2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup

The 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup was the 15th edition of the Women's FIH Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for women's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held from 1 to 17 July 2022 at the Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa in Terrassa, Spain and at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, the Netherlands.^[1]

2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup

Tournament details
Host countries	Spain Netherlands
Cities	Terrassa Amstelveen
Dates	1–17 July
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa Wagener Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (9th title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	149 (3.39 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Agustina Gorzelany (8 goals)
Best player	María José Granatto
Best young player	Charlotte Englebert
Best goalkeeper	Belén Succi
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Defending champions the Netherlands won the tournament for a record ninth time after defeating Argentina 3–1 in the final. Australia won the third place match by defeating Germany 2–1.^[2]

Host selection

The International Hockey Federation announced in December 2018 that the 2022 FIH Hockey World Cups will be held either in July 2022 or January 2023.^[3] The FIH received the following final five bids for the Women's 2022 World Cup.^[4] In November 2019, it was announced that Spain and the Netherlands would host the tournament in July 2022.^[1]

For the preferred time window 1–17 July 2022:

• Germany
• Netherlands & Spain
• Spain

For the preferred time window 13–29 January 2023:

• Australia (withdrew)
• India (withdrew)
• Malaysia
• New Zealand

Qualification

Just as in 2018, 16 teams competed in the tournament. Alongside the hosts, Spain and the Netherlands, the five continental champions received an automatic berth.^[1] After the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics the quota of places available through continental championships including the World Cup hosts was increased from six to sixteen.^[5]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
8 November 2019	Hosts	—	2	Netherlands (1)  Spain (7)
4–13 June 2021	2021 EuroHockey Championship	Amstelveen, Netherlands	3	Belgium (5)  England (4)  Germany (6)
21–24 October 2021	2021 European Qualifier	Pisa, Italy	1	Ireland (12)
17–23 January 2022	2022 Africa Cup of Nations	Accra, Ghana	1	South Africa (15)
21–28 January 2022	2022 Asia Cup	Muscat, Oman	4	China (13)  India (8)  Japan (10)  South Korea (11)
19–29 January 2022	2022 Pan American Cup	Santiago, Chile	3	Argentina (2)  Canada (14)  Chile (17)
Cancelled[note 1]	2022 Oceania Cup	New Zealand	2	Australia (3)  New Zealand (9)
Total			16

Venues

Following is a list of all venues and host cities.

Amstelveen Terrassa	Amstelveen	Terrassa
	Wagener Stadium	Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa
	Capacity: 9,000	Capacity: 11,500

Draw

The draw took place on 17 February 2022.^[7]

Seeding

As the hosts, Netherlands and Spain played in their countries until the quarter-final. Therefore, they were allocated in different sides of the pools but in the rows corresponding to their World Ranking. Based on that ranking, Netherlands was positioned as A1 and Spain as C2. The top four teams according to the world ranking and qualified to the event were allocated in the first row as the headers of each pool.^[8]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Netherlands (assigned to A1)  England (assigned to B1)  Argentina (assigned to C1)  Australia (assigned to D1)	Germany  Belgium  New Zealand  Spain (assigned to C2)	India  Japan  South Korea  Ireland	China  Canada  South Africa  Chile

Squads

Main article: 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup squads

Umpires

On 29 November 2021, 18 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament.^[9][10]

• Amber Church (NZL)
• Laurine Delforge (BEL)
• Maggie Giddens (USA)
• Hannah Harrison (ENG)
• Kelly Hudson (NZL)
• Kang Hyun-young (KOR)
• Alison Keogh (IRL)
• Ivona Makar (CRO)
• Ayanna McClean (TTO)
• Michelle Meister (GER)
• Catalina Montesino (CHI)
• Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
• Irene Presenqui (ARG)
• Annelize Rostron (RSA)
• Cookie Tan (SGP)
• Wanri Venter (RSA)
• Sarah Wilson (SCO)
• Emi Yamada (JPN)

First round

The match schedule was announced on 3 December 2020.^[11]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	0	11	3	+8	9	Quarter-finals
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6	Cross-overs
3	Chile	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	Ireland	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.^[12]
(H) Hosts

2 July 2022 16:30 Germany  4–1  Chile Heinz  9' Stapenhorst  22', 55' Schröder  44' Report Krimerman  27' Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Ivona Makar (CRO) Emi Yamada (JPN)

