2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League

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.^[1]

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.^[2] Those twenty teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following:^[3]

Schedule

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
28 June–2 July 2016	Suva, Fiji	Fiji  Papua New Guinea  Solomon Islands  Tonga  Vanuatu	1	Fiji
30 August–4 September 2016	Prague, Czech Republic	Belarus  Cyprus  Czech Republic  Italy  Lithuania  Ukraine	2	Ukraine  Italy
6–11 September 2016	Glasgow, Scotland	Portugal  Scotland  Slovakia   Switzerland  Wales	3	Wales  Scotland   Switzerland
9–11 September 2016	Antalya, Turkey	Austria  Oman  Qatar  Turkey	2	Austria  Oman
9–11 September 2016	Accra, Ghana	Ghana  Kenya  Namibia  Nigeria	1	Ghana
27 September–2 October 2016	Salamanca, Mexico	Barbados  Guatemala  Mexico  United States	2	United States  Barbados
1–9 October 2016	Chiclayo, Peru	Chile  Ecuador  Paraguay  Peru  Uruguay  Venezuela	1	Chile

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	China  Fiji  Ghana  Oman  Sri Lanka
11–19 March 2017	Belfast, Ireland	Ireland	France  Poland	Austria  Italy  Scotland  Ukraine  Wales
25 March–2 April 2017	Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Japan  Malaysia  Russia	Barbados  Chile   Switzerland  United States

Semifinals

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified			Final Quotas	Final Qualifiers
		Host	By Ranking	From Round 2
15–25 June 2017	London, England	England	Argentina  Netherlands  India  South Korea  Pakistan
8–23 July 2017	Johannesburg, South Africa	South Africa	Australia  Germany  Belgium  New Zealand  Spain

Final

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

References

International field hockey
FIH World Cup Men Women Men Junior Women Junior World League Champions Trophy Olympics Youth Olympics World Rankings Achievements by nation
Africa	AFHF – African Cup for Nations
Americas	PAHF – Pan American Cup Pan American Junior Championship
Asia	ASHF – Asia Cup Junior Asia Cup
Europe	EHF – Nations Championship EuroHockey Nations Challenge EuroHockey Nations Trophy
Oceania	OHF – Oceania Cup
Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Friendship Games Pacific Games Pan American Games
Others	Pannonia Cup Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Champions Challenge I (defunct) Champions Challenge II (defunct)