
14th edition of Men’s Hockey World Cup is scheduled from Nov 28 to Dec 16 at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar. India is hosting the Men’s Hockey World Cup for the third time. In 1982, at Bombay Pakistan won, while in 2010, at New Delhi Australia won. 16 teams from five continents are participating. Check list of teams and complete schedule.
Summary: Pool A, Pool B, Pool C, Pool D
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World Cup Hockey: Winners and Semifinalists of Past
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2018 Hockey World Cup Points Table
Edition: 14th
City: Bhubaneswar
Dates: 28 Nov – Dec 16
Teams: 16 from 5 Continents
Venue: Kalinga Stadium
16 teams are divided into four Groups of four teams each. Leader of every group qualifies directly to Quarterfinals and waits for winner of four more quarterfinalists. 2nd and 3rd placed teams of each group enter crossover matches for a single-elimination tournament. Winner of those 4 matches join the quarterfinalists.
Pools and Ranking of Teams Before World Cup 2018
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Pool A: Argentina (Rank 2), New Zealand (Rank 8), Spain (Rank 9), France (Rank 16)
Pool B: Australia (Rank 1), England (Rank 7), Ireland (Rank 10), China (Rank 17)
Pool C: Belgium (Rank 3), India (Rank 5), Canada (Rank 11), South Africa (Rank 15)
Pool D: Netherlands (Rank 4), Germany (Rank 6), Malaysia (Rank 12), Pakistan (Rank 13)
Schedule: Pool Stage Matches: 24 Matches for Four Pools from Nov 28-Dec 9
Nov 28
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17:00 Pool C Belgium def Canada 2-1 (Belgium: Felix Denayer 3′, Thomas Briels – Canada: Mark Pearson)
Player of the match: Arthur van Doren
19:00 Pool C India def South Africa 5-0 (India: Mandeep Singh 10′, Akashdeep Singh 12′, Simranjeet Singh 43′ and 46′, Lalit Upadhyaya 45′)
Player of the match: Simranjeet Singh
Nov 29
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17:00 Pool A Argentina def Spain 4-3
Argentina: Agustin Mazzilli (4′, 15′), Gonzalo Peillat (15+1′, 49′)
Spain: Enrique Gonzalez (3′), Pepe Romey (14′), Vicenc Ruiz (35′)
Player of the match: Agustin Mazzilli (Argentina)
19:00 Pool A New Zealand def France 2-1
Goal Scorers: NZ: Kane Russell (17′) and Stephen Jenness (56′), France: Victor Charlet (59′)
Player of the Match: Stephen Jenness
Nov 30
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17:00 Pool