The Vantage Black Sticks Women begin their FIH World League Semi Final tournament against Spain at 6am on Thursday morning (NZ time) at the Stade Fallon in Brussels. Brussels is the first of two World League Semi Final events, with the other being held in Johannesburg between 8-23 July. There are also five automatic berths available for the 2018 Hockey Women's World Cup in London, although this will increase depending on results from the upcoming Continental Championships which are World Cup qualification events. Over in Pool A, reigning world champions Netherlands are set to battle it out against Korea, China, Scotland and Italy. All New Zealand games at the World League Semi Final in Brussels will be broadcast live on SKY Sport.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 21, 2017 05:03 UTC