Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Number of teams
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1930[1]	Geneva, Switzerland
1933[2]	Copenhagen, Denmark		England	Round-robin	United States		Scotland	Round-robin	Ireland		8
1936[3]	Philadelphia, USA		England	Round-robin	United States		South Africa	Round-robin	Scotland		8
1948[4]	Amsterdam, Netherlands		England	1–0	Netherlands		Scotland	2–2 [1]	Ireland		11
1950[5]	Johannesburg, South Africa		England	Round-robin	South Africa		United States				6
1953[6]	Folkestone, England		Ireland	Round-robin			England  South Africa  Australia[2]				16
1956[7]	Sydney, Australia		South Africa	Round-robin	England		New Zealand	Round-robin	Australia	9
1959[8]	Amsterdam, Netherlands		England	Round-robin	Australia		South Africa	Round-robin	Netherlands	15
1963[9]	Towson,Maryland, USA		New Zealand	Round-robin	Australia		South Africa	Round-robin	England	16
1967[10]	Leverkusen, West Germany		England	Round-robin	Wales		South Africa	Round-robin	West Germany	16
1971[11]	Auckland, New Zealand		Netherlands	Round-robin	West Germany		Australia	Round-robin	England	16
1975[12]	Edinburgh, Scotland		England	2–0	Wales		New Zealand	1–1 (3–2) Penalty strokes	Netherlands	22
1979[13]	Vancouver, USA		Netherlands	4–1	West Germany		United States	1–0	Austria	18

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)
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  World Conference 1959 in the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen in the presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix
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  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.