The 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup was 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. The tournament was started in 1971. It is held every four years, bridging the four years between the Summer Olympics. ...

, the quadrennial world championship for men's national

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teams organized by the

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. It was held at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium in

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and at the 20,000 seat

Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium The Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium is an international field hockey stadium situated at Rourkela, India. The stadium has been named after the tribal leader, Birsa Munda, who was a famous freedom fighter from Khunti, Jharkhand. With a seating capa ...

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, India from 13 to 29 January 2023.

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

won their third title after defeating the defending champions

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

in the final 5–4 in a shoot-out after the match finished 3–3 in regular time. The

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captured the bronze medal by winning 3–1 against

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Host selection

The

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 competed in the tournament. Alongside hosts,

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, the five continental champions received an automatic berth. After the postponement of the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

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.

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 Rogers (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 classification

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13th–16th place classification

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9th–12th place classification

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Second round

Bracket

Crossovers

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third and fourth place

Final

Final ranking

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Goalscorers

Controversies

A pool match played between

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

and

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

on 17 January ended in controversy after a late match substitution led to 12 Japanese players being on the pitch. According to an FIH statement "In the last moments of today's FIH Hockey Men's World Cup match between Japan and Korea, the Japanese team had 12 players on the field of play, instead of a maximum of 11 as stipulated in the FIH Rules of Hockey". Following discussion with FIH officials, the Japanese team explained that the incident was an accident and expressed their apologies to the FIH and opposition. The FIH is investigating the incident.

Notes

References

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Host selection

Teams

Qualification

Draw

Squads

Venues

Umpires

First round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Classification round

9th–16th place classification

13th–16th place classification

9th–12th place classification

Second round

Bracket

Crossovers

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third and fourth place

Final

Final ranking

Awards

Goalscorers

Controversies

See also

Notes

References