2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup

2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	India
Cities	Bhubaneswar Rourkela
Dates	13–29 January
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	Kalinga Hockey Stadium Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Germany (3rd title)
Runner-up	Belgium
Third place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	249 (5.66 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jeremy Hayward (9 goals)
Best player	Niklas Wellen
Best young player	Mustapha Cassiem
Best goalkeeper	Vincent Vanasch
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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 Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar and at the 20,000 seat Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela, India from 13 to 29 January 2023.^[1][2]

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.^[3]

The International Hockey Federation announced in December 2018 that the 2022 Hockey World Cups would be held either in July 2022 or January 2023.^[4] The FIH received the following final three bids for the Men's 2022 World Cup.^[5] In November 2019, India was confirmed to host the tournament in January 2023.^[2]

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

Just as in 2018, 16 teams competed in the tournament. Alongside hosts, India, the five continental champions received an automatic berth.^[2] 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.^[6]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
8 November 2019	Hosts	—	1	India (6)
4–13 June 2021	2021 EuroHockey Championship	Amstelveen, Netherlands	5	Belgium (2)  England (5)  Germany (4)  Netherlands (3)  Spain (8)
21–24 October 2021	2021 European Qualifier	Cardiff, Wales	2	France (12)  Wales (15)
17–23 January 2022	2022 Africa Cup of Nations	Accra, Ghana	1	South Africa (14)
20–30 January 2022	2022 Pan American Cup	Santiago, Chile	2	Argentina (7)  Chile (22)
23 May – 1 June 2022	2022 Asia Cup	Jakarta, Indonesia	3	Japan (16)  Malaysia (11)  South Korea (10)
Cancelled[note 1]	2022 Oceania Cup	New Zealand	2	Australia (1)  New Zealand (9)
Total			16

The draw took place on 8 September 2022.^[8][9]

The sixteen national teams were required to register a playing squad of eighteen players and two reserves.^[10]

Following is a list of all venues and host cities.

Bhubaneswar Rourkela	Bhubaneswar	Rourkela
	Kalinga Hockey Stadium	Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium
	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 21,800

On 29 November 2021, 18 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament.^[11][12] Before the tournament, the final list was published.^[13]

The schedule was published on 8 September 2022.^[14]

All times are local (UTC+5:30).^[15]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	1	0	20	5	+15	7	Quarter-finals
2	Argentina	3	1	2	0	9	8	+1	5	Cross-overs
3	France	3	1	1	1	7	14	−7	4
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

13 January 2023 13:00 Argentina  1–0  South Africa Casella  43' Report Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Dan Barstow (ENG)

13 January 2023 15:00 Australia  8–0  France Craig  9', 32', 45' Ogilvie  27' Hayward  27', 29', 39' Wickham  54' Report Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) David Tomlinson (NZL)

16 January 2023 17:00 France  2–1  South Africa Charlet  8', 57' Report Beauchamp  15+' Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

16 January 2023 19:00 Argentina  3–3  Australia Domene  19' Casella  33' Ferreiro  49' Report Hayward  10' Beale  30' Govers  58' Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Dan Barstow (ENG)

20 January 2023 13:00 Australia  9–2  South Africa Govers  4', 15', 19', 20' Craig  10' Harvie  22' Ephraums  28' Hayward  32' Brand  47' Report Ntuli  8' Kok  58' Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) David Tomlinson (NZL)

20 January 2023 15:00 France  5–5  Argentina Tynevez  11' Charlet  36', 38', 49', 60' Report Keenan  3' Della Torre  34', 42', 60' Ferreiro  51' Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Sean Rapaport (RSA)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	2	1	0	14	3	+11	7	Quarter-finals
2	Germany	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7	Cross-overs
3	South Korea	3	1	0	2	4	13	−9	3
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

14 January 2023 17:00 Belgium  5–0  South Korea Hendrickx  31' Cosyns  43' Van Aubel  50' Dockier  52' De Sloover  58' Report Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Jonas van 't Hek (NED) Javed Shaikh (IND)

14 January 2023 19:00 Germany  3–0  Japan M. Grambusch  36' Rühr  41' Prinz  49' Report Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

17 January 2023 17:00 South Korea  2–1  Japan Lee J.  9', 24' Report Nagayoshi  2' Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Jonas van 't Heck (NED) Raghu Prasad (IND)

17 January 2023 19:00 Germany  2–2  Belgium Wellen  23' T. Grambusch  53' Report Charlier  10' Wegnez  55' Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Gareth Geenfield (NZL)

20 January 2023 17:00 Belgium  7–1  Japan Charlier  18' Boon  22', 27', 28', 51', 56' Dockier  52' Report Fukuda  46' Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Federico García (URU)

20 January 2023 19:00 South Korea  2–7  Germany Jang  15', 60' Report Wellen  2', 17', 41' Peillat  43' Weigand  51' M. Grambusch  53' Ludwig  53' Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Umpires: Lim Hong Zhen (SGP) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	22	0	+22	9	Quarter-finals
2	Malaysia	3	2	0	1	6	8	−2	6	Cross-overs
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
4	Chile	3	0	0	3	3	20	−17	0

