The long-awaited announcement of the 18-member Indian men’s in team that will compete in the prestigious FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela was made by Hockey India on Friday. The Indian team, which is in pool D with England, Spain, and Wales, will play their first game on January 13, 2023, at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela, which was just built.
Amit Rohidas is the vice captain of the team, and ace dragflicker Harmanpreet Singh is the captain.
The team, which was carefully chosen after two days of trials at the SAI Centre in Bengaluru, where 33 players were tested, has a good mix of experienced and young players who will compete to end India’s absence from the prestigious competition.
The Indian team’s defense will be led by Captain Harmanpreet Singh, Vice Captain Amit Rohidas, Surender Kumar, Varun Kumar, Jarmanpreet Singh, and Nilam Sanjeep Xess. PR Sreejesh, who will be competing in his fourth World Cup and his third on home soil, has been selected to serve as goalkeepers.
The long-awaited announcement of the 18-member Indian men’s team that will compete in the prestigious FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela was made by Hockey India on Friday. The Indian team, which is in pool D with England, Spain, and Wales, will play their first game on January 13, 2023, at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela, which was just built.
Amit Rohidas is the vice captain of the team, and ace dragflicker Harmanpreet Singh is the captain. The team, which was carefully chosen after two days of trials at the SAI Centre in Bengaluru, where 33 players were tested, has a good mix of experienced and young players who will compete to end India’s absence from the prestigious competition.
The Indian team’s defense will be led by Captain Harmanpreet Singh, Vice Captain Amit Rohidas, Surender Kumar, Varun Kumar, Jarmanpreet Singh, and Nilam Sanjeep Xess. PR Sreejesh, who will be competing in his fourth World Cup and his third on home soil, has been selected to serve as goalkeepers.
India’s World Cup campaign will begin on January 13 in Rourkela against Spain, followed by their second pool D match against England.
The knockout stage will start with hybrid matches on 22nd and 23rd January and the Quarterfinals on 25th and Elimination rounds on 27th January. And On the January 29, both the match form to Bronzes Meda..
Very much like in 2018, a sum of 16 groups from 5 confederations will partake in the competition. With the exception of a Australia and New Zealand, who were automatically, the other 15 teams made it to this location after successfully completing the qualification process. They were selecte federation.
The European contingent includes Wales, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, France, and Belgium.
A complicated term known as “Crossovers” needs be understood beforethe proceeding to the knockout rounds.
The only difference between the crossovers and the quarterfinals is that half of the teams in the next round have already been chosen. The four crossover games will be composed of the second and third teams from each pool. On January 22, C2 will play D3 (Crossover 1), C3 will play D2 (Crossover 2), and A2 will play B3 (Crossover 3) and B2 will play A3 (Crossover 4).
A1 and Winner C1 will meet in the first quarterfinal. The second match in a will pit B1 against C2, the victor, and soas on. On January 27 at Kalinga Stadium, the winners of the first, fourth, and third quarterfinals will face off in the semifinal.
On January 29, the matches for third and final place will take place at the same location.