21 JULY - 5 AUGUST 2018 CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION Key contacts and resources 1 Welcome message from FIH President Dr Narinder Dhruv Batra 2 About the Hockey Women’s World Cup 3 A classic remastered: Women’s World Cup trophy gets an upgrade 5 About London and the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre 7 COMPETITION Qualification for the Vitality Hockey Women’s World Cup London 2018 11 Competition format and match schedule 13 Teams – Pool A: Netherlands, China, Korea, Italy 16 Teams – Pool B: England, USA, India, Ireland 25 Teams – Pool C: Argentina, Germany, Spain, South Africa 33 Teams – Pool D: New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Belgium 41 Officials 49 USEFUL INFORMATION Event logos for download 51 Event photography 52 Key statistics about the Hockey Women’s World Cup 53 FIH Hero World Rankings 55 The Hockey Revolution 56 FIH Pro League - The future of International Hockey 57 KEY CONtacts AND RESOurcES FIH MEDIA CONTACTS For all media queries relating to the event, please contact: Sarah Juggins - FIH Media Operations Manager EMAIL:
[email protected] TEL: +44 78 12 525 310 EVENT NAME: Vitality Hockey Women’s World Cup 2018 WHEN: 21 July - 5 August 2018 WHERE: Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E20 2ST TEAMS: England (Hosts), Argentina, Australia, Belgium, China, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, USA. EVENT WEBSITE: http://fih.ch/events/world-cup/world-cup-2018/hockey-world-cup-london-2018-w BROADCAST AND LIVE STREAMING Broadcast and live streaming information will be published on the event website as listed above.