2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals

The 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals took place in June 2013. A total of 16 teams competing in 2 events were part in this round of the tournament playing for 7 berths in the Final, played from 30 November to 8 December 2013 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.

This round also served as a qualifier for the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup as the six highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualified.

Qualification

8 teams ranked between 1st and 8th in the FIH World Rankings current at the time of seeking entries for the competition qualified automatically, in addition to 8 teams qualified from Round 2. The following sixteen teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this round of the tournament.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
	Ranked 1st to 8th in the FIH World Rankings		8	Argentina (2) Netherlands (1) Germany (5) China (7) England (4) Australia (6) New Zealand (3) South Korea (8)
21–27 January 2013	2012–13 FIH Hockey World League Round 2	Cape Town, South Africa	2	South Africa (11) Belgium (13)
18–24 February 2013		New Delhi, India	2	India (12) Japan (9)
25 February–3 March 2013		Valencia, Spain	2	Italy (17) Spain (15)
4–10 March 2013		Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2	United States (10) Chile (18)
Total			16

Rotterdam

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
City	Rotterdam
Dates	13–22 June 2013
Teams	8
Venue(s)	HC Rotterdam
Top three teams
Champions	Germany
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	116 (4.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Maartje Paumen (6 goals)
Best player	Kayla Sharland

Umpires

Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

• Claire Adenot (FRA)
• Stella Bartlema (NED)
• Karen Bennett (NZL)
• Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS)
• Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
• Elena Eskina (RUS)
• Amy Hassick (USA)
• Michelle Joubert (RSA)
• Miao Lin (CHN)
• Maricel Sánchez (ARG)

First round

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	2	1	0	13	1	+12	7
South Korea	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6
Japan	3	1	1	1	10	5	+5	4
Chile	3	0	0	3	1	18	−17	0

13 June 2013 13:30 South Korea 2–1 Chile Kim Jong-eun Template:Fhgoal Cheon Eun-bi Template:Fhgoal Report Vidaurre Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS)

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13 June 2013 18:00 Netherlands 1–1 Japan Paumen Template:Fhgoal Report Shibata Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Karen Bennett (NZL)

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14 June 2013 18:00 Japan 6–0 Chile Komazawa Template:Fhgoal Arai Template:Fhgoal Shibata Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Claire Adenot (FRA) Karen Bennett (NZL)

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14 June 2013 20:00 South Korea 0–2 Netherlands Report Lammers Template:Fhgoal Jonker Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Amy Hassick (USA)

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16 June 2013 09:30 Japan 3–4 South Korea Nakagawa Template:Fhgoal Komazawa Template:Fhgoal Nishimura Template:Fhgoal Report Oh Sun-soon Template:Fhgoal Park Mi-hyun Template:Fhgoal Kim Young-ran Template:Fhgoal An Hyo-ju Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Karen Bennett (NZL)

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16 June 2013 16:30 Netherlands 10–0 Chile Mol Template:Fhgoal de Goede Template:Fhgoal Paumen Template:Fhgoal Hoog Template:Fhgoal Jonker Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Claire Adenot (FRA) Miao Lin (CHN)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	0	13	3	+10	9
New Zealand	3	2	0	1	13	5	+8	6
Belgium	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1
India	3	0	1	2	2	15	−13	1

13 June 2013 09:00 New Zealand 7–0 India Harrison Template:Fhgoal Template:Fhgoal Glynn Template:Fhgoal Fremaux Template:Fhgoal Forgesson Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Claire Adenot (FRA)

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13 June 2013 11:00 Germany 3–0 Belgium Müller Template:Fhgoal Bachmann Template:Fhgoal Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Stella Bartlema (NED) Maricel Sánchez (ARG)

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14 June 2013 13:30 India 1–1 Belgium Barla Template:Fhgoal Report Coppey Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Miao Lin (CHN) Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS)

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14 June 2013 15:30 Germany 3–2 New Zealand Müller Template:Fhgoal Hoffmann Template:Fhgoal Hauke Template:Fhgoal Report Harrison Template:Fhgoal Sharland Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Elena Eskina (RUS)

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16 June 2013 11:30 India 1–7 Germany Katariya Template:Fhgoal Report Müller-Wieland Template:Fhgoal Stöckel Template:Fhgoal Mävers Template:Fhgoal Plass Template:Fhgoal Haase Template:Fhgoal Krüger Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Amy Hassick (USA) Maricel Sánchez (ARG)

