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Women's Hockey World Cup
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The Women's Hockey World Cup is the field hockey World Cup competition for women, which the format for qualification and final tournament is similar to the men's. It is held since 1974. The tournament is organised by the International Hockey Federation (IHF) after they took over the role from the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA) in 1983. Since 1986, it is held regularly once every four years, in the same year as the men's competition.
Of the ten tournaments held, four teams have won the event. Netherlands is the most successful team, having won the title six times. Germany and Australia are joint second best teams, having each won the title twice. Argentina is the only other country who won the tournament. So far, Netherlands and Australia are the two champions able to defend their titles. At the end of the 2006 world cup, fourteen nations had reached the semifinal of the tournament.
The 2006 Women's World Hockey Cup was held in Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain from September 27 to October 8, 2006. The next Women's Hockey World Cup will be held in 2010 in Argentina.[1]
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| Year | Host | Final | Third Place | ||||||
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| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 1974 | Mandelieu, France |  Netherlands |
 Argentina |
 West Germany |
 India |
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| 1976 | Berlin, West Germany | West Germany |
Argentina |
Netherlands |
 Belgium |
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| 1978 | Madrid, Spain | Netherlands |
West Germany |
Belgium |
Argentina |
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| 1981 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | West Germany |
Netherlands |
 USSR |
 Australia |
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| 1983 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Netherlands |
 Canada |
Australia |
West Germany |
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| 1986 | Amstelveen, Netherlands | Netherlands |
West Germany |
Canada |
 New Zealand |
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| 1990 | Sydney, Australia | Netherlands |
3–1 | Australia |
 Korea |
 England |
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| 1994 | Dublin, Ireland | Australia |
2–0 | Argentina |
 United States |
2–1 | Germany |
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| 1998 | Utrecht, Netherlands | Australia |
3–2 | Netherlands |
Germany |
3–2 | Argentina |
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| 2002 Details |
Perth, Australia | Argentina |
1–1 (4–3) on penalties |
Netherlands |
 China |
2–0 | Australia |
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| 2006 Details |
Madrid, Spain | Netherlands |
3–1 | Australia |
Argentina |
5–0 |  Spain |
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| 2010 Details |
Argentina | ||||||||
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
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| Netherlands |
6 (1974, 1978, 1983, 1986*, 1990, 2006) | 3 (1981, 1998, 2002) | 1 (1976) | |
| Germany |
2 (1976*, 1981) | 2 (1978, 1986) | 2 (1974, 1998) | 2 (1983, 1994) |
| Australia |
2 (1994, 1998) | 2 (1990*, 2006) | 1 (1983) | 2 (1981, 2002*) |
| Argentina |
1 (2002) | 3 (1974, 1976, 1994) | 1 (2006) | 2 (1978, 1998) |
| Canada |
1 (1983) | 1 (1986) | ||
| Belgium |
1 (1978) | 1 (1976) | ||
| China |
1 (2002) | |||
| Korea |
1 (1990) | |||
| USSR |
1 (1981)# | |||
| United States |
1 (1994) | |||
| England |
1 (1990) | |||
| India |
1 (1974) | |||
| New Zealand |
1 (1986) | |||
| Spain |
1 (2006*) |
* host
# Now compete as independent country
| Continent | Best performance |
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| European | 8 titles, won by Netherlands (6) and Germany (2) |
| Oceania | 2 titles, won by Australia |
| Americas | 1 title, won by Argentina |
| Asian | fourth place (India, 1974) |
| African | Seventh place (South Africa, 1998) |
After 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup qualification:
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Argentina, Germany and Netherlands are among the three teams to have never missed the World Cup, and some 28 teams have competed at least once over the years.
- ^ Argentina to host 2010 women's hockey World Cup. Retrieved on March 27, 2007.
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