Host country Netherlands Teams 12 | City The Hague Runner-up Australia | |
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Venue(s) Kyocera Stadion
GreenFields Stadium Champions Netherlands (7th title) | ||
The 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 13th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 31 May to 14 June 2014 at the Kyocera Stadion in The Hague, Netherlands. It was held simultaneously with the men's tournament. It was the third time that the Netherlands hosted the Women's World Cup after 1986 and 1998.
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The Netherlands won the tournament for a record seventh time after defeating Australia 2–0 in the final. Defending champions Argentina won the third place match by defeating the United States 2–1.
Bidding
The host was announced on 11 November 2010 during the FIH Congress and Forum in Montreux, Switzerland after FIH received bids from The Hague and London.
Qualification
Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation receive an automatic berth. In addition to the six highest placed teams at the Semifinals of the 2012–13 FIH Hockey World League not already qualified, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this tournament.
Umpires
18 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament.
Results
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)