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16 June 2013 14:00 New Zealand 4–2 Belgium Forgesson Template:Fhgoal Sharland Template:Fhgoal Flynn Template:Fhgoal Glynn Template:Fhgoal Report Versavel Template:Fhgoal Coppey Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Stella Bartlema (NED) Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS)

Second round

Fifth place

Crossover

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

18 June 2013

22 June 2013

20 June 2013

Netherlands

8

20 June 2013

22 June 2013

India

1

India

0

Netherlands

5

18 June 2013

Japan

4

New Zealand

2

New Zealand

3

Japan

1

Japan

3

Netherlands

1 (3)

18 June 2013

Belgium

1

Germany (p.s.o.)

1 (4)

South Korea

2

20 June 2013

20 June 2013

Belgium

1

Seventh place

Belgium

4

South Korea

2

Third place

18 June 2013

Chile

2

Germany

3

India

2

Germany

2

New Zealand

3 (2)

Chile

1

Chile

0

South Korea (p.s.o.)

3 (3)

22 June 2013

22 June 2013

Quarterfinals

18 June 2013 12:30 New Zealand 3–1 Japan Forgesson Template:Fhgoal Punt Template:Fhgoal Harrison Template:Fhgoal Report Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

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18 June 2013 14:30 Germany 2–0 Chile Stöckel Template:Fhgoal Mävers Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Stella Bartlema (NED) Amy Hassick (USA)

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18 June 2013 17:00 South Korea 2–1 Belgium Park Mi-hyun Template:Fhgoal Kim Jong-eun Template:Fhgoal Report Nelen Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Miao Lin (CHN) Elena Eskina (RUS)

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18 June 2013 20:00 Netherlands 8–1 India Lammers Template:Fhgoal Paumen Template:Fhgoal Hoog Template:Fhgoal Magis Template:Fhgoal de Goede Template:Fhgoal Mol Template:Fhgoal Report Katariya Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Maricel Sánchez (ARG) Claire Adenot (FRA)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

20 June 2013 12:30 India 0–4 Japan Report Nishimura Template:Fhgoal Otsuka Template:Fhgoal Nagai Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Miao Lin (CHN) Karen Bennett (NZL)

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20 June 2013 14:30 Belgium 4–2 Chile Coppey Template:Fhgoal De Scheemaekere Template:Fhgoal Boon Template:Fhgoal Report Villalabeitia Template:Fhgoal Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Amy Hassick (USA) Lynn Cowie-McAlister (AUS)

Seventh and eighth place

22 June 2013 09:30 India 2–1 Chile Arya Template:Fhgoal Thokchom Template:Fhgoal Report Caram Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Karen Bennett (NZL) Maricel Sánchez (ARG)

Fifth and sixth place

22 June 2013 11:30 Japan 3–1 Belgium Komazawa Template:Fhgoal Otsuka Template:Fhgoal Oikawa Template:Fhgoal Report Raes Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Stella Bartlema (NED) Amy Hassick (USA)

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals

20 June 2013 17:00 South Korea 2–3 Germany Cheon Seul-ki Template:Fhgoal Report Haase Template:Fhgoal Müller Template:Fhgoal Hoffmann Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Elena Eskina (RUS)

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20 June 2013 20:00 Netherlands 5–2 New Zealand van Geffen Template:Fhgoal Lammers Template:Fhgoal Jonker Template:Fhgoal van Male Template:Fhgoal Report Webster Template:Fhgoal Glynn Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Claire Adenot (FRA)

Third and fourth place

22 June 2013 14:00 New Zealand 3–3 South Korea Forgesson Template:Fhgoal Glynn Template:Fhgoal Sharland Template:Fhgoal Report Han Hye-lyoung Template:Fhgoal Park Seung-a Template:Fhgoal Penalties Sharland Punt Charlton Harrison Flynn 2–3 Han Hye-lyoung Kim Da-rae Cheon Eun-bi Cho Eun-ji Park Seung-a Umpires: Claire Adenot (FRA) Miao Lin (CHN)

