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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.
1996 World Cup trophy. In 1996, the Canada Cup was officially replaced by the World Cup of Hockey. The Canada Cup trophy was retired. The tournament expanded to eight teams: as the national teams of Canada, the United States, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden, popularly dubbed as the Big Six, [5] were joined by Germany and Slovakia.
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]
As hockey fans prepared to watch their favorite NHL players take part in the 4 Nations Face-Off, the first best-on-best tournament since 2016, they received more good news ahead of puck drop. The ...
The 2025 Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup was the seventh edition of the Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup. It was held at the Žatika Sport Centre in Poreč, Croatia from 3 to 9 February 2025. [1] Poland defeated Austria in the final to win their first title. [2]
They did not defend their title as they were beaten 2–1 in the final in a shoot-out by Germany, who won a record-extending fourth title, after the match finished 6–6 in regular time. [3] South Africa won the bronze medal after defeating Belgium 6–5, it was the first medal for an African country at the Indoor World Cup. [4]
During this period, the United States was the only one of the "Big Six" not to win the World Championship, [14] although they did win the 1996 World Cup of Hockey [81] and their bronze at that year's World Championship was their first medal since 1962. In the mid-1990s, several new teams such as Slovakia, Latvia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine ...
Ladies Rink Hockey World Championship (CIRH Women's World Cup), for Roller hockey (Quad) Rink Hockey World Championship U-20, for Roller hockey (Quad)