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The International Hockey Federation announced in December 2018 that the 2022 Hockey World Cups would be held either in July 2022 or January 2023. [4] The FIH received the following final three bids for the Men's 2022 World Cup. [5] In November 2019, India was confirmed to host the tournament in January 2023. [2]
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. Pakistan is the most successful team, having won the tournament four times.
The 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup was an international field hockey tournament held in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, India from 13 to 29 January 2023. The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of up to 18 players. [1] Age, caps, goals and club as of 13 January 2023.
December 26, 2022 – January 5: 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship in Halifax and Moncton Canada defeated Czechia, 3–2 in overtime, to win their 20th World Junior Ice Hockey Championship title. The United States defeated Sweden, 8–7 in overtime, to win the bronze medal. Austria was relegated to Division I – Group A for 2024.
The FIH Men's World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in field hockey. The teams of the member nations of International Hockey Federation (FIH), field hockey's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results and performance. The rankings were introduced in October 2003. [1]
The women's tournament uses a similar qualification format. The top six teams in the IIHF Women's World Ranking after the 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship received automatic berths into the ice hockey event. Lower ranked teams had an opportunity to qualify for the event. Teams ranked 16th and below were divided into three groups where they ...
Canada, Finland and the United States are the only nations to have achieved a top-four ranking every time, with Canada and the United States never falling below a top-two ranking. In December 2017, six Russian women hockey players were found to have committed doping violations at the 2014 Winter Olympics .
The World Cup of Hockey is an international ice hockey tournament. Inaugurated in 1996, it is the successor to the Canada Cup, which was held every three to five years from 1976 to 1991 and was the first international hockey championship to allow nations to field their top players. [1]