2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final

2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
City	San Miguel de Tucumán
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Club Natación y Gimnasia
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	97 (4.04 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Maartje Paumen (6 goals)
Best player	Lidewij Welten

The 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final was the 1st edition of the Finals of the FIH Hockey World League for women. It was held from 30 November to 8 December 2013 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.^[1]

The Netherlands won the tournament for the first time after defeating Australia 5–1 in the finals. England won the third place match by defeating host nation Argentina 4–2 on a penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw.^[2]^[3]

Qualification

The host nation qualified automatically in addition to 7 teams qualified from the Semifinals. The following eight teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this round of the tournament. These were not the rankings used to allocate teams to the pools as they were announced five days before the tournament started, but the previous update released on 30 June 2013, after the completion of the Semifinals.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
	Host nation		1	Argentina (1)
13–22 June 2013	2012–13 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals	Rotterdam, Netherlands	4	Germany (6) Netherlands (2) South Korea (8) New Zealand (4)
22–30 June 2013	2012–13 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals	London, England	3	Australia (5) England (3) China (7)
Total			8

Umpires

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

Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
Frances Block (ENG)
Amy Hassick (USA)
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Kang Hyun-young (KOR)
Mariana Reydo (ARG)
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Annelize Rostron (RSA)
Dino Willox (WAL)

Results

All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00)^[4]

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	9
2	England	3	2	0	1	11	6	+5	6
3	South Korea	3	0	1	2	5	11	−6	1
4	Germany	3	0	1	2	3	11	−8	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[5]

30 November 2013
09:00

England	6–2	South Korea
Danson 32' Owsley 39', 50' Twigg 45' K. Richardson-Walsh 63', 70'	Report	Park K. 17' Park S. 20'

Umpires:
Mariana Reydo (ARG)
Amy Hassick (USA)

30 November 2013
11:30

Netherlands	6–0	Germany
Paumen 22' Welten 39' Verschoor 43' Derkx 57' Pheninckx 59' Hoog 66'	Report

Umpires:
Dino Willox (WAL)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

1 December 2013
09:00

England	2–3	Netherlands
Twigg 33' 41'	Report	Paumen 6', 67' van Male 68'

Umpires:
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

1 December 2013
11:30

Germany	2–2	South Korea
Hoffmann 12' 39'	Report	Park M. 23', 60'

Umpires:
Frances Block (ENG)
Annelize Rostron (RSA)

3 December 2013
09:00

Netherlands	3–1	South Korea
Welten 2', 16' Van Male 5'	Report	Cheon E. 63'

Umpires:
Annelize Rostron (RSA)
Amy Hassick (USA)

3 December 2013
11:30

Germany	1–3	England
Hoffmann 17'	Report	Danson 17', 70' Bray 41'

Umpires:
Mariana Reydo (ARG)
Kang Hyun-Young (KOR)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Australia	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	7
2	Argentina	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
3	China	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[5]

30 November 2013
18:30

New Zealand	0–2	China
	Report	Cui 7' Huang 61'

Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)

30 November 2013
21:00

Argentina	1–1	Australia
Merino 14'	Report	31'

Umpires:
Kang Hyun-Young (KOR)
Frances Block (ENG)

1 December 2013
18:30

Australia	5–1	China
Schulz 70'	Report	Wang M. 31'

Umpires:
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
Mariana Reydo (ARG)

1 December 2013
21:00

New Zealand	1–2	Argentina
Punt 21'	Report	Merino 24', 40'

Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Amy Hassick (USA)

3 December 2013
18:30

Australia	5–1	New Zealand
Schulz 54'	Report	Webster 13'

Umpires:
Dino Willox (WAL)
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

3 December 2013
21:00

Argentina	3–1	China
Albertario 17' Luchetti 29' Merino 38'	Report	Wu M. 13'

