2001 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier
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| Host country | France | ||
| City |
Amiens Abbeville |
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| Teams | 14 | ||
| Venue(s) | 2 | ||
| Top three teams | |||
| Champions |
 England
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| Runner-up |
 Russia
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| Third place |
 Ukraine
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| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 55 | ||
| Goals scored | 217 (3.95 per match) | ||
| Best player |
Marina Tchegourdaeva
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The 2001 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier was the 10th edition of the qualification for the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey championship. It was held between 17–30 September 2001 in Amiens and Abbeville, France. The six highest placed teams would earn a berth to play in the 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup, to be held in Perth, Australia.
England won the tournament after defeating Russia 4–0 in the final. Alongside Ukraine, Japan, Ireland and Scotland, these six teams qualified for the World Cup.
All five confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated by the International Hockey Federation based upon the FIH World Rankings. Those teams participated at their respective continental championships but could not qualify through it, and they received the chance to qualify through this tournament based on the final ranking at each competition.
Below is the list of participating squads.
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
Match awarded to Ireland. Lithuania had won the penalty stroke competition by 6–5, but Ireland protested about an error in the strokes sequence. The FIH upheld the protest and determined to recommence the second series of penalty strokes, but Lithuania refused to and withdraw from the tournament.
Match awarded to India following Lithuania's withdrawal.
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