Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup

Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2025 Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup
Sport	Indoor hockey
Founded	2003;22 years ago (2003)
First season	2003
No. of teams	12
Confederation	International (FIH)
Most recent champion(s)	Poland (1st title) (2025)
Most titles	Germany   Netherlands (3 titles each)
Qualification	Continental championships
Official website	FIH

The Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup is an international indoor field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was first held in 2003 and it is held every four years.

Format

Twelve qualified teams will be divided into two pools. The top two in their pool qualified for the first to fourth classification, while third and fourth qualified for fifth to eighth classification, the last two teams will play for last four placing.

Qualification

Qualification is set by the governing body, the International Hockey Federation. The qualified teams include the host country, continental champions and the most recent World Cup final ranking. ^[1]

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
2003 Details	Leipzig, Germany		Germany	5–2	Netherlands		France	3–1	Czech Republic
2007 Details	Vienna, Austria		Netherlands	4–2	Spain		Germany	5–2	Ukraine
2011 Details	Poznań, Poland		Germany	4–2	Netherlands		Ukraine	4–2	Belarus
2015 Details	Leipzig, Germany		Netherlands	1–1(1–0 pso)	Germany		Czech Republic	0–0(2–0 pso)	Austria
2018 Details	Berlin, Germany		Germany	2–1	Netherlands		Belarus	2–1	Ukraine
2022 Details	Liège, Belgium		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]				Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2023 Details	Pretoria, South Africa		Netherlands	7–0	Austria		Czech Republic	3–1	South Africa
2025 Details	Poreč, Croatia		Poland	1–0	Austria		Czech Republic	3–3(3–2 pso)	Germany

Performance by nation

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
Netherlands	3 (2007, 2015, 2023)	3 (2003, 2011, 2018)
Germany	3 (2003*, 2011, 2018*)	1 (2015*)	1 (2007)	1 (2025)
Poland	1 (2025)
Austria		2 (2023, 2025)		1 (2015)
Spain		1 (2007)
Czech Republic			3 (2015, 2023, 2025)	1 (2003)
Ukraine			1 (2011)	2 (2007, 2018)
Belarus			1 (2018)	1 (2011)
France			1 (2003)
South Africa				1 (2023*)

* = host country

Team appearances

Team	2003	2007	2011	2015	2018	2023	2025	Years
Argentina	–	–	9th	–	–	–	–	1
Australia	9th	6th	8th	8th	6th	7th	10th	7
Austria	7th	7th	7th	4th	–	2nd	2nd	6
Belarus	5th	5th	4th	7th	3rd	DSQ	–	5
Belgium	–	–	–	11th	–	5th	5th	3
Canada	–	9th	–	10th	–	8th	–	3
Croatia	–	–	–	–	–	–	12th	1
Czech Republic	4th	11th	6th	3rd	7th	3rd	3rd	7
France	3rd	–	–	–	–	—	–	1
Germany	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	WD	4th	6
Italy	–	10th	–	–	–	—	–	1
Kazakhstan	–	–	12th	12th	12th	10th	–	4
Lithuania	6th	–	–	–	–	—	–	1
Mexico	12th	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Namibia	–	–	10th	–	9th	12th	6th	4
Netherlands	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	–	6
New Zealand	–	–	–	–	–	11th	11th	2
Poland	–	–	5th	5th	8th	—	1st	4
Russia	8th	–	–	–	11th	DSQ	–	2
Scotland	–	8th	–	–	–	—	–	1
South Africa	10th	12th	–	9th	–	4th	9th	5
Spain	–	2nd	–	–	–	—	WD	1
Switzerland	–	–	–	–	5th	—	–	1
Thailand	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	1
Trinidad and Tobago	11th	–	–	–	–	—	–	1
Ukraine	–	4th	3rd	6th	4th	6th	–	5
United States	–	–	–	–	10th	9th	7th	3
Uruguay	–	–	11th	–	–	—	–	1
Total	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

References

1. "Qualification Criteria, Men's and Women's Indoor World Cups, 2011" (PDF). FIH. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
2. "FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup in Liège cancelled!". fih.ch. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

External links

• FIH website