Field Hockey FIH World League 2016 - 2017

[OlympicIRL 6,165]

26 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

In really we have the lowest ranking of the group  

 

Yeah but hockey rankings are pretty useless to determine current form. I remember we played Italy in World League last year (Olympic qualifiers) and your team was decent.

Edited March 12, 2017 by OlympicIRL

[LDOG 2,472]

Well, we're approaching the end of world league round 2 and today we'll have the last qualified teams from men's tournament 3 (very likely  &  ).

 

Today also starts the last women's tournament for this round in Vancouver, Canada. Possibly the closest one too:  or even  have potential to qualify here, but there are only two places available for the next round (except for  who could finish 3rd and still qualify for the next round due to ranking). Really, really close level between these teams.

Edited April 1, 2017 by LDOG

[LDOG 2,472]

Men's World league semifinals final distribution:

 

Tournament 1:

 

Tournament 2:  

 

In theory, top 8 from each tournament should qualify for the world cup. Which means, the last 2 will miss out in both.

[mrv86 3,255]

After today's results there's a small chance of Mexican team to advance to semis; sadly, even if the manage to do so, they'll likely miss the ticket for the next round.

[Dolby 755]

Good news: We have qualified for World League semifinals (as expected). 

Bad news: Our new chief coach thinks we have already qualified for World Cup 

[LDOG 2,472]

All world league semifinals distribution and groups confirmed:

 

Men's World League

 

Tournament 1 - London

Group A      

Group B      

 

Tournament 2 - Johannesburg

Group A     

Group B      

 

Women's World League

 

Tournament 1 - Brussels

Group A     

Group B     

 

Tournament 2 - Johannesburg 

Group A     

Group B      

 

I want Chile (W) to qualify for world cup but unfortunately they didn't get a good group. However, unlike previous rounds there aren't shoot-outs to break ties in pool stage games, so we may be able to help them by scoring a few extra goals past South Africa or India ...

 

[Vojthas 949]

Great group for women - and are too good, but with and we should fight for places 3-4. And I think that even 8th place will be enough to qualify for World Champs in London (I suppose all continental champions and host, England, will take place, that would give them quota from World League).

[Prashanth 184]

Canada leading 4 - 0 against Pakistan in Q3

[LDOG 2,472]

1-7 Pakistan is a total disaster  they are so bad they won't even beat Scotland, probably.

 

 

[LDOG 2,472]

Today is Quarterfinals day, teams that win qualify for WC (but anyway all 8 teams will likely end up qualifying at the end).

 

 beats  to become the 1st team to qualify for world cup

 

And after that  lost to