essam
- Mahmoud Mamdouh
- Aristide Coisne
- Charles Masson
- Oliver Sánchez
- David Condon
- Adam Dixon
- Linus Butt
- Birendra Lakra
- Manpreet Singh
- Rupinder Pal Singh
- Sardar Singh
- Satbir Singh
- Yuvraj Walmiki
- Michael Darling
- Stephen Dowds
- Ronan Gormley
- John Jackson
- Koji Kayukawa
- Hiroki Sakamoto
- Azuan Hasan
- Faiz Jali
- Sukri Mutalib
- Shahril Saabah
- Seve van Ass
- Rogier Hofman
- Robert van der Horst
- Niek van der Schoot
- Valentin Verga
- Phil Burrows
- Andrew Hayward
- Stephen Jenness
- Shea McAleese
- Kane Russell
- Muhammad Umar Bhutta
- Muhammad Dilber
- Muhammad Toseeq
- Pavel Bratkowski
- Mateusz Hulbój
- Karol Majchrzak
- Tomász Wachowiak
- Maciej Wejezowski
- Bartosz Żywiczka
- Hyun Hye-Sung
- Lee Jung-Jun
- Kang Moon-Kyu
- Kim Young-Jin
- Gabriel Dabanch
- Álvaro Iglesias
- Xavi Lleonart
Source: Buenos Aires Antwerp
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