Final

22 June 2013 16:30 Netherlands 1–1 Germany Lammers Template:Fhgoal Report Müller-Wieland Template:Fhgoal Penalties de Goede Hoog Lammers Dirkse van den Heuvel van Maasakker 3–4 Stöckel Müller Andersch Mävers Hauke Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Young Player of the Tournament
Maartje Paumen	Kayla Sharland	Lee Sin-hye	Maria Verschoor

London

Tournament details
Host country	England
City	London
Dates	22–30 June 2013
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Quintin Hogg Memorial Sports Ground
Top three teams
Champions	Australia
Runner-up	England
Third place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	91 (3.79 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Li Hongxia (7 goals)

Umpires

Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

• Frances Block (ENG)
• Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
• Laurine Delforge (BEL)
• Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
• Kang Hyun-young (KOR)
• Michelle Meister (GER)
• Hannah Sanders (ENG)
• Chieko Soma (JPN)
• Wendy Stewart (CAN)
• Melissa Trivic (AUS)

First round

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
China	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
Italy	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
United States	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

22 June 2013 11:30 China 2–1 Italy Li Hongxia Template:Fhgoal Report Braconi Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

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22 June 2013 14:00 Argentina 1–0 United States Luchetti Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Frances Block (ENG) Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

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23 June 2013 12:00 United States 1–2 Italy Kasold Template:Fhgoal Report Ronsisvalli Template:Fhgoal Tosco Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Chieko Soma (JPN) Hannah Sanders (ENG)

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23 June 2013 14:30 China 2–3 Argentina Li Hongxia Template:Fhgoal Wang Mengyu Template:Fhgoal Report Luchetti Template:Fhgoal Rebecchi Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Melissa Trivic (AUS) Michelle Meister (GER)

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25 June 2013 12:30 United States 1–2 China Selenski Template:Fhgoal Report Li Hongxia Template:Fhgoal Wang Mengyu Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Wendy Stewart (CAN) Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

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25 June 2013 15:00 Argentina 4–0 Italy Luchetti Template:Fhgoal Sánchez Moccia Template:Fhgoal Juárez Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Kang Hyun-young (KOR) Frances Block (ENG)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7
England	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5
Spain	3	0	2	1	3	8	−5	2
South Africa	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

22 June 2013 16:30 Australia 5–0 Spain Nanscawen Template:Fhgoal Messent Template:Fhgoal White Template:Fhgoal Template:Fhgoal Hurtz Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Wendy Stewart (CAN)

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22 June 2013 19:00 England 4–1 South Africa Gilbert Template:Fhgoal Owsley Template:Fhgoal Danson Template:Fhgoal Ansley Template:Fhgoal Report Coetzee Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Chieko Soma (JPN) Melissa Trivic (AUS)

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23 June 2013 17:00 Australia 1–1 England Schulz Template:Fhgoal Report Webb Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

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23 June 2013 19:30 South Africa 2–2 Spain Bright Template:Fhgoal Coetzee Template:Fhgoal Report Penchame Template:Fhgoal Romagosa Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Frances Block (ENG) Kang Hyun-young (KOR)

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25 June 2013 17:30 South Africa 0–1 Australia Report Flanagan Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Hannah Sanders (ENG) Chieko Soma (JPN)

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25 June 2013 20:00 England 1–1 Spain Template:Fhgoal Report Riera Zuzuarregui Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Melissa Trivic (AUS)

Second round

Fifth place

Crossover

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

27 June 2013

30 June 2013

29 June 2013

Argentina

3

29 June 2013

30 June 2013

South Africa

1

South Africa

1 (1)

Argentina

2

27 June 2013

Italy (p.s.o.)

1 (3)

England

4

England

3

Italy

2

Italy

0

England

0

27 June 2013

United States

6

Australia

3

China

3

29 June 2013

29 June 2013

Spain

0

Seventh place

Spain

1

China

1

Third place

27 June 2013

United States

3

Australia

4

South Africa

3

Australia

4

Argentina

3

Spain

2

United States

1

China

2

30 June 2013

30 June 2013

Quarterfinals

27 June 2013 12:30 Argentina 3–1 South Africa D'Elía Template:Fhgoal Luchetti Template:Fhgoal Report Coetzee Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Melissa Trivic (AUS)

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27 June 2013 15:00 Australia 4–1 United States Smith Template:Fhgoal White Template:Fhgoal McMahon Template:Fhgoal Schulz Template:Fhgoal Report Dawson Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Chieko Soma (JPN)

