Hockey World Cup schedule 2023: Full fixtures list, knockouts, dates, time and venues in India

The 2023 Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup will be 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 will be 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

India will host the tournament for the second consecutive occasion. The 2018 World Cup was held in Bhubaneswar as well where Belgium won the title, Netherlands finished runner-up and Australia secured the bronze.

The 2023 edition will have 16 teams taking part – divided into four groups of four teams each. The winner of each group will directly advance to the quarterfinal while the second and third placed teams from each group will play the crossover round and the winner will go through to the quarters.

Here is the full list of fixtures, dates and time for the Hockey World Cup matches:

Match No.	Fixture	Round	Date	Time (IST)	Venue
1.	Argentina vs South Africa	Group Stage	January 13	1:00 PM	Bhubaneswar
2.	Australia vs France	Group Stage	January 13	3:00 PM	Bhubaneswar
3.	England vs Wales	Group Stage	January 13	5:00 PM	Rourkela
4.	India vs Spain	Group Stage	January 13	7:00 PM	Rourkela
5.	New Zealand vs Chile	Group Stage	January 14	1:00 PM	Rourkela
6.	Netherlands vs Malaysia	Group Stage	January 14	3:00 PM	Rourkela
7.	Belgium vs Korea	Group Stage	January 14	5:00 PM	Bhubaneswar
8.	Germany vs Japan	Group Stage	January 14	7:00 PM	Bhubaneswar
9.	Spain vs Wales	Group Stage	January 15	5:00 PM	Rourkela
10.	England vs India	Group Stage	January 15	7:00 PM	Rourkela
11.	Malaysia vs Chile	Group Stage	January 16	1:00 PM	Rourkela
12.	New Zealand vs Netherlands	Group Stage	January 16	3:00 PM	Rourkela
13.	France vs South Africa	Group Stage	January 16	5:00 PM	Bhubaneswar
14.	Argentina vs Australia	Group Stage	January 16	7:00 PM	Bhubaneswar
15.	Korea vs Japan	Group Stage	January 17	5:00 PM	Bhubaneswar
16.	Germany vs Belgium	Group Stage	January 17	7:00 PM	Bhubaneswar
17.	Malaysia vs New Zealand	Group Stage	January 19	1:00 PM	Bhubaneswar
18.	Netherlands vs Chile	Group Stage	January 19	3:00 PM	Bhubaneswar
19.	Spain vs England	Group Stage	January 19	5:00 PM	Bhubaneswar
20.	India vs Wales	Group Stage	January 19	7:00 PM	Bhubaneswar
21.	Australia vs South Africa	Group Stage	January 20	1:00 PM	Rourkela
22.	France vs Argentina	Group Stage	January 20	3:00 PM	Rourkela
23.	Belgium vs Japan	Group Stage	January 20	5:00 PM	Rourkela
24.	Korea vs Germany	Group Stage	January 20	7:00 PM	Rourkela
25.	2nd Pool C vs 3rd Pool D	Crossover	January 22	4:30 PM	Bhubaneswar
26.	2nd Pool D vs 3rd Pool C	Crossover	January 22	7:00 PM	Bhubaneswar
27.	2nd Pool A vs 3rd Pool B	Crossover	January 23	4:30 PM	Bhubaneswar
28.	2nd Pool B vs 3rd Pool A	Crossover	January 23	7:00 PM	Bhubaneswar
29.	1st Pool A vs Winner 25	Quarterfinal	January 24	4:30 PM	Bhubaneswar
30.	1st Pool B vs Winner 26	Quarterfinal	January 24	7:00 PM	Bhubaneswar
31.	1st Pool C vs Winner 27	Quarterfinal	January 25	4:30 PM	Bhubaneswar
32.	1st Pool D vs Winner 28	Quarterfinal	January 25	7:00 PM	Bhubaneswar
33.	4th Pool A vs Loser 25	9-16 Classification	January 26	11:30 AM	Rourkela
34.	4th Pool B vs Loser 26	9-16 Classification	January 26	2:00 PM	Rourkela
35.	4th Pool C vs Loser 27	9-16 Classification	January 26	4:30 PM	Rourkela
36.	4th Pool D vs Loser 28	9-16 Classification	January 26	7:00 PM	Rourkela
37.	Winner 29 vs Winner 32	Semifinal	January 27	4:30 PM	Bhubaneswar
38.	Winner 30 vs Winner 31	Semifinal	January 27	7:00 PM	Bhubaneswar
39.	Loser 33 vs Loser 34	13-16 Classification	January 28	11:30 AM	Rourkela
40.	Loser 35 vs Loser 36	13-16 Classification	January 28	2:00 PM	Rourkela
41.	Winner 33 vs Winner 34	9-12 Classification	January 28	4:30 PM	Rourkela
42.	Winner 35 vs Winner 36	9-12 Classification	January 28	7:00 PM	Rourkela
43.	Loser 37 vs Loser 38	3rd Place Match	January 29	4:30 PM	Bhubaneswar
44.	Winner 37 vs Winner 38	Final	January 29	7:00 PM	Bhubaneswar

Qualification

Just as in 2018, 16 teams will compete in the tournament. Alongside the hosts, India, the five continental champions will receive 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.

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	2022 Oceania Cup	New Zealand	2	Australia (1)  New Zealand (9)
Total			16

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