2 July 2022 19:30 Netherlands  5–1  Ireland Matla  17', 44' Jansen  35' Plönissen  41' Verschoor  46' Report Upton  37' Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Kang Hyun-young (KOR) Maggie Giddens (USA)

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3 July 2022 19:30 Germany  1–3  Netherlands Lorenz  57' Report Keetels  13' Moes  48' Verschoor  50' Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

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5 July 2022 14:00 Ireland  0–1  Chile Report Krimerman  48' Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Wanri Venter (RSA) Ivona Makar (CRO)

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6 July 2022 16:30 Ireland  0–3  Germany Report Lorenz  24' Stapenhorst  37' Zimmermann  57' Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Annelize Rostron (RSA) Maggie Giddens (USA)

6 July 2022 19:30 Netherlands  3–1  Chile Welten  14' Jansen  42' De Goede  52' Report Tala  21' Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Irene Presenqui (ARG) Emi Yamada (JPN)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	2	1	0	9	6	+3	7	Quarter-finals
2	England	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Cross-overs
3	India	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
4	China	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.^[12]

2 July 2022 14:00 New Zealand  2–2  China Tynan  24' Merry  48' Report Zhang Y.  33' Gu  43' Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Wanri Venter (RSA)

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3 July 2022 16:30 England  1–1  India Petter  9' Report Vandana  28' Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Annelize Rostron (RSA) Irene Presenqui (ARG)

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5 July 2022 16:30 India  1–1  China Vandana  45' Report Zheng  26' Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Kang Hyun-young (KOR)

5 July 2022 19:30 New Zealand  3–1  England Doar  29', 39' Davey  51' Report Owsley  4' Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Emi Yamada (JPN)

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7 July 2022 16:30 England  2–0  China Balsdon  10' Ansley  27' Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Wanri Venter (RSA) Irene Presenqui (ARG)

7 July 2022 19:30 India  3–4  New Zealand Vandana  4' Lalremsiami  44' Gurjit  59' Report Merry  12', 54' Jopp  29' Davies  32' Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Kang Hyun-young (KOR)

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	15	2	+13	9	Quarter-finals
2	Spain (H)	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6	Cross-overs
3	South Korea	3	1	0	2	4	10	−6	3
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	4	14	−10	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.^[12]
(H) Hosts

1 July 2022 21:30 Spain  4–1  Canada Iglesias  5' Giné  21' López García  26' García Grau  29' Report Johansen  57' Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Ayanna McClean (TTO) Hannah Harrison (ENG)

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2 July 2022 18:00 Argentina  4–0  South Korea Gorzelany  2', 28' V. Granatto  21' Jankunas  39' Report Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Alison Keogh (IRL)

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3 July 2022 18:00 South Korea  3–2  Canada Kim M.  1' Kim S.  49' Cho  57' Report Secco  2' Stairs  56' Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

3 July 2022 21:30 Spain  1–4  Argentina García Grau  51' Report Gorzelany  39', 44' Raposo  40' M. Granatto  60' Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Alison Keogh (IRL)

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7 July 2022 18:00 Argentina  7–1  Canada Jankunas  10' V. Granatto  16' M. Granatto  21' Albertario  32' Forcherio  48' Gorzelany  48', 51' Report Delmotte  6' Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Ivona Makar (CRO) Catalina Montesino (CHI)

7 July 2022 21:30 South Korea  1–4  Spain Lee S.  12' Report García Grau  8' Giné  20' Jiménez  33' S. Barrios  53' Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Cookie Tan (SGP)

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Quarter-finals
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6	Cross-overs
3	South Africa	3	0	1	2	5	9	−4	1
4	Japan	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.^[12]

2 July 2022 21:30 Australia  2–0  Japan Williams  56' Malone  60' Report Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Cookie Tan (SGP)

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3 July 2022 15:00 Belgium  4–1  South Africa Vanden Borre  17', 18' Englebert  53', 57' Report Du Toit  24' Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Catalina Montesino (CHI) Hannah Harrison (ENG)

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5 July 2022 18:00 Japan  3–3  South Africa Y. Nagai  3' Toriyama  9' Nishikori  34' Report Paton  38' Lombard  55', 59' Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Catalina Montesino (CHI) Cookie Tan (SGP)

5 July 2022 21:30 Belgium  0–2  Australia Report Hayes  39' Greiner  40' Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Hannah Harrison (ENG)

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6 July 2022 18:00 Japan  0–3  Belgium Report Vanden Borre  24', 40' Ballenghien  44' Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

6 July 2022 21:30 Australia  2–1  South Africa Squibb  8' Malone  24' Report Du Plessis  13' Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Ivona Makar (CRO) Hannah Harrison (ENG)

Classification

9–16th place quarterfinals

10 July 2022 13:00 Ireland  2–0  South Africa Hawkshaw  19' Upton  31' Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Irene Presenqui (ARG) Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

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10 July 2022 15:30 China  3–0  Chile Ma  45+' Zhong  49' Cui  56' Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Annelize Rostron (RSA) Maggie Giddens (USA)

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11 July 2022 18:00 Japan  3–2  South Korea Kobayakawa  19' Nishikori  44' H. Nagai  60+' Report Jung  22', 51' Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Ayanna McClean (TTO)

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11 July 2022 21:30 Canada  1–1  India Secco  11' Report Salima  58' Penalties Woodcroft Secco Sourisseau Leahy Faiczak Woodcroft Sourisseau Leahy 2–3 Salima Neha Navneet Sonika Lalremsiami Navneet Sonika Neha Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Alison Keogh (IRE)

13–16th place classification

12 July 2022 12:00 South Africa  0–1  Chile Report Urroz  44' Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Kang Hyun-young (KOR)

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13 July 2022 14:00 Canada  0–0  South Korea Report Penalties Woodcroft Secco Mollenhauer 0–3 Kim S. Cheon Seo Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Cookie Tan (SGP) Ayanna McClean (TTO)

9–12th place classification

12 July 2022 14:30 Ireland  1–3  China Carey  59' Report Chen Yang  7' Zhong  49' Chen Yanh.  52' Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Emi Yamada (JPN) Annelize Rostron (RSA)

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13 July 2022 16:30 India  3–1  Japan Navneet  30', 45' Grace  38' Report Asai  20' Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Ivona Makar (CRO) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

Second round

Bracket

Cross-overs

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

12 July – Amstelveen

Netherlands

2

9 July – Amstelveen

Belgium

1

Belgium

5

16 July – Terrassa

Chile

0

Netherlands

1

Australia

0

13 July – Terrassa

Australia

2

10 July – Terrassa

Spain

0

Spain

1

17 July – Terrassa

India

0

Netherlands

3

Argentina

1

12 July – Amstelveen

New Zealand

0

9 July – Amstelveen

Germany

1

Germany

1

16 July – Terrassa

South Africa

0

Germany

2 (2)

Argentina

2 (4)

Third place

13 July – Terrassa

17 July – Terrassa

Argentina

1

Australia

2

10 July – Terrassa

England

0

Germany

1

England

5

South Korea

0

Cross-overs

9 July 2022 17:00 Germany  1–0  South Africa Lorenz  38' Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Emi Yamada (JPN)

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9 July 2022 19:30 Belgium  5–0  Chile Vanden Borre  6', 15' Rasir  14' Englebert  20', 31' Report Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Irene Presenqui (ARG) Annelize Rostron (RSA)

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10 July 2022 18:00 England  5–0  South Korea Ansley  17', 26' Howard  20' Martin  54' Rayer  56' Report Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Ayanna McClean (TTO) Alison Keogh (IRE)

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10 July 2022 21:30 Spain  1–0  India Segú  57' Report Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Sarah Wilson (SCO)

Quarter-finals

12 July 2022 17:00 New Zealand  0–1  Germany Report Micheel  17' Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Wanri Venter (RSA) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

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12 July 2022 19:30 Netherlands  2–1  Belgium Leurink  15' Moes  48' Report Gerniers  38' Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Irene Presenqui (ARG) Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

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13 July 2022 19:00 Argentina  1–0  England V. Granatto  47' Report Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Alison Keogh (IRE)

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13 July 2022 21:30 Australia  2–0  Spain Taylor  3', 41' Report Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Hannah Harrison (ENG)

Semi-finals

16 July 2022 18:30 Netherlands  1–0  Australia Matla  42' Report Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

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16 July 2022 21:30 Germany  2–2  Argentina Granitzki  1' Stapenhorst  45' Report Gorzelany  15' Albertario  28' Penalties Lorenz Schröder Weidemann Zimmermann 2–4 Jankunas Albertario Thome Alonso Sánchez Moccia Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Amber Church (NZL)

Third place match

17 July 2022 18:30 Australia  2–1  Germany Kershaw  49', 56' Report Micheel  14' Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Alison Keogh (IRL) Irene Presenqui (ARG)

Final

17 July 2022 21:30 Netherlands  3–1  Argentina Verschoor  17' Matla  24' Albers  36' Report Gorzelany  46' Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Sarah Wilson (SCO)

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	Netherlands (H)	6	6	0	0	17	5	+12	18	Gold medal
2	C	Argentina	6	4	1	1	19	7	+12	13	Silver medal
3	D	Australia	6	5	0	1	10	3	+7	15	Bronze medal
4	A	Germany	7	4	1	2	13	8	+5	13	Fourth place
5	B	New Zealand	4	2	1	1	9	7	+2	7	Eliminated in quarterfinals
6	D	Belgium	5	3	0	2	13	5	+8	9
7	C	Spain (H)	5	3	0	2	10	8	+2	9
8	B	England	5	2	1	2	9	5	+4	7
9	B	India	6	1	3	2	9	8	+1	6	Ninth place
9	B	China	5	2	2	1	9	6	+3	8
11	D	Japan	5	1	1	3	7	13	−6	4	Eleventh place
11	A	Ireland	5	1	0	4	4	12	−8	3
13	A	Chile	6	2	0	4	4	15	−11	6	Thirteenth place
13	C	South Korea	6	1	1	4	6	18	−12	4
15	D	South Africa	6	0	1	5	5	13	−8	1	Fifteenth place
15	C	Canada	5	0	2	3	5	15	−10	2

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 149 goals scored in 44 matches, for an average of 3.39 goals per match.

8 goals

• Agustina Gorzelany

6 goals

• Stéphanie Vanden Borre

4 goals

• Charlotte Englebert
• Charlotte Stapenhorst
• Frédérique Matla

3 goals

• Victoria Granatto
• Giselle Ansley
• Nike Lorenz
• Vandana Katariya
• Maria Verschoor
• Olivia Merry
• Begoña García Grau

2 goals

• Agustina Albertarrio
• Maria Granatto
• Julieta Jankunas
• Stephanie Kershaw
• Ambrosia Malone
• Renee Taylor
• Madeline Secco
• Denise Krimerman
• Zhong Jiaqi
• Lena Micheel
• Navneet Kaur
• Róisín Upton
• Emi Nishikori
• Yibbi Jansen
• Freeke Moes
• Katie Doar
• Tarryn Lombard
• Jung Che-young
• Xantal Giné

1 goal

• Emilia Forcherio
• Valentina Raposo
• Rebecca Greiner
• Greta Hayes
• Penny Squibb
• Mariah Williams
• Ambre Ballenghien
• Alix Gerniers
• Justine Rasir
• Grace Delmotte
• Karli Johansen
• Brienne Stairs
• Francisca Tala
• Manuela Urroz
• Chen Yang
• Chen Yanhua
• Cui Qiuxia
• Gu Bingfeng
• Ma Ning
• Zhang Ying
• Zheng Jiali
• Grace Balsdon
• Tessa Howard
• Hannah Martin
• Lily Owsley
• Isabelle Petter
• Elena Rayer
• Hanna Granitzki
• Pauline Heinz
• Anne Schröder
• Sonja Zimmermann
• Deep Grace Ekka
• Gurjit Kaur
• Lalremsiami
• Salima Tete
• Michelle Carey
• Sarah Hawkshaw
• Yu Asai
• Shiho Kobayakawa
• Hazuki Nagai
• Yuri Nagai
• Mai Toriyama
• Felice Albers
• Eva de Goede
• Marloes Keetels
• Laurien Leurink
• Sabine Plönissen
• Lidewij Welten
• Tarryn Davey
• Frances Davies
• Tessa Jopp
• Rose Tynan
• Lilian du Plessis
• Jean-Leigh du Toit
• Kristen Paton
• Cho Hye-jin
• Kim Min-ji
• Kim Seo-na
• Lee Seung-ju
• Sara Barrios
• Belén Iglesias
• Lucía Jiménez Vicente
• María López García
• Marta Segú

Source: FIH

Awards

The awards were announced on 17 July 2022.^[2]

Award	Player
Player of the tournament	María José Granatto
Top goalscorer	Agustina Gorzelany
Goalkeeper of the tournament	Belén Succi
Young player of the tournament	Charlotte Englebert

See also

• 2022 Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup
• 2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup
• 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup

Notes

1. The Oceania Cup could not be completed before the qualification deadline due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore the two Oceania quota places have been filled based on the FIH Women's World Ranking.^[6]