Men's field hockey world championship 2018

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14th World Cup 2018
Trophy of Hockey World Cup 2018 02.jpg
Men's
Number of nations 16
World Champion BelgiumBelgium Belgium (1st title)
Association FIH
venue Bhubaneswar
Stadion Kalinga Stadium
opening November 28, 2018
Endgame December 16, 2018
Number of games 36
Number of goals 157  (Ø 4.36 per game)
Top scorer AustraliaAustralia Blake Govers , Alexander Hendrickx (7 goals each)
BelgiumBelgium 
Best player BelgiumBelgium Arthur Van Doren
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The 14th Field Hockey - World Cup of the men was from 28 November to 16 December 2018 Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar in the eastern Indian state of Odisha discharged. The official name of the tournament was Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2018 . For the first time, sixteen national teams competed against each other, first in four groups and then in the knockout system . A total of 36 tournament games were played.

Belgium prevailed in the final against the Netherlands 3-2 after a penalty shootout and became world champions for the first time. Defending champions Australia narrowly failed in the semifinals to the Netherlands.

venue

The Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar has a capacity of 16,000 spectators.

qualification

Due to the increased number of participants, the qualification criteria changed compared to previous World Championships. In addition to hosts India , the five reigning continental champions and ten qualifiers from the FIH Hockey World League 2017 semifinals in London and Johannesburg qualified for the World Cup.

referee

The following 16 referees were nominated by the FIH for the World Championship:

  • ArgentinaArgentina Diego Barbas
  • EnglandEngland Dan Barstrow
  • PolandPoland Marcin Grochal
  • GermanyGermany Ben Göntgen
  • AustraliaAustralia Adam Kearns
  • MalaysiaMalaysia Eric Koh Kim Lai
  • SingaporeSingapore Lim Hong Zhen
  • ScotlandScotland Martin Madden
  • IndiaIndia Raghu Prasad
  • IndiaIndia Javed Shaikh
  • New ZealandNew Zealand Simon Taylor
  • New ZealandNew Zealand David Tomlinson
  • BelgiumBelgium Gregory Uyttenhove
  • NetherlandsNetherlands Jonas van't Hek
  • SpainSpain Francisco Vásquez
  • South AfricaSouth Africa Peter Wright

Preliminary round

Team captains of the participating teams

All times are given in local time ( Indian Standard Time ; UTC + 5:30 ) and are thus offset by four and a half hours compared to CET .

Group A

Group A schedule
date time encounter Result MR
29th November 2018 17:00 o'clock Argentina - Spain 4: 3 (3: 2)  
29th November 2018 7:00 p.m. New Zealand - France 2: 1 (1: 0)  
3rd December 2018 17:00 o'clock Spain - France 1: 1 (0: 1)  
3rd December 2018 7:00 p.m. New Zealand - Argentina 0: 3 (0: 1)  
December 6, 2018 17:00 o'clock Spain - New Zealand 2: 2 (2: 0)  
December 6, 2018 7:00 p.m. Argentina - France 3: 5 (1: 4)  
Final table of group A
Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Pt.
1 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 3 2 0 1 10: 8 +2 6th
2 FranceFrance France 3 1 1 1 7: 6 +1 4th
3 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 3 1 1 1 4: 6 −2 4th
4th SpainSpain Spain 3 0 2 1 6: 7 −1 2

Group B

Group B schedule
date time encounter Result MR
November 30, 2018 17:00 o'clock Australia - Ireland 2: 1 (1: 1)  
November 30, 2018 7:00 p.m. England - People's Republic of China 2: 2 (1: 1)  
4th December 2018 17:00 o'clock England - Australia 0: 3 (0: 0)  
4th December 2018 7:00 p.m. Ireland - People's Republic of China 1: 1 (0: 0)  
7th December 2018 17:00 o'clock Australia - People's Republic of China 11: 0 (6: 0)  
7th December 2018 7:00 p.m. Ireland - England 2: 4 (0: 1)  
Final table of group B
Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Pt.
1 AustraliaAustralia Australia 3 3 0 0 16: 1 +15 9
2 EnglandEngland England 3 1 1 1 6: 7 −1 4th
3 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 3 0 2 1 3:14 −11 2
4th Ireland hockeyIreland Ireland 3 0 1 2 4: 7 −3 1

Group C

Group C schedule
date time encounter Result MR
November 28, 2018 17:00 o'clock Belgium - Canada 2: 1 (2: 0)  
November 28, 2018 7:00 p.m. India - South Africa 5: 0 (2: 0)  
2nd December 2018 17:00 o'clock Canada - South Africa 1: 1 (0: 0)  
2nd December 2018 7:00 p.m. India - Belgium 2: 2 (0: 1)  
December 8, 2018 17:00 o'clock Belgium - South Africa 5: 1 (4: 1)  
December 8, 2018 7:00 p.m. Canada - India 1: 5 (0: 1)  
Final table of group C
Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Pt.
1 IndiaIndia India 3 2 1 0 12: 3 +9 7th
2 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 3 2 1 0 9: 4 +5 7th
3 CanadaCanada Canada 3 0 1 2 3: 8 −5 1
4th South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 3 0 1 2 2:11 −9 1

