# Men's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup

The Men's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup is an international indoor hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was first held in 2003 and it is held every four years.

## Format

Twelve qualified teams will be divided into two pools. The top two in their pool qualified for first to fourth classification, while third and fourth qualified for fifth to eighth classification, the last two teams will play for the last four placings.

## Qualification

Qualification is set by the governing body, the International Hockey Federation. The qualified teams include the host country, continental champions and the most recent World Cup final ranking.

## Summaries

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
| 2003 Details | Leipzig, Germany | Germany | 7–1 | Poland | France | 8–6 | Switzerland |
| 2007 Details | Vienna, Austria | Germany | 4–1 | Poland | Spain | 3–1 | Czech Republic |
| 2011 Details | Poznań, Poland | Germany | 3–2 (ET) | Poland | Austria | 5–0 | Russia |
| 2015 Details | Leipzig, Germany | Netherlands | 3–2 | Austria | Germany | 13–2 | Iran |
| 2018 Details | Berlin, Germany | Austria | 3–3 (3–2 pso) | Germany | Iran | 5–0 | Australia |
| 2022 Details | Liège, Belgium | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2023 Details | Pretoria, South Africa | Austria | 4–4 (3–2 p.s.o.) | Netherlands | Iran | 4–4 (3–2 p.s.o.) | United States |
| 2025 Details | Poreč, Croatia | Germany | 6–6 (2–1 p.s.o.) | Austria | South Africa | 6–5 | Belgium |

## Performance by nation

| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
| Germany | 4 (2003, 2007, 2011, 2025) | 1 (2018) | 1 (2015) | |
| Austria | 2 (2018, 2023) | 2 (2015, 2025) | 1 (2011) | |
| Netherlands | 1 (2015) | 1 (2023) | | |
| Poland | | 3 (2003, 2007, 2011) | | |
| Iran | | | 2 (2018, 2023) | 1 (2015) |
| France | | | 1 (2003) | |
| Spain | | | 1 (2007) | |
| South Africa | | | 1 (2025) | |
| Switzerland | | | | 1 (2003) |
| Czech Republic | | | | 1 (2007) |
| Russia | | | | 1 (2011) |
| Australia | | | | 1 (2018) |
| United States | | | | 1 (2023) |
| Belgium | | | | 1 (2025) |

## Team appearances

| Team | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2018 | 2023 | 2025 | Total |
| Argentina | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 10th | 2 |
| Australia | 8th | 8th | 7th | 10th | 4th | 11th | 6th | 7 |
| Austria | – | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 6 |
| Belgium | – | – | – | – | 7th | 5th | 4th | 3 |
| Canada | 6th | 7th | 10th | 12th | – | – | – | 4 |
| Croatia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 7th | 4th | 8th | 9th | 5th | 9th | – | 6 |
| England | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| France | 3rd | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Germany | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | WD | 1st | 6 |
| Iran | – | – | 9th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 7th | 5 |
| Italy | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | – | – | – | – | 12th | 10th | – | 2 |
| Malaysia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | 1 |
| Namibia | – | – | 12th | – | – | 8th | 8th | 3 |
| Netherlands | 5th | – | 5th | 1st | – | 2nd | – | 4 |
| New Zealand | 12th | – | – | – | – | 12th | | 2 |
| Poland | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 7th | 6th | – | 5th | 6 |
| Russia | 9th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 9th | DSQ | – | 5 |
| South Africa | 10th | 11th | – | 11th | 11th | 6th | 3rd | 6 |
| Spain | – | 3rd | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Sweden | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | 1 |
| Switzerland | 4th | 9th | – | 8th | 8th | – | – | 4 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | – | 12th | – | – | 10th | – | 12th | 3 |
| United States | 11th | – | 11th | – | – | 4th | – | 3 |
| Total | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |