2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup


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 Biju Patnaik Hockey Stadium in Rourkela in India from 13 to 29 January 2023.

Host selection

The International Hockey Federation announced in December 2018 that the 2022 Hockey World Cups will be held either in July 2022 or January 2023. The FIH received the following final three bids for the Men's 2022 World Cup. In November 2019 it was announced that India would host the tournament in January 2023.
For the preferred time window 1–17 July 2022:
For the preferred time window 13–29 January 2023:
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 eleven and the quota of places available through the FIH qualification events was decreased to five.