2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup
The 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup 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 Biju Patnaik Hockey Stadium in Rourkela in India from 13 to 29 January 2023.[1]
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Host country | India | ||
| Dates | 13–29 January | ||
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) | ||
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) | ||
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Host selection
The International Hockey Federation announced in December 2018 that the 2022 Hockey World Cups will be held either in July 2022 or January 2023.[2] The FIH received the following final three bids for the Men's 2022 World Cup.[3] In November 2019 it was announced that India would host the tournament in January 2023.[1]
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.[1] 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 eleven and the quota of places available through the FIH qualification events was decreased to five.[4]
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 November 2019 | Hosts | N/A | 1 |  |
| 4–13 June 2021 | 2021 EuroHockey Championship | Amstelveen, Netherlands | 4 | |
| 7–22 August 2021 | 2021 Pan American Cup | Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | |
| October 2021 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations | TBC | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2021 Asia Cup | TBC | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2021 Oceania Cup | TBC | 2 | |
| March 2022 | Play-offs | N/A | 5 | |
| Total | 16 | |||
See also
References
- "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.
- "Two time windows set for 2022 FIH World Cups". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- "India presents bid to host men's Hockey World Cup in 2023". indiatimes.com. Times of India. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- "2022/23 FIH Hockey World Cups qualification process reviewed". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.