2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League

2016–17 Men's
FIH Hockey World League

Tournament details
Venue(s)	14 (in 14 host cities)
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The 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League will be the third edition of the FIH Hockey World League field hockey championship for men. The tournament started in April 2016 in Singapore and is scheduled to finish in December 2017 in India.

The Semifinals of this competition will also serve 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 qualify.

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 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. Those twenty teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following:

• Australia (1)
• Netherlands (2)
• Germany (3)
• England (4)
• Belgium (5)
• Argentina (6)
• India (7)
• New Zealand (8)
• South Korea (9)
• Pakistan (10)
• Spain (11)

• Ireland (12)
• Malaysia (13)
• Canada (14)
• South Africa (15)
• Japan (16)
• Poland (17)
• France (18)
• Russia (19)
• Egypt (20)

Schedule

Round 1

Main article: 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League 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
30 August–4 September 2016	Prague, Czech Republic	Belarus Czech Republic Italy Lithuania Ukraine	2
6–11 September 2016	Antalya, Turkey	Austria Azerbaijan Cyprus Oman Qatar United Arab Emirates Turkey	2
9–11 September 2016	Accra, Ghana	Ghana Kenya Namibia Nigeria	1
9–11 September 2016	Glasgow, Scotland	Portugal Scotland Switzerland Wales	2
27 September–2 October 2016	Salamanca, Mexico	Barbados Guatemala Jamaica Mexico Panama United States	2
1–9 October 2016	Chiclayo, Peru	Brazil Chile Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela	1
TBC	Oceania		1

Round 2

Main article: 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified			Semifinals Quotas	Semifinals Qualifiers
		Host	By Ranking	From Round 1
4–12 March 2017	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Canada Egypt South Africa
11–19 March 2017	Dublin, Ireland	Ireland	France Poland
25 March–2 April 2017	Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Japan Malaysia Russia

Semifinals

Main article: 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified			Final Quotas	Final Qualifiers
		Host	By Ranking	From Round 2
14–25 June 2017	Argentina	Argentina
12–23 July 2017	London, England	England

Final

Main article: 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified
		Host	From Semifinals
2–10 December 2017	India	India