14 January 2023 13:00 New Zealand  3–1  Chile Lane  10' Hiha  12', 19' Report Contardo  50' Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Federico García (URU)

14 January 2023 15:00 Netherlands  4–0  Malaysia Van Dam  20' Janssen  24' Beins  47' Croon  60' Report Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)

16 January 2023 13:00 Malaysia  3–2  Chile Razie  26' Ashran  41' Norsyafiq  42' Report Amoroso  20' Rodríguez  29' Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

16 January 2023 15:00 New Zealand  0–4  Netherlands Report Brinkman  3', 13' Bijen  20' Hoedemakers  55' Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Umpires: Lim Hong Zhen (SGP) Federico García (URU)

19 January 2023 13:00 Malaysia  3–2  New Zealand Faizal  9', 57' Razie  43' Report Phillips  52' Lane  53' Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Bruce Bale (ENG)

19 January 2023 15:00 Netherlands  14–0  Chile Janssen  7', 30', 35', 45' De Vilder  23' Van Dam  24' Brinkman  26', 34', 59' Pieters  38' Bijen  41', 46' Blok  43' Beins  49' Report Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	9	0	+9	7	Quarter-finals
2	India (H)	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Cross-overs
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Wales	3	0	0	3	3	14	−11	0

13 January 2023 17:00 England  5–0  Wales Park  1' Ansell  28', 38' Roper  42' Bandurak  58' Report Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP)

13 January 2023 19:00 India  2–0  Spain Amit  13' Hardik  26' Report Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)

15 January 2023 17:00 Spain  5–1  Wales Reyné  17', 39' Iglesias  23' Miralles  33', 57' Report Carson  53' Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Sean Rapaport (RSA)

15 January 2023 19:00 England  0–0  India Report Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Steve Rogers (AUS)

19 January 2023 17:00 Spain  0–4  England Report Roper  11' Condon  22' Bandurak  51' Ansell  52' Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Coen van Bunge (NED)

19 January 2023 19:00 India  4–2  Wales Shamsher  22' Akashdeep  33', 46' Harmanpreet  60' Report Furlong  43' Draper  45' Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Jonas van 't Hek (NED) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

26 January 2023 11:30 South Africa  6–3  Malaysia Sherwood  9', 57' Morgan  17' Ntuli  26' Horne  43' M. Cassiem  44' Report Razie  35', 45' Firhan  57' Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Bruce Bale (ENG)

26 January 2023 14:00 Wales  2–2  France Hawker  10' Furlong  23' Report Sellier  15', 21' Penalties Prosser Shipperley Pritchard Francis 2–1 Lockwood Jouin Tynevez Clément Baumgarten Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Sean Rapaport (RSA)

26 January 2023 16:30 Chile  0–8  Argentina Report Della Torre  9' Casella  17', 34' Toscani  19' Capurro  23' Keenan  25' Ferreiro  51' Domene  56' Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

26 January 2023 19:00 Japan  0–8  India Report Mandeep  33' Abhishek  36', 44' Vivek  40' Harmanpreet  46', 59' Manpreet  59' Sukhjeet  60' Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Umpires: Lim Hong Zhen (SGP) Federico García (URU)

28 January 2023 11:30 Malaysia  3–2  Japan Shello  8', 32' Shahmie  34' Report K. Tanaka  24' S. Tanaka  32' Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) David Tomlinson (NZL)

28 January 2023 14:00 Chile  2–4  France Becerra  21' Pizarro  54' Report Curty  14' Charlet  18', 18' Xavier  43' Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Umpires: Federico García (URU) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

28 January 2023 16:30 Argentina  6–0  Wales Toscani  16' Ferreiro  29', 49' Bugallo  31' Tarazona  37' Casella  48' Report Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Umpires: Lim Hong Zhen (SGP) Sean Rapaport (RSA)

28 January 2023 19:00 South Africa  2–5  India Mvimbi  49' M. Cassiem  60' Report Abhishek  5' Harmanpreet  12' Shamsher  56' Akashdeep  49' Sukhjeet  59' Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Umpires: Jonas van 't Hek (NED) Bruce Bale (ENG)

Crossovers

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

24 January

Australia

4

22 January

Spain

3

Malaysia

2 (3)

27 January

Spain (p.s.o.)

2 (4)

Australia

3

Germany

4

25 January

England

2 (3)

23 January

Germany (p.s.o.)

2 (4)

Germany

5

29 January

France

1

Germany (p.s.o.)

3 (5)

Belgium

3 (4)

24 January

Belgium

2

22 January

New Zealand

0

India

3 (4)

27 January

New Zealand (p.s.o.)

3 (5)

Belgium (p.s.o.)

