2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League

The 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League was the third edition of the men's field hockey national team league series and last season of the World League. The tournament started in April 2016 in Singapore and finished in December 2017 in Bhubaneswar, India.

2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League

Tournament details
Teams	65
Venue(s)	14 (in 14 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	India
← 2014–15 (previous) (next) 2019 Pro League →

The Semifinals of this competition also served 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 qualified.

Australia won the tournament's Final round for a record second time after defeating Argentina 2–1 in the final match. India won the third place match by defeating Germany 2–1.

From 2019 onwards, the tournament was replaced by Pro League.

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. Those twenty teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following:

• Australia (1)
• Netherlands (2)
• Germany (3)
• England (4)
• Belgium (5)
• Argentina (6)
• India (7)
• New Zealand (8)
• South Korea (9)
• Pakistan (10)
• Spain (11)

• Ireland (12)
• Malaysia (13)
• Canada (14)
• South Africa (15)
• Japan (16)
• Poland (17)
• France (18)
• Russia (19)
• Egypt (20)

Schedule

Round 1

Main article: 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League 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	2	Wales Scotland
9–11 September 2016	Antalya, Turkey	Austria Oman Qatar Turkey	1	Austria
9–11 September 2016	Accra, Ghana	Ghana Kenya Namibia Nigeria	1	Ghana
27 September–2 October 2016	Salamanca, Mexico	Barbados Guatemala Mexico United States	1	United States
1–9 October 2016	Chiclayo, Peru	Chile Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela	1	Chile
12 October 2016	Appointed by FIH		3	Barbados Oman Switzerland

Round 2

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

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified			Semifinals Quotas	Semifinals Qualifiers
		Host	By Ranking	From Round 1
4–12 March 2017	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Egypt Malaysia	China Fiji Ghana Oman Sri Lanka	3	Malaysia China Egypt
11–19 March 2017	Belfast, Ireland	Ireland	France Poland	Austria Italy Scotland Ukraine Wales	3	Ireland France Scotland
25 March–2 April 2017	Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Japan Russia Canada	Barbados Chile Switzerland United States	2	Japan Canada

Semifinals

Main article: 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified			Final Quotas	Final Qualifiers
		Host	By Ranking	From Round 2
15–25 June 2017	London, England	England	Argentina India Netherlands Pakistan South Korea	Canada China Malaysia Scotland	3	Netherlands Argentina England
8–23 July 2017	Johannesburg, South Africa	South Africa	Australia Belgium Germany New Zealand Spain	Egypt France Japan Ireland	4	Belgium Germany Australia Spain

Final

Main article: 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final

Dates	Location	Teams Qualified
		Host	From Semifinals
1–10 December 2017	Bhubaneswar, India	India	Argentina Australia Belgium England Germany Netherlands Spain

Final ranking

FIH issued a final ranking to determine the world ranking. The final ranking was as follows:

1. Australia
2. Argentina
3. India
4. Germany
5. Belgium
6. Spain
7. Netherlands
8. England
9. Malaysia
10. Canada
11. Ireland
12. New Zealand
13. France
14. Pakistan
15. Egypt
16. China
17. South Korea
18. South Africa
19. Scotland
20. Japan
21. United States
22. Russia
23. Oman
24. Wales
25. Austria
26. Trinidad and Tobago
27. Bangladesh
28. Ghana
29. Poland
30. Switzerland
31. Italy
32. Chile
33. Sri Lanka
34. Barbados
35. Ukraine
36. Fiji