The 2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup Qualifiers was the final stage of the qualification for the 2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup. It was held from 2 to 14 March 2026. ^[1]

Contents

• Format
• Entrants
• Squads
• Tournament 1
• Preliminary round
• Classification round
• Medal round
• Goalscorers
• Final standings
• Tournament 2
• Preliminary round 2
• Classification round 2
• Medal round 2
• Goalscorers 2
• Final standings 2
• Qualified teams
• See also
• References
• External links

Two events were held, one each in Santiago, Chile and Hyderabad, India ^[2]

Format

Teams not qualifying from the continental qualification tournament were participating in this tournament according to the respective spots received by the FIH. The 16 teams were split into two eight team tournaments. In each tournament the eight teams were divided into two four-team pools. After the round-robin stage the top two teams advanced to the semifinals. The top three teams of each tournament and the highest world ranked team that finishes in fourth place in each event qualified for the World Cup.

Entrants

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified team
2025 Pan American Cup	24 July–3 August 2025	Montevideo	3	Canada   Chile   Uruguay
2025 EuroHockey Championship II	27 July–2 August 2025	Gniezno	4	Austria   Italy    Switzerland   Wales
2025 EuroHockey Championship	8–17 August 2025	Mönchengladbach	4	England   France   Ireland   Scotland
2025 Oceania Cup	4–7 September 2025	Darwin	1	Australia
2025 Asia Cup	5−14 September 2025	Hangzhou	4	India   Japan   Malaysia   South Korea
Total			16

Squads

Tournament 1

2026 Women's FIH World Cup Qualifiers Chile

Tournament details
Host country	Chile
City	Santiago
Dates	2–8 March
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue	Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler
Final positions
Champions	Chile
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	66 (3.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Neasa Flynn Emma van der Zanden Caoimhe Perdue Nur Azhar (3 goals)
Best player	Niamh Carey
Best young player	Mathilde Duffrène
Best goalkeeper	Natalia Salvador

The tournament was held at the Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler in Santiago, Chile from 2 to 8 March 2026. ^[3]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chile (H)	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Semi-finals
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6
3	France	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3	Classification round
4	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Updated to match(es) played on 5 March 2026. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[4]
(H) Hosts

2 March 2026 17:15 Australia   4–0   France Flynn  7' G. Stewart  19' Kershaw  23' Arnott  28' Report Umpires: Victoria Pazos (PAR) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

2 March 2026 19:30 Chile   6–0    Switzerland Urroz  20', 20' Maldonado  26' Rojas  42' Arrieta  44' Villagrán  48' Report Umpires: Lorijn de Kraker (NED) Juan Pedro Rodríguez (ARG)

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4 March 2026 13:30 France   2–1    Switzerland Lahlah  12' Le Nindre  37' Report Weber  16' Umpires: Lorijn de Kraker (NED) Kamile Mockaitytė (LTU)

4 March 2026 15:45 Chile   2–1   Australia Salas  42' Maldonado  60+' Report Kershaw  46' Umpires: Liu Xiaoying (CHN) Victoria Pazos (PAR)

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5 March 2026 17:15 Australia   3–0    Switzerland Flynn  8', 51' Howell  56' Report Umpires: Kamile Mockaitytė (LTU) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

5 March 2026 19:30 France   0–1   Chile Report Salas  8' Umpires: Liu Xiaoying (CHN) Lorijn de Kraker (NED

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9	Semi-finals
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6
3	Malaysia	3	1	0	2	6	10	−4	3	Classification round
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	2	15	−13	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[4]

2 March 2026 12:45 Japan   4–0   Canada Nakagomi  5' Hasegawa  37' S. Tanaka  39' Mikami  53' Report Umpires: Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU) James Unkles (AUS)

2 March 2026 15:00 Ireland   5–0   Malaysia Mullan  21' Perdue  24' McAuley  34' M. Carey  37' Upton  40' Report Umpires: You Hyo-sik (KOR) Jamie Telfer (SCO)

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3 March 2026 13:30 Canada   1–6   Malaysia Walton  11' Report K. Mohd  9' Azhar  20', 28' Muhammad  36' Zulkifli  39' Sukri  46' Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Lorijn de Kraker (NED)

3 March 2026 15:45 Ireland   2–1   Japan N. Carey  18' Perdue  29' Report Toriyama  55' Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Kamile Mockaitytė (LTU)

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5 March 2026 12:45 Japan   4–0   Malaysia Kobayakawa  39', 45' Murayama  48' Nakagomi  55' Report Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

