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The 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup will be the 15th edition of the
Men's FIH Hockey World Cup The Men's FIH Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was started in 1971. It is held every four years, bridging the four years between the Summer ...
, the quadrennial world championship for men's national
field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...
teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It will be held at the
Kalinga Stadium The Kalinga Stadium is a multi-purpose International stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Its foundation stone was laid by former chief minister of Odisha Late Biju Patnaik in 1978. It is the home ground of the I League Club Indian Arrows ...
in
Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. The region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Ekamra Kshetra'' (area (''kshetra'') adorned with mango trees (''ekamra'')). Bhubaneswar is ...
and at the 20,000 seat
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium The Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium is an international hockey stadium situated at Rourkela, India. The stadium is being built to host the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup which will be held in the Indian state of Odisha. The stadium ha ...
in Rourkela, India from 13 to 29 January 2023.


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. The FIH received the following final three bids for the Men's 2022 World Cup. In November 2019, India was confirmed to host the tournament in January 2023. 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


Teams


Qualification

Just as in 2018, 16 teams will compete in the tournament. Alongside the hosts,
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
, the five continental champions will receive an automatic berth. After the postponement of the
2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
the quota of places available through continental championships including the World Cup hosts was increased from six to sixteen.


Draw

The draw took place on 8 September 2022.


Squads

The sixteen national teams were required to register a playing squad of eighteen players and two reserves.


Venues

Following is a list of all venues and host cities. Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Situated in the heart of India’s sporting capital,
Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. The region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Ekamra Kshetra'' (area (''kshetra'') adorned with mango trees (''ekamra'')). Bhubaneswar is ...
, the
Kalinga stadium The Kalinga Stadium is a multi-purpose International stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Its foundation stone was laid by former chief minister of Odisha Late Biju Patnaik in 1978. It is the home ground of the I League Club Indian Arrows ...
can hold a 15,000-strong crowd. Built Built inin 2013, the stadium has been witness to some of the most iconic moments in hockey history. It has had the distinction of hosting major sports events, both domestic and international, regularly. Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Purpose-built to host the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar - Rourkela, say hello to India’s newest and biggest hockey arena! It can hold a record 20,000 spectators and built in just 12 months. Named after a freedom fighter ‘
Birsa Munda Birsa Munda (15 November 1875 – 9 June 1900) was an Indian tribal freedom fighter, and folk hero who belonged to the Munda tribe. He spearheaded a tribal religious millenarian movement that arose in the Bengal Presidency (now Jharkhand) i ...
’, the stadium on the campus of the
Biju Patnaik University of Technology Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) is a public state university located in Rourkela, Odisha, India. It was established on 21 November 2002 and was named after Biju Patnaik, the former Chief Minister of Odisha. History It came into be ...
in Rourkela will set a new benchmark in international stadium design for hockey, providing one of the best spectator experiences in the world.


Umpires

On 29 November 2021, 18 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament. Before the tournament, the final list was published. *Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) *Dan Barstow (ENG) *Bruce Bale (ENG) *Federico García (URU) *Ben Göntgen (GER) *Gareth Greenfield (NZL) *Marcin Grochal (POL) *Lim Hong Zhen (SGP) *Martin Madden (SCO) *Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) *Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) *Raghu Prasad (IND) *Sean Rapaport (RSA) *Steve Rodgers (AUS) *Javed Shaikh (IND) *David Tomlinson (NZL) *Coen van Bunge (NED) *Jonas van 't Hek (NED)


First round

The schedule was published on 8 September 2022. ''All times are local ( UTC+5:30).''


Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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Classification round


9th–16th place quarterfinals

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13th–16th place classification

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9th–12th place classification

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Second round


Crossovers

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third and fourth place


Final


Statistics


Goalscorers


See also

* 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup *
2023 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup The 2023 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup was the 13th edition of the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, the biennial men's under-21 field hockey world championship organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held at the Malaysia Nat ...
* 2023 Men's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup


Notes


References

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