2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final
# 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final

The 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final took place from 27 November to 6 December 2015 in Raipur, India. A total of 8 teams competed for the title.

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.

## 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.

| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Host nation | Host nation | 1 | India (6) |
| 3–14 June 2015 | 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 7 | Germany (3) Argentina (5) Netherlands (2) Canada (14) |
| 20 June–5 July 2015 | 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals | Antwerp, Belgium | 7 | Australia (1) Belgium (7) Great Britain (4) |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## 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)

### First round

**Pool A**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 7 |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 4 |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 |

* 28 November 2015 14:30

| Great Britain | 3–1 | Canada |
| - | - | - |
| Mantell 2', 23' Catlin 24' | Report | Pearson 4' |

* Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 28 November 2015 16:30

| Australia | 1–0 | Belgium |
| - | - | - |
| Dwyer 22' | Report | |

* Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Nathan Stagno (GBR)
* 29 November 2015 18:30

| Belgium | 7–2 | Canada |
| - | - | - |
| Dockier 9' Van Aubel 12', 58' Briels 13' Truyens 14' Van Doren 50' Boon 54' | Report | Pearson 29' Noronha 44' |

* Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) David Sweetman (GBR)
* 29 November 2015 20:30

| Australia | 2–5 | Great Britain |
| - | - | - |
| Hayward 17' Gohdes 47' | Report | Weir 9' Grassick 13' Sloan 23' Condon 32' Roper 49' |

* Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Grant Hundley (USA)
* 1 December 2015 18:30

| Australia | 6–0 | Canada |
| - | - | - |
| Beale 4', 60' Hayward 11' Wotherspoon 13' Dawson 15' Govers 57' | Report | |

* Umpires: Paul Walker (GBR) David Sweetman (GBR)
* 1 December 2015 20:30

| Great Britain | 3–3 | Belgium |
| - | - | - |
| Roper 7' Brogdon 28' Forsyth 40' | Report | Briels 13' Cosyns 38' Boon 42' |

* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Grant Hundley (USA)

**Pool B**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |

* 27 November 2015 18:30

| Argentina | 3–0 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Peillat 3', 60+' Menini 24' | Report | |

* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 27 November 2015 20:30

| Germany | 0–0 | Netherlands |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | |

* Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Ayden Shrives (RSA)
* 28 November 2015 18:30

| Germany | 1–1 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Wellen 6' | Report | A. Singh 47' |

* Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Paul Walker (GBR)
* 28 November 2015 20:30

| Netherlands | 3–2 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| Brinkman 10' Van Ass 17' Bovendeert 22' | Report | Peillat 30', 39' |

* Umpires: Grant Hundley (USA) David Sweetman (GBR)
* 30 November 2015 18:30

| Netherlands | 3–1 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Van der Weerden 36' Pruijser 43' Bovendeert 54' | Report | Kangujam 47' |

* Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Ayden Shrives (RSA)
* 30 November 2015 20:30

| Argentina | 3–1 | Germany |
| - | - | - |
| Peillat 17', 51' Paredes 50' | Report | Wellen 26' |

* Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Nathan Stagno (GBR)

### Second round

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 December 2015 | 3 December 2015 | | | |
| Great Britain | 1 | | | |
| Great Britain | 1 | 5 December 2015 | 5 December 2015 | | |
| India | 2 | 5 December 2015 | 5 December 2015 | |
| India | 2 | India | 0 | |
| 3 December 2015 | 3 December 2015 | | India | 0 | |
| 3 December 2015 | 3 December 2015 | Belgium | 1 | |
| Argentina | 1 | Belgium | 1 | |
| Argentina | 1 | | | | 6 December 2015 | 6 December 2015 |
| Belgium | 2 | | | | 6 December 2015 | 6 December 2015 |
| Belgium | 2 | | | | Belgium | 1 |
| 2 December 2015 | 2 December 2015 | | | | | Belgium | 1 |
| 2 December 2015 | 2 December 2015 | | | | Australia | 2 |
| Australia | 4 | | | | Australia | 2 |
| Australia | 4 | 4 December 2015 | 4 December 2015 | | | |
| Germany | 1 | 4 December 2015 | 4 December 2015 | | | |
| Germany | 1 | Australia | 3 | | | |
| 2 December 2015 | 2 December 2015 | | Australia | 3 | | | |
| 2 December 2015 | 2 December 2015 | Netherlands | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Netherlands | 2 | Netherlands | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Netherlands | 2 | | | | 6 December 2015 | 6 December 2015 |
| Canada | 0 | | | | 6 December 2015 | 6 December 2015 |
| Canada | 0 | | | | India (p.s.o.) | 5 (3) |
| | | | | | Netherlands | 5 (2) |

