# 2018 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup

The 2018 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup was the fifth edition of this tournament and played from 7 to 11 February 2018 in Berlin, Germany. The Netherlands were the reigning champions, but did not return to defend their title due to their poor performance at the 2016 European Indoor Championship.
Austria defeated Germany in the final after penalties to win their first title, while Iran secured their first medal.

## Qualification

Twelve teams qualified to participate in the tournament.
Host nation & Continental qualifiers :
| Dates | Event | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| 18 January 2017 | Host nation | 1 | Germany |
| 24–28 April 2017 | Asian Indoor Cup | 1 | Iran |
| 23–25 June 2017 | African Indoor Cup | 1 | South Africa |
| 15–17 January 2016 | EuroHockey Indoor Championship | 1 | Austria |
| | Oceania Indoor Qualification Tournament | 1 | Australia |
| 16–21 October 2017 | Pan American Indoor Cup | 1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Best six ranked teams from continental tournaments ||||
| Dates | Event | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| 24–28 April 2017 | Asian Indoor Cup | 1 | Kazakhstan |
| 15–17 January 2016 | EuroHockey Indoor Championship | 5 | Belgium Czech Republic Poland Russia Switzerland |

## Umpires

12 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament.
* Diego Barbas (ARG)
* Lee Barron (ENG)
* Adam Barry (AUS)
* Daniel Denta (DEN)
* Bart de Liefde (NED)
* Michael Eilmer (AUT)
* Donny Gobinsingh (TRI)
* Ben Göntgen (GER)
* Aliaksandr Hrachou (BLR)
* Pawel Linkowski (POL)
* Luis Martínez (ESP)
* Ayden Shrives (RSA)

## Results

The schedule was released on 19 September 2017.
All times are local (UTC+1).

### First round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 11 | +33 | 15 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Poland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 39 | −18 | 3 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 47 | −36 | 0 | Eleventh place game |
* 7 February 2018 12:30
| Germany | 15–0 | Kazakhstan |
| Rühr 1', 5', 17', 22' Grambusch 3', 12', 14' Otte 7' Zwicker 9' Häner 10' Miltkau 11', 22', 25' Pehlke 20', 39' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Donny Gobinsingh (TRI)
* 7 February 2018 12:45
| Czech Republic | 7–2 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Kyndl 3', 9' Vacek 4', 28' Plochý 6' Procházka 14' Seemann 16' | Report | Daniel 36' Emmanuel 40' |
* Umpires: Daniel Denta (DEN) Michael Eilmer (AUT)
* 7 February 2018 13:55
| Poland | 3–5 | Australia |
| Weide 22', 31' Żywiczka 32' | Report | Sutherland 2' Hayes 16', 24', 38' Knee 18' |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Diego Barbas (ARG)
* 7 February 2018 19:30
| Poland | 11–5 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Makowski 19' Kasprzyk 20', 22' Mikuła 23', 32', 39' Górny 24', 24' Weide 28', 37' Poltaszewski 40' | Report | Eccles 8' Pierre 9', 14' De Gannes 23' Vieira 25' |
* Umpires: Daniel Denta (DEN) Diego Barbas (ARG)
* 7 February 2018 19:45
| Kazakhstan | 3–9 | Czech Republic |
| Urmanov 2', 38' Tashkeyev 12' | Report | Kyndl 2', 22', 27', 30', 35' Seemann 3' Vacek 3', 17' Procházka 36' |
* Umpires: Luis Martínez (ESP) Ben Göntgen (GER)
* 7 February 2018 20:45
| Germany | 7–1 | Australia |
| Miltkau 8', 20', 26' Rühr 17', 27', 27', 40' | Report | Hayes 14' |
* Umpires: Bart de Liefde (NED) Michael Eilmer (AUT)
* 8 February 2018 12:30
| Czech Republic | 5–6 | Germany |
| Vacek 4' Kyndl 8' Seemann 11' Plochý 19' Procházka 28' | Report | Hauke 3' Rühr 13' Miltkau 16' Grambusch 33', 34', 37' |
* Umpires: Lee Barron (ENG) Pawel Linkowski (POL)
* 8 February 2018 12:45
| Kazakhstan | 3–11 | Poland |
| Tashkeyev 20' Uzbek 25' Kozhym 30' | Report | Poltaszewski 2' Mikuła 3', 12', 26' Weide 10', 19', 35' Górny 23', 37', 38', 40' |
* Umpires: Luis Martínez (ESP) Donny Gobinsingh (TRI)
* 8 February 2018 15:05
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6–7 | Australia |
| Pierre 2' Toussaint 10' Eccles 18', 40', 40+' Reynos 27' | Report | Seccull 5', 17' Hayes 11', 26' Sutherland 15' Ogilvie 19' Noblett 30' |
* Umpires: Aliaksandr Hrachou (BLR) Ayden Shrives (RSA)
* 8 February 2018 19:30
| Poland | 3–6 | Germany |
| Bratkowski 12' Majchrzak 28' Weide 37' | Report | Miltkau 4' Pehlke 10', 26' Rühr 18' Häner 25' Grambusch 40' |
* Umpires: Aliaksandr Hrachou (BLR) Ayden Shrives (RSA)
* 8 February 2018 21:50
| Australia | 2–2 | Czech Republic |
| Sherren 4' Seccull 23' | Report | Kyndl 20' Procházka 40+' |
* Umpires: Pawel Linkowski (POL) Bart de Liefde (NED)
* 8 February 2018 22:05
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6–4 | Kazakhstan |
| Toussaint 5', 7', 31' Pierre 23' Emmanuel 24' Reynos 31' | Report | Dyussebekov 17' Urmanov 28', 29' Kozhym 32' |
* Umpires: Lee Barron (ENG) Adam Barry (AUS)
* 9 February 2018 10:40
| Australia | 6–1 | Kazakhstan |
| Seccull 11' Sherren 18' Hayes 18' Knee 25' Sinclair 34' Campbell 37' | Report | Kozhym 36' |
* Umpires: Donny Gobinsingh (TRI) Diego Barbas (ARG)
* 9 February 2018 11:50
| Germany | 10–2 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Miltkau 2', 8' Pehlke 19', 40' Zwicker 22' Rühr 25', 31', 31', 38' Hauke 26' | Report | Toussaint 11' Pierre 35' |
* Umpires: Daniel Denta (DEN) Ayden Shrives (RSA)
* 9 February 2018 12:05
| Czech Republic | 3–3 | Poland |
| Seemann 1' Kyndl 19' Plochý 37' | Report | Bratkowski 5' Poltaszewski 9' Weide 22' |
* Umpires: Aliaksandr Hrachou (BLR) Adam Barry (AUS)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Austria | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 11 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Iran | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 11 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Belgium | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Russia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 6 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | South Africa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 28 | −19 | 0 | Eleventh place game |
* 7 February 2018 13:40
| Russia | 5–0 | South Africa |
| Golubev 17' Proskuriakov 20', 29', 40' Loginov 36' | Report | |
* Umpires: Bart de Liefde (NED) Pawel Linkowski (POL)
* 7 February 2018 14:50
| Iran | 5–1 | Switzerland |
| Beiranvand 11' Norouzzadeh 15', 32' Asnaashari 25' Nooranian 37' | Report | Keller 8' |
* Umpires: Aliaksandr Hrachou (BLR) Adam Barry (AUS)
* 7 February 2018 15:05
| Austria | 7–2 | Belgium |
| Körper 2', 23', 27', 34' Eitenberger 3' Uher 35' Stanzl 39' | Report | Zimmer 7' Dykmans 27' |
* Umpires: Luis Martínez (ESP) Lee Barron (ENG)
* 7 February 2018 20:55
| Russia | 1–3 | Switzerland |
| Zamalutdinov 10' | Report | Morard 14' Feller 39' Greder 40' |
* Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Pawel Linkowski (POL)
* 7 February 2018 21:50
| Austria | 6–3 | South Africa |
| Stanzl 4', 17' Körper 23', 28' Steyrer 24' Uher 29' | Report | Eustice 9' Fairweather 33' Mea 40' |
* Umpires: Aliaksandr Hrachou (BLR) Donny Gobinsingh (TRI)
* 7 February 2018 22:05
| Belgium | 3–3 | Iran |
| Charlier 2' Boon 19', 35' | Report | Norouzzadeh 4', 15', 33' |
* Umpires: Adam Barry (AUS) Lee Barron (ENG)
* 8 February 2018 13:40
| Belgium | 4–5 | Russia |
| Plennevaux 18', 38' Boon 22', 40' Asnaashari 25' Nooranian 37' | Report | Zamalutdinov 4' Proskuriakov 14', 27' Kornilov 30', 36' |
* Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Michael Eilmer (AUT)
* 8 February 2018 13:55
| Switzerland | 3–1 | South Africa |
| Morard 4', 9', 18' | Report | Rosenberg 22' |
* Umpires: Daniel Denta (DEN) Ben Göntgen (GER)
* 8 February 2018 14:50
| Iran | 3–3 | Austria |
| Taherirad 7', 37' Norouzzadeh 8' | Report | Körper 13', 20+' Stanzl 26' |
* Umpires: Bart de Liefde (NED) Adam Barry (AUS)
* 8 February 2018 19:45
| South Africa | 3–6 | Iran |
| Paton 15' Jones 19' Rosenberg 29' | Report | Norouzzadeh 17', 27', 29', 37' Sadi 27' Taherirad 38' |
* Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Luis Martínez (ESP)
* 8 February 2018 20:40
| Switzerland | 0–2 | Belgium |
| | Report | Boon 14' Plennevaux 25' |
* Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Daniel Denta (DEN)
* 8 February 2018 20:55
| Russia | 4–8 | Austria |
| Kornilov 6' Proskuriakov 9' Agafontsev 23' Golubev 33' | Report | Körper 2', 11', 20', 25' Stanzl 8' Uher 18', 28' Bele 38' |
* Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Ben Göntgen (GER)
* 9 February 2018 09:30
| Iran | 4–3 | Russia |
| Aroei 6' Beiranvand 24' Taherirad 25' Bohlouli 26' | Report | Proskuriakov 7', 10' Golubev 23' |
* Umpires: Pawel Linkowski (POL) Ben Göntgen (GER)
* 9 February 2018 09:45
| South Africa | 2–8 | Belgium |
| Fairweather 11', 25' | Report | Plennevaux 3', 34' Dykmans 7', 20', 39' Zimmer 10' Boon 23' Degroote 36' |
* Umpires: Lee Barron (ENG) Michael Eilmer (AUT)
* 9 February 2018 10:55
| Austria | 2–2 | Switzerland |
| Hasun 20' Stanzl 28' | Report | Morard 19' Feller 32' |
* Umpires: Bart de Liefde (NED) Luis Martínez (ESP)

### Second round

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 9 February 2018 | 9 February 2018 | | | |
| Germany | 3 | | | |
| Germany | 3 | 10 February 2018 | 10 February 2018 | | |
| Switzerland | 0 | 10 February 2018 | 10 February 2018 | |
| Switzerland | 0 | Germany | 6 | |
| 9 February 2018 | 9 February 2018 | | Germany | 6 | |
| 9 February 2018 | 9 February 2018 | Iran | 2 | |
| Iran (p.s.o.) | 2 (2) | Iran | 2 | |
| Iran (p.s.o.) | 2 (2) | | | | 11 February 2018 | 11 February 2018 |
| Czech Republic | 2 (1) | | | | 11 February 2018 | 11 February 2018 |
| Czech Republic | 2 (1) | | | | Germany | 3 (2) |
| 9 February 2018 | 9 February 2018 | | | | | Germany | 3 (2) |
| 9 February 2018 | 9 February 2018 | | | | Austria (p.s.o.) | 3 (3) |
| Australia | 4 | | | | Austria (p.s.o.) | 3 (3) |
| Australia | 4 | 10 February 2018 | 10 February 2018 | | | |
| Belgium | 2 | 10 February 2018 | 10 February 2018 | | | |
| Belgium | 2 | Australia | 1 | | | |
| 9 February 2018 | 9 February 2018 | | Australia | 1 | | | |
| 9 February 2018 | 9 February 2018 | Austria | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Austria | 2 | Austria | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Austria | 2 | | | | 11 February 2018 | 11 February 2018 |
| Poland | 1 | | | | 11 February 2018 | 11 February 2018 |
| Poland | 1 | | | | Iran | 5 |
| | | | | | Australia | 0 |

#### Quarter-finals

* 9 February 2018 17:00
| Iran | 2–2 | Czech Republic |
| Norouzzadeh 19', 28' | Report | Procházka 13' Jahoda 15' |
| Penalties |||
| Norouzzadeh Beiranvand | 2–1 | Vacek Plochý Seemann |
* Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Ayden Shrives (RSA)
* 9 February 2018 18:30
| Austria | 2–1 | Poland |
| Eitenberger 24' Körper 38' | Report | Makowski 32' |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Bart de Liefde (NED)
* 9 February 2018 20:00
| Germany | 3–0 | Switzerland |
| Miltkau 8' Häner 17' Rühr 30' | Report | |
* Umpires: Adam Barry (AUS) Lee Barron (ENG)
* 9 February 2018 21:30
| Australia | 4–2 | Belgium |
| Hayes 2', 29' Sherren 11' Knee 40' | Report | Degroote 24' Zimmer 37' |
* Umpires: Pawel Linkowski (POL) Diego Barbas (ARG)

#### Eleventh and twelfth place

* 10 February 2018 10:30
| Kazakhstan | 1–6 | South Africa |
| Urmanov 39' | Report | Fairweather 9', 20' Julius 24' Jones 25' Eustice 32', 37' |
* Umpires: Donny Gobinsingh (TRI) Pawel Linkowski (POL)

#### Ninth and tenth place

* 10 February 2018 12:00
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2–3 | Russia |
| Vieira 20+' Toussaint 33' | Report | Kuraev 6' Golubev 10', 40' |
* Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Daniel Denta (DEN)

#### First to fourth place classification
##### Semi-finals

* 10 February 2018 16:30
| Germany | 6–2 | Iran |
| Rühr 5', 12', 23' Pehlke 7' Häner 39' Weinke 40' | Report | Taherirad 20' Norouzzadeh 35' |
* Umpires: Bart de Liefde (NED) Luis Martínez (ESP)
* 10 February 2018 18:00
| Australia | 1–2 | Austria |
| Knee 24' | Report | Körper 20', 31' |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Aliaksandr Hrachou (BLR)

##### Third and fourth place

* 11 February 2018 12:00
| Iran | 5–0 | Australia |
| Taherirad 14' Norouzzadeh 19', 40', 40' Nooranian 31' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Luis Martínez (ESP)

##### Final

* 11 February 2018 15:00
| Germany | 3–3 | Austria |
| Häner 6' Zwicker 8' Rühr 26' | Report | Uher 9' Körper 33', 39' |
| Penalties |||
| Hauke Miltkau Rühr Rühr Hauke | 2–3 | Eitenberger Unterkircher Körper Eitenberger Körper |
* Umpires: Pawel Linkowski (POL) Adam Barry (AUS)

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Austria |
| | Germany |
| | Iran |
| 4 | Australia |
| 5 | Czech Republic |
| 6 | Poland |
| 7 | Belgium |
| 8 | Switzerland |
| 9 | Russia |
| 10 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 11 | South Africa |
| 12 | Kazakhstan |

## Awards

| Top Goalscorer | Player of the Tournament | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Rising Player of the Tournament |
| Christopher Rühr | Christopher Rühr | Sasan Hataminejad | Fabian Unterkirchen |

## Goalscorers

There were 306 goals scored in 40 matches, for an average of 7.65 goals per match.
19 goals
* Christopher Rühr
17 goals
* Michael Körper
16 goals
* Reza Norouzzadeh
11 goals
* Marco Miltkau
10 goals
* Jakub Kyndl
9 goals
* Jack Hayes
* Philipp Weide
8 goals
* Mikhail Proskuriakov
7 goals
* Mats Grambusch
* Fabian Pehlke
6 goals
* Benjamin Stanzl
* Tom Boon
* Navid Taherirad
* Tomasz Górny
* Artur Mikula
* Akim Toussaint
5 goals
* Dominic Uher
* Maxime Plennevaux
* Tomas Procházka
* David Vacek
* Martin Häner
* Daulet Urmanov
* Pavel Golubev
* Matthew Fairweather
* Yves Morard
* Mickell Pierre
4 goals
* James Knee
* Adam Seccull
* Gaetan Dykmans
* Martin Seemann
* Solomon Eccles
3 goals
* Jake Sherren
* Tanguy Zimmer
* Lukas Plochý
* Martin Zwicker
* Nurbol Kozhym
* Mateusz Poltaszewski
* Anton Kornilov
* Jethro Eustice
2 goals
* Troy Sutherland
* Sebastian Eitenberger
* Tom Degroote
* Tobias Hauke
* Behdad Beiranvand
* Hamid Nooranian
* Yermek Tashkeyev
* Pawel Bratkowski
* Michal Kasprzyk
* Krystian Makowski
* Ilfat Zamalutdinov
* Jarryd Jones
* Reza Rosenberg
* Florian Feller
* Kristien Emmanuel
* Jordan Reynos
* Jordan Vieira
1 goal
* Aidan Campbell
* Luke Noblett
* Heath Ogilvie
* Thomas Sinclair
* Alexander Bele
* Xaver Hasun
* Florian Steyrer
* Cédric Charlier
* Tomas Jahoda
* Alexander Otte
* Ferdinand Weinke
* Abbas Aroei
* Mohammad Asnaashari
* Mohsen Bohlouli
* Behnam Sadi
* Yerkebulan Dyussebekov
* Tilek Uzbek
* Karol Majchrzak
* Bartosz Zywiczka
* Aleksandr Agafontsev
* Dmitrii Kuraev
* Iaroslav Loginov
* Ryan Julius
* Mohamed Mea
* Wade Paton
* Martin Greder
* Manuel Keller
* Aidan de Gannes
* Shaquille Daniel
Source: FIH