Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup

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Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Field hockey current event.svg 2024–25 Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup
Sport Field hockey
Founded2019;6 years ago (2019)
First season 2022
No. of teams8
Most recent
champion(s)		Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (1st title)
(2023–24)
Most titlesFlag of India.svg  India
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (1 title each)
Promotion to FIH Pro League
Relegation to FIH Hockey Nations Cup 2

The Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup is an international women's field hockey tournament organised annually by the International Hockey Federation. The tournament serves as the qualification tournament for the Women's FIH Pro League.

Contents

The tournament was founded in 2019 and the first edition was held in December 2022 in Valencia, Spain. [1]

Format

The tournament features the eight highest ranked teams in the FIH Women's World Ranking not participating in the Women's FIH Pro League. The winner of the tournament will be promoted to the following year's FIH Pro League to replace the bottom team who will be relegated. [2] The team will only be promoted if they meet the necessary requirements for participation in the Pro League. The winner of the first edition will qualify for the 2023–24 season of the FIH Pro League. [3]

Results

YearHostFinalThird place gameNumber of teams
WinnerScoreRunner-upThird placeScoreFourth place
2022
Details 		Valencia, SpainFlag of India.svg
India 		1–0Flag of Spain.svg
Spain 		Flag of Japan.svg
Japan 		3–2Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg
Ireland 		8
2023–24
Details 		Terrassa, SpainFlag of Spain.svg
Spain 		2–0Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg
Ireland 		Flag of Chile.svg
Chile 		2–1Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		8
2024–25
Details 		Santiago, ChileFlag of Chile.svg
Chile 		2–1Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		8

Summary

TeamWinnersRunners-upThird placeFourth place
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1 (2023–24*)1 (2022*)
Flag of India.svg  India 1 (2022)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1 (2024–25)1 (2023–24)
Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg  Ireland 2 (2023–24, 2024–25)1 (2022)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1 (2022)
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 2 (2023–24, 2024–25*)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1 (2024–25)
* = host country

Team appearances

Team Flag of Spain.svg
2022 		Flag of Spain.svg
2023–24 		Flag of Chile.svg
2024–25 		Flag placeholder.svg
2025–26 		Total
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada WD6th8th Decrease2.svg–2
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 7th3rd3rdQ4
Flag of India.svg  India 1st––1
Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg  Ireland 4th2nd2ndQ4
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5th7th–2
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3rd5th6thQ4
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand –4th1st–2
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland ––5thQ2
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 8th––1
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 6th8th7thQ4
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2nd1st–2
Flag of the United States.svg  United States ––4thQ2
Total8888

See also

References

  1. ↑ "La première coupe des Nations en Espagne". okey.lalibre.be (in French). Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "FIH creates Hockey5s World Cup". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Spain to host inaugural FIH Hockey Women's Nations Cup". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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