Women's Hockey World Cup

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The Women's Hockey World Cup is the field hockey World Cup competition for women, which the format for qualification and final tournament is similar to the men's. It is held since 1974. The tournament is organised by the International Hockey Federation (IHF) after they took over the role from the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA) in 1983. Since 1986, it is held regularly once every four years, in the same year as the men's competition.

Of the ten tournaments held, four teams have won the event. Netherlands is the most successful team, having won the title six times. Germany and Australia are joint second best teams, having each won the title twice. Argentina is the only other country who won the tournament. So far, Netherlands and Australia are the two champions able to defend their titles. At the end of the 2006 world cup, fourteen nations had reached the semifinal of the tournament.

The 2006 Women's World Hockey Cup was held in Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain from September 27 to October 8, 2006.

1 Results
2 Team appearances
3 See also

[edit] Results

[edit] Summaries

Year	Host	Final			Third Place
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1974	Mandelieu, France	Netherlands		Argentina	West Germany		India
1976	Berlin, West Germany	West Germany		Argentina	Netherlands		Belgium
1978	Madrid, Spain	Netherlands		West Germany	Belgium		Argentina
1981	Buenos Aires, Argentina	West Germany		Netherlands	USSR		Australia
1983	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Netherlands		Canada	Australia		West Germany
1986	Amstelveen, Netherlands	Netherlands		West Germany	Canada		New Zealand
1990	Sydney, Australia	Netherlands		Australia	Korea		England
1994	Dublin, Ireland	Australia		Argentina	United States		Germany
1998	Utrecht, Netherlands	Australia	3–2	Netherlands	Germany	3–2	Argentina
2002 details	Perth, Australia	Argentina	1–1 (4–3) on penalties	Netherlands	China	2–0	Australia
2006 details	Madrid, Spain	Netherlands	3–1	Australia	Argentina	5–0	Spain

[edit] Successful national teams

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Netherlands	6 (1974, 1978, 1983, 1986*, 1990, 2006)	3 (1981, 1998, 2002)	1 (1976)
Germany	2 (1976*, 1981)	2 (1978, 1986)	2 (1974, 1998)	2 (1983, 1994)
Australia	2 (1994, 1998)	2 (1990*, 2006)	1 (1983)	2 (1981, 2002*)
Argentina	1 (2002)	3 (1974, 1976, 1994)	1 (2006)	2 (1978, 1998)
Canada		1 (1983)	1 (1986)
Belgium			1 (1978)	1 (1976)
China			1 (2002)
Korea			1 (1990)
USSR			1 (1981)#
United States			1 (1994)
England				1 (1990)
India				1 (1974)
New Zealand				1 (1986)
Spain				1 (2006*)

* host
# Now compete as independent country

[edit] Performance by continental zones

Continent	Best performance
European	8 titles, won by Netherlands (6) and Germany (2)
Oceania	2 titles, won by Australia
Americas	1 title, won by Argentina
Asian	fourth place (India, 1974)
African	Seventh place (South Africa, 1998)

[edit] Team appearances

After 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup qualification:

11 times

8 times

7 times

6 times

Canada

5 times

China
India
Japan
Korea
New Zealand

4 times

Belgium
France
Scotland
USSR#

3 times

Austria
Ireland
Mexico
South Africa

2 times

Nigeria
Russia
Switzerland

1 times

Czech Republic
Italy
Ukraine
Wales

# no longer in existence

Argentina, Germany and Netherlands are among the three teams to have never missed the World Cup, and some 28 teams have competed at least once over the years.