The International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Thursday revealed the list slotting qualified teams into four pools for the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar-Rourkela 2023 during the Draw Ceremony at the Convention Centre, Lokseva Bhawan here.
The Draw Ceremony was conducted in the presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, acting president of FIH Seif Ahmed and officials from Hockey India.
FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar-Rourkela 2023 will begin on January 13, 2023 and continue till January 29. As many as 16 teams will play under four pools in the tournament.
Pool A: Australia, Argentina, France, South Africa; Pool B: Belgium, Germany, Korea, Japan; Pool C: Netherlands, New Zealand, Malaysia, Chile; Pool D: India, England, Spain, Wales.
Meanwhile on Wednesday, a high-level delegation of the FIH and Hockey India visited the Birsa Munda Stadium in Rourkela which would co-host the World Cup in Odisha with Kalinga Stadium Bhubaneswar.
Notably, Odisha is the first Indian State to host Hockey World Cup for second time in the row after successfully hosting it in 2018.