2014 Men's Hockey World Cup

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The **2014 Men's Hockey World Cup** was the 13th edition of the Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the FIH. It was held from 31 May to 15 June 2014 at the Kyocera Stadion in The Hague, Netherlands. simultaneously with the women's tournament. It was the third time that the Netherlands hosted the World Cup after 1973 and 1998.

Defending champions Australia won the tournament for the third time after defeating the Netherlands 6–1 in the final. Argentina won the third place match by defeating England 2–0 to claim their first ever World Cup medal.

## Bidding

The host was announced on 11 November 2010 during the FIH Congress and Forum in Montreux, Switzerland after FIH received bids from The Hague and London.

## Qualification

Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation received an automatic berth. In addition to the six highest placed teams at the Semifinals of the 2012–13 FIH Hockey World League not already qualified, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, will compete in this tournament.

## Squads

Further information: 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup squads
## Umpires

17 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament.

* Christian Blasch (GER)
* Marcin Grochal (POL)
* Hamish Jamson (ENG)
* Adam Kearns (AUS)
* Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
* Martin Madden (SCO)
* Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
* Tim Pullman (AUS)
* Raghu Prasad (IND)
* Javed Shaikh (IND)
* Gary Simmonds (RSA)
* Nathan Stagno (GIB)
* Simon Taylor (NZL)
* Roel van Eert (NED)
* Paco Vázquez (ESP)
* Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)
* John Wright (RSA)

## Results

*All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)*

### First round

#### Pool A

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Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

#### Pool B

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Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
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### First to fourth place classification

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## Statistics

### Final standings

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Source: FIH
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### Goalscorers

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## References

1. ↑ "Tournament & location". KNHB. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
2. ↑ "Australia men stun Netherlands to win Rabobank Hockey World Cup". FIH. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
3. ↑ "Men 3/4th: Paredes brace bags bronze for Los Leones". FIH. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
4. ↑ Williams, Ollie (11 November 2010). "Olympic Park loses bid to host 2014 Hockey World Cups". *BBC Sport*. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
5. ↑ "Qualification System for Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014" (PDF). FIH. 20 November 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
6. ↑ "Pools announced for men's Rabobank Hockey World Cup". FIH. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
7. ↑ "Men's officials confirmed for Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014". *FIH*. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
8. ↑ "Get Your Diaries Ready!". *FIH*. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Regulations

## External links

* Official website

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