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2018 Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Berlin
Dates	7–11 February
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	Max-Schmeling-Halle
Final positions
Champions	Germany (3rd title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Belarus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	250 (6.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kiana-Che Cormack; Yana Vorushylo (9 goals)
Best player	Lisa Hahn
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The 2018 Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup was the fifth edition of this tournament and played from 7 to 11 February 2018 in Berlin, Germany.^[1]

Germany defeated the Netherlands 2–1 in the final to win their third title, while Belarus secured their first medal.^[2]

Qualification

Twelve teams participated in the tournament.^[3]

Host nation & Continental qualifiers
Dates	Event	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
18 January 2017	Host nation	1	Germany
24–28 April 2017	Asian Indoor Cup	1	Kazakhstan
23–25 June 2017	African Indoor Cup	1	Namibia
15–17 January 2016	European Nations Indoor Cup	1	Netherlands
	Oceania Indoor Qualification Tournament	1	Australia
16–21 October 2017	Pan American Indoor Cup	1	United States
Best six ranked teams from continental tournaments
Dates	Event	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
15–17 January 2016	European Nations Indoor Cup	6	Belarus Czech Republic Poland Russia Switzerland Ukraine

Umpires

12 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament.^[4]

Karine Alves (FRA)
Vilma Bagdanskienė (LTU)
Emily Carroll (AUS)
Claire Druijts (NED)
Elena Eskina (RUS)
Ana Faias (POR)
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)
Michelle Meister (GER)
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)
Rachel Williams (ENG)
Sarah Wilson (SCO)

Results

The schedule was released on 19 September 2017.^[5]

All times are local (UTC+1).

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	28	10	+18	15	Quarterfinals
2	Belarus	5	4	0	1	20	7	+13	12
3	Switzerland	5	3	0	2	13	12	+1	9
4	Poland	5	1	1	3	10	11	−1	4
5	United States	5	1	1	3	14	18	−4	4
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	0	5	3	30	−27	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[6]

7 February 2018
09:15

Poland	4–1	Kazakhstan
Katerla 4' Sławińska 6' Rybacha 22', 38'	Report	Sabazova 40+'

Umpires:
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)
Elena Eskina (RUS)

7 February 2018
10:10

Netherlands	5–2	Switzerland
L. van Wijk 5', 35' Veen 10' K. van Wijk 23', 29'	Report	S. Wälti 31', 40+'

Umpires:
Sarah Wilson (SCO)
Emily Carroll (AUS)

7 February 2018
10:25

Belarus	4–1	United States
Batura 16', 39' Bahushevich 23' Silitskaya 23'	Report	Barham 4'

Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)

7 February 2018
16:00

Poland	1–1	United States
Rybacha 15'	Report	Wirth 24'

Umpires:
Vilma Bagdanskienė (LTU)
Emily Carroll (AUS)

7 February 2018
16:15

Netherlands	7–0	Kazakhstan
Van Erk 9' Zwinkels 10', 33' Van Nes 29' K. van Wijk 31' De Baat 38', 39'	Report

Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Ana Faias (POR)

7 February 2018
17:10

Switzerland	1–5	Belarus
S. Wälti 36'	Report	Kurhanskaya 5' Mikheichyk 18', 28' Nikitsina 37' Belavusava 39'

Umpires:
Rachel Williams (ENG)
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)

8 February 2018
09:15

Belarus	1–4	Netherlands
Syrayezhka 13'	Report	L. van Wijk 8', 39' Van Nes 23' Zwinkels 40'

Umpires:
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)
Vilma Bagdanskienė (LTU)

8 February 2018
10:10

United States	7–2	Kazakhstan
Zanolli 14', 20', 23' Orobono 17' Popper 29' Barham 32' Campbell 36'	Report	Gataulina 29' Chepkassova 31'

Umpires:
Ana Faias (POR)
Claire Druijts (NED)

8 February 2018
10:25

Switzerland	3–1	Poland
S. Wälti 20' Stomps 24' Trösch 33'	Report	Rybacha 37'

Umpires:
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Emily Carroll (AUS)

8 February 2018
16:00

Poland	3–4	Netherlands
Rybacha 2', 31', 40'	Report	L. van Wijk 9' Muyselaar 20+' K. van Wijk 22' Van Nes 36'

Umpires:
Ana Faias (POR)
Michelle Meister (GER)

8 February 2018
16:15

United States	1–3	Switzerland
Barham 40'	Report	S. Wälti 10' Stomps 30' A. Wälti 39'

Umpires:
Elena Eskina (RUS)
Karine Alves (FRA)

8 February 2018
17:10

Kazakhstan	0–8	Belarus
	Report	Mikheichyk 6', 31' Batura 13' Bahushevich 19', 37' Silitskaya 20' Kurhanskaya 27' Papkova 35'

Umpires:
Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

9 February 2018
13:00

Netherlands	8–4	United States
Veen 2', 40' Zwinkels 7', 16', 27' L. van Wijk 22' De Baat 25' K. van Wijk 40'	Report	Zanolli 16', 40' Barham 17', 34'

