Information About FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023

What Is FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup

The FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 event is an International Field Hockey tournament organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and Hockey India. Firstly, the Hockey World Cup tournament was started in the year 1971 in Barcelona, Spain. This event is organised every four years.

The first 3 tournaments were held in a 2 year interval till the 1978 hockey world cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina. And then after 1982 hockey World Cup tournaments were held every four years.

The last 14th edition of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2018 was hosted in Bhubaneswar, odisha, India. The tournaments started from November 28 and continued till December 16 in Bhubaneswar, odisha.

All the matches of FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2018 were played in Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar, odisha. In the final at Kalinga Stadium Belgium won the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2018 by defeating Netherlands 3-2 on a penalty shoot-out after a 0-0 draw.

The 15th edition of the FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 hosted in Bhubaneswar – Rourkela cities of odisha. The Hockey Men’s World Cup tournaments started from January 13 and continued till January 29 in odisha. All the matches of FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 played in Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar and Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela. The final match of Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 was played between Germany & Belgium. Germany won the 15th edition of Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 by defeating defending champion Belgium in the penalty shootout 5-4.

The state Odisha is the official sponsor of the 15th edition of Hockey World Cup tournament which will be organised by Hockey India and FIH. The state government and Hockey India organised all the tournaments in 2 stadiums in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela cities.

Host Venues Of Hockey World Cup 2023

All the matches of FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 played in 2 stadiums in odisha.Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar with the capacity of 16000 audience.And Newly Constructed Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium Rourkela, Odisha with the capacity of 21000 audience.

Odisha Government builts India’s largest hockey stadium with a capacity of 21000 audience just in 15 months in Rourkela named as Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium. The stadium has been named after the famous freedom fighter and tribal leader Birsa Munda. This Stadium is the largest all seater field hockey stadium in the world. It is also the 4th largest field hockey stadium in the world.

The Odisha State Government allotted 15 acres of land for constructing the stadium and the construction for the stadium was handed over to the Odisha Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) with the timeline of 12 months. The foundation of the stadium was laid by the C.M Naveen Patnaik in February 2021 and the stadium inaugurated on 5 January 2023 by Chief Minister Of Odisha Mr. Naveen Patnaik ji.

FIH Hockey World Cup 2023 Participants Team

A total of sixteen International Hockey teams will compete in the FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023. The Participants in the FIH Hockey World Cup 2023 are divided into four groups of four teams each. The four groups are Pool A, Pool B, Pool C & Pool D.

Pool A – Argentina, Australia, France & South Africa

Pool B – Belgium, Germany, Korea & Japan

Pool C – New Zealand, Netherlands, Malaysia & Chile.

Pool D – India, Spain, England & Wales

Format Of FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023

In hockey World Cup 2023, each hockey team will compete in three matches in the group stages with the top 2 teams from each group advancing directly to the quarter finals. The 3rd place hockey teams will then face off in the cross overs to determine the remaining four spots in the last eight teams. Unfortunately the team who finishes in last place in the group stage will be eliminated.

Telecast & Live Streaming Details of FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023

The FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar – Rourkela matches will be broadcast live on the star sports Network in India. And fans can also watch the live streaming of the hockey matches on Disney Plus HotStar official app and website.

FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup Winner List From 1971-2023

Here we provide all Winner List of Hockey Men’s World Cup from 1971 to 2023. The first 3 worldcup cup tournament was held in every 2 year till 1975 Hockey World Cup.