Sports Minister Anurag Thakur , FIH President Tayyab Ikram and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik with mascot Olly at the opening ceremony. The 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup was the 15th edition of the Men's FIH Hockey World Cup , the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation . It was held at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar and at the 20,000 seat Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela , India from 13 to 29 January 2023.[ 1] [ 2]
Germany won their third title after defeating the defending champions Belgium in the final 5–4 in a shoot-out after the match finished 3–3 in regular time. The Netherlands captured the bronze medal by winning 3–1 against Australia .[ 3]
Host selection 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] [ 5] [ 2]
For the preferred time window 1–17 July 2022:
Belgium Germany (withdrew)Malaysia Spain (withdrew)For the preferred time window 13–29 January 2023:
Teams
Qualification Just as in 2018, 16 teams competed in the tournament. Alongside hosts, India , the five continental champions received an automatic berth.[ 2] 2020 Summer Olympics the quota of places available through continental championships including the World Cup hosts was increased from six to sixteen.[ 6]
Draw The draw took place on 8 September 2022.[ 8] [ 9]
Squads The sixteen national teams were required to register a playing squad of eighteen players and two reserves.[ 10]
Venues Following is a list of all venues and host cities.
Umpires On 29 November 2021, 18 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament.[ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) Dan Barstow (ENG) Bruce Bale (ENG) Federico García (URU) Ben Göntgen (GER) Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Marcin Grochal (POL) Lim Hong Zhen (SGP) Martin Madden (SCO) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Raghu Prasad (IND) Sean Rapaport (RSA) Steve Rogers (AUS) Javed Shaikh (IND) David Tomlinson (NZL) Coen van Bunge (NED) Jonas van 't Hek (NED)
First round The schedule was published on 8 September 2022.[ 14]
All times are local (UTC+5:30 ). [ 15]
Pool A Source:
FIH Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Pool B Source:
FIH Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Pool C Source:
FIH Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Pool D Source:
FIH Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Hosts
Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Classification round
Second round
Bracket
Crossovers Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Quarter-finals Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Semi-finals Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Third and fourth place Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Final Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Germany's players lifting the World Cup trophy
Final ranking Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result B Germany 7 4 3 0 26 13 +13 15 Gold medal B Belgium 6 3 3 0 21 8 +13 12 Silver medal C Netherlands 6 5 1 0 32 4 +28 16 Bronze medal 4 A Australia 6 3 1 2 28 15 +13 10 Fourth place 5 D England 4 2 2 0 11 2 +9 8 Eliminated in Quarterfinals 6 D Spain 5 1 1 3 10 13 −3 4 7 C New Zealand 5 1 1 3 8 13 −5 4 8 B South Korea 5 1 1 3 10 23 −13 4 9 A Argentina 6 3 3 0 28 13 +15 12 Ninth place 9 D India (H) 6 4 2 0 22 7 +15 14 11 A South Africa 5 1 0 4 11 20 −9 3 Eleventh place 11 D Wales 5 0 1 4 5 22 −17 1 13 A France 6 2 2 2 14 23 −9 8 Thirteenth place 13 C Malaysia 6 3 1 2 14 18 −4 10 15 C Chile 5 0 0 5 5 32 −27 0 Fifteenth place 15 B Japan 5 0 0 5 4 23 −19 0
Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[ 3]
Goalscorers There were 249 goals scored in 44 matches, for an average of 5.66 goals per match.
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: FIH
Controversies A pool match played between South Korea and Japan on 17 January ended in controversy after a late match substitution led to 12 Japanese players being on the pitch.[ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19]
See also
Notes
References
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Jeremy Hayward (9 goals)
Mustapha Cassiem
India (6) 
England (5)
Spain (8) 
France (12)
Wales (15) 
Argentina (7)
Chile (22) 
Japan (16)
Malaysia (11)
South Korea (10) 
New Zealand (9) 
