Sport | field hockey |
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Founded | 1930 |
Ceased | 1979 |
Replaced by | FIH Hockey World Cup |
Organising body | IFWHA |
Continent | International |
The IFWHA World Conference is the field hockey World Cup competition for women, whose format for qualification and the final tournament is similar to the men's. It has been held since 1930. The tournament has been organized by the Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA). [1]
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third places |
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England | 7 (1933, 1936, 1948, 1950, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1975) | 1 (1953‡) | |
Netherlands | 2 (1971, 1979) | 1 (1948*) | |
South Africa | 1 (1956) | 2 (1950*, 1953‡) | 4 (1936, 1959, 1963, 1967) |
New Zealand | 1 (1963) | 2 (1956, 1975) | |
Ireland | 1 (1953) | ||
Australia | 3 (1953‡, 1959, 1963) | 1 (1971) | |
United States | 2 (1933, 1936*) | 2 (1950, 1979*) | |
Wales | 2 (1967, 1975) | ||
West Germany^ | 2 (1971, 1979) | ||
Scotland | 2 (1933, 1948) |
Team | 1933 | 1936 | 1948 | 1950 | 1953 | 1956 | 1959 | 1963 | 1967 | 1971 | 1975 | 1979 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Argentina | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12th | 14th | 14th | - | 6th | 10th | 5 |
Australia | - | 5th | - | - | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 9th | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 9 |
Austria | - | - | 10th | - | 16th | - | - | - | 15th | - | 19th | - | 4 |
Belgium | - | - | 7th | - | 8th | - | 8th | - | 5th | 13th | 11th | - | 6 |
Bermuda | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17th | - | 1 |
Canada | - | - | - | - | - | 9th | 13th | 11th | 11th | 10th | 15th | 8th | 7 |
Denmark | 7th | - | 8th | - | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | 22nd | - | 4 |
England | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 4th | 1st | 6th | 12 |
Fiji | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16th | - | 14th | 2 |
France | - | - | 6th | - | 10th | - | 14th | 15th | 12th | - | - | - | 2 |
Hong Kong | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16th | 1 |
India | - | - | - | - | 10th | 9th | - | - | - | 14th | 8th | 13th | 5 |
Ireland | 4th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 1st | 5th | 9th | 12th | 7th | 12th | 7th | 11th | 12 |
Great Britain and Ireland (U23) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13th | - | 1 |
Jamaica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 19th | - | 16th | - | 2 |
Japan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11th | 14th | 12th | 3 |
Malaysia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15th | 17th | - | 2 |
Netherlands | 8th | - | 2nd | - | 5th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 10th | 1st | 4th | 1st | 10 |
New Zealand | - | - | - | - | 6th | 3rd | 11th | 1st | 8th | 5th | 3rd | 9th | 8 |
New Zealand (U23) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | - | 1 |
Scotland | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 7th | 8th | 10th | 13th | 6th | 6th | 9th | 7th | 12 |
South Africa | - | 3rd | - | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | - | - | - | 7 |
Spain | - | - | 11th | - | - | - | - | - | 17th | - | 12th | - | 3 |
Switzerland | - | - | - | - | 14th | - | 15th | 16th | 16th | - | - | - | 4 |
Trinidad and Tobago | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10th | 13th | - | 18th | 15th | 4 |
United States | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 10th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 17th | 8th | 10th | 3rd | 12 |
Wales | 5th | 8th | 8th | - | 10th | - | 5th | 9th | 2nd | 9th | 2nd | 5th | 10 |
West Germany^ | 6th | - | - | - | 10th | - | 7th | 6th | 4th | 2nd | - | 2nd | 7 |
Zambia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21th | 18th | 2 |
Total | 8 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 18 |
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