# 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final

The 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final was the final stage of the 2016–17 edition of the Men's FIH Hockey World League. It took place between 1 and 10 December 2017 in Bhubaneswar, India.
Australia won the tournament 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.

## Qualification

The host nation qualified automatically in addition to 7 teams qualified from the Semifinals. The following eight teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this round of the tournament.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| | Host nation | Host nation | 1 | India (6) |
| 15–25 June 2017 | 2016–17 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals | London, England | 7 | Netherlands (4) Argentina (1) England (7) |
| 8–23 July 2017 | 2016–17 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals | Johannesburg, South Africa | 7 | Belgium (3) Germany (5) Australia (2) Spain (9) |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Results

All times are local (UTC+5:30).

### First round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 1 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 1 | Quarter-finals |
* 2 December 2017 12:00
| Argentina | 2–3 | Belgium |
| Casella 52' Peillat 57' | Report | Luypaert 9' Keusters 51' Boon 56' |
* Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Ben de Young (AUS)
* 2 December 2017 14:00
| Netherlands | 2–3 | Spain |
| Balk 37' Pruyser 55' | Report | Quemada 15+' González 35' Arana 39' |
* Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Ben Göntgen (GER)
* 3 December 2017 17:30
| Belgium | 5–0 | Spain |
| Van Aubel 3' Luypaert 38', 57', 59' Charlier 58' | Report | |
* Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Rana Anbanathan (MAS)
* 3 December 2017 19:30
| Netherlands | 3–3 | Argentina |
| Brinkman 12' Verga 37' Pruyser 55' | Report | Rey 45' Vila 50' Peillat 59' |
* Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Chen Dekang (CHN)
* 5 December 2017 17:30
| Argentina | 1–2 | Spain |
| Paredes 21' | Report | Quemada 50' Romeu 59' |
* Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Ben Göntgen (GER)
* 5 December 2017 19:30
| Belgium | 3–0 | Netherlands |
| Luypaert 19', 30+' Boon 32' | Report | |
* Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Dan Barstow (ENG)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | India (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | Quarter-finals |
* 1 December 2017 16:45
| Germany | 2–0 | England |
| Grambusch 19' Rühr 25' | Report | |
* Umpires: Rana Anbanathan (MAS) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
* 1 December 2017 19:30
| Australia | 1–1 | India |
| Hayward 21' | Report | Mandeep 20' |
* Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Diego Barbas (ARG)
* 2 December 2017 17:30
| Germany | 2–2 | Australia |
| Miltkau 7' Häner 58' | Report | Govers 39' Kleinschmidt 49' |
* Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) Martin Madden (SCO)
* 2 December 2017 19:30
| India | 2–3 | England |
| Akashdeep 47' Rupinder 50' | Report | Goodfield 25' Ward 43', 57' |
* Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Chen Dekang (CHN)
* 4 December 2017 17:30
| Australia | 2–2 | England |
| Wotherspoon 33' Govers 41' | Report | Ansell 4' Roper 54' |
* Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Sean Rapaport (RSA)
* 4 December 2017 19:30
| India | 0–2 | Germany |
| | Report | Häner 17' Grambusch 20' |
* Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Martin Madden (SCO)

### Second round

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 6 December | 6 December | | | |
| Belgium | 3 (2) | | | |
| Belgium | 3 (2) | 8 December | 8 December | | |
| India (p.s.o.) | 3 (3) | 8 December | 8 December | |
| India (p.s.o.) | 3 (3) | India | 0 | |
| 7 December | 7 December | | India | 0 | |
| 7 December | 7 December | Argentina | 1 | |
| England | 2 | Argentina | 1 | |
| England | 2 | | | | 10 December | 10 December |
| Argentina | 3 | | | | 10 December | 10 December |
| Argentina | 3 | | | | Argentina | 1 |
| 6 December | 6 December | | | | | Argentina | 1 |
| 6 December | 6 December | | | | Australia | 2 |
| Spain | 1 | | | | Australia | 2 |
| Spain | 1 | 9 December | 9 December | | | |
| Australia | 4 | 9 December | 9 December | | | |
| Australia | 4 | Australia | 3 | | | |
| 7 December | 7 December | | Australia | 3 | | | |
| 7 December | 7 December | Germany | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Germany (p.s.o.) | 3 (4) | Germany | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Germany (p.s.o.) | 3 (4) | | | | 10 December | 10 December |
| Netherlands | 3 (3) | | | | 10 December | 10 December |
| Netherlands | 3 (3) | | | | India | 2 |
| | | | | | Germany | 1 |

