Mens Hockey World Cup News

Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, the two locations for the 2023 Men's Hockey World Cup, are about 300 kilometres apart. Travelling teams had some reservations about this, but the Indian Hockey Federation has made a special effort to make every guest feel at home with assistance from the government.

The FIH Men's Hockey World Cup begins in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela on 13th January, with 16 teams participating in the tournament. While there are no clear favorites, a few teams, like the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium and India are certainly in contention, while others can spring a surprise.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has confirmed that India is among the three nations who have presented their bids to host the next edition of the men’s World Cup. Hockey India, who has played host thrice previously, wants to conduct the event in the January 13 to 29, 2023 window.

Manpreet Singh has admitted that India were unable to capture the decisive moments in the World Cup where they were knocked out in the quarter-finals last year. The skipper also put some blame on their luck for the result going against them and claimed that each player in the squad gave his best.