Raipur will host the men’s Hockey World league Final from November 27 to December 6, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced on Tuesday.
“...The 2015 men’s Hockey World league Final will be hosted by the Indian city of Raipur, Chhattisgarh between 27 November and 6 December 2015,” the FIH said.
The event will be held in the Raipur International Hockey Stadium, which was opened as a dedicated hockey facility in August last year.
The event will feature eight teams who qualified through the Hockey World league Semi-Finals in Buenos Aires and Antwerp. They include Australia, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Great Britain, Argentina, hosts India and Canada.
This will be the first international hockey event to be staged not only in the newly-built Raipur International Hockey Stadium, but also in the city.
“The HWl Final is going to be an extremely exciting event, with all eight teams having qualified for the 2016 Olympics. This will be one of the last opportunities to test themselves against one another before Rio,” FIH President leandro Negre said.