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 Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA).[1]

IFWHA World Conference
Sportfield hockey
Founded1930; 94 years ago (1930)
Ceased1979 (1979)
Replaced byFIH Hockey World Cup
Organising bodyIFWHA
ContinentInternational


Results

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Summaries

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Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1930[1] Geneva, Switzerland
1933[2] Copenhagen, Denmark  
England
Round-robin  
United States
 
Scotland
Round-robin  
Ireland
8
1936[3] Philadelphia, USA  
England
Round-robin  
United States
 
South Africa
Round-robin  
Scotland
8
1948[4] Amsterdam, Netherlands  
England
1–0  
Netherlands
 
Scotland
2–2 [1]  
Ireland
11
1950[5] Johannesburg, South Africa  
England
Round-robin  
South Africa
 
United States
6
1953[6] Folkestone, England  
Ireland
Round-robin   England   South Africa   Australia[2] 16
1956[7] Sydney, Australia  
South Africa
Round-robin  
England
 
New Zealand
Round-robin  
Australia
9
1959[8] Amsterdam, Netherlands  
England
Round-robin  
Australia
 
South Africa
Round-robin  
Netherlands
15
1963[9] Towson,Maryland, USA  
New Zealand
Round-robin  
Australia
 
South Africa
Round-robin  
England
16
1967[10] Leverkusen, West Germany  
England
Round-robin  
Wales
 
South Africa
Round-robin  
West Germany
16
1971[11] Auckland, New Zealand  
Netherlands
Round-robin  
West Germany
 
Australia
Round-robin  
England
16
1975[12] Edinburgh, Scotland  
England
2–0  
Wales
 
New Zealand
1–1
(3–2)
Penalty strokes
 
Netherlands
22
1979[13] Vancouver, USA  
Netherlands
4–1  
West Germany
 
United States
1–0  
Austria
18
^[1] –Scotland declared winner for having more penalty corners.
[2] – Ireland did not play against England, South Africa and Australia.
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Successful national teams

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Team Titles Runners-up Third places
  England 7 (1933, 1936, 1948, 1950, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1975) 1 (1953‡)
  Netherlands 2 (1971, 1979) 1 (1948*)
  South Africa 1 (1956) 2 (1950*, 1953‡) 4 (1936, 1959, 1963, 1967)
  New Zealand 1 (1963) 2 (1956, 1975)
  Ireland 1 (1953)
  Australia 3 (1953‡, 1959, 1963) 1 (1971)
  United States 2 (1933, 1936*) 2 (1950, 1979*)
  Wales 2 (1967, 1975)
  West Germany^ 2 (1971, 1979)
  Scotland 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

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Team  
1933
 
1936
 
1948
 
1950
 
1953
 
1956
 
1959
 
1963
 
1967
 
1971
 
1975
 
1979
Total
  Argentina - - - - - - 12th 14th 14th - 6th 10th 5
  Australia - 5th - - 2nd 4th 2nd 2nd 9th 3rd 5th 4th 9
  Austria - - 10th - 16th - - - 15th - 19th - 4
  Belgium - - 7th - 8th - 8th - 5th 13th 11th - 6
  Bermuda - - - - - - - - - - 17th - 1
  Canada - - - - - 9th 13th 11th 11th 10th 15th 8th 7
  Denmark 7th - 8th - 14th - - - - - 22nd - 4
  England 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 1st 4th 1st 6th 12
  Fiji - - - - - - - - - 16th - 14th 2
  France - - 6th - 10th - 14th 15th 12th - - - 2
  Hong Kong - - - - - - - - - - - 16th 1
  India - - - - 10th 9th - - - 14th 8th 13th 5
  Ireland 4th 6th 4th 5th 1st 5th 9th 12th 7th 12th 7th 11th 12
Great Britain and Ireland (U23) - - - - - - - - - - 13th - 1
  Jamaica - - - - - - - 8th 19th - 16th - 2
  Japan - - - - - - - - - 11th 14th 12th 3
  Malaysia - - - - - - - - - 15th 17th - 2
  Netherlands 8th - 2nd - 5th 5th 4th 5th 10th 1st 4th 1st 10
  New Zealand - - - - 6th 3rd 11th 1st 8th 5th 3rd 9th 8
  New Zealand (U23) - - - - - - - - - 7th - - 1
  Scotland 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 7th 8th 10th 13th 6th 6th 9th 7th 12
  South Africa - 3rd - 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd - - - 7
  Spain - - 11th - - - - - 17th - 12th - 3
   Switzerland - - - - 14th - 15th 16th 16th - - - 4
  Trinidad and Tobago - - - - - - - 10th 13th - 18th 15th 4
  United States 2nd 2nd 5th 3rd 10th 5th 6th 7th 17th 8th 10th 3rd 12
  Wales 5th 8th 8th - 10th - 5th 9th 2nd 9th 2nd 5th 10
  West Germany^ 6th - - - 10th - 7th 6th 4th 2nd - 2nd 7
  Zambia - - - - - - - - - - 21st 18th 2
Total 8 8 11 6 16 9 15 16 16 16 22 18
^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1974 and 1990

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Williams, Jean (2014). A Contemporary History of Women's Sport, Part One: Sporting Women, 1850-1960. pp. 281–282. doi:10.4324/9781315795157. ISBN 978-1-317-74666-9.
  2. ^ "Women Field Hockey World IFWHA 3rd Conference 1933 Copenhagen (DEN) - 05-10.09 England". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  3. ^ "Women Field Hockey World IFWHA Conference 1936 Philadelphia (USA) - 21-01.11 England". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  4. ^ "Women Field Hockey IFWHA World Conference 1948 Amsterdam (NED) - 09-16.05 England". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  5. ^ "Women Field Hockey World IFWHA Conference 1950 Johannesburg (RSA) - 03-10.07 - England". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  6. ^ "Women Field Hockey V IFWHA World Conference 1953 Folkestone (ENG) - 30.09-10.10 Ireland". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  7. ^ "Women Field Hockey VI IFWHA World Conference 1956 Sydney (AUS) - 23.05-03.06 South Africa". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  8. ^ "Women Field Hockey VII IFWHA World Conference 1959 Amsterdam (NED) - 25.04-07.05 England". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  9. ^ "Women Field Hockey VIII IFWHA World Conference 1963 Towson,Maryland (USA) - 07-18.09 New Zealand". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  10. ^ "Women Field Hockey IX IFWHA World Conference 1967 Leverkusen (FRG) - 13-25.09 Winner England". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  11. ^ "Women Field Hockey IFWHA World Championship 1971 Auckland (NZL) - 21.08-01.09 Winner Netherlands". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  12. ^ "Women Field Hockey IFWHA World Championship 1975 Edinburgh, Scotland - 30.08-10.09 Winner England". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  13. ^ "Women Field Hockey IFWHA World Championship 1979 Vancouver (USA) - 18-29.08 Winner Netherlands". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2022-07-23.