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27 June 2013 17:30 China 3–0 Spain Liang Meiyu Template:Fhgoal Wang Mengyu Template:Fhgoal Li Hongxia Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Hannah Sanders (ENG) Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

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27 June 2013 20:00 England 3–2 Italy Danson Template:Fhgoal Macleod Template:Fhgoal Report Ronsisvalli Template:Fhgoal di Bernardo Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Kang Hyun-young (KOR) Wendy Stewart (CAN)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

29 June 2013 10:00 South Africa 1–1 Italy Coetzee Template:Fhgoal Report Ruggieri Template:Fhgoal Penalties Chamberlain Mayne Cox Bright 1–3 Tiddi Bertarini Mirabella Ruggieri Umpires: Wendy Stewart (CAN) Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

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29 June 2013 12:30 Spain 1–3 United States Bonastre Template:Fhgoal Report Selenski Template:Fhgoal Reinprecht Template:Fhgoal Dawson Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Frances Block (ENG)

Seventh and eighth place

30 June 2013 10:30 South Africa 3–2 Spain du Plessis Template:Fhgoal Madsen Template:Fhgoal Report Romagosa Template:Fhgoal Flores Conde Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Kang Hyun-young (KOR) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

Fifth and sixth place

30 June 2013 13:00 Italy 0–6 United States Report Witmer Template:Fhgoal Kasold Template:Fhgoal Selenski Template:Fhgoal Taylor Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Chieko Soma (JPN) Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals

29 June 2013 15:00 China 1–4 Australia Li Hongxia Template:Fhgoal Report Nelson Template:Fhgoal Messent Template:Fhgoal Parker Template:Fhgoal Hurtz Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Hannah Sanders (ENG)

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29 June 2013 17:30 Argentina 2–4 England Rebecchi Template:Fhgoal Template:Fhgoal Report Template:Fhgoal White Template:Fhgoal Macleod Template:Fhgoal Townsend Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Melissa Trivic (AUS) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

Third and fourth place

30 June 2013 15:30 Argentina 3–2 China Rebecchi Template:Fhgoal Aymar Template:Fhgoal Report Li Hongxia Template:Fhgoal Liang Meiyu Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Frances Block (ENG) Wendy Stewart (CAN)

Final

30 June 2013 18:00 England 0–3 Australia Report Nelson Template:Fhgoal White Template:Fhgoal Smith Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Michelle Meister (GER)

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Li Hongxia

5 goals

• Carla Rebecchi
• Paige Selenski

4 goals

• Rosario Luchetti
• Pietie Coetzee

3 goals

• Kellie White
• Wang Mengyu
• Alex Danson

2 goals

• Silvina D'Elía
• Rocío Sánchez Moccia
• Emily Hurtz
• Claire Messent
• Ashleigh Nelson
• Jodie Schulz
• Emily Smith
• Liang Meiyu
• Hannah Macleod
• Macarena Ronsisvalli
• Lilian du Plessis
• María Romagosa
• Rachel Dawson
• Michelle Kasold

1 goals

• Luciana Aymar
• Gisele Juárez
• Anna Flanagan
• Karri Mcmahon
• Georgia Nanscawen
• Georgie Parker
• Giselle Ansley
• Susie Gilbert
• Lily Owsley
• Susannah Townsend
• Hollie Webb
• Nicola White
• Valentina Braconi
• Agustina di Bernardo
• Giuliana Ruggieri
• Stefania Tosco
• Tarryn Bright
• Kelly Madsen
• Anabel Flores Conde
• Berta Bonastre Peremateu
• Carlota Petchame
• Lola Riera Zuzuarregui
• Katie Reinprecht
• Shannon Taylor
• Jill Witmer

Own goals

• Argentina 1
• Australia 1
• England 1

Final rankings

Qualification for 2014 Hockey World Cup

Rank	Rotterdam	London
1	Germany	Australia
2	Netherlands	England
3	South Korea	Argentina
4	New Zealand	China
5	Japan	United States
6	Belgium	Italy
7	India	South Africa
8	Chile	Spain

     Host nation

     Continental champions

     Qualified through 2012–13 FIH Hockey World League

External links

• Official website (Rotterdam)
• Official website (London)