2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2

The 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 will be held from January to April 2017. A total of 24 teams competing in 3 events will take part in this round of the tournament playing for 8 berths in the Semifinals, to be played in June and July 2017.

Qualification

9 teams ranked between 12th and 20th in the FIH World Rankings current at the time of seeking entries for the competition qualified automatically. However, Belgium was chosen to host a Semifinal, therefore it is exempt from Round 2 and leaving with 8 teams. Additionally 15 teams will qualify from Round 1, as well as one nation that did not meet ranking criteria and was exempt from Round 1 to host a Round 2 tournament.^[1] The following 24 teams will compete in this round of the tournament.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
	Ranked 12th to 20th in the FIH World Rankings		8	India  Ireland  Spain  Italy  Scotland  Belarus  Azerbaijan  Canada
	Host nation		1	Malaysia
9–17 April 2016	2016–17 FIH Hockey World League Round 1	Singapore	3	Thailand  Kazakhstan  Singapore
28 June–2 July 2016		Suva, Fiji	1	Fiji
30 August–4 September 2016		Prague, Czech Republic	3	Czech Republic  Poland  Ukraine
9–11 September 2016		Accra, Ghana	1	Ghana
13–18 September 2016		Douai, France	3	Russia  Wales  France
27 September–2 October 2016		Salamanca, Mexico	2	Mexico  Trinidad and Tobago
1–9 October 2016		Chiclayo, Peru	2	Uruguay  Chile
Total			24

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