Group D

Group D schedule
date time encounter Result MR
1st December 2018 17:00 o'clock Netherlands - Malaysia 7: 0 (3: 0)  
1st December 2018 7:00 p.m. Germany - Pakistan 1: 0 (0: 0)  
5th December 2018 17:00 o'clock Germany - Netherlands 4: 1 (1: 1)  
5th December 2018 7:00 p.m. Malaysia - Pakistan 1: 1 (0: 0)  
December 9, 2018 17:00 o'clock Malaysia - Germany 3: 5 (2: 3)  
December 9, 2018 7:00 p.m. Netherlands - Pakistan 5: 1 (2: 1)  
Final table of group D
Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Pt.
1 GermanyGermany Germany 3 3 0 0 10: 4 +6 9
2 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 3 2 0 1 13: 5 +8 6th
3 PakistanPakistan Pakistan 3 0 1 2 2: 7 −5 1
4th MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia 3 0 1 2 4:13 −9 1

Final round

All times are given in local time ( Indian Standard Time ; UTC + 5:30 ) and are thus offset by four and a half hours compared to CET .

Cross games

The cross-over matches between the runners-up and thirds in the group took place on December 10 and 11, 2018. The winners qualified for the quarter-finals.

date time encounter Result MR
December 10, 2018 4:45 p.m. England - New Zealand 2: 0 (1: 0)  
7:00 p.m. France - People's Republic of China 1: 0 (0: 0)  
December 11, 2018 4:45 p.m. Belgium - Pakistan 5: 0 (3: 0)  
7:00 p.m. Netherlands - Canada 5: 0 (2: 0)  

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals took place on December 12th and 13th, 2018. The winners qualified for the semi-finals.

date time encounter Result MR
December 12, 2018 4:45 p.m. Argentina - England 2: 3 (1: 1)  
7:00 p.m. Australia - France 3: 0 (2: 0)  
December 13, 2018 4:45 p.m. Germany - Belgium 1: 2 (1: 1)  
7:00 p.m. India - Netherlands 1: 2 (1: 1)  

Semifinals

The two semi-finals were played on December 15, 2018.

date time encounter Result MR
15th December 2018 4:00 p.m. England - Belgium 0: 6 (0: 2)  
6:30 p.m. Australia - Netherlands 3: 4  n.P. (0: 2, 2: 2)  

3rd place match

The game for third place took place on December 16, 2018.

date time encounter Result MR
December 16, 2018 4:30 p.m. England - Australia 1: 8 (0: 3)  

final

The final took place on December 16, 2018.

date time encounter Result MR
December 16, 2018 7:00 p.m. Belgium - Netherlands 3: 2  n.P. (0: 0)  

Final ranking

According to the official information of the FIH, the following final ranking of the 2018 World Cup results:

rank team
01 BelgiumBelgium Belgium
02 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
03 AustraliaAustralia Australia
04th EnglandEngland England
05 GermanyGermany Germany
06th IndiaIndia India
07th ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
08th FranceFrance France
09 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
10 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China
11 CanadaCanada Canada
12 PakistanPakistan Pakistan
13 SpainSpain Spain
14th Ireland hockeyIreland Ireland
15th MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia
16 South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa

Others

  • It was the first World Cup since 2002 with 16 teams and the second World Cup in total that was held with 16 teams.
  • China was able to qualify for the first time.
  • France qualified for the first time since 1990.
  • Belgium reached a semi-finals at a World Cup for the first time.
  • For the seventh time, the Netherlands was in a field hockey final (record).
  • For the 11th time in a row, Australia finished in the top four.
  • For the third time in a row England lost in the small final.
  • Spain, which took part in all 14 tournaments, achieved the worst result with 13th place.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nirmalya Behera, Jayajit Dash: Hockey World Cup: Odisha plans co-branding of tourism, sports. In: Business-Standard.com. May 30, 2018, accessed June 1, 2018 .
  2. ^ Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India will be the venue for the Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup in 2018. In: worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation, accessed December 2, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Qualification system for Hockey World Cup 2018. (PDF) Fédération Internationale de Hockey (FIH), July 3, 2015, accessed on April 13, 2018 (English).
  4. ↑ FIH announces officials for Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018. Fédération Internationale de Hockey (FIH), December 19, 2017, accessed on December 2, 2018 .
  5. ↑ a b Hockey World Cups 2018 Tournament Regulations. (PDF) International Hockey Federation (FIH), May 2018, accessed on December 13, 2018 .