Women’s Hockey World Cup Winners List: Champions, Runners Up and Third-Place Teams From 1974 To 2022

The Women's Hockey World Cup, founded in 1974, was stage once in two or three years till 1986, but has since been staged once in a four year cycle in the same year as the men's show-piece event.

Started as a 10-team tournament in the first edition, the Women's Hockey World Cup has expanded over the years and is now contested by 16 nations from across continents.

The 1974 and 1978 editions featured 10 teams, the 1976 edition featured 11 teams, the 2002 and 2018 editions featured 16 teams, while the remaining 9 editions featured 12 teams.

In the 15 editions of the Women's Hockey World Cup held so far, only four of the 29 nations have won the title with Netherlands being the most successful team, winning the title 9 times in 13 final appearances and one third place finish.

The next successful teams are Argerntina, Australia and Germany, who earlier competed as West Germany, having won the women's hockey world cup two times each. The Argentine eves have also appeared in 6 finals and clinched the third place three times.

India women have never won the title so far in their seven appearances with their best ever finish coming in the inaugural edition in 1974 when they lost the bronze medal match to Germany. In fact, the Indian eves have never finished in the top 6 so far.

Here is a look at the Women's Hockey World Cup Winners, Runners Up, Third-place and Fourth-place teams list from 1974 to 2022:

Women’s Hockey World Cup Winners and Runners Up List

Edition	Winner	Score	Runner Up
2022	Netherlands	3-1	Argentina
2018	Netherlands	6-0	Ireland
2014	Netherlands	2-0	Australia
2010	Argentina	3-1	Netherlands
2006	Netherlands	3-1	Australia
2002	Argentina	1-1 AET (PS 4-3)	Netherlands
1998	Australia	3-2	Netherlands
1994	Australia	2-0	Argentina
1990	Netherlands	3-1	Australia
1986	Netherlands	3-0	Germany
1983	Netherlands	4-2	Canada
1981	Germany	1-1 AET (PS 3-1)	Netherlands
1978	Netherlands	1-0	Germany
1976	Germany	2-0	Argentina
1974	Netherlands	1-0	Argentina

AET - After Extra Time; PS - Penalty Shootout

Women’s Hockey World Cup Third and Fourth-Place Teams List

Edition	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2022	Australia	2-1	Germany
2018	Spain	3-1	Australia
2014	Argentina	2-1	USA
2010	England	2-0	Germany
2006	Argentina	5-0	Spain
2002	China	2-0	Australia
1998	Germany	3-2	Argentina
1994	USA	2-1	Germany
1990	South Korea	3-2	England
1986	Canada	3-2 AET	New Zealand
1983	Australia	3-1	Germany
1981	Soviet Union	5-1	Australia
1978	Belgium	0-0 AET (PS 3-2)	Argentina
1976	Netherlands	1-0	Belgium
1974	Germany	2-0	India

AET - After Extra Time; PS - Penalty Shootout

Women’s Hockey World Cup Most Successful Teams

Winners: Netherlands - 9 (1974, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1990, 2006, 2014, 2018, 2022), Germany - 2 (1976, 1981), Argentina - 2 (2002, 2010), Australia - 2 (1994, 1998)

Runners Up: Netherlands - 4 (1981, 1998, 2002, 2010), Argentina - 4 (1974, 1976, 1994, 2022), Australia - 3 (1990, 2006, 2014), Germany - 2 (1978, 1986), Ireland - 1 (2018), Canada - 1 (1983)

Finalists: Netherlands (12), Argentina (5), Australia (5), Germany (4), Ireland (1), Canada (1)

Third Place Teams: Argentina - 3 (1978, 2006, 2014), Germany - 2 (1974, 1998), Netherlands - 1 (1976), Australia - 2 (1983, 2022), Canada - 1 (1986), Belgium - 1 (1978), USA - 1 (1994), England - 1 (2010), Spain - 1 (2018), Soviet Union - 1 (1981), South Korea - 1 (1990), China - 1 (2002)

Fourth Place Teams: Australia - 3 (1981, 2002, 2018), Germany - 4 (1983, 1994, 2010, 2022), Argentina - 1 (1998), Belgium - 1 (1976), India - 1 (1974), USA - 1 (2014), England - 1 (1990), Spain - 1 (2006), New Zealand - 1 (1986)