# 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup

The 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the FIH. It was held from 28 November to 16 December 2018, at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. The inauguration ceremony which was held on 27 November 2018, witnessed the biggest ever drone flying show in India.
Belgium won the tournament for the first time after defeating the Netherlands 3–2 in the final on a penalty shoot-out after a 0–0 draw. Defending champions Australia won the third place match by defeating England 8–1 in the third place playoff of the Odisha men's hockey world cup 2018.

## Bidding

In March 2013, one month after the FIH published the event assignment process document for the 2014–2018 cycle, Australia, Belgium, India, Malaysia and New Zealand were shortlisted as candidates for hosting the event and were asked to submit bidding documentation, a requirement that Belgium did not meet. In addition, one month before the host election, Australia withdrew their application due to technical and financial reasons. India was announced as host on 7 November 2013, during a special ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland.

## Qualification

Due to the increase to 16 participating teams, the new qualification process was announced in July 2015 by the International Hockey Federation. Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation received an automatic berth, and the 10/11 highest placed teams at the Semifinals of the 2016–17 FIH Hockey World League not already qualified would enter the tournament. The following sixteen teams shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this tournament.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| 7 November 2013 | Host nation | Host nation | 1 | India (5) |
| 15–25 June 2017 | 2016–17 Hockey World League Semifinals | London, England | 5 | England (7) Malaysia (12) Canada (11) Pakistan (13) China (17) |
| 8–23 July 2017 | 2016–17 Hockey World League Semifinals | Johannesburg, South Africa | 6 | Belgium (3) Germany (6) New Zealand (8) Spain (9) Ireland (10) France (16) |
| 4–12 August 2017 | 2017 Pan American Cup | Lancaster, United States | 1 | Argentina (2) |
| 19–27 August 2017 | 2017 EuroHockey Championship | Amstelveen, Netherlands | 1 | Netherlands (4) |
| 11–15 October 2017 | 2017 Oceania Cup | Sydney, Australia | 1 | Australia (1) |
| 11–22 October 2017 | 2017 Asia Cup | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 0 | — |
| 22–29 October 2017 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations | Ismailia, Egypt | 1 | South Africa (15) |
| Total | Total | Total | 16 | |
    ^1 – India qualified both as host and continental champion, therefore that quota was given to China as the highest-ranked team from the 2016–17 Hockey World League Semifinals not already qualified.

## Format

The 16 teams were drawn into four groups, each containing four teams. Each team played each other team in its group once. The first-placed team in each group advanced to the quarter-finals, while the second- and third-placed teams in each group went into the crossover matches. From there on a single-elimination tournament was played.

## Umpires

16 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament.
* Diego Barbas (ARG)
* Dan Barstow (ENG)
* Marcin Grochal (POL)
* Ben Göntgen (GER)
* Adam Kearns (AUS)
* Eric Kim Lai Koh (MAS)
* Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
* Martin Madden (SCO)
* Raghu Prasad (IND)
* Javed Shaikh (IND)
* Simon Taylor (NZL)
* David Tomlinson (NZL)
* Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* Jonas van't Hek (NED)
* Francisco Vásquez (ESP)
* Peter Wright (RSA)

## Opening ceremony

* Trophy model of Hockey World Cup
* Shahrukh Khan and Naveen Pattnaik with the participating teams' captains
* A dance performance by Madhuri Dixit
* A.R Rahman during a performance
* Audience in the inauguration ceremony
* Fireworks
* Naveen Pattnaik with Indian Captain Manpreet Singh
* A traditional dance by Adivasis
* Stage decoration

## Results

The schedule was published on 27 February 2018.
All times are local (UTC+5:30).

