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]
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
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.
Umpires
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
All times are Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)[4]
First round
Pool A
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[5]
Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Adam Kearns (AUS) | |
Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Nathan Stagno (GBR) | |
Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) David Sweetman (GBR) | |
Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Grant Hundley (USA) | |
Umpires: Paul Walker (GBR) David Sweetman (GBR) | |
Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Grant Hundley (USA) | |
Pool B
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[5]
Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) David Tomlinson (NZL) | |
Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Ayden Shrives (RSA) | |
Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Paul Walker (GBR) | |
Umpires: Grant Hundley (USA) David Sweetman (GBR) | |
Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Ayden Shrives (RSA) | |
Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Nathan Stagno (GBR) | |
Second round
Quarterfinals
Umpires: Paul Walker (GBR) Raghu Prasad (IND) | |
Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GBR) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) | |
Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Ayden Shrives (RSA) | |
Umpires: Paul Walker (GBR) David Sweetman (GBR) | |
Fifth to eighth place classification
The losing quarterfinalists were ranked according to their first round results to determine the fixtures for the fifth to eighth place classification matches.
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored.
Seventh and eighth place
Umpires: David Sweetman (GBR) Raghu Prasad (IND) | |
Fifth and sixth place
Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Grant Hundley (USA) | |
First to fourth place classification
Semifinals
Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GBR) David Tomlinson (NZL) | |
Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) | |
Third and fourth place
Umpires: Paul Walker (GBR) Adam Kearns (AUS) | |
Final
Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GBR) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) | |
Awards
Statistics
Final standings
Goalscorers
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
- ^ "Raipur, India confirmed host of the 2015 Men's Hero Hockey World League Final". FIH. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "FIH unveils event hosts for 2015-2018 cycle". FIH. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Australia crowned Hero Hockey World League champions". FIH. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ^ "FIH confirms men's Hero Hockey World League Final schedule". fih.ch. 30 September 2015.
- ^ a b Regulations
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