2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League
# 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League

The 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League was the third edition of the women'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 November 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand.

The Semifinals of this competition also served as a qualifier for the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup as the 10/11 highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualify.

The Netherlands won the tournament's Final round for a record second time after defeating host nation New Zealand 3–0 in the final match. South Korea won the third place match by defeating England 1–0.

From 2019 onwards, the tournament was replaced by Pro League.

## Qualification

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 eleven teams ranked between 1st and 11th in the FIH World Rankings current at early 2015 received an automatic bye to the Semifinals while the nine teams ranked between 12th and 20th received an automatic bye to Round 2. Those twenty teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following:

## Schedule

### Round 1

| Dates | Location | Teams | Round 2 Quotas | Round 2 Qualifier(s) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 9–17 April 2016 | Singapore | Brunei Cambodia Hong Kong Kazakhstan Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand | 3 | Thailand Kazakhstan Singapore |
| 28 June–2 July 2016 | Suva, Fiji | Fiji Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Tonga | 1 | Fiji |
| 30 August–4 September 2016 | Prague, Czech Republic | Czech Republic Lithuania Poland Turkey Ukraine | 3 | Czech Republic Poland Ukraine |
| 9–11 September 2016 | Accra, Ghana | Ghana Kenya Nigeria | 1 | Ghana |
| 13–18 September 2016 | Douai, France | Austria France Russia Switzerland Wales | 3 | Russia Wales France |
| 27 September–2 October 2016 | Salamanca, Mexico | Guatemala Mexico Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | Mexico |
| 30 September–8 October 2016 | Chiclayo, Peru | Brazil Chile Paraguay Peru Uruguay | 2 | Uruguay Chile |
| 12 October 2016 | Appointed by FIH | | 1 | Trinidad and Tobago |

### Round 2

| Dates | Location | Teams Qualified | Teams Qualified | Teams Qualified | Semifinals Quotas | Semifinals Qualifiers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dates | Location | Host | By Ranking | From Round 1 | Semifinals Quotas | Semifinals Qualifiers |
| 14–22 January 2017 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Malaysia | Ireland Italy | Fiji Kazakhstan Singapore Thailand Wales Hong Kong | 3 | Ireland Malaysia Italy |
| 4–12 February 2017 | Valencia, Spain | Spain | Scotland Azerbaijan | Czech Republic Ghana Poland Russia Turkey Ukraine | 3 | Spain Poland Scotland |
| 1–9 April 2017 | West Vancouver, Canada | Canada | Belarus India | Chile France Mexico Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay | 2 | India Chile |

    ^1 – Fiji withdrew from participating and Hong Kong took their place.
    ^2 – Azerbaijan withdrew from participating and Turkey took their place.
    ^3 – France withdrew from participating.

### Semifinals

| Dates | Location | Teams Qualified | Teams Qualified | Teams Qualified | Final Quotas | Final Qualifiers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dates | Location | Host | By Ranking | From Round 2 | Final Quotas | Final Qualifiers |
| 21 June–2 July 2017 | Brussels, Belgium | Belgium | Australia China Netherlands New Zealand South Korea | Italy Malaysia Scotland Spain | 3 | Netherlands China South Korea |
| 8–23 July 2017 | Johannesburg, South Africa | South Africa | Argentina England Germany Japan United States | Chile India Ireland Poland | 4 | United States Germany England Argentina |

### Final

| Dates | Location | Teams Qualified | Teams Qualified |
| - | - | - | - |
| Dates | Location | Host | From Semifinals |
| 17–26 November 2017 | Auckland, New Zealand | New Zealand | Argentina China England Germany Netherlands South Korea United States |

## Final ranking

FIH issued a final ranking to determine the world ranking. The final ranking was as follows:

* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* South Korea
* England
* Argentina
* Germany
* United States
* China
* Australia
* South Africa
* Japan
* Italy
* Ireland
* Spain
* Belgium
* India
* Chile
* Scotland
* Poland
* Malaysia
* Belarus
* Wales
* Uruguay
* Ukraine
* Czech Republic
* Canada
* Thailand
* Russia
* Mexico
* Singapore
* Turkey
* Kazakhstan
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Ghana
* Hong Kong