#### Quarter-finals

* 6 December 2017 17:15
| Spain | 1–4 | Australia |
| Garcia 20' | Report | Hayward 28' Kleinschmidt 48' Govers 50', 50' |
* Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Chen Dekang (CHN)
* 6 December 2017 19:30
| Belgium | 3–3 | India |
| Luypaert 39', 46' Keusters 53' | Report | Gurjant 31' Harmanpreet 35' Rupinder 46' |
| Penalties |||
| Boccard Stockbroekx Wegnez Van Doren Van Aubel Van Doren | 2–3 | Harmanpreet Lalit Rupinder Sumit Akashdeep Harmanpreet |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Rana Anbanathan (MAS)
* 7 December 2017 17:15
| England | 2–3 | Argentina |
| Condon 29' Dixon 60' | Report | Vila 21' Paredes 29' Gilardi 34' |
* Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
* 7 December 2017 19:30
| Germany | 3–3 | Netherlands |
| Meyer 12' Fuchs 34' Staib 41' | Report | Pruyser 21', 60' Kellerman 27' |
| Penalties |||
| Fuchs Grambusch Miltkau Linnekogel Rühr | 4–3 | Bakker Pruyser Kemperman Van Ass Kellerman |
* Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Dan Barstow (ENG)

#### Fifth to eighth place classification

The losing quarterfinalists are ranked according to their first-round results to determine the fixtures for the fifth to eighth place classification matches.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 |
| 3 | England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 1 |

##### Seventh place game

* 8 December 2017 17:15
| England | 0–1 | Netherlands |
| | Report | Pruyser 42' |
* Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) Chen Dekang (CHN)

##### Fifth place game

* 9 December 2017 17:15
| Belgium | 1–0 | Spain |
| Dockier 4' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Javed Shaikh (IND)

#### First to fourth place classification
##### Semi-finals

* 8 December 2017 19:30
| India | 0–1 | Argentina |
| | Report | Peillat 17' |
* Umpires: Rana Anbanathan (MAS) Ben Göntgen (GER)
* 9 December 2017 19:30
| Australia | 3–0 | Germany |
| Wothersoon 42' Hayward 48' Wickham 60' | Report | |
* Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Diego Barbas (ARG)

##### Third place game

* 10 December 2017 17:15
| India | 2–1 | Germany |
| Sunil 21' Harmanpreet 54' | Report | Appel 36' |
* Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

##### Final

* 10 December 2017 19:30
| Argentina | 1–2 | Australia |
| Bugallo 17' | Report | Hayward 17' Govers 58' |
* Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Marcin Grochal (POL)

## Statistics
### Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Australia |
| | Argentina |
| | India |
| 4 | Germany |
| 5 | Belgium |
| 6 | Spain |
| 7 | Netherlands |
| 8 | England |

### Awards

The following individual awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Top Goalscorer | Player of the Tournament | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Young Player of the Tournament |
| Loïck Luypaert | Mats Grambusch | Juan Manuel Vivaldi | Victor Wegnez |

### Goalscorers

There were 80 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.64 goals per match.
8 goals
* Loïck Luypaert
5 goals
* Blake Govers
* Mirco Pruyser
4 goals
* Jeremy Hayward
3 goals
* Gonzalo Peillat
2 goals
* Matías Paredes
* Lucas Vila
* Dylan Wotherspoon
* Aaron Kleinschmidt
* Tom Boon
* Amaury Keusters
* Samuel Ward
* Mats Grambusch
* Martin Häner
* Rupinder Pal Singh
* Harmanpreet Singh
* Pau Quemada
1 goal
* Agustín Bugallo
* Maico Casella
* Juan Ignacio Gilardi
* Matías Rey
* Tom Wickham
* Cédric Charlier
* Sébastien Dockier
* Florent van Aubel
* Liam Ansell
* David Condon
* Adam Dixon
* David Goodfield
* Phil Roper
* Mark Appel
* Florian Fuchs
* Julius Meyer
* Marco Miltkau
* Christopher Rühr
* Constantin Staib
* Akashdeep Singh
* Gurjant Singh
* S.V. Sunil
* Mandeep Singh
* Lars Balk
* Thierry Brinkman
* Bjorn Kellerman
* Valentin Verga
* Diego Arana
* Marc Garcia
* Enrique González
* Josep Romeu
Source: FIH