2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup

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2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup
୨୦୨୩ ଏଫ୍.ଆଇ.ଏଚ୍ ପୁରୁଷ ହକି ବିଶ୍ୱକପ୍
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
Dates13–29 January
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup (Odia: ୨୦୨୩ ଏଫ୍.ଆଇ.ଏଚ୍ ପୁରୁଷ ହକି ବିଶ୍ୱକପ୍) will be the 15th edition of the Men's FIH Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It will be held at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar and at the under-construction 20,000 seat Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela, India from 13 to 29 January 2023.[1][2]

Host selection[]

The International Hockey Federation announced in December 2018 that the 2022 Hockey World Cups would be held either in July 2022 or January 2023.[3] The FIH received the following final three bids for the Men's 2022 World Cup.[4] In November 2019 India was confirmed to host the tournament in January 2023.[2]

For the preferred time window 1–17 July 2022:

  • Belgium
  • Germany (withdrew)
  • Malaysia
  • Spain (withdrew)

For the preferred time window 13–29 January 2023:

  • India

Qualification[]

Just as in 2018, 16 teams will compete in the tournament. Alongside the hosts, India, the five continental champions will receive an automatic berth.[2] After the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics the quota of places available through continental championships including the World Cup hosts was increased from six to sixteen.[5]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
8 November 2019 Hosts N/A 1  India
4–13 June 2021 2021 EuroHockey Championship Amstelveen, Netherlands 5  Belgium
 England
 Germany
 Netherlands
 Spain
21–24 October 2021 2021 European Qualifier Cardiff, Wales 2  France
 Wales
17–23 January 2022 2022 Africa Cup of Nations Accra, Ghana 1  South Africa
20–30 January 2022 2022 Pan American Cup Santiago, Chile 2  Argentina
 Chile
2–13 May 2022 TBC 3
Cancelled[note 1] 2022 Oceania Cup New Zealand 2  Australia
 New Zealand
Total 16

Venues[]

Following is a list of all venues and host cities.

Bhubaneswar Rourkela
Kalinga Stadium Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium
Capacity: 16,000 Capacity: 20,000
Kalinga Stadium during ISL.jpg

Umpires[]

On 29 November 2021, 18 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament.[7][8]

  • Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
  • Dan Barstow (ENG)
  • Christian Blasch (GER)
  • Federico García (URU)
  • Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
  • Marcin Grochal (POL)
  • Ben Göntgen (GER)
  • Eric Koh (MAS)
  • Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
  • Martin Madden (SCO)
  • Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
  • Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
  • Raghu Prasad (IND)
  • Sean Rapaport (RSA)
  • Steve Rodgers (AUS)
  • Javed Shaikh (IND)
  • David Tomlinson (NZL)
  • Coen van Bunge (NED)

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ The Oceania Cup could not be completed before the qualification deadline due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore the two Oceania quota places have been filled based on the FIH Men's World Ranking.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "India's largest hockey stadium planned in Rourkela, to co-host 2023 FIH World Cup". www.olympicchannel.com. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "2022 FIH Hockey Women's World Cup in Spain and the Netherlands, 2023 FIH Hockey Men's World Cup in India". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Two time windows set for 2022 FIH World Cups". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  4. ^ "India presents bid to host men's Hockey World Cup in 2023". The Times of India. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  5. ^ "World Cup qualification quotas decided". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Coupe du Monde : déjà 25 qualifié(e)s". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 31 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Officials confirmed for 2022 and 2023 FIH Women's and Men's World Cups". FIH. 29 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Officials List" (PDF). FIH. 29 November 2021.
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