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The 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League was the third edition of the men's field hockey national team league series and last season of the World League. The tournament started in April 2016 in Singapore and finished in December 2017 in Bhubaneswar, India.[1][2]
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 65 | ||
| Venue(s) | 14 (in 14 host cities) | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Australia (2nd title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Argentina | ||
| Third place |  India | ||
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The Semifinals of this competition also served as a qualifier for the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup as the 10/11 highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualified.
Australia won the tournament's Final round for a record second time after defeating Argentina 2–1 in the final match. India won the third place match by defeating Germany 2–1.[3]
From 2019 onwards, the tournament was replaced by Pro League.
Each national association member of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) had the opportunity to compete in the tournament, and after seeking entries to participate, several teams were announced to compete.
The 11 teams ranked between 1st and 11th in the FIH World Rankings current at early 2015 received an automatic bye to the Semifinals while the 9 teams ranked between 12th and 20th received an automatic bye to Round 2.[4] Those twenty teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following:[5]
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Round 1
| Dates | Location | Teams | Round 2 Quotas |
Round 2 Qualifier(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9–17 April 2016 | Singapore, Singapore |  Brunei China Hong Kong Kazakhstan Myanmar Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand Vietnam |
2 | China Sri Lanka |
| 28 June–2 July 2016 | Suva, Fiji |  Fiji Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Tonga Vanuatu |
1 | Fiji |
| 30 August–4 September 2016 | Prague, Czech Republic |  Belarus Cyprus Czech Republic Italy Lithuania Ukraine |
2 | Ukraine Italy |
| 6–11 September 2016 | Glasgow, Scotland |  Portugal Scotland Slovakia Switzerland Wales |
2 | Wales Scotland |
| 9–11 September 2016 | Antalya, Turkey |  Austria Oman Qatar Turkey |
1 | Austria |
| 9–11 September 2016 | Accra, Ghana |  Ghana Kenya Namibia Nigeria |
1 | Ghana |
| 27 September–2 October 2016 | Salamanca, Mexico |  Barbados Guatemala Mexico United States |
1 | United States |
| 1–9 October 2016 | Chiclayo, Peru |  Chile Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela |
1 | Chile |
| 12 October 2016 | Appointed by FIH | 3 | Barbados Oman Switzerland |
Round 2
| Dates | Location | Teams Qualified | Semifinals Quotas |
Semifinals Qualifiers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | By Ranking | From Round 1 | ||||
| 4–12 March 2017 | Dhaka, Bangladesh |  Bangladesh |
 Egypt Malaysia |
China Fiji Ghana Oman Sri Lanka |
3 | Malaysia China Egypt |
| 11–19 March 2017 | Belfast, Ireland |  Ireland |
 France Poland |
Austria Italy Scotland Ukraine Wales |
3 | Ireland France Scotland |
| 25 March–2 April 2017 | Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago |  Trinidad and Tobago |
 Japan Russia Canada |
Barbados Chile Switzerland United States |
2 | Japan Canada |
Semifinals
| Dates | Location | Teams Qualified | Final Quotas |
Final Qualifiers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | By Ranking | From Round 2 | ||||
| 15–25 June 2017 | London, England |  England |
Argentina India Netherlands Pakistan South Korea |
Canada China Malaysia Scotland |
3 | Netherlands Argentina England |
| 8–23 July 2017 | Johannesburg, South Africa |  South Africa |
Australia Belgium Germany New Zealand Spain |
Egypt France Japan Ireland |
4 | Belgium Germany Australia Spain |
Final
| Dates | Location | Teams Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host | From Semifinals | ||
| 1–10 December 2017 | Bhubaneswar, India | India |
Argentina Australia Belgium England Germany Netherlands Spain |
FIH issued a final ranking to determine the world ranking. The final ranking was as follows:[6]
Australia
Argentina
India
Germany
Belgium
Spain
Netherlands
England
Malaysia
Canada
Ireland
New Zealand
France
Pakistan
Egypt
China
South Korea
South Africa
Scotland
Japan
United States
Russia
Oman
Wales
Austria
Trinidad and Tobago
Bangladesh
Ghana
Poland
Switzerland
Italy
Chile
Sri Lanka
Barbados
Ukraine
Fiji
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