2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final

The 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final took place from 27 November to 6 December 2015 in Raipur, India.^[1] A total of 8 teams competed for the title.^[2]

2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final

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Tournament details
Host country	India
City	Raipur
Dates	27 November–6 December
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runner-up	Belgium
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	100 (4.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gonzalo Peillat (8 goals)
Best player	Jamie Dwyer

Australia won the tournament for the first time after defeating Belgium 2–1 in the final match. Host nation India won the third place match by defeating the Netherlands 3–2 on a penalty shootout after a 5–5 draw.^[3]

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		1	India (6)
3–14 June 2015	2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals	Buenos Aires, Argentina	7	Germany (3)  Argentina (5)  Netherlands (2)  Canada (14)
20 June–5 July 2015		Antwerp, Belgium		Australia (1)  Belgium (7)  Great Britain (4)
Total			8

Umpires

Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

• Grant Hundley (USA)
• Adam Kearns (AUS)
• Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
• Raghu Prasad (IND)
• Ayden Shrives (RSA)
• Gurinder Singh (IND)
• Nathan Stagno (GBR)
• David Sweetman (GBR)
• David Tomlinson (NZL)
• Paul Walker (GBR)

Results

All times are Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)^[4]

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Great Britain	3	2	1	0	11	6	+5	7
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6
3	Belgium	3	1	1	1	10	6	+4	4
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	3	16	−13	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[5]

28 November 2015 14:30 Great Britain  3–1  Canada Mantell  2', 23' Catlin  24' Report Pearson  4' Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Adam Kearns (AUS)

28 November 2015 16:30 Australia  1–0  Belgium Dwyer  22' Report Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Nathan Stagno (GBR)

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29 November 2015 18:30 Belgium  7–2  Canada Dockier  9' Van Aubel  12', 58' Briels  13' Truyens  14' Van Doren  50' Boon  54' Report Pearson  29' Noronha  44' Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) David Sweetman (GBR)

29 November 2015 20:30 Australia  2–5  Great Britain Hayward  17' Gohdes  47' Report Weir  9' Grassick  13' Sloan  23' Condon  32' Roper  49' Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Grant Hundley (USA)

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1 December 2015 18:30 Australia  6–0  Canada Beale  4', 60' Hayward  11' Wotherspoon  13' Dawson  15' Govers  57' Report Umpires: Paul Walker (GBR) David Sweetman (GBR)

1 December 2015 20:30 Great Britain  3–3  Belgium Roper  7' Brogdon  28' Forsyth  40' Report Briels  13' Cosyns  38' Boon  42' Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Grant Hundley (USA)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
3	Germany	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
4	India	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[5]

27 November 2015 18:30 Argentina  3–0  India Peillat  3', 60+' Menini  24' Report Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) David Tomlinson (NZL)

27 November 2015 20:30 Germany  0–0  Netherlands Report Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Ayden Shrives (RSA)

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28 November 2015 18:30 Germany  1–1  India Wellen  6' Report A. Singh  47' Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Paul Walker (GBR)

28 November 2015 20:30 Netherlands  3–2  Argentina Brinkman  10' Van Ass  17' Bovendeert  22' Report Peillat  30', 39' Umpires: Grant Hundley (USA) David Sweetman (GBR)

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30 November 2015 18:30 Netherlands  3–1  India Van der Weerden  36' Pruijser  43' Bovendeert  54' Report Kangujam  47' Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Ayden Shrives (RSA)

30 November 2015 20:30 Argentina  3–1  Germany Peillat  17', 51' Paredes  50' Report Wellen  26' Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Nathan Stagno (GBR)

Second round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	3 December 2015
	Great Britain	1
					5 December 2015
	India	2
					India	0
	3 December 2015
					Belgium	1
	Argentina	1
									6 December 2015
	Belgium	2
									Belgium	1
	2 December 2015
									Australia	2
	Australia	4
					4 December 2015
	Germany	1
					Australia	3
	2 December 2015
					Netherlands	2			Third place
	Netherlands	2
									6 December 2015
	Canada	0
									India (p.s.o.)	5 (3)
									Netherlands	5 (2)