5 March 2026 15:00 Canada   1–5   Ireland Mollenhauer  13' Report Torrans  25', 36' Perdue  30' McMaster  38' Handcock  60' Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Victoria Pazos (PAR)

Classification round

	Crossover				Fifth place
	7 March
	France	3
					8 March
	Canada	0
					France	3
	7 March
					Malaysia	0
	Malaysia	3
	Switzerland	1
					Seventh place
					8 March
					Canada	1
					Switzerland	2

Crossovers

7 March 2026 09:00 France   3–0   Canada Van der Zanden  34' Duffrène  37' Varoqui  51' Report Umpires: Lorijn de Kraker (NED) Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU)

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7 March 2026 11:15 Malaysia   3–1    Switzerland S. Mohd  25' Sukri  26' Azhar  37' Report Stomps  43' Umpires: Juan Pedro Rodríguez (ARG) Jamie Telfer (SCO)

Seventh and eighth place

8 March 2026 09:00 Canada   1–2    Switzerland Girgis  33' Report Pöhler  25' E. Trösch  36' Umpires: Lorijn de Kraker (NED) Juan Pedro Rodríguez (ARG)

Fifth and sixth place

8 March 2026 11:15 France   3–0   Malaysia Van der Zanden  1', 57' Proux  37' Report Umpires: Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 March
	Chile (p.s.o.)	1 (2)
					8 March
	Japan	1 (0)
					Chile	1
	7 March
					Australia	0
	Ireland	0
	Australia	1
					Third place
					8 March
					Japan	0 (1)
					Ireland (p.s.o.)	0 (3)

Semi-finals

7 March 2026 18:00 Ireland   0–1   Australia Report Colwill  28' Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

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7 March 2026 20:15 Chile   1–1   Japan Ananías  59' Report Saito  14' Penalties Muñoz Ananías Valdivia Urroz 2–0 Kobayakawa Nakagomi Tanaka Hasegawa Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Maggie Giddens (USA)

Third and fourth place

8 March 2026 18:00 Japan   0–0   Ireland Report Penalties Kobayakawa Hasegawa Toriyama Nakagomi 1–3 Hawkshaw McLoughlin Kealy McMaster Umpires: Victoria Pazos (PAR) Maggie Giddens (USA)

Final

8 March 2026 20:15 Chile   1–0   Australia A. Irazoqui  7' Report Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Chile (H)	2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup
2	Australia
3	Ireland
4	Japan
5	France
6	Malaysia
7	Switzerland
8	Canada

Source: FIH
(H) Host

Tournament 2

2026 Women's FIH World Cup Qualifiers India

Tournament details
Host country	India
City	Hyderabad
Dates	8–14 March
Teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue	G. M. C. Balayogi Hockey Ground
Final positions
Champions	England
Runner-up	India
Third place	Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	58 (2.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Grace Balsdon Teresa Viana (5 goals)

The tournament was held at the G. M. C. Balayogi Hockey Ground in Hyderabad, India from 8 to 14 March 2026. ^[3]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+5:30).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Semi-finals
2	Italy	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
3	South Korea	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4	Classification round
4	Austria	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[4]

8 March 2026 12:45 England   5–2   Italy Balsdon  12', 32' Bingham  15' Neal  16' Toman  27' Report Pessina  19' Carta  46' Umpires: Cookie Tan (SGP) Tamara Wood (AUS)

8 March 2026 15:00 South Korea   1–0   Austria Kim S.  34' Report Umpires: Durga Devi (IND) Lizelotte Wolter (NED)

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9 March 2026 12:45 Italy   3–0   Austria Carta  19' Brea  21' Di Paola  45' Report Umpires: Benjamin Messerli (SUI) Rama Potnis (IND)

9 March 2026 15:00 South Korea   0–3   England Report Walker  16' Neal  38' Balsdon  44' Umpires: Michael Dutrieux (BEL) Gemma Calderón (ESP)

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11 March 2026 12:45 England   2–0   Austria Balsdon  20' Hunt  48' Report Umpires: Sandra Adell (ESP) Durga Devi (IND)

11 March 2026 15:00 Italy   1–1   South Korea Carta  7' Report Choi J.  26' Umpires: Wanri Venter (RSA) Rama Potnis (IND)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India (H)	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7	7	Semi-finals
2	Scotland	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
3	Uruguay	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3	Classification round
4	Wales	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[4]
(H) Hosts

8 March 2026 17:15 Scotland   1–0   Wales Costello  20' Report Umpires: Kim Yoon-seon (KOR) Pauline Cuypers (BEL)

8 March 2026 19:30 India   4–0   Uruguay Annu  21' Ishika  40' Lalremsiami  49' Rutuja  58' Report Umpires: Wanri Venter (RSA) Gemma Calderón (ESP)

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9 March 2026 17:15 Uruguay   3–2   Wales Vilar  29' Díaz  36' Viana  41' Report Atkin  5' Goodwin  48' Umpires: Lizelotte Wolter (NED) Tamara Wood (AUS)

9 March 2026 19:30 Scotland   2–2   India McEwan  6' Burnet  33' Report Navneet  18' Sunelita  29' Umpires: Sandra Adell (ESP) Cookie Tan (SGP)

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11 March 2026 17:15 Uruguay   1–3   Scotland Viana  19' Report Burnet  10' Holdgate  43', 58' Umpires: Kim Yoon-seon (KOR) Michael Dutrieux (BEL)

11 March 2026 19:30 India   4–1   Wales Sakshi  7' Navneet  29', 34', 55' Report Thomas  39' Umpires: Benjamin Messerli (SUI) Pauline Cuypers (BEL)

Classification round

	Crossover				Fifth place
	13 March
	South Korea	1
					14 March
	Wales	2
					Wales	0
	13 March
					Uruguay	3
	Uruguay	3
	Austria	0
					Seventh place
					14 March
					South Korea	1 (1)
					Austria (pen.)	1 (2)

Crossovers

13 March 2026 12:45 South Korea   1–2   Wales Park Y.  46' Report Bingham  49', 53' Umpires: Lizelotte Wolter (NED) Gemma Calderón (ESP)

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13 March 2026 15:00 Uruguay   3–0   Austria Vilar  4' Viana  21', 44' Report Umpires: Wanri Venter (RSA) Kim Yoon-seon (KOR)

Seventh and eighth place

14 March 2026 12:45 South Korea   1–1   Austria Lee Yu-r.  31' Report Vukovich  3' Penalties Lee Yu-j. Kim S. Park S. Choi J. Lee Yu-r. 1–2 Czech Proksch Kern Bauer Kemper Umpires: Durga Devi (IND) Michael Dutrieux (BEL)

Fifth and sixth place

14 March 2026 15:00 Wales   0–3   Uruguay Report Viana  23' Verga  36' Curutchague  57' Umpires: Lizelotte Wolter (NED) Rama Potnis (IND)

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 March
	England	2
					14 March
	Scotland	0
					England	2
	13 March
					India	0
	India	1
	Italy	0
					Third place
					14 March
					Scotland	1
					Italy	0

Semi-finals

13 March 2026 17:15 England   2–0   Scotland Bingham  25' Bourne  29' Report Umpires: Cookie Tan (SGP) Pauline Cuypers (BEL)

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13 March 2026 19:30 India   1–0   Italy Manisha  40' Report Umpires: Sandra Adell (ESP) Tamara Wood (AUS)

Third and fourth place

14 March 2026 17:15 Scotland   1–0   Italy Costello  7' Report Umpires: Wanri Venter (RSA) Gemma Calderón (ESP)

Final

14 March 2026 19:30 England   2–0   India Balsdon  13' Neal  43' Report Umpires: Kim Yoon-seon (KOR) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	England	Hockey World Cup
2	India
3	Scotland
4	Italy
5	Uruguay
6	Wales
7	Austria
8	South Korea

Source: FIH

Qualified teams

The following seven teams qualified for the 2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Team	Qualified on	Qualified as	Previous appearances in the Women's FIH Hockey World Cup 1
Chile	7 March 2026	Tournament 1 champions	1 (2022)
Australia	7 March 2026	Tournament 1 runners-up	12 (1981, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)
Ireland	8 March 2026	Tournament 1 third-place	6 (1986, 1994, 2002, 2010, 2018, 2022)
England	13 March 2026	Tournament 2 champions	11 (1983, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)
India	13 March 2026	Tournament 2 runners-up	8 (1974, 1978, 1983, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2022)
Scotland	14 March 2026	Tournament 2 third-place	4 (1983, 1986, 1998, 2002)
Japan	14 March 2026	Highest ranked fourth-place	9 (1978, 1981, 1990, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)

¹Italic indicates hosts for that year.

See also

• 2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup
• 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup Qualifiers

References

External links

• Official website