2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup

2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup
Tournament details
Host countries	Belgium; Netherlands
Cities	Wavre; Amstelveen
Dates	June – July
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup will be the 16th 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 in Wavre, Belgium and Amstelveen, Netherlands.

Host selection

The International Hockey Federation announced on 15 June 2022 that they received the following five bids for the 2026 World Cup.^[1]^[2] The winning bid will be announced in November 2022.

London, Northampton, England or Cardiff, Wales^[3]
~~Germany (host city: to be confirmed)~~^[4]
Potchefstroom, South Africa

The following two bids are combined with the 2026 Women's World Cup:

Wavre, Belgium/Amstelveen, Netherlands
Potchefstroom, South Africa

Wavre, Belgium and Amstelveen, Netherlands were awarded the hosting rights on 3 November 2022.^[5]

Venues

Following is a list of all venues and host cities.

Amstelveen Wavre	Netherlands	Belgium
	Wagener Stadium	Stade Justin Peeters
	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 10,000

Teams

Qualification

Just as in 2018, 16 teams will compete in the tournament. Alongside both the hosts, Belgium and Netherlands

References

^ "Nations from four continents bidding for 2026 FIH Hockey World Cups!". fih.hockey. International Hockey Federation. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ Palmer, Dan (16 June 2022). "Countries from four continents bid for Hockey World Cups in 2026". insidethegames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ "Tottenham Hotspur Stadium one of four venues in Men's 2026 World Cup bids". England Hockey. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
^ "DHB zieht sein Interesse an der Bewerbung zur Ausrichtung der Feldhockey-WM 2026 zurück". DHB Hockey (in German). 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ Iveson, Ali (3 November 2022). "Netherlands and Belgium to hold combined Hockey World Cups in 2026". inside the games. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

[1] "Nations from four continents bidding for 2026 FIH Hockey World Cups!". fih.hockey. International Hockey Federation. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

[2] Palmer, Dan (16 June 2022). "Countries from four continents bid for Hockey World Cups in 2026". insidethegames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

[3] "Tottenham Hotspur Stadium one of four venues in Men's 2026 World Cup bids". England Hockey. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

[4] "DHB zieht sein Interesse an der Bewerbung zur Ausrichtung der Feldhockey-WM 2026 zurück". DHB Hockey (in German). 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

[5] Iveson, Ali (3 November 2022). "Netherlands and Belgium to hold combined Hockey World Cups in 2026". inside the games. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

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v t e Men's FIH Hockey World Cup
Tournament	Barcelona 1971 Amstelveen 1973 Kuala Lumpur 1975 Buenos Aires 1978 Mumbai 1982 London 1986 Lahore 1990 Sydney 1994 Utrecht 1998 Kuala Lumpur 2002 Mönchengladbach 2006 New Delhi 2010 The Hague 2014 Bhubaneswar 2018 Bhubaneswar–Rourkela 2023 Wavre–Amstelveen 2026
Squads	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023
Finals	2018
Qualifier(s)	Kuala Lumpur 1997 Edinburgh 2001 Changzhou 2006 Lille–Invercargill–Quilmes 2009 Rotterdam–Johor Bahru 2013 London–Johannesburg 2017 Cardiff 2021

Host selection

Venues

Teams

Qualification

See also

References