Quarterfinals

2 December 2015 18:30 Netherlands  2–0  Canada Jonker  25' Bovendeert  56' Report Umpires: Paul Walker (GBR) Raghu Prasad (IND)

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2 December 2015 20:45 Australia  4–1  Germany Hayward  4' Dwyer  5' Dawson  27' Turner  60' Report Rühr  40' Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GBR) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

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3 December 2015 18:30 Great Britain  1–2  India Mantell  52' Report Raghunath  19' T. Singh  39' Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Ayden Shrives (RSA)

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3 December 2015 20:45 Argentina  1–2  Belgium Mazilli  42' Report Hendrickx  22' Dockier  27' Umpires: Paul Walker (GBR) David Sweetman (GBR)

Fifth to eighth place classification

The losing quarterfinalists were 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	Great Britain	3	2	1	0	11	6	+5	7
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
3	Germany	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	3	16	−13	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored.

Seventh and eighth place

5 December 2015 20:45 Germany  8–3  Canada Rühr  3', 4' Fürste  8' Wellen  18' Windfeder  24' Fuchs  51' Korn  54' Staib  59' Report Johnston  30+' Guest  41' Tupper  49' Umpires: David Sweetman (GBR) Raghu Prasad (IND)

Fifth and sixth place

4 December 2015 20:45 Great Britain  2–4  Argentina Mantell  50' Roper  57' Report Ibarra  5', 17' Peillat  14', 54' Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Grant Hundley (USA)

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals

4 December 2015 18:30 Australia  3–2  Netherlands Wotherspoon  8' Beale  22' Gohdes  42' Report Jonker  29' Pruijser  33' Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GBR) David Tomlinson (NZL)

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5 December 2015 18:30 India  0–1  Belgium Report Charlier  5' Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

Third and fourth place

6 December 2015 18:30 Netherlands  5–5  India Pruijser  9' Van der Schoot  25' Van der Weerden  54', 58', 60+' Report Ra. Singh  39', 51' Pal Singh  47', 55' A. Singh  56' Penalties Bakker Hertzberger Pruijser Van Ass Verga 2–3 Mujtaba Amir Khan Lakra S. Singh Manpreet Umpires: Paul Walker (GBR) Adam Kearns (AUS)

Final

6 December 2015 20:45 Australia  2–1  Belgium Hayward  16' Dawson  37' Report Gougnard  60+' Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GBR) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Young Player of the Tournament
Gonzalo Peillat	Jamie Dwyer	Jaap Stockmann	Arthur van Doren

Statistics

Final standings

1.  Australia
2.  Belgium
3.  India
4.  Netherlands
5.  Argentina
6.  Great Britain
7.  Germany
8.  Canada

Goalscorers

There were 100 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 4.55 goals per match.

8 goals

• Gonzalo Peillat

4 goals

• Jeremy Hayward
• Simon Mantell
• Mink van der Weerden

3 goals

• Daniel Beale
• Matthew Dawson
• Christopher Rühr
• Niklas Wellen
• Phil Roper
• Roel Bovandeert
• Mirco Pruijser

2 goals

• Pedro Ibarra
• Matthew Gohdes
• Jamie Dwyer
• Dylan Wotherspoon
• Florent van Aubel
• Tom Boon
• Thomas Briels
• Sébastien Dockier
• Mark Pearson
• Akashdeep Singh
• Ramandeep Singh
• Rupinder Pal Singh
• Constantijn Jonker

1 goal

• Agustín Mazzilli
• Joaquín Menini
• Matías Paredes
• Kieran Govers
• Glenn Turner
• Cédric Charlier
• Tanguy Cosyns
• Simon Gougnard
• Alexander Hendrickx
• Arthur van Doren
• Jérôme Truyens
• Matthew Guest
• Gordon Johnston
• Devohn Noronha
• Scott Tupper
• Florian Fuchs
• Moritz Fürste
• Oliver Korn
• Constantin Staib
• Lukas Windfeder
• Alastair Brogdon
• Nicholas Catlin
• David Condon
• Alan Forsyth
• Chris Grassick
• Ian Sloan
• Henry Weir
• V. R. Raghunath
• Chinglensana Singh
• Talwinder Singh
• Seve van Ass
• Thierry Brinkman
• Niek van der Schoot

Source: FIH