Hockey world cup 2023

 

Hockey World Cup 2023: India forward Gurjant Singh determined to make big impact in tournament

Hockey World Cup 2023: India are set to host the men's hockey World Cup for the second consecutive time jointly in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela from January 13 to 29 next year and Gurjant hopes to get an opportunity of playing in front of the home crowd.

Hockey World Cup 2023: India is all set to host it's second consecutive Hockey World Cup next year in January. The team is gearing up for the marquee tournament and is set to play the FIH Hockey Pro League next month. Ahead of the big tournaments, India's forward Gurjant Singh has stated that he is looking to improve and put an impact on the World Cup.

"I am glad that I was part of the silver medal-winning team at CWG.

It's a huge honour for me to be an Olympic and CWG medal winner. However, I have noted down the points that I need to improve on and I am determined to make an even bigger impact in tournaments such as the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela," Gurjant said in a release issued by Hockey India.

'Playing in the World Cup is every hockey player's dream'- Gurjant

in India is set to host the men's hockey World Cup for the second consecutive time jointly Bhubaneswar and Rourkela from January 13 to 29 next year and Gurjant hopes to get an opportunity of playing in front of the home crowd. "Playing in the World Cup is every hockey player's dream.
And I really hope I will be given the opportunity of playing the tournament at our home ground. There is always a great buzz and fanfare in Odisha and I am sure that the fans' support will motivate us to play at our best," he added.

FIH Pro Hockey League to begin in October
The 27-year-old said the Indian team's immediate focus is the FIH Hockey Pro League beginning next month. "We are working very hard to put up a good show at the FIH Hockey Pro League. A good performance there will give us a huge confidence boost before the all-important World Cup in Bhubaneswar-Rourkela. "We are looking forward to the challenge and are determined to keep getting better as a side," he added.

India will face Spain and New Zealand in the FIH Pro League in Odisha from October 28. They will next play against Spain on 30th October in the second match.

Four-time champions, Pakistan fail to qualify for Hockey World Cup 2023

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday failed to qualify for the Fédération Internationale de Hockey (FIH) World Cup 2023 after crashing out of the Asia Cup in the wake of India’s emphatic 16-0 victory over Indonesia, reported the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) news agency.

Once counted among the best hockey teams in the world, Pakistan have won the world cup four times in 1971, 1978, 1981 and 1994.

The last world cup was won by Belgium in 2018.

The green shirts crashed out of the next year’s hockey tournament after they failed to enter the super four stage of the Asia Cup currently played in Jakarta.

“Japan, South Korea, and Malaysia have sealed the FIH World Cup 2023 berths,” the APP said. “India qualify as hosts and Pakistan are out of the race.”

Losing 2-3 to Japan, Pakistan’s fate in the tournament was sealed after India decimated Indonesia to advance into the final four stage of the cup, pushing Pakistan out on goal difference.

Pakistan also failed to qualify for the FIH grand tournament next year since the Asia Cup served as its qualifier.

The green shirts began their Asia Cup bid with a 1-1 draw against India. They thumped Indonesia 13-0 in their next game before losing to Japan.

Upcoming 15th Edition of the Men’s 2023 FIH Hockey world cup is around the corner. Fixtures for this league are rolling bout by administration of the international hockey federation.

As per Fixtures, 2023 men’s FIH Hockey world cup tournament to be schedule to starts from the 13th January while final to be played on 29 January so almost 17 days of action to entertain the hockey fans

Upcoming Men’s Hockey world cup 2023 to be host by India on the various venue of alinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar, and Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela.

Check out here the complete info about the Men’s FIH Hockey world cup 2023 Dates, Schedule, Host country, Qualified Teams along with PDF Fixtures.

Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup 2023 Dates

Men’s FIH Hockey world cup starts from the 13 January and continue to roll out till 29 January 2023.

Day by Day Match Schedule – PDF Fixtures

Till Date, Schedule for the Men’s FIH Hockey world cup 2023 are not announced. We will updating you with the fixtures for Men’s FIH hockey world cup events here.

Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup 2023 Teams List

Below the List of Qualify teams for the tournament.

• India
• Belgium
• England
• Germany
• Netherlands

Spain Hockey World Cup 2023 : The Indian Hockey team will take on Spain in their opening match of the 2023 Hockey World Cup on January 13. The match will take place at the newly built Birsa Munda Stadium in Rourkela.

India will be hosting the quadrennial event for the fourth time in tournament history.

The schedule was released by the International Hockey Federation on Tuesday after the draw was announced on September 8. Team India is placed in Group D alongside England, Spain, and Wales. India will play against England in their second group game followed by Wales in the last group D encounter.

After winning the Tokyo 2022 Olympic Bronze, the Indians are expected to go through to the knockouts with ease. All of India's group stage opponents are ranked lower than them but will surely look to give the number 5 ranked Indian team a tough fight at the World Cup.

Coach Graham Reid's Men in Blue will be hoping to reach the final on January 29 in Bhubaneswar next year.

Here is the full draw for the 2023 Hockey World Cup:

Pool A: Australia, Argentina, France, South Africa

Pool B: Belgium, Germany, Korea, Japan

Pool C: Netherlands, New Zealand, Malaysia, Chile

Pool D: India, England, Spain, Wales

Pakistan’s hopes to enter the super four stage of Asia Hockey Cup 2022 and qualify for the 2023 Hockey World Cup suffered a big blow as they conceded a 2-3 defeat at the hands of Japan in a closely-fought Pool A match at the GBK Sports Complex Hockey Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia on Thursday.

According to information made available here by the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), Japan, who earlier on Tuesday stunned defending champions India 5-2, scored two goals in the first quarter to put Pakistan under pressure.

Pakistan made a strong comeback in the second quarter when in the 23rd minute Ijaz Ahmed scored a scintillating field goal. But four minutes later Japan scored the third goal. Pakistan found another breakthrough in the 30th minute, thanks to a well-converted penalty corner by Mubashir Ali. By the end of the match, both teams failed to score any more goals.

Pakistan, who scored a last-minute goal to draw 1-1 against India in their tournament opener, registered a thumping 13-0 win against hosts Indonesia on Tuesday. But despite that, they finished at number three as India claimed second spot on the points table after thrashing Indonesia 16-0 in their last pool game. That means Japan, South Korea, and Malaysia have sealed the FIH World Cup 2023 berths. India qualify as hosts and Pakistan are out of the race. The Asia Cup served as a World Cup qualifier.