WOMEN'S HOCKEY WORLD CUP

The 'Women's Hockey World Cup' is the field hockey World Cup competition for women, which the format for qualification and final tournament is similar to the men's. It is held since 1974. The tournament is organised by the International Hockey Federation (IHF) after they took over the role from the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA) in 1983. Since 1986, it is held regularly once every four years, in the same year as the men's competition.
Of the ten tournaments held, four teams have won the event. Netherlands is the most successful team, having won the title six times. Germany and Australia are joint second best teams, having each won the title twice. Argentina is the only other country who won the tournament. So far, Netherlands and Australia are the two champions able to defend their titles. At the end of the 2006 world cup, fourteen nations had reached the semifinal of the tournament.
The 2006 Women's World Hockey Cup was held in Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain from September 27 to October 8, 2006. The next Women's Hockey World Cup will be held in 2010 in Argentina.^[1]

Contents

Results

Summaries

Successful national teams

Performance by continental zones

Team appearances

See also

References

Results

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third Place
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1974	Mandelieu, France		''	'1–0' in extra time
1976	Berlin, West Germany		''	'2–0'				'1–0'
1978	Madrid, Spain		''	'1–0'
1981	Buenos Aires, Argentina		''	'1–1' '(3–1)' on penalties
1983	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		''	'4–2'
1986	Amstelveen, Netherlands		''	'3–0'				'3–2'
1990	Sydney, Australia		''	'3–1'
1994	Dublin, Ireland		''	'2–0'				'2–1'
1998	Utrecht, Netherlands		''	'3–2'				'3–2'
2002 ''Details''	Perth, Australia		''	'1–1' '(4–3)' on penalties				'2–0'
2006 ''Details''	Madrid, Spain		''	'3–1'				'5–0'
2010 ''Details''	Argentina

Successful national teams

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
	6 (1974, 1978, 1983, 1986 ★ , 1990, 2006)	3 (1981, 1998, 2002)	1 (1976)
	2 (1976 ★ , 1981)	2 (1978, 1986)	2 (1974, 1998)	2 (1983, 1994)
	2 (1994, 1998)	2 (1990 ★ , 2006)	1 (1983)	2 (1981, 2002 ★ )
	1 (2002)	3 (1974, 1976, 1994)	1 (2006)	2 (1978, 1998)
		1 (1983)	1 (1986)
			1 (1978)	1 (1976)
			1 (2002)
			1 (1990)
			1 (1981)#
			1 (1994)
				1 (1990)
				1 (1974)
				1 (1986)
				1 (2006 ★ )

:
★ = ''host''
:# = ''Now compete as independent country''

Performance by continental zones

Continent	Best performance
European	8 titles, won by Netherlands (6) and Germany (2)
Oceania	2 titles, won by Australia
Americas	1 title, won by Argentina
Asian	fourth place (India, 1974)
African	Seventh place (South Africa, 1998)

Team appearances

After 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup qualification:

;11 times ★ ★ ★ ;8 times ★ ★ ;7 times ★ ★ ;6 times ★

;5 times ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ;4 times ★ ★ ★ ★ #

;3 times ★ ★ ★ ★ ;2 times ★ ★ ★ ;1 times ★ ★ ★ ★

:# ''no longer in existence''
Argentina, Germany and Netherlands are among the three teams to have never missed the World Cup, and some 28 teams have competed at least once over the years.

See also

★ Hockey World Cup

References

1. Argentina to host 2010 women's hockey World Cup. Retrieved on March 27, 2007.