**Quarterfinals**

* 2 December 2015 18:30

| Netherlands | 2–0 | Canada |
| - | - | - |
| Jonker 25' Bovendeert 56' | Report | |

* Umpires: Paul Walker (GBR) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 2 December 2015 20:45

| Australia | 4–1 | Germany |
| - | - | - |
| Hayward 4' Dwyer 5' Dawson 27' Turner 60' | Report | Rühr 40' |

* Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GBR) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
* 3 December 2015 18:30

| Great Britain | 1–2 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Mantell 52' | Report | Raghunath 19' T. Singh 39' |

* Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Ayden Shrives (RSA)
* 3 December 2015 20:45

| Argentina | 1–2 | Belgium |
| - | - | - |
| Mazilli 42' | Report | Hendrickx 22' Dockier 27' |

* 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.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 7 |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 |

**Fifth to eighth place classification**

**Seventh and eighth place**

* 5 December 2015 20:45

| Germany | 8–3 | Canada |
| - | - | - |
| Rühr 3', 4' Fürste 8' Wellen 18' Windfeder 24' Fuchs 51' Korn 54' Staib 59' | Report | Johnston 30+' Guest 41' Tupper 49' |

* Umpires: David Sweetman (GBR) Raghu Prasad (IND)

**Fifth to eighth place classification**

**Fifth and sixth place**

* 4 December 2015 20:45

| Great Britain | 2–4 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| Mantell 50' Roper 57' | Report | Ibarra 5', 17' Peillat 14', 54' |

* Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Grant Hundley (USA)

**First to fourth place classification**

**Semifinals**

* 4 December 2015 18:30

| Australia | 3–2 | Netherlands |
| - | - | - |
| Wotherspoon 8' Beale 22' Gohdes 42' | Report | Jonker 29' Pruijser 33' |

* Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GBR) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 5 December 2015 18:30

| India | 0–1 | Belgium |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Charlier 5' |

* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

**First to fourth place classification**

**Third and fourth place**

* 6 December 2015 18:30

| Netherlands | 5–5 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Pruijser 9' Van der Schoot 25' Van der Weerden 54', 58', 60+' | Report | Ra. Singh 39', 51' Pal Singh 47', 55' A. Singh 56' |
| Penalties |||
| Bakker Hertzberger Pruijser Van Ass Verga | 2–3 | Mujtaba Amir Khan Lakra S. Singh Manpreet |

* Umpires: Paul Walker (GBR) Adam Kearns (AUS)

**First to fourth place classification**

**Final**

* 6 December 2015 20:45

| Australia | 2–1 | Belgium |
| - | - | - |
| Hayward 16' Dawson 37' | Report | Gougnard 60+' |

* Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GBR) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

## Awards

| Top Goalscorer | Player of the Tournament | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Young Player of the Tournament |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gonzalo Peillat | Jamie Dwyer | Jaap Stockmann | Arthur van Doren |

## Statistics

### Final standings

* Australia
* Belgium
* India
* Netherlands
* Argentina
* Great Britain
* Germany
* Canada

### Goalscorers

There were 100 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 4.55 goals per match.

8 goals

* Gonzalo Peillat

4 goals

* Jeremy Hayward
* Simon Mantell
* Mink van der Weerden

3 goals

* Daniel Beale
* Matthew Dawson
* Christopher Rühr
* Niklas Wellen
* Phil Roper
* Roel Bovandeert
* Mirco Pruijser

2 goals

* Pedro Ibarra
* Matthew Gohdes
* Jamie Dwyer
* Dylan Wotherspoon
* Florent van Aubel
* Tom Boon
* Thomas Briels
* Sébastien Dockier
* Mark Pearson
* Akashdeep Singh
* Ramandeep Singh
* Rupinder Pal Singh
* Constantijn Jonker

1 goal

* Agustín Mazzilli
* Joaquín Menini
* Matías Paredes
* Kieran Govers
* Glenn Turner
* Cédric Charlier
* Tanguy Cosyns
* Simon Gougnard
* Alexander Hendrickx
* Arthur van Doren
* Jérôme Truyens
* Matthew Guest
* Gordon Johnston
* Devohn Noronha
* Scott Tupper
* Florian Fuchs
* Moritz Fürste
* Oliver Korn
* Constantin Staib
* Lukas Windfeder
* Alastair Brogdon
* Nicholas Catlin
* David Condon
* Alan Forsyth
* Chris Grassick
* Ian Sloan
* Henry Weir
* V. R. Raghunath
* Chinglensana Singh
* Talwinder Singh
* Seve van Ass
* Thierry Brinkman
* Niek van der Schoot

Source: FIH

