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2022 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup
The 2022 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup was the first edition of the Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup, the annual qualification tournament for the Men's FIH Pro League organised by the International Hockey Federation. The tournament was held at the NWU Astro in Potchefstroom, South Africa from 28 November to 4 December 2022. South Africa beat Ireland in the final and as the winners were promoted to the 2023–24 Men's FIH Pro League. Teams The eight highest ranked teams not participating in the Men's FIH Pro League participated in the tournament: * * * * * * * * Preliminary round ''All times are local (UTC+2).'' Pool A ---- ---- Pool B ---- ---- Classification round Bracket 5–8th place semifinals ---- Seventh and eighth place Fifth and sixth place Final round Bracket Semi-finals ---- Third and fourth place Final Goalscorers Final standing Awards The awards were announced on 4 December 2022. See also * 2022 Women's FIH Hockey Nations C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potchefstroom
Potchefstroom (, colloquially known as Potch) is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. Potchefstroom is on the Mooi Rivier (Afrikaans for "pretty river"), roughly west-southwest of Johannesburg and east-northeast of Klerksdorp. Etymology Several theories exist about the origin of the city's name. According to one theory, it originates from ''Potgieter'' + ''Chef'' + ''stroom'' (referring to Voortrekker leader and town founder Andries Potgieter; "chef" indicates the leader of the Voortrekkers, and "stroom" refers to the Mooi River). Geoffrey Jenkins writes, "Others however, attribute the name as having come from the word 'Potscherf', meaning a shard of a broken pot, due to the cracks that appear in the soil of the Mooi River Valley during drought resembling a broken pot". M. L. Fick suggests that Potchefstroom developed from the abbreviation of "Potgieterstroom" to "Potgerstroom", whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
