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2014 Women's Hockey World Cup

2014 Women's Hockey World Cup
2014 FIH Hockey World Cup logo.svg
Official logo
Tournament details
Host country Netherlands
City The Hague
Teams 12
Venue(s) Kyocera Stadion
GreenFields Stadium
Top three teams
Champions  Netherlands (7th title)
Runner-up  Australia
Third place  Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played 38
Goals scored 146 (3.84 per match)
Top scorer(s) Netherlands Maartje Paumen (7 goals)
Best player Netherlands Ellen Hoog
2010 (previous) (next) 2018

The 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 13th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 31 May to 14 June 2014 at the Kyocera Stadion in The Hague, Netherlands. It was held simultaneously with the men's tournament. It was the third time that the Netherlands hosted the Women's World Cup after 1986 and 1998.

The Netherlands won the tournament for a record seventh time after defeating Australia 2–0 in the final.Defending champions Argentina won the third place match by defeating the United States 2–1.

The host was announced on 11 November 2010 during the FIH Congress and Forum in Montreux, Switzerland after FIH received bids from The Hague and London.

Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation receive an automatic berth. In addition to the six highest placed teams at the Semifinals of the 2012–13 FIH Hockey World League not already qualified, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this tournament.

18 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament.


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