Umpires:
Vilma Bagdanskienė (LTU)
Elena Eskina (RUS)

9 February 2018
14:25

Kazakhstan	0–4	Switzerland
	Report	Bugmann 14' A. Wälti 27' S. Wälti 29' Trösch 32'

Umpires:
Emily Carroll (AUS)
Michelle Meister (GER)

9 February 2018
15:35

Belarus	2–1	Poland
Mikheichyk 8' Batura 34'	Report	Rybacha 11'

Umpires:
Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)
Maggie Giddens (USA)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	5	4	1	0	30	4	+26	13	Quarterfinals
2	Ukraine	5	3	0	2	14	17	−3	9
3	Australia	5	2	2	1	12	11	+1	8
4	Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	12	9	+3	6
5	Namibia	5	1	2	2	13	28	−15	5
6	Russia	5	0	1	4	12	24	−12	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[6]
(H) Hosts

7 February 2018
09:00

Ukraine	4–3	Australia
Vorushylo 4', 32', 36' Shevchenko 34'	Report	Gray 9' Murphy 18' Boucher 25'

Umpires:
Claire Druijts (NED)
Maggie Giddens (USA)

7 February 2018
11:20

Germany	8–1	Russia
Pieper 14' Huse 17', 22' Hauke 20', 35' Mävers 26' Hahn 31' Schröder 39'	Report	Sadovaia 12'

Umpires:
Ana Faias (POR)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

7 February 2018
11:35

Czech Republic	6–2	Namibia
Lehovcová 2', 12', 17', 40' Mejzlíková 14' Capouchová 17'	Report	Cormack 26' Venter 38'

Umpires:
Karine Alves (FRA)
Vilma Bagdanskienė (LTU)

7 February 2018
17:25

Czech Republic	1–2	Australia
Lehovcová 2'	Report	Farrell 3' Watson 33'

Umpires:
Sarah Wilson (SCO)
Elena Eskina (RUS)

7 February 2018
18:20

Germany	12–0	Namibia
Müller-Wieland 9' Schlenker 11' Huse 15', 30' Lorenz 18', 26' Pieper 25' Steindor 28', 39' Hahn 29' Hauke 32' Schröder 40'	Report

Umpires:
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)

7 February 2018
18:35

Russia	4–6	Ukraine
Orlova 2' Koroleva 16' Eroshina 27' Borisova 28'	Report	Ponomarenko 19', 29' Khilko 20' Vorushylo 22', 29' Honcharenko 33'

Umpires:
Karine Alves (FRA)
Claire Druijts (NED)

8 February 2018
09:00

Russia	1–3	Czech Republic
Sadovaia 23'	Report	Haklová 11' Lehovcová 20' Laciná 37'

Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

8 February 2018
11:20

Ukraine	0–6	Germany
	Report	Lorenz 3' Hauke 11', 38' Hahn 22' Schröder 22', 31'

Umpires:
Karine Alves (FRA)
Sarah Wilson (SCO)

8 February 2018
11:35

Australia	3–3	Namibia
Austin 10' Gray 21' Watson 28'	Report	Cormack 12', 24', 28'

Umpires:
Elena Eskina (RUS)
Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)

8 February 2018
17:25

Australia	2–1	Russia
Watson 20+', 27'	Report	Orlova 7'

Umpires:
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Sarah Wilson (SCO)

8 February 2018
18:20

Czech Republic	1–2	Germany
Haklová 32'	Report	Steindor 20' Pieper 24'

Umpires:
Vilma Bagdanskienė (LTU)
Claire Druijts (NED)

8 February 2018
18:35

Namibia	3–2	Ukraine
Hermanus 6', 40+' Cormack 37'	Report	Vorushylo 26' Khilko 39'

Umpires:
Emily Carroll (AUS)
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)

9 February 2018
13:15

Ukraine	2–1	Czech Republic
Vorushylo 3' Ponomarenko 26'	Report	Haklová 28'

Umpires:
Karine Alves (FRA)
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)

9 February 2018
14:10

Namibia	5–5	Russia
Hermanus 5' Cormack 9', 22' Mengo 29' Boshoff 35'	Report	Borisova 20', 25' Koroleva 23' Sadovaia 34' Eroshina 39'

Umpires:
Ana Faias (POR)
Claire Druijts (NED)

9 February 2018
15:20

Germany	2–2	Australia
Huse 16' Schröder 30'	Report	Boucher 37' Austin 40'

Umpires:
Sarah Wilson (SCO)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

Second round

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

10 February 2018

Netherlands	8
		10 February 2018
Czech Republic	3
		Netherlands	6
10 February 2018
		Ukraine	1
Ukraine	8
				11 February 2018
Switzerland	3
				Netherlands	1
10 February 2018
				Germany	2
Belarus	5
		10 February 2018
Australia	2
		Belarus	2
10 February 2018
		Germany	3	Third place game
Germany	3
				11 February 2018
Poland	1
				Ukraine	1

				Belarus	2