Umpires:
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

Second round

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

5 December 2013

Netherlands	1
		7 December 2013
New Zealand	0
		Netherlands (p.s.o)	2 (3)
5 December 2013
		Argentina	2 (2)
Argentina	3
				8 December 2013
South Korea	1
				Netherlands	5
5 December 2013
				Australia	1
England	1
		7 December 2013
China	0
		England	0
5 December 2013
		Australia	3	Third place
Australia (p.s.o)	1 (4)
				8 December 2013
Germany	1 (2)
				Argentina	1 (2)

				England (p.s.o)	1 (4)

Quarterfinals

5 December 2013
09:00

Netherlands	1–0	New Zealand
Welten 41'	Report

Umpires:
Mariana Reydo (ARG)
Frances Block (ENG)

5 December 2013
11:30

Australia	1–1	Germany
Nelson 48'	Report	Hoffmann 11'
Penalties
Blyth White Parker Messent	4–2	Müller Mävers Teschke Stöckel

Umpires:
Amy Hassick (USA)
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)

5 December 2013
18:30

England	1–0	China
Twigg 46'	Report

Umpires:
Annelize Rostron (RSA)
Kang Hyun-Young (KOR)

5 December 2013
21:00

Argentina	3–1	South Korea
Rebecchi 51', 69' Barrionuevo 58'	Report	Park Mi-hyun 46'

Umpires:
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Dino Willox (WAL)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover		Fifth place match

7 December 2013

New Zealand	3
		8 December 2013
South Korea	1
		New Zealand	1
7 December 2013
		China	0
China	3

Germany	1
		Seventh place match

		8 December 2013

		South Korea	4

		Germany	7

Crossover

7 December 2013
09:00

New Zealand	3–1	South Korea
Sharland 7' Webster 17' Flynn 37'	Report	Han 59'

Umpires:
Annelize Rostron (RSA)
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)

7 December 2013
11:30

China	3–1	Germany
Peng 12' Huang 18' Liang 57'	Report	Hoffmann 64'

Umpires:
Kang Hyun-Young (KOR)
Dino Willox (WAL)

Seventh and eighth place

8 December 2013
09:00

South Korea	4–7	Germany
Cheon S. 26', 51' Park S. 48' An 56'	Report	Hoffmann 23' Krüger 41', 55' Stapenhorst 43' Mävers 58', 59' Müller 68'

Umpires:
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
Mariana Reydo (ARG)

Fifth and sixth place

8 December 2013
11:30

New Zealand	1–0	China
Sharland 56'	Report

Umpires:
Kang Hyun-Young (KOR)
Frances Block (ENG)

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals

7 December 2013
18:30

England	0–3	Australia
	Report	Schulz 32' Parker 37' McMahon 41'

Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Kelly Hudson (NZL)

7 December 2013
21:00

Netherlands	2–2	Argentina
Paumen 2' Drost 56'	Report	Cavallero 12' Luchetti 48'
Penalties
Bos Drost Paumen Welten	3–2	Rebecchi Merino Scarone Gomes Fantasia Aymar

Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Frances Block (ENG)

Third and fourth place

8 December 2013
18:30

England	1–1	Argentina
Unsworth 4'	Report	32'
Penalties
H. Richardson-Walsh Danson Gilbert K. Richardson-Walsh Walton	4–2	Rebecchi Merino Scarone Gomes Fantasia

Umpires:
Amy Hassick (USA)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

Final

8 December 2013
21:00

Australia	1–5	Netherlands
Flanagan 6'	Report	Drost 43' van Male 52' Welten 67'

Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Kelly Hudson (NZL)

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament
Maartje Paumen	Lidewij Welten	Maddie Hinch

Statistics

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Netherlands	6	5	1	0	20	6	+14	16	Gold Medal
	Australia	6	3	2	1	16	9	+7	11	Silver Medal
	England	6	3	1	2	13	10	+3	10	Bronze Medal
4	Argentina	6	3	3	0	12	7	+5	12	Fourth place

5	New Zealand	6	2	0	4	6	11	−5	6	Fifth place
6	China	6	2	0	4	7	11	−4	6	Sixth place
7	Germany	6	1	2	3	12	19	−7	5	Seventh place
8	South Korea	6	0	1	5	11	24	−13	1	Eighth place