### First round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | Cross-overs |
| 3 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | Cross-overs |
| 4 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 2 | |
* 29 November 2018 17:00
| Argentina | 4–3 | Spain |
| Mazzilli 4', 15' Peillat 15+', 49' | Report | González 3' Romeu 14' Ruiz 35' |
* Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 29 November 2018 19:00
| New Zealand | 2–1 | France |
| Russell 16' Jenness 56' | Report | Charlet 59' |
* Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Peter Wright (RSA)
* 3 December 2018 17:00
| Spain | 1–1 | France |
| Iglesias 48' | Report | Clément 6' |
* Umpires: Eric Kim Lai Koh (MAS) Dan Barstow (ENG)
* 3 December 2018 19:00
| New Zealand | 0–3 | Argentina |
| | Report | Mazzilli 23' Vila 41' Martínez 55' |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
* 6 December 2018 17:00
| Spain | 2–2 | New Zealand |
| Beltrán 9' Iglesias 27' | Report | Phillips 50' Russell 56' |
* Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 6 December 2018 19:00
| Argentina | 3–5 | France |
| Martínez 28' Peillat 44', 48' | Report | H. Genestet 18' Charlet 23' Coisne 26' Baumgarten 30' Goyet 54' |
* Umpires: Eric Kim Lai Koh (MAS) Jonas van't Hek (NED)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | Cross-overs |
| 3 | China | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 2 | Cross-overs |
| 4 | Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 | |
* 30 November 2018 17:00
| Australia | 2–1 | Ireland |
| Govers 11' Brand 34' | Report | O'Donoghue 13' |
* Umpires: Jonas van't Hek (NED) Francisco Vásquez (ESP)
* 30 November 2018 19:00
| England | 2–2 | China |
| Gleghorne 14' Ansell 48' | Report | Guo X. 5' Du 59' |
* Umpires: Eric Kim Lai Koh (MAS) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 4 December 2018 17:00
| England | 0–3 | Australia |
| | Report | Whetton 47' Govers 50' Weyer 56' |
* Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 4 December 2018 19:00
| Ireland | 1–1 | China |
| Sothern 44' | Report | Guo J. 43' |
* Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 7 December 2018 17:00
| Australia | 11–0 | China |
| Govers 10', 19', 34' Zaleweski 15' Craig 16' Hayward 22' Whetton 29' Brand 33', 55' Wotherspoon 39' Ogilvie 49' | Report | |
* Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
* 7 December 2018 19:00
| Ireland | 2–4 | England |
| Cargo 35' O'Donoghue 37' | Report | Condon 15' Ansell 37' Gall 38' Gleghorne 60+' |
* Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Ben Göntgen (GER)

#### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | Cross-overs |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 | Cross-overs |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 1 | |
* 28 November 2018 17:00
| Belgium | 2–1 | Canada |
| Denayer 3' Briels 22' | Report | Pearson 48' |
* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
* 28 November 2018 19:00
| India | 5–0 | South Africa |
| Mandeep 10' Akashdeep 12' Simranjeet 43', 46' Lalit 45' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Diego Barbas (ARG)
* 2 December 2018 17:00
| Canada | 1–1 | South Africa |
| Tupper 45' | Report | Ntuli 43' |
* Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Jonas van't Hek (NED)
* 2 December 2018 19:00
| India | 2–2 | Belgium |
| Harmanpreet 39' Simranjeet 47' | Report | Hendrickx 8' Gougnard 56' |
* Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Francisco Vásquez (ESP)
* 8 December 2018 17:00
| Belgium | 5–1 | South Africa |
| Hendrickx 14', 22' Gougnard 18' Luypaert 30' Charlier 48' | Report | Spooner 1' |
* Umpires: Eric Kim Lai Koh (MAS) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 8 December 2018 19:00
| Canada | 1–5 | India |
| Van Son 39' | Report | Harmanpreet 12' Chinglensana 46' Lalit 47', 57' Amit 51' |
* Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Simon Taylor (NZL)

#### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 6 | Cross-overs |
| 3 | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | Cross-overs |
| 4 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 1 | |
* 1 December 2018 17:00
| Netherlands | 7–0 | Malaysia |
| Hertzberger 12', 29', 60' Pruyser 21' Van der Weerden 35' Kemperman 42' Brinkman 57' | Report | |
* Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Simon Taylor (NZL)
* 1 December 2018 19:00
| Germany | 1–0 | Pakistan |
| Miltkau 36' | Report | |
* Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 5 December 2018 17:00
| Germany | 4–1 | Netherlands |
| Müller 30' Windfeder 52' Miltkau 54' Rühr 58' | Report | Verga 13' |
* Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 5 December 2018 19:00
| Malaysia | 1–1 | Pakistan |
| Faizal 55' | Report | Atiq 51' |
* Umpires: Gregory Uttenhove (BEL) Diego Barbas (ARG)
* 9 December 2018 17:00
| Malaysia | 3–5 | Germany |
| Razie 26', 42' Nabil 28' | Report | Herzbruch 2', 59' Rühr 14', 18' Miltkau 39' |
* Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 9 December 2018 19:00
| Netherlands | 5–1 | Pakistan |
| Brinkman 7' Verga 27' De Voogd 37' Croon 47' Van der Weerden 59' | Report | Bhutta 9' |
* Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Francisco Vásquez (ESP)

