Lausanne [Switzerland], September 27 (ANI): The Indian hockey staff will begin its 2023 Hockey World Cup Campaign in opposition to Spain on the newly-built Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela on January 13 in line with the schedule launched by the International Federation of Hockey (FIH) on Tuesday.
India, who gained the bronze medal at Tokyo 2020, will face England, ranked No. 6 on this planet, on January 15 on the similar location.
On January 19, the Indian males’s hockey staff will play its closing Pool D recreation on the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, the second location for the 2023 males’s Hockey World Cup, versus Wales, ranked sixteenth on this planet.
The Hockey World Cup 2023 will start on January 13 and proceed till January 29, with 4 swimming pools of 4 groups battling it out for the Championship trophy. India is positioned in pool D together with Spain, England and Wales.
Currently fifth within the hockey rankings, Graham Reid-coached India are the top-ranked facet among the many 4 groups in Pool D. Spain are ranked eighth on this planet and have impressed of late underneath former Netherlands coach Max Caldas.
2016 Olympic Gold medallists Argentina and Africa’s highest-ranked nation South Africa will open the 2023 FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup. The encounter between these two powerhouses of worldwide hockey will happen on January 13 at Kalinga Stadium, which hosted the final Men’s World Cup closing in 2018.
The second match of the day in Bhubaneswar will see the world’s primary Australia taking up France, in a repeat of the 2018 World Cup quarter-final.
Later on the identical day, the brand-new Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela will host its first-ever FIH World Cup matches, beginning with a “derby” between England and WalesIn complete, 44 matches will likely be performed, with the Final scheduled on January 29 (7 pm native time) in Bhubaneswar.
The draw held on September 8 in Bhubaneswar decided the 4 Pools as follows:Pool A: Australia, Argentina, France, South AfricaPool B: Belgium, Germany, Korea, JapanPool C: Netherlands, New Zealand, Malaysia, ChilePool D: India, England, Spain, WalesChile and Wales have certified for the Men’s World Cup for the very first time.
Belgium are the present World Champions, having defeated the Netherlands within the closing of the 2018 version.
India’s greatest World Cup efficiency got here in 1975 once they gained their lone title by defeating Pakistan 2-1 within the championship recreation in Kuala Lumpur.
India will function the host nation for the FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup for the fourth time in 2023. (ANI)