2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 1

The 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 1 was held from August to December 2012. A total of 28 teams competing in 6 events took part in this round of the tournament playing for 15 berths in the Round 2, played in February and March 2013.

Qualification
Each national association member of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) had the opportunity to compete in the tournament. Teams ranked 17th and lower in the FIH World Rankings current at the time of seeking entries for the competition were allocated to one of the Round 1 events. The following 28 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this round of the tournament.


 * (28)
 * (41)
 * (21)
 * (14)
 * (23)
 * (37)
 * (59)
 * (25)
 * (31)
 * (58)
 * (17)
 * (33)
 * (34)
 * (22)
 * (54)
 * (61)
 * (20)
 * (60)
 * (19)
 * (49)
 * (53)
 * (29)
 * (42)
 * (24)
 * (50)
 * (58)
 * (27)
 * (27)

Prague

 * Prague, Czech Republic, 17–19 August 2012.

Pool
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Awards

 * Best Player: 🇮🇹 Chiara Tiddi
 * Fair Play:

Accra

 * Accra, Ghana, 7–9 September 2012.

Pool
All times are Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00)

Kuantan

 * Kuantan, Malaysia, 14–16 September 2012.

Pool
All times are Malaysian Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Awards

 * Best Player: 🇲🇾 Fazilla Sylvester Silin
 * Best Goalkeeper: 🇸🇬 Cookie Tan Koon Kim
 * Top Scorer: 🇰🇿 Gulnara Imangaliyeva / 🇲🇾 Nor Hidayah Bokhari (6 goals)

Vienna

 * Vienna, Austria, 18–23 September 2012.

Pool
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Port of Spain

 * Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 11–17 November 2012.

Pool
All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00)

Suva

 * Suva, Fiji, 8–15 December 2012.

Pool
All times are Fiji Summer Time (UTC+13:00)