Women's IFWHA World Conference

Field hockey competition for women

IFWHA World Conference
Sport	field hockey
Founded	1930; 95 years ago (1930)
Ceased	1979 (1979)
Replaced by	FIH Hockey World Cup
Organising body	IFWHA
Continent	International

The IFWHA World Conference is the field hockey World Cup competition for women, whose format for qualification and the final tournament is similar to the men's. It has been held since 1930. The tournament has been organized by the Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA).

Results

Summaries

Year	Host	Final			Third place match			Number of teams
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of teams
1930	Geneva, Switzerland
1933	Copenhagen, Denmark	England	Round-robin	United States	Scotland	Round-robin	Ireland	8
1936	Philadelphia, USA	England	Round-robin	United States	South Africa	Round-robin	Scotland	8
1948	Amsterdam, Netherlands	England	1–0	Netherlands	Scotland	2–2	Ireland	11
1950	Johannesburg, South Africa	England	Round-robin	South Africa	United States			6
1953	Folkestone, England	Ireland	Round-robin		England South Africa Australia			16
1956	Sydney, Australia	South Africa	Round-robin	England	New Zealand	Round-robin	Australia	9
1959	Amsterdam, Netherlands	England	Round-robin	Australia	South Africa	Round-robin	Netherlands	15
1963	Towson,Maryland, USA	New Zealand	Round-robin	Australia	South Africa	Round-robin	England	16
1967	Leverkusen, West Germany	England	Round-robin	Wales	South Africa	Round-robin	West Germany	16
1971	Auckland, New Zealand	Netherlands	Round-robin	West Germany	Australia	Round-robin	England	16
1975	Edinburgh, Scotland	England	2–0	Wales	New Zealand	1–1 (3–2) Penalty strokes	Netherlands	22
1979	Vancouver, USA	Netherlands	4–1	West Germany	United States	1–0	Austria	18

–Scotland declared winner for having more penalty corners.

– Ireland did not play against England, South Africa and Australia.

Gallery

World Conference 1948 started; The World Women's Hockey Championships are held in the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen. SHOTS: - the participating teams are standing on the lawn while the national flags are hoisted; - game fragments, including the Netherlands (white blouses) - Spain (5-0), interspersed with shots of spectators; (languages: Dutch)
England win the World Conference 1948; In the Wagner stadium in Wagener Stadium, the deciding match will be played between the Netherlands and England (0-1). Final result: England win the tournament; The Netherlands comes in second; Scotland third. SHOTS: - teams enter the field; teams pose; - game fragments (Dutch ladies in light-colored skirts; English in dark ones); interspersed with shots of spectators; - national flags of England, the Netherlands and Scotland are hoisted; the relevant teams have been appointed;(languages: Dutch)
World Conference 1959 in the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen in the presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix
World Conference 1959 in the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, women's hockey Netherlands against USA, game moment with Trix Nillessen

Successful national teams

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third places
England	7 (1933, 1936, 1948, 1950, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1975)	1 (1953‡)
Netherlands	2 (1971, 1979)	1 (1948*)
South Africa	1 (1956)	2 (1950*, 1953‡)	4 (1936, 1959, 1963, 1967)
New Zealand	1 (1963)		2 (1956, 1975)
Ireland	1 (1953)
Australia		3 (1953‡, 1959, 1963)	1 (1971)
United States		2 (1933, 1936*)	2 (1950, 1979*)
Wales		2 (1967, 1975)
West Germany^		2 (1971, 1979)
Scotland			2 (1933, 1948)

* = host country

^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1974 and 1990

‡ = Ireland did not play against England, South Africa and Australia.

Team appearances

Team	1933	1936	1948	1950	1953	1956	1959	1963	1967	1971	1975	1979	Total
Argentina	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	14th	14th	-	6th	10th	5
Australia	-	5th	-	-	2nd	4th	2nd	2nd	9th	3rd	5th	4th	9
Austria	-	-	10th	-	16th	-	-	-	15th	-	19th	-	4
Belgium	-	-	7th	-	8th	-	8th	-	5th	13th	11th	-	6
Bermuda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17th	-	1
Canada	-	-	-	-	-	9th	13th	11th	11th	10th	15th	8th	7
Denmark	7th	-	8th	-	14th	-	-	-	-	-	22nd	-	4
England	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	4th	1st	4th	1st	6th	12
Fiji	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16th	-	14th	2
France	-	-	6th	-	10th	-	14th	15th	12th	-	-	-	2
Hong Kong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16th	1
India	-	-	-	-	10th	9th	-	-	-	14th	8th	13th	5
Ireland	4th	6th	4th	5th	1st	5th	9th	12th	7th	12th	7th	11th	12
Great Britain and Ireland (U23)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13th	-	1
Jamaica	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	19th	-	16th	-	2
Japan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11th	14th	12th	3
Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15th	17th	-	2
Netherlands	8th	-	2nd	-	5th	5th	4th	5th	10th	1st	4th	1st	10
New Zealand	-	-	-	-	6th	3rd	11th	1st	8th	5th	3rd	9th	8
New Zealand (U23)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	1
Scotland	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	7th	8th	10th	13th	6th	6th	9th	7th	12
South Africa	-	3rd	-	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd	3rd	3rd	-	-	-	7
Spain	-	-	11th	-	-	-	-	-	17th	-	12th	-	3
Switzerland	-	-	-	-	14th	-	15th	16th	16th	-	-	-	4
Trinidad and Tobago	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10th	13th	-	18th	15th	4
United States	2nd	2nd	5th	3rd	10th	5th	6th	7th	17th	8th	10th	3rd	12
Wales	5th	8th	8th	-	10th	-	5th	9th	2nd	9th	2nd	5th	10
West Germany^	6th	-	-	-	10th	-	7th	6th	4th	2nd	-	2nd	7
Zambia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21st	18th	2
Total	8	8	11	6	16	9	15	16	16	16	22	18