2 (3)

Netherlands

2 (2)

Third place

25 January

29 January

Netherlands

5

Australia

1

23 January

South Korea

1

Netherlands

3

Argentina

5 (2)

South Korea (p.s.o.)

5 (3)

22 January 2023 16:30 Malaysia  2–2  Spain Faizal  35' Shello  49' Report Miralles  41' Gispert  42' Penalties Firhan Faizal Marhan Shahmie Shello Firhan 3–4 Iglesias Miralles Bonastre Recasens Reyné Miralles Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Ben Göntgen (GER)

22 January 2023 19:00 India  3–3  New Zealand Lalit  18' Sukhjeet  25' Varun  41' Report Lane  29' Russell  44' Findlay  50' Penalties Harmanpreet Raj Abhishek Shamsher Sukhjeet Harmanpreet Raj Sukhjeet Shamsher 4–5 Woods Findlay Phillips Lane Hiha Woods Findlay Phillips Lane Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Sean Rapaport (RSA)

23 January 2023 16:30 Germany  5–1  France Miltkau  15' Wellen  19' M. Grambusch  24' Trompertz  25' Peillat  60' Report Goyet  58' Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Coen van Bunge (NED)

23 January 2023 19:00 Argentina  5–5  South Korea Casella  8' Keenan  21', 47' Della Torre  24', 41' Report Kim S.  18' Jeong  20' Jang J.  41', 50' Lee N.  56' Penalties Domene Toscani Keenan Casella Ferreiro 2–3 Lee J. Hwang Ji Jung Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Jonas van 't Hek (NED) Raghu Prasad (IND)

24 January 2023 16:30 Australia  4–3  Spain Ogilvie  30' Zalewski  32' Hayward  33', 37' Report Gispert  20' Recasens  24' Miralles  41' Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Coen van Bunge (NED)

24 January 2023 19:00 Belgium  2–0  New Zealand Boon  11' Van Aubel  16' Report Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Raghu Prasad (IND)

25 January 2023 16:30 England  2–2  Germany Wallace  12' Ansell  33' Report M. Grambusch  58' T. Grambusch  59' Penalties Albery Wallace Goodfield Roper Ansell 3–4 Wellen H. Müller Prinz Rühr Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)

25 January 2023 19:00 Netherlands  5–1  South Korea Bijen  27', 31' Blok  36' Van Heijningen  50' Beins  58' Report Seo  51' Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

27 January 2023 16:30 Australia  3–4  Germany Hayward  12' Ephraums  27' Govers  58' Report Peillat  43', 52', 59' Wellen  60' Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Coen van Bunge (NED)

27 January 2023 19:00 Belgium  2–2  Netherlands Boon  27' De Kerpel  45' Report Janssen  12', 36' Penalties Van Aubel De Sloover Wegnez Cosyns 3–2 Van Dam Croon De Geus Pieters Van Ass Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Steve Rogers (AUS)

29 January 2023 16:30 Australia  1–3  Netherlands Hayward  13' Report Janssen  33' Brinkman  35', 40' Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Martin Madden (SCO)

29 January 2023 19:00 Germany  3–3  Belgium Wellen  29' Peillat  41' M. Grambusch  48' Report Van Aubel  10' Cosyns  11' Boon  59' Penalties Wellen H. Müller Miltkau Prinz M. Grambusch Wellen Prinz 5–4 Van Aubel De Sloover Wegnez Cosyns Kina Van Aubel Cosyns Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Steve Rogers (AUS)

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	B	Germany	7	4	3	0	26	13	+13	15	Gold medal
	B	Belgium	6	3	3	0	21	8	+13	12	Silver medal
	C	Netherlands	6	5	1	0	32	4	+28	16	Bronze medal
4	A	Australia	6	3	1	2	28	15	+13	10	Fourth place
5	D	England	4	2	2	0	11	2	+9	8	Eliminated in Quarterfinals
6	D	Spain	5	1	1	3	10	13	−3	4
7	C	New Zealand	5	1	1	3	8	13	−5	4
8	B	South Korea	5	1	1	3	10	23	−13	4
9	A	Argentina	6	3	3	0	28	13	+15	12	Ninth place
9	D	India (H)	6	4	2	0	22	7	+15	14
11	A	South Africa	5	1	0	4	11	20	−9	3	Eleventh place
11	D	Wales	5	0	1	4	5	22	−17	1
13	A	France	6	2	2	2	14	23	−9	8	Thirteenth place
13	C	Malaysia	6	3	1	2	14	18	−4	10
15	C	Chile	5	0	0	5	5	32	−27	0	Fifteenth place
15	B	Japan	5	0	0	5	4	23	−19	0

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[3]

Award	Player
Player of the tournament	Niklas Wellen
Top goalscorer	Jeremy Hayward
Goalkeeper of the tournament	Vincent Vanasch
Young player of the tournament	Mustapha Cassiem
Fair play award	Belgium

There were 249 goals scored in 44 matches, for an average of 5.66 goals per match.

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal