Hockey World Cup

Season Description
The 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup will be the 16th 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 from 14 to 30 August 2026 in Wavre, Belgium and Amstelveen, Netherlands.

Belgium and Netherlands were given the hosting rights in November 2022, beating a joint bid from England and Wales as well as a South African bid in the process. This will be the first time the men's event is co-hosted. This also marks Belgium's first and Netherlands' fourth time hosting.

16 teams will participate for the third time after the expansion in 2018. Qualification was an amalgamation of the FIH Pro League, continental championships and the World Cup Qualifiers. Qualification took place in December 2023 to March 2026 to decide the qualifiers.

Germany are the defending champions after defeating the Belgium 5–4 in a shoot-out after the match finished 3–3 in regular time in Bhubaneswar.

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