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2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup
2023 Purusha Haki Biṣwakap
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
Dates13–29 January
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
2018 (previous) (next) 2026

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 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 1  India
4–13 June 2021 2021 EuroHockey Championship Amstelveen, Netherlands 5  Belgium
 England
 Germany
 Netherlands
 Spain
September 2021 2021 Oceania Cup New Zealand 2
21–24 October 2021 2021 European Qualifier Cardiff, Wales 2
January 2022 2022 Africa Cup of Nations Accra, Ghana 1
20–30 January 2022 2022 Pan American Cup Santiago, Chile 2
2–13 May 2022 2022 Asia Cup TBC 3
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

See also

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.