2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup

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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 Stadium in Bhubaneswar and at the 20,000 seat Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela, India from 13 to 29 January 2023. On 5 January 2023, Hockey India launched the hockey anthem, *Jai Ho Hindustan Ki* for the world cup. This was composed by Prem Anand and sung by Sukhwinder Singh.

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.

## 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. The FIH received the following final three bids for the Men's 2022 World Cup. In November 2019, India was confirmed to host the tournament in January 2023.

For the preferred time window 1–17 July 2022:

* Belgium
* ~~Germany~~ (withdrew)
* Malaysia
* ~~Spain~~ (withdrew)

For the preferred time window 13–29 January 2023:

* India

## Teams

### Qualification

Just as in 2018, 16 teams competed in the tournament. Alongside hosts, India, the five continental champions received an automatic berth. After the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics the quota of places available through continental championships including the World Cup hosts was increased from six to sixteen.

### Draw

The draw took place on 8 September 2022.

* India (assigned to D1)
* Australia (assigned to A1)
* Belgium (assigned to B1)
* Netherlands (assigned to C1)

* Germany
* England
* Argentina
* New Zealand

* Spain
* File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
* France
* South Korea

* South Africa
* Wales
* Japan
* Chile

### Squads

Main article: 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup squads
The sixteen national teams were required to register a playing squad of eighteen players and two reserves.

## 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. Before the tournament, the final list was published.

* 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)

## 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. According to an FIH statement "In the last moments of today's FIH Hockey Men's World Cup match between Japan and Korea, the Japanese team had 12 players on the field of play, instead of a maximum of 11 as stipulated in the FIH Rules of Hockey". Following discussion with FIH officials, the Japanese team explained that the incident was an accident and expressed their apologies to the FIH and opposition. The FIH is investigating the incident.

## First round

The schedule was published on 8 September 2022.

*All times are local (UTC+5:30).*

### Pool A

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Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

### Pool B

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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.

### Pool C

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Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

### Pool D

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## Second round

### Bracket

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### Final

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## Final ranking

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## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

## Goalscorers

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## See also

* 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup
* 2023 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup
* 2023 Men's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup

## Notes

1. ↑ The Oceania Cup could not be completed before the qualification deadline due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore the two Oceania quota places have been filled based on the FIH Men's World Ranking.

## References

1. ↑ "India's largest hockey stadium planned in Rourkela, to co-host 2023 FIH World Cup". *www.olympicchannel.com*. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "2022 FIH Hockey Women's World Cup in Spain and the Netherlands, 2023 FIH Hockey Men's World Cup in India". *fih.ch*. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 8 November 2019. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
3. ↑ "Hockey India launches patriotic and motivational anthem ahead of FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela". *Hockey India*. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
4. ↑ Service, Statesman News (5 January 2023). "'Jai Ho Hindustan Ki' is Hockey India's anthem for the Odisha World Cup". *The Statesman*. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Germany crowned World Champions at the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023". *International Hockey Federation*. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
6. ↑ "Two time windows set for 2022 FIH World Cups". *fih.ch*. International Hockey Federation. 20 December 2018. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
7. ↑ "India presents bid to host men's Hockey World Cup in 2023". *The Times of India*. 17 October 2019. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
8. ↑ "World Cup qualification quotas decided". *fih.ch*. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 8 November 2019. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
9. ↑ "Asia Cup provides ticket to Bhubaneswar-Rourkela". *fih.hockey*. 26 May 2022. Archived from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
10. ↑ "FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar – Rourkela: draw scheduled on 8 September". *fih.hockey*. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
11. ↑ "FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar – Rourkela: Pools revealed!". *fih.hockey*. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
12. ↑ "2022 FIH Hockey Men's World Cup Tournament Regulations" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
13. ↑ "Officials confirmed for 2022 and 2023 FIH Women's and Men's World Cups". *FIH*. 29 November 2021. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
14. ↑ "Officials List" (PDF). *FIH*. 29 November 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
15. ↑ "Officials List". Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
16. ↑ "Hockey World Cup: 12 Japanese Players Appear On Field During Match Against South Korea, FIH To Investigate | Hockey News". *NDTVSports.com*. Archived from the original on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
17. ↑ "Hockey World Cup: 12 Japanese Players Appear On Field During Match Against South Korea, FIH To Investigate | Hockey News". *NDTVSports.com*. Archived from the original on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
18. ↑ Sportstar, Team (17 January 2023). "Hockey World Cup 2023: 12 Japanese players on the pitch during Korea vs Japan match". *sportstar.thehindu.com*. Archived from the original on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
19. ↑ Steven (18 January 2023). "FIH Hockey World Cup 2023: Japan to get penalised for fielding 12 players". *Bethive.net*. Archived from the original on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
20. ↑ "FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar – Rourkela: Pools revealed!". *International Hockey Federation*. 8 September 2022. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
21. ↑ "FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela: Argentina-South Africa to open the show!". *International Hockey Federation*. 30 September 2022. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.

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