2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final

Name: 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final
Location: Bhubaneswar

2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final
	File:2017 FIH Hockey World League Final Bhubaneswar Logo.png
Tournament details
Host country	India
City	Bhubaneswar
Dates	1–10 December
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	Kalinga Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	80 (3.64 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Template:Fhicon Loïck Luypaert (8 goals)
Best player	Template:Fhicon Mats Grambusch

The 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final was the final stage of the 2016–17 edition of the Men's FIH Hockey World League. It took place between 1 and 10 December 2017 in Bhubaneswar, India.^[1]^[2]

Australia won the tournament 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]

Qualification[edit | edit source]

Odisha's Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Unveiling the Trophy

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.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
	Host nation		1	India (6)
15–25 June 2017	2016–17 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals	London, England	7	Netherlands (4) Argentina (1) England (7)
8–23 July 2017	2016–17 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals	Johannesburg, South Africa	7	Belgium (3) Germany (5) Australia (2) Spain (9)
Total			8

Results[edit | edit source]

All times are local (UTC+5:30).^[4]

First round[edit | edit source]

Pool A[edit | edit source]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Quarter-finals
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	5	8	−3	6
3	Argentina	3	0	1	2	6	8	−2	1
4	Netherlands	3	0	1	2	5	9	−4	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[5]

2 December 2017
12:00

Template:Fh-rt	2–3	Belgium
Casella Template:Fhgoal Peillat Template:Fhgoal	Report	Luypaert Template:Fhgoal Keusters Template:Fhgoal Boon Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Ben de Young (AUS)

2 December 2017
14:00

Template:Fh-rt	2–3	Spain
Balk Template:Fhgoal Pruyser Template:Fhgoal	Report	Quemada Template:Fhgoal González Template:Fhgoal Arana Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Javed Shaikh (IND)
Ben Göntgen (GER)

3 December 2017
17:30

Template:Fh-rt	5–0	Spain
Van Aubel Template:Fhgoal Luypaert Template:Fhgoal Charlier Template:Fhgoal	Report

Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Rana Anbanathan (MAS)

3 December 2017
19:30

Template:Fh-rt	3–3	Argentina
Brinkman Template:Fhgoal Verga Template:Fhgoal Pruyser Template:Fhgoal	Report	Rey Template:Fhgoal Vila Template:Fhgoal Peillat Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Chen Dekang (CHN)

5 December 2017
17:30

Template:Fh-rt	1–2	Spain
Paredes Template:Fhgoal	Report	Quemada Template:Fhgoal Romeu Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Ben de Young (AUS)
Ben Göntgen (GER)

5 December 2017
19:30

Template:Fh-rt	3–0	Netherlands
Luypaert Template:Fhgoal Boon Template:Fhgoal	Report

Umpires:
Javed Shaikh (IND)
Dan Barstow (ENG)

Pool B[edit | edit source]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Quarter-finals
2	England	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
3	Australia	3	0	3	0	5	5	0	3
4	India (H)	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[5]
(H) Host.

1 December 2017
16:45

Template:Fh-rt	2–0	England
Grambusch Template:Fhgoal Rühr Template:Fhgoal	Report

Umpires:
Rana Anbanathan (MAS)
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

1 December 2017
19:30

Template:Fh-rt	1–1	India
Hayward Template:Fhgoal	Report	Mandeep Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Diego Barbas (ARG)

2 December 2017
17:30

Template:Fh-rt	2–2	Australia
Miltkau Template:Fhgoal Häner Template:Fhgoal	Report	Govers Template:Fhgoal Kleinschmidt Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Martin Madden (SCO)

2 December 2017
19:30

Template:Fh-rt	2–3	England
Akashdeep Template:Fhgoal Rupinder Template:Fhgoal	Report	Goodfield Template:Fhgoal Ward Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Diego Barbas (ARG)
Chen Dekang (CHN)

4 December 2017
17:30

Template:Fh-rt	2–2	England
Wotherspoon Template:Fhgoal Govers Template:Fhgoal	Report	Ansell Template:Fhgoal Roper Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)

4 December 2017
19:30

Template:Fh-rt	0–2	Germany
	Report	Häner Template:Fhgoal Grambusch Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Martin Madden (SCO)

Second round[edit | edit source]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

6 December

Belgium	3 (2)
		8 December
India (p.s.o.)	3 (3)
		India	0
7 December
		Argentina	1
England	2
				10 December
Argentina	3
				Argentina	1
6 December
				Australia	2
Spain	1
		9 December
Australia	4
		Australia	3
7 December
		Germany	0	Third place
Germany (p.s.o.)	3 (4)
				10 December
Netherlands	3 (3)
				India	2

				Germany	1

Quarter-finals[edit | edit source]

6 December 2017
17:15

Template:Fh-rt	1–4	Australia
Garcia Template:Fhgoal	Report	Hayward Template:Fhgoal Kleinschmidt Template:Fhgoal Govers Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Diego Barbas (ARG)
Chen Dekang (CHN)

6 December 2017
19:30

Template:Fh-rt	3–3	India
Luypaert Template:Fhgoal Keusters Template:Fhgoal	Report	Gurjant Template:Fhgoal Harmanpreet Template:Fhgoal Rupinder Template:Fhgoal
Penalties
Boccard Template:Fhps Stockbroekx Template:Fhps Wegnez Template:Fhps Van Doren Template:Fhps Van Aubel Template:Fhps Van Doren Template:Fhps	2–3	Template:Fhps Harmanpreet Template:Fhps Lalit Template:Fhps Rupinder Template:Fhps Sumit Template:Fhps Akashdeep Template:Fhps Harmanpreet

Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Rana Anbanathan (MAS)

7 December 2017
17:15

Template:Fh-rt	2–3	Argentina
Condon Template:Fhgoal Dixon Template:Fhgoal	Report	Vila Template:Fhgoal Paredes Template:Fhgoal Gilardi Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Javed Shaikh (IND)
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

7 December 2017
19:30

Template:Fh-rt	3–3	Netherlands
Meyer Template:Fhgoal Fuchs Template:Fhgoal Staib Template:Fhgoal	Report	Pruyser Template:Fhgoal Kellerman Template:Fhgoal
Penalties
Fuchs Template:Fhps Grambusch Template:Fhps Miltkau Template:Fhps Linnekogel Template:Fhps Rühr Template:Fhps	4–3	Template:Fhps Bakker Template:Fhps Pruyser Template:Fhps Kemperman Template:Fhps Van Ass Template:Fhps Kellerman

Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Dan Barstow (ENG)

Fifth to eighth place classification[edit | edit source]

The losing quarterfinalists are ranked according to their first-round results to determine the fixtures for the fifth to eighth place classification matches.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	5	8	−3	6

3	England	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Netherlands	3	0	1	2	5	9	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored.

Seventh place game[edit | edit source]

8 December 2017
17:15

Template:Fh-rt	0–1	Netherlands
	Report	Pruyser Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Chen Dekang (CHN)

Fifth place game[edit | edit source]

9 December 2017
17:15

Template:Fh-rt	1–0	Spain
Dockier Template:Fhgoal	Report

Umpires:
Ben de Young (AUS)
Javed Shaikh (IND)

First to fourth place classification[edit | edit source]

Semi-finals[edit | edit source]

8 December 2017
19:30

Template:Fh-rt	0–1	Argentina
	Report	Peillat Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Rana Anbanathan (MAS)
Ben Göntgen (GER)

9 December 2017
19:30

Template:Fh-rt	3–0	Germany
Wothersoon Template:Fhgoal Hayward Template:Fhgoal Wickham Template:Fhgoal	Report

Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Diego Barbas (ARG)

Third place game[edit | edit source]

10 December 2017
17:15

Template:Fh-rt	2–1	Germany
Sunil Template:Fhgoal Harmanpreet Template:Fhgoal	Report	Appel Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

Final[edit | edit source]

10 December 2017
19:30

Template:Fh-rt	1–2	Australia
Bugallo Template:Fhgoal	Report	Hayward Template:Fhgoal Govers Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Marcin Grochal (POL)

Statistics[edit | edit source]

Final ranking[edit | edit source]

Rank	Team
	Australia
	Argentina
	India
4	Germany
5	Belgium
6	Spain
7	Netherlands
8	England

Awards[edit | edit source]

The following individual awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[3]

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Young Player of the Tournament
Template:Fhicon Loïck Luypaert	Template:Fhicon Mats Grambusch	Template:Fhicon Juan Manuel Vivaldi	Template:Fhicon Victor Wegnez

Goalscorers[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

↑ "FIH unveils event hosts for 2015-2018 cycle". FIH. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
↑ "Bhubaneswar, India to host Men's Hockey World League Final 2017 and Hockey Men's World Cup 2018". FIH. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Australia's Kookaburras claim Odisha Men's Hockey World League Final Bhubaneswar 2017". FIH. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
↑ "FIH confirms Odisha Men's Hockey World League Final, Bhubaneswar 2017 schedule". fih.ch. 7 September 2017.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Regulations

External links[edit | edit source]

Official website

Template:Men's FIH Hockey World League

[1] "FIH unveils event hosts for 2015-2018 cycle". FIH. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.

[2] "Bhubaneswar, India to host Men's Hockey World League Final 2017 and Hockey Men's World Cup 2018". FIH. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.

[Final-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Australia's Kookaburras claim Odisha Men's Hockey World League Final Bhubaneswar 2017". FIH. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

[4] "FIH confirms Odisha Men's Hockey World League Final, Bhubaneswar 2017 schedule". fih.ch. 7 September 2017.

[Regulations-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Regulations

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