2018 Men's Hockey World Cup

2018 Men's Hockey World Cup
Tournament details
Host country India
City Bhubaneswar
Teams 16
Venue(s) Kalinga Stadium
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The 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup would be the 14th edition of the Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It is scheduled to be held from 28 November to 16 December 2018 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India.[1][2]

Bidding

In March 2013, one month after the FIH published the Event Assignment Process Document for the 2014–2018 cycle, Australia, Belgium, India, Malaysia and New Zealand were shortlisted as candidates for hosting the event and were demanded to submit bidding documentation,[3][4] requirement that eventually Belgium did not meet.[5] In addition one month before the host election, Australia withdrew their application due to technical and financial reasons.[6] India was announced as host on 7 November 2013 during a special ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Qualification

Due to the increase to 16 participating teams, the new qualification process was announced in July 2015 by the International Hockey Federation. Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation received an automatic berth. In addition, the 10/11 highest placed teams at the Semifinals of the 2016–17 FIH Hockey World League not already qualified will enter the tournament. The following sixteen teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, will compete in this tournament. [7]

Dates Event Location Qualifier(s)
7 November 2013 Host nation  India
14–25 June 2017 2016–17 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals Argentina
12–23 July 2017 London, England
19–27 August 2017 2017 EuroHockey Nations Championship Amsterdam, Netherlands
30 September–8 October 2017 2017 Hockey Asia Cup TBC
TBC 2017 2017 Pan American Cup Lancaster, United States
TBC 2017 2017 Oceania Cup TBC
TBC 2017 2017 Hockey African Cup for Nations TBC

References

  1. ↑ "Hockey turf job on fast track". Calcutta: The Telegraph. 2014-06-09. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
  2. ↑ "England & India to host Hockey World Cups 2018". FIH. 2013-11-07. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  3. ↑ "FIH Opens World Cup 2018 Bidding Process". FIH. 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
  4. ↑ "Six nations shortlisted for Hockey World Cups 2018". FIH. 2013-03-18. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
  5. ↑ "Five nations in battle to host FIH World Cups 2018". FIH. 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  6. ↑ "Four nations prepare to learn fate of 2018 Hockey World Cup bids". FIH. 2013-11-06. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  7. ↑ "Qualification System for Hockey World Cup 2018" (PDF). FIH. 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
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