Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup
| Current season, competition or edition: Current sports event 2024–25 Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup | |
| Sport | Field hockey |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2019; 6 years ago (2019) |
| First season | 2022 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Most recent champion(s) | New Zealand (1st title) (2024–25) |
| Most titles | India Spain New Zealand (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.
The tournament was founded in 2019 and the first edition was held in December 2022 in Valencia, Spain.[1]
Format
[edit ]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
[edit ]| Year | Host | Final | Third place game | Number of teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||
| 2022 Details |
Valencia, Spain | India |
1–0 | Spain |
Japan |
3–2 | Ireland |
8 |
| 2023–24 Details |
Terrassa, Spain | Spain |
2–0 | Ireland |
Chile |
2–1 | New Zealand |
8 |
| 2024–25 Details |
Santiago, Chile | New Zealand |
1–1 (4–2 pen.) |
Ireland |
Chile |
2–1 | United States |
8 |
Summary
[edit ]| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 (2023–24*) | 1 (2022*) | ||
| New Zealand | 1 (2024–25) | 1 (2023–24) | ||
| India | 1 (2022) | |||
| Ireland | 2 (2023–24, 2024–25) | 1 (2022) | ||
| Chile | 2 (2023–24, 2024–25*) | |||
| Japan | 1 (2022) | |||
| United States | 1 (2024–25) |
- * = host country
Team appearances
[edit ]| Team | Spain 2022 |
Spain 2023–24 |
Chile 2024–25 |
2025–26 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | WD | 6th | 8th Decrease | – | 2 |
| Chile | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | Q | 4 |
| India | 1st Increase | – | – | 1 | |
| Ireland | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | Q | 4 |
| Italy | 5th | 7th | – | 2 | |
| Japan | 3rd | 5th | 6th | Q | 4 |
| New Zealand | – | 4th | 1st Increase | – | 2 |
| Scotland | – | – | 5th | Q | 2 |
| South Africa | 8th | – | – | 1 | |
| South Korea | 6th | 8th | 7th | Q | 4 |
| Spain | 2nd | 1st Increase | – | 2 | |
| United States | – | – | 4th | Q | 2 |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "La première coupe des Nations en Espagne". okey.lalibre.be (in French). Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "FIH creates Hockey5s World Cup". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Spain to host inaugural FIH Hockey Women's Nations Cup". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
