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

The 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 will be held in March and April 2017. A total of 24 teams competing in 3 events will take part in this round of the tournament playing for 9 berths in the Semifinals, to be played in June and July 2017.

Qualification

9 teams ranked between 12th and 20th in the FIH World Rankings current at the time of seeking entries for the competition qualified automatically. However, South Africa was chosen to host a Semifinal, hence exempt from Round 2 and leaving with 8 teams. Additionally 14 teams qualified from Round 1 as well as two nations that did not meet ranking criteria and were exempt from Round 1 to host a Round 2 tournament.^[1] The following 24 teams will compete in this round of the tournament.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
	Ranked 12th to 20th in the FIH World Rankings		8	Malaysia  Ireland  Canada  Japan  Poland  France  Russia  Egypt
	Host nation		2	Bangladesh  Trinidad and Tobago
9–17 April 2016	2016–17 FIH Hockey World League Round 1	Singapore	2	China  Sri Lanka
28 June–2 July 2016		Suva, Fiji	1	Fiji
30 August–4 September 2016		Prague, Czech Republic	2	Ukraine  Italy
6–11 September 2016		Glasgow, Scotland	3	Wales  Scotland   Switzerland
9–11 September 2016		Antalya, Turkey	2	Austria  Oman
9–11 September 2016		Accra, Ghana	1	Ghana
27 September–2 October 2016		Salamanca, Mexico	2	United States  Barbados
1–9 October 2016		Chiclayo, Peru	1	Chile
Total			24

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