2023 Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup

The 2023 Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup was the sixth edition of this tournament and played from 5 to 11 February 2023 in Pretoria, South Africa.^[1]

2023 Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Pretoria
Dates	5–11 February
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	Heartfelt Arena
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (3rd title)
Runner-up	Austria
Third place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	219 (5.48 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Donja Zwinkels (17 goals)
Best player	Donja Zwinkels
Best young player	Reese D'Ariano
Best goalkeeper	Barbora Čecháková
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The Netherlands defeated Austria in the final to win their third overall title, while the Czech Republic defeated host South Africa for the bronze medal.^[2]

Qualification

All the teams which qualified for the cancelled 2022 edition of the tournament were eligible to participate in the 2023 edition.^[3]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
15–21 July 2019	2019 Indoor Asia Cup	Chonburi, Thailand	1	Kazakhstan
17–19 January 2020	2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championship	Minsk, Belarus	5	Austria  Belgium  Belarus[a]  Czech Republic  Germany[b]  Netherlands  Ukraine
16–18 April 2021	2021 Indoor Africa Cup	Durban, South Africa	2	South Africa  Namibia
25–27 June 2021	2021 Indoor Pan American Cup	Spring City, United States	2	Canada  United States
9 August 2022	Invitational	—	2	Australia[a]  New Zealand[b]
Total			12

First round

The schedule was released on 17 October 2022.^[5]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	29	4	+25	15	Quarter-finals
2	Austria	5	4	0	1	14	12	+2	12
3	South Africa (H)	5	2	1	2	12	11	+1	7
4	Australia	5	2	0	3	11	16	−5	6
5	United States	5	1	1	3	16	11	+5	4	Ninth place game
6	New Zealand	5	0	0	5	6	34	−28	0	Eleventh place game

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.^[6]
(H) Hosts

5 February 2023 08:30 Austria  3–2  South Africa Buchta  12' Laginja  25', 38' Report O'Connor  7' De Waal  30' Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Melina Illanes (ARG)

5 February 2023 10:50 Australia  4–2  United States C. Burns  4', 37' Economos  10' Reid  40' Report D'Ariano  2', 20' Umpires: Lee Barron (ENG) Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)

5 February 2023 13:10 Netherlands  10–0  New Zealand Zwinkels  2', 9', 22', 24', 37' Van Wijk  16' Van Erk  20' Brands  25' Van 't Hoog  34', 40' Report Umpires: Cathy Wright (WAL) Lyndal Robertson (RSA)

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6 February 2023 16:40 Austria  2–1  United States Buchta  1' Czech  19' Report D'Ariano  15' Umpires: Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) Melina Illanes (ARG)

6 February 2023 19:00 Netherlands  3–1  South Africa Imhof  6' Van 't Hoog  27', 33' Report Seerane  12' Umpires: Adam Barry (AUS) Emily Carroll (AUS)

6 February 2023 21:20 New Zealand  1–5  Australia Pearce  19' Report Scriven  10', 36' Field  21', 33' Murphy  25' Umpires: Andrés Ortiz (ESP) Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)

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7 February 2023 09:40 United States  2–2  South Africa Miller  14' Burnett  22' Report Fourie  25' O'Connor  26' Umpires: Cathy Wright (WAL) Rachel Williams (ENG)

7 February 2023 10:50 Australia  0–8  Netherlands Report Imhof  9', 19' Zwinkels  9', 24', 32', 32' Van Wijk  22' De Baat  34' Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)

7 February 2023 13:10 New Zealand  2–4  Austria Pearce  7', 9' Report Pultar  6' Bauer  19' Laginja  20' Mayer  33' Umpires: Cathy Wright (WAL) Lyndal Robertson (RSA)

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8 February 2023 15:30 Austria  1–5  Netherlands Czech  26' Report Brands  12' Zwinkels  16', 36', 36' De Baat  34' Umpires: Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) Lyndal Robertson (RSA)

8 February 2023 17:50 United States  9–0  New Zealand Miller  4', 24', 38' Sparling  7' Mandato  8', 36' D'Ariano  10', 22' Herbine  21' Report Umpires: Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL) Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)

8 February 2023 20:10 South Africa  1–0  Australia Fourie  31' Report Umpires: Sophie Bockelmann (GER) Melina Illanes (ARG)

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9 February 2023 08:30 Netherlands  3–2  United States Clasener  6' Van Wijk  26', 40' Report D'Ariano  23', 32' Umpires: Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA) Cathy Wright (WAL)

9 February 2023 10:50 South Africa  6–3  New Zealand Fourie  19' De Oliveira  26' O'Connor  27' Lardant  30' Brisset  34' De Waal  40' Report Ritchie  31', 37' Norman  36' Umpires: Sophie Bockelmann (GER) Rachel Williams (ENG)

