2018 Men's Hockey World Cup

2018 Men's Hockey World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	India
City	Bhubaneswar
Dates	28 November – 16 December
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	Kalinga Stadium
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The 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup will be the 14th edition of the Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It is scheduled to be held from 28 November to 16 December 2018, at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India.^[1]

Bidding

Trophy of Hockey World Cup 2018 displayed at Odisha State Secretariat.

Olly: Mascot of the 2018 hockey World Cup with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik

In March 2013, one month after the FIH published the event assignment process document for the 2014–2018 cycle, Australia, Belgium, India, Malaysia and New Zealand were shortlisted as candidates for hosting the event and were asked to submit bidding documentation,^[2][3] a requirement that Belgium did not meet.^[4] In addition, one month before the host election, Australia withdrew their application due to technical and financial reasons.^[5] India was announced as host on 7 November 2013, during a special ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Qualification

Due to the increase to 16 participating teams, the new qualification process was announced in July 2015 by the International Hockey Federation. Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation received an automatic berth, and the 10/11 highest placed teams at the Semifinals of the 2016–17 FIH Hockey World League not already qualified would enter the tournament. The following sixteen teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, will compete in this tournament.^[6]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
7 November 2013	Host nation		1	India (5)
15–25 June 2017	2016–17 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals	London, England	5	England (7)  Malaysia (12)  Canada (11)  Pakistan (13)  China (17)
8–23 July 2017		Johannesburg, South Africa	6	Belgium (3)  Germany (6)  New Zealand (8)  Spain (9)  Ireland (10)  France (16)
4–12 August 2017	2017 Pan American Cup	Lancaster, United States	1	Argentina (2)
19–27 August 2017	2017 EuroHockey Nations Championship	Amstelveen, Netherlands	1	Netherlands (4)
11–15 October 2017	2017 Oceania Cup	Sydney, Australia	1	Australia (1)
11–22 October 2017	2017 Hockey Asia Cup	Dhaka, Bangladesh	0	—1
22–29 October 2017	2017 Hockey Africa Cup of Nations	Ismailia, Egypt	1	South Africa (15)
Total			16

^1 – India qualified both as host and continental champion, therefore that quota was given to China as the highest-ranked team from the 2016–17 Hockey World League Semifinals not already qualified.

Format

The 16 teams were drawn into four groups, each containing four teams. Each team plays each other team in its group once. The first-placed team in each group advances to the quarter-finals, while the second- and third-placed teams in each group go into the crossover matches. From there on a single-elimination tournament will be played.

Umpires

16 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament.^[7]

Results

The schedule was published on 27 February 2018.^[8]

All times are local (UTC+5:30).

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Crossover
3	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Eliminated

First match(es) will be played on 29 November 2018. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[9]

29 November 2018 17:00 Argentina  v  Spain Report

29 November 2018 19:00 New Zealand  v  France Report

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3 December 2018 19:00 Spain  v  France Report

3 December 2018 19:00 New Zealand  v  Argentina Report

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6 December 2018 17:00 Spain  v  New Zealand Report

6 December 2018 19:00 Argentina  v  France Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Crossover
3	Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Eliminated

First match(es) will be played on 30 November 2018. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[9]

30 November 2018 17:00 Australia  v  Ireland Report

30 November 2018 19:00 England  v  China Report

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4 December 2018 19:00 England  v  Australia Report

4 December 2018 19:00 Ireland  v  China Report

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7 December 2018 17:00 Australia  v  China Report

7 December 2018 19:00 Ireland  v  England Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	India (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Crossover
3	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Eliminated

First match(es) will be played on 28 November 2018. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[9]
(H) Host.

28 November 2018 17:00 Belgium  v  Canada Report

28 November 2018 19:00 India  v  South Africa Report

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2 December 2018 19:00 Canada  v  South Africa Report

2 December 2018 19:00 India  v  Belgium Report

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8 December 2018 17:00 Belgium  v  South Africa Report

8 December 2018 19:00 Canada  v  India Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Crossover
3	Malaysia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Pakistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Eliminated

First match(es) will be played on 1 December 2018. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[9]

1 December 2018 17:00 Netherlands  v  Malaysia Report

1 December 2018 19:00 Germany  v  Pakistan Report

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5 December 2018 19:00 Germany  v  Netherlands Report

5 December 2018 19:00 Malaysia  v  Pakistan Report

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9 December 2018 17:00 Malaysia  v  Germany Report

9 December 2018 19:00 Netherlands  v  Pakistan Report

References

External links

• Official website