Women's World League 2 Schedule Confirmed
November 26, 2014
Ireland will host the World League 2 competition for Women between 14th – 22nd March 2015 at the National Hockey Stadium, in UCD. The league which serves as part of the Olympic Qualification process for Rio 2016 pits Ireland (15th) in Pool A against Canada (22nd) , Ukraine (24th) and Turkey (39th). Pool B is comprised of Belarus (19th) , Chile (20th), Austria (26th) and Lithuania (34th).The tournament will take place over 9 days (6 match days) with both a pool and knock out stage.
Pool A: Pool B:
IRELAND BELARUS
CANADA CHILE
UKRAINE AUSTRIA
TURKEY LITHUANIA
MATCH SCHEDULE
| Date | Match # | Time | Match |
| Saturday 14th March | 1 | 10.15 | Belarus v Austria |
| 2 | 12.30 | Chile v Lithuania | |
| 3 | 14.45 | Ireland v Ukraine | |
| 4 | 17.00 | Canada v Turkey | |
| Sunday 15th March | 5 | 14.45 | Austria v Lithuania |
| 6 | 13.00 | Chile v Belarus | |
| 7 | 15.15 | Canada v Ireland | |
| 8 | 17.30 | Ukraine v Turkey | |
| Monday 16th March | Rest Day | ||
| Tuesday 17th March | 9 | 10.15 | Belarus v Lithuania |
| 10 | 12.30 | Austria v Chile | |
| 11 | 14.45 | Ireland v Turkey | |
| 12 | 17.00 | Ukraine v Canada | |
| Wednesday 18th March | Rest Day | ||
| Thursday 19th March | 13 | 10.30 | QF1 |
| 14 | 13.00 | QF2 | |
| 15 | 15.30 | QF3 | |
| 16 | 18.00 | QF4 | |
| Friday 20th March | Rest Day | ||
| Saturday 21st March | 17 | 9.30 | 5/8 |
| 18 | 12.00 | 5/8 | |
| 19 | 14.30 | Semi Final 1 | |
| 20 | 17.00 | Semi Final 2 | |
| Sunday 22nd March | 21 | 9.30 | Loser M17 v Loser M18 |
| 22 | 12.00 | Winner M17 v Winner M18 | |
| 23 | 14.30 | Loser M19 v Loser M20 | |
| 24 | 17.00 | Winner M19 v Winner M20 |
World League Format & OLYMPIC Qualification
World League 2: There will be 3 ‘World League 2’ tournaments of 8 teams. The format will be 2 pools of 4 with classification matches.
Men: The top 3 from each of the 3 tournaments will qualify for World League 3 those 9 teams will join 1-11 world ranked team to make up the 20 teams of World League 3,
Women: The top 2 from each of the 3 tournaments will qualify for World League 3 and will be joined by highest ranked team who placed 3rd from the 3 tournaments. These 7 teams will join 1-11 world ranked teams plus hosts Spain and Belgium to make up the 20 teams of World League 3.
World League 3: These are the semi-finals which will be global. There will be 2 ‘World League 3’ tournaments of 10 teams. The format will be 2 pools of 5 with classification matches.
Men & Women: Semi-finalist from each of the World League 3 tournaments will compete in World League 4 to make up the 8 teams of World League 4.
World League 4: The finals. One tournament of 8 teams. The format will be 2 pools of 4 with classification matches
Olympic Qualification Through World League
· The Host (subject to IOC agreement for Olympic Games)
· The 5 Continental Champions
· 6 / 7 from the Hockey World League (depending on Host also being Continental Champion)
The World League 2 tournament line ups are subject to change at the FIH’s discretion.
Source : Irish Hockey Association