9 February 2023 13:10 Australia  2–4  Austria Scriven  4', 30' Report Proksch  10' Laginja  26' Bauer  30' Czech  34' Umpires: Lyndal Robertson (RSA) Cathy Wright (WAL)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	5	4	0	1	26	8	+18	12	Quarter-finals
2	Belgium	5	3	0	2	9	12	−3	9
3	Ukraine	5	2	2	1	11	9	+2	8
4	Canada	5	1	3	1	10	10	0	6
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	2	2	16	23	−7	5	Ninth place game
6	Namibia	5	0	1	4	7	17	−10	1	Eleventh place game

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.^[6]

5 February 2023 15:30 Namibia  3–5  Kazakhstan Mengo  19' Van Staden  34' Schimming  38' Report Beisenbay  3' Bissirova  3', 23' Lyapina  30' Lobanova  40' Umpires: Narongtuch Subboonsong (THA) Emily Carroll (AUS)

5 February 2023 17:50 Ukraine  1–1  Canada Ponomarenko  20' Report Lee  27' Umpires: Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA) Cathy Wright (WAL)

5 February 2023 20:10 Czech Republic  6–1  Belgium Nováková  2' Kolářová  6' Laciná  7', 39' Lehovcová  15', 37' Report De Mot  37' Umpires: Lyndal Robertson (RSA) Rachel Williams (ENG)

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6 February 2023 09:40 Canada  2–2  Namibia McCrory  15' Lee  31' Report Gillies  28', 30' Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Cathy Wright (WAL)

6 February 2023 12:00 Czech Republic  8–2  Kazakhstan Laciná  5', 40' Nováková  9', 18', 19', 37' Lehovcová  13' Babická  28' Report Lobanova  7', 26' Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Diego Barbas (ARG)

6 February 2023 14:20 Ukraine  3–0  Belgium Ponomarenko  4' Honcharenko  28' Leonova  34' Report Umpires: Cathy Wright (WAL) Sophie Bockelmann (GER)

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7 February 2023 15:30 Canada  3–2  Czech Republic McCrory  5' Wong  6' Leahy  35' Report Kolářová  24' Babická  37' Umpires: Narongtuch Subboonsong (THA) Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)

7 February 2023 17:50 Namibia  1–2  Ukraine Philander  13' Report Ponomarenko  5' Shevchenko  33' Umpires: Emily Carroll (AUS) Melina Illanes (ARG)

7 February 2023 20:10 Kazakhstan  2–5  Belgium Bissirova  15' Lobanova  37' Report Ronquetti  7', 40' Delforge  9', 25' Wagemans  14' Umpires: Lyndal Robertson (RSA) Narongtuch Subboonsong (THA)

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8 February 2023 08:30 Czech Republic  4–2  Ukraine Vorlová  2', 10' Duchková  38' Babická  40' Report Honcharenko  1', 22' Umpires: Lyndal Robertson (RSA) Ayden Shrives (RSA)

8 February 2023 10:50 Belgium  2–1  Namibia Delforge  32' De Mot  40' Report Philander  40' Umpires: Adam Barry (AUS) Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)

8 February 2023 13:10 Kazakhstan  4–4  Canada Beisenbay  4', 39' Bissirova  8' Lobanova  11' Report Wong  6' McCrory  22', 23', 32' Umpires: Andrés Ortiz (ESP) Emily Carroll (AUS)

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9 February 2023 15:30 Belgium  1–0  Canada Barry  28' Report Umpires: Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)

9 February 2023 16:40 Namibia  0–6  Czech Republic Report Lehovcová  14' Hájková  17' Vorlová  34', 36', 40' Laciná  35' Umpires: Lyndal Robertson (RSA) Sean Edwards (ENG)

9 February 2023 17:50 Ukraine  3–3  Kazakhstan Ponomarenko  2' Shevchenko  23' Leonova  30' Report Lobanova  33' Bissirova  33' Beisenbay  39' Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)

Classification matches

Eleventh place game

10 February 2023 08:30 New Zealand  4–3  Namibia Norman  22' Pearce  23', 31', 32' Report Kruger  30', 37' Philander  33' Umpires: Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA) Cathy Wright (WAL)

Ninth place game

10 February 2023 10:00 United States  5–1  Kazakhstan Miller  5' Mandato  7' D'Ariano  15' McDonough  29' Sparling  35' Report Bissirova  18' Umpires: Narongtuch Subboonsong (THA) Lyndal Robertson (RSA)

Second round

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	10 February
	Netherlands	6
					11 February
	Canada	1
					Netherlands	6
	10 February
					South Africa	1
	Belgium	1
									11 February
	South Africa	2
									Netherlands	7
	10 February
									Austria	0
	Austria	3
					11 February
	Ukraine	1
					Austria	1
	10 February
					Czech Republic	0			Third place
	Czech Republic	6
									11 February
	Australia	0
									South Africa	1
									Czech Republic	3

Quarter-finals

10 February 2023 13:00 Czech Republic  6–0  Australia Laciná  1', 35' Vorlová  25', 38' Nováková  27', 36' Report Umpires: Cathy Wright (WAL) Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

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10 February 2023 16:00 Austria  3–1  Ukraine Czech  3' Bauer  5' Pultar  32' Report Honcharenko  33' Umpires: Melina Illanes (ARG) Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)

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10 February 2023 19:00 Belgium  1–2  South Africa De Mot  33' Report O'Connor  3' Fourie  20' Umpires: Emily Carroll (AUS) Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

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10 February 2023 22:00 Netherlands  6–1  Canada Van Wijk  15', 18', 30' Zwinkels  15', 33', 36' Report Wong  27' Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Lyndal Robertson (RSA)

Semi-finals

11 February 2023 12:30 Austria  1–0  Czech Republic Pultar  35' Report Umpires: Sophie Bockelmann (GER) Céline Martin-Schmetz (BEL)

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11 February 2023 14:00 Netherlands  6–1  South Africa Imhof  7' Van Wijk  10', 24' Zwinkels  16', 37' De Baat  38' Report De Oliveira  13' Umpires: Melina Illanes (ARG) Rachel Williams (ENG)

Third place game

11 February 2023 18:30 South Africa  1–3  Czech Republic Fourie  26' Report Lehovcová  10+', 22' Kolářová  24' Umpires: Melina Illanes (ARG) Emily Carroll (AUS)

Final

11 February 2023 21:30 Netherlands  7–0  Austria Van Wijk  3' Van 't Hoog  5' Brands  14', 26', 38' Clasener  32' De Geus  39' Report Umpires: Andrés Ortiz (ESP) Sophie Bockelmann (GER)

Final standings

Rank	Team[2]
	Netherlands
	Austria
	Czech Republic
4	South Africa
5	Belgium
6	Ukraine
7	Australia
8	Canada
9	United States
10	Kazakhstan
11	New Zealand
12	Namibia

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[2]

Award	Player
Player of the tournament	Donja Zwinkels
Top goalscorer	Donja Zwinkels
Goalkeeper of the tournament	Barbora Čecháková
Young player of the tournament	Reese D'Ariano

Goalscorers

There were 219 goals scored in 40 matches, for an average of 5.47 goals per match.

17 goals

• Donja Zwinkels

10 goals

• Lieke van Wijk

8 goals

• Reese D'Ariano

7 goals

• Kateřina Laciná
• Natálie Nováková
• Anna Vorlová

6 goals

• Adéla Lehovcová
• Alina Bissirova
• Viktoriya Lobanova
• Kirsten Pearce

5 goals

• Samantha McCrory
• Mabel Brands
• Eva van 't Hoog
• Tegan Fourie
• Hannah Miller

4 goals

• Emma Scriven
• Johanna Czech
• Marta Laginja
• Balzhan Beisenbay
• Pam Imhof
• Jessica O'Connor
• Olha Honcharenko
• Oksana Ponomarenko

3 goals

• Katharina Bauer
• Marianne Pultar
• Laurine Delforge
• France de Mot
• Elise Wong
• Nikol Babická
• Anna Kolářová
• Azaylee Philander
• Noor de Baat
• Sydney Mandato

2 goals

• Caitlin Burns
• Litiana Field
• Daria Buchta
• Marie Ronquetti
• Alison Lee
• Jaime Gillies
• Jivanka Kruger
• Tessa Clasener
• Philippa Norman
• Deanna Ritchie
• Daniella de Oliveira
• Kayla de Waal
• Karyna Leonova
• Yuliia Shevchenko
• Opal Sparling

1 goal

• Samantha Economos
• Madeleine Murphy
• Emma Reid
• Luisa Mayer
• Katharina Proksch
• Claire Barry
• Caroline Wagemans
• Kathleen Leahy
• Lucie Duchková
• Natálie Hájková
• Viktoriya Lyapina
• Magreth Mengo
• Kaela Schimming
• Armin van Staden
• Elin van Erk
• Anna de Geus
• Laikén Brisset
• Jessica Lardant
• Celia Seerane
• Abigail Burnett
• Annika Herbine
• Anarose McDonough

Source: FIH

See also

• 2023 Men's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup

Notes

1. Following advice from the International Olympic Committee, Belarus were excluded due to their involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and were replaced by Australia.
2. Germany withdrew and were replaced by New Zealand.^[4]