| Tournament: | 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals |
| Dates: | 15 June – 23 July 2017 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Teams: | 20 |
| Confederations: | 5 |
| Matches: | 66 |
| Goals: | 327 |
| Top Scorer: | Gonzalo Peillat |
| Top Scorer Goals: | 12 |
| Previous Year: | 2014–15 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals |
The 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals were the third stage of the 2016–17 edition of the Men's FIH Hockey World League. It took place in June and July 2017. A total of 20 teams competed in 2 events in this round of the tournament playing for 7 berths in the Final, to be played between 2 and 10 December 2017 in Bhubaneswar, India.
This round also served as a qualifier for the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup as the 10/11 highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualified.
11 teams ranked between 1st and 11th in the FIH World Rankings current at the time of seeking entries for the competition qualified automatically, in addition to 8 teams qualified from Round 2 and one nation that did not meet ranking criteria and was exempt from Round 2 to host a Semifinal.[1] [2] The following twenty teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this round of the tournament.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) | |
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| Ranked 1st to 11th in the FIH World Rankings | 11 | (2) (4) (3) (7) (5) (1) (6) (8) (12) (13) (10) | |||
| Host Nation | 1 | (15) | |||
| 4–12 March 2017 | 2016–17 FIH Hockey World League Round 2 | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 3 | (14) (18) (19) | |
| 11–19 March 2017 | Belfast, Ireland | 3 | (9) (17) (23) | ||
| 25 March–2 April 2017 | Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | (16) (11) | ||
| Total | 20 | ||||
| Dates: | 15–25 June 2017 |
| Country: | England |
| City: | London |
| Venues: | Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Matches: | 33 |
| Goals: | 177 |
| Top Scorer Goals: | 12 |
| Best Player: |  Gonzalo Peillat |
All times are local (UTC+1).[3] [4]
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| Dates: | 8–23 July 2017 |
| Country: | South Africa |
| City: | Johannesburg |
| Venues: | University of Witwatersrand |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Matches: | 33 |
| Goals: | 150 |
| Top Scorer: | Tom Boon |
| Top Scorer Goals: | 7 |
| Best Player: | Mats Grambusch |
All times are local (UTC+2).[6] [7]
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Host nation and continental champion
Continental champions
Qualified through FIH Hockey World League