The Oranje and the Lionesses look primed for glory at the 2022 Women's Hockey World Cup, which sees the 16 best teams on the planet lock sticks on the sport's biggest stage outside of the Olympics. Co-hosts Netherlands are the defending champions and top seeds, but Argentina are bringing the noise too. Now down to the quarter-finals stage with New Zealand, Germany, Spain, Belgium and Australia involved too, read on to find out how to watch a 2022 Women's Hockey World Cup live stream from anywhere - including ways to watch the hockey absolutely FREE.
Dates: Friday, July 1 - Sunday, July 17
Venues: Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain & Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen, Netherlands
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Seeded at No.2 and led by Agostina Alonso, Argentina come into the tournament off the back of a triumphant FIH Pro League campaign, during which they went unbeaten. They face England tomorrow for a place in the semi-finals.
The Netherlands finished second to Argentina, with both India and England managing to get the better of them, and the Oranje now need to best neighbours Belgium if they're to progress.
Can home comforts inspire co-hosts Spain to greatness? Possibly. They managed to defeat India to get to the quarters and have Australia to tackle in this round. That leaves New Zealand vs Germany, both of whom will fancy their chances of making it to the final.
Tense stuff indeed. Follow our guide to get a hockey live stream from all over the world - including how to watch the Women's Hockey World Cup free online in many countries.
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How to watch a FREE Women's Hockey World Cup live stream
How to watch Women's Hockey World Cup from outside your country
We've set out below the ways you can live stream Women's Hockey World Cup action in a number of countries around the world. However, if you're away travelling for work or pleasure, you probably won't be able to tune in like you normally would at home.
That's the result of geo-blocking - best understood as digital borders that restrict certain services and content to certain parts of the world. A good streaming VPN can let you get around these digital borders, while also offering robust protection from cybercriminals and government snooping.
Use a VPN to live stream hockey from anywhere
How to use a VPN to watch the 2022 Women's Hockey World Cup
Using a VPN is as easy as one-two-three...
1. Download and install a VPN - as we say, our top choice is ExpressVPN
2. Connect to the appropriate server location - open the VPN app, hit 'choose location' and select the appropriate location, eg: 'Canada' for Watch.Hockey.
3. Go to the broadcaster's live stream - so, in this case, just head to Watch.Hockey
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2022 Women's Hockey World Cup fixtures
Quarter-finals
12 July: Netherlands vs Belgium
12 July: Australia vs Spain
12 July: New Zealand vs Germany
13 July: Argentina vs England
2022 FIH Women's Hockey World Cup schedule
The schedule and times for the group games of the 2022 FIH Women's Hockey World Cup are listed below. All times are local (CEST, UTC +2). Take away 1 hour for BST, 6 hours for ET and add 8 hours for AEST.
- 12 July, 5pm - New Zealand vs Germany
- 12 July, 7.30pm - Netherlands vs Belgium
- 13 July, 7pm - Australia vs Spain
- 13 July, 9.30pm - Argentina vs England
- 16 July, 6.30pm - semi-final 1
- 16 July, 9.30pm - semi-final 2
- 17 July, 6.30pm - third place play-off
- 17 July, 9.30 - final