### Second round

| Cross-overs | Cross-overs | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| | | 12 December | 12 December | | | | |
| | | Argentina | 2 | | | |
| 10 December | 10 December | | Argentina | 2 | | | |
| 10 December | 10 December | England | 3 | | | |
| England | 2 | England | 3 | | | |
| England | 2 | | | | 15 December | 15 December | |
| New Zealand | 0 | | | | 15 December | 15 December |
| New Zealand | 0 | | | | England | 0 |
| | | | | | Belgium | 6 |
| | | 13 December | 13 December | | | | |
| | | Germany | 1 | | | |
| 11 December | 11 December | | Germany | 1 | | | |
| 11 December | 11 December | Belgium | 2 | | | |
| Belgium | 5 | Belgium | 2 | | | |
| Belgium | 5 | | | | | | 16 December | 16 December |
| Pakistan | 0 | | | | | | 16 December | 16 December |
| Pakistan | 0 | | | | | | Belgium (p.s.o.) | 0 (3) |
| | | | | | | | Netherlands | 0 (2) |
| | | 12 December | 12 December | | | | | |
| | | Australia | 3 | | | | | |
| 10 December | 10 December | | Australia | 3 | | | | | |
| 10 December | 10 December | France | 0 | | | | | |
| France | 1 | France | 0 | | | | | |
| France | 1 | | | | 15 December | 15 December | | | |
| China | 0 | | | | 15 December | 15 December | | |
| China | 0 | | | | Australia | 2 (3) | | |
| | | | | | Netherlands (p.s.o.) | 2 (4) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 13 December | 13 December | | | | 16 December | 16 December |
| | | India | 1 | | | | England | 1 |
| 11 December | 11 December | | India | 1 | | | | England | 1 |
| 11 December | 11 December | Netherlands | 2 | | | | Australia | 8 |
| Netherlands | 5 | Netherlands | 2 | | | | Australia | 8 |
| Canada | 0 | | | | | | | |

#### Cross-overs

* 10 December 2018 16:45
| England | 2–0 | New Zealand |
| Calnan 25' Taylor 44' | Report | |
* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 10 December 2018 19:00
| France | 1–0 | China |
| Clément 36' | Report | |
* Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Jonas van't Hek (NED)
* 11 December 2018 16:45
| Belgium | 5–0 | Pakistan |
| Hendrickx 10' Briels 13' Charlier 27' Dockier 35' Boon 53' | Report | |
* Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Dan Barstow (ENG)
* 11 December 2018 19:00
| Netherlands | 5–0 | Canada |
| Balk 16' Kemperman 20' Van Dam 40', 58' Brinkman 41' | Report | |
* Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Diego Barbas (ARG)

#### Quarter-finals

* 12 December 2018 16:45
| Argentina | 2–3 | England |
| Peillat 17', 48' | Report | Middleton 27' Calnan 45' Martin 49' |
* Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Ben Göntgen (GER)
* 12 December 2018 19:00
| Australia | 3–0 | France |
| Hayward 4' Govers 19' Zalewski 37' | Report | |
* Umpires: Lim Hong Zhen (SGP) Gregory Uttenhove (BEL)
* 13 December 2018 16:45
| Germany | 1–2 | Belgium |
| Linnekogel 14' | Report | Hendrickx 18' Boon 50' |
* Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)
* 13 December 2018 19:00
| India | 1–2 | Netherlands |
| Akashdeep 12' | Report | Brinkman 15' Van der Weerden 50' |
* Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Adam Kearns (AUS)

#### Semi-finals

* 15 December 2018 16:00
| England | 0–6 | Belgium |
| | Report | Boon 8' Gougnard 19' Charlier 42' Hendrickx 45+', 50' Dockier 53' |
* Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Ben Göntgen (GER)
* 15 December 2018 18:30
| Australia | 2–2 | Netherlands |
| Howard 45' Ockenden 60' | Report | Schuurman 9' Van Ass 20' |
| Penalties |||
| Zalewski Beale Craig Brand Whetton Beale | 3–4 | Hertzberger Pruyser Kemperman Van Ass Van Dam Hertzberger |
* Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Dan Barstow (ENG)

#### Third place match

* 16 December 2018 16:30
| England | 1–8 | Australia |
| Middleton 45' | Report | Govers 8' Craig 9', 19', 34' Mitton 32' Brand 34' Hayward 57', 60' |
* Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) David Tomlinson (NZL)

#### Final

* 16 December 2018 19:00
| Belgium | 0–0 | Netherlands |
| | Report | |
| Penalties |||
| Van Doren Denayer Van Aubel Wegnez De Sloover Van Aubel | 3–2 | Hertzberger Pruyser De Geus Van Ass Van Dam Hertzberger |
* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Marcin Grochal (POL)

## Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Belgium | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 17 | Gold medal |
| 2 | Netherlands | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 14 | Silver medal |
| 3 | Australia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4 | +25 | 16 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | England | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 23 | −11 | 10 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Germany | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 9 | Eliminated in quarterfinals |
| 6 | India (H) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 7 | Eliminated in quarterfinals |
| 7 | Argentina | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 6 | Eliminated in quarterfinals |
| 8 | France | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | Eliminated in quarterfinals |
| 9 | New Zealand | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | Eliminated in crossover matches |
| 10 | China | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 2 | Eliminated in crossover matches |
| 11 | Canada | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 1 | Eliminated in crossover matches |
| 12 | Pakistan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 | Eliminated in crossover matches |
| 13 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 14 | Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 15 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 16 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |

## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Player of the tournament | Goalkeeper of the tournament | Young player of the tournament | Top goalscorer | Fair play award |
| Arthur Van Doren | Pirmin Blaak | Thijs van Dam | Blake Govers Alexander Hendrickx | Spain |

## Goalscorers

There were 157 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 4.36 goals per match.
7 goals
* Blake Govers
* Alexander Hendrickx
6 goals
* Gonzalo Peillat
4 goals
* Timothy Brand
* Tom Craig
* Jeremy Hayward
* Thierry Brinkman
3 goals
* Agustín Mazzilli
* Tom Boon
* Cédric Charlier
* Simon Gougnard
* Marco Miltkau
* Christopher Rühr
* Simranjeet Singh
* Lalit Upadhyay
* Jeroen Hertzberger
* Mink van der Weerden
2 goals
* Lucas Martínez
* Jake Whetton
* Aran Zalewski
* Thomas Briels
* Sébastien Dockier
* Liam Ansell
* Will Calnan
* Mark Gleghorne
* Barry Middleton
* Victor Charlet
* Timothée Clément
* Timm Herzbruch
* Akashdeep Singh
* Harmanpreet Singh
* Shane O'Donoghue
* Razie Rahim
* Thijs van Dam
* Robbert Kemperman
* Valentin Verga
* Kane Russell
* Álvaro Iglesias
1 goal
* Lucas Vila
* Tim Howard
* Trent Mitton
* Eddie Ockenden
* Flynn Ogilvie
* Corey Weyer
* Dylan Wotherspoon
* Félix Denayer
* Loïck Luypaert
* Mark Pearson
* Floris van Son
* Scott Tupper
* Du Talake
* Guo Jin
* Guo Xiaoping
* David Condon
* Harry Martin
* James Gall
* Luke Taylor
* Gaspard Baumgarten
* Aristide Coisne
* Hugo Genestet
* François Goyet
* Dieter Linnekogel
* Mathias Müller
* Lukas Windfeder
* Amit Rohidas
* Chinglensana Singh
* Mandeep Singh
* Chris Cargo
* Alan Sothern
* Nabil Fiqri
* Faizal Saari
* Seve van Ass
* Lars Balk
* Jorrit Croon
* Mirco Pruyser
* Glenn Schuurman
* Bob de Voogd
* Stephen Jenness
* Hayden Phillips
* Muhammad Atiq
* Muhammad Umar Bhutta
* Nqobile Ntuli
* Nicholas Spooner
* Albert Beltrán
* Enrique González
* Josep Romeu
* Viçens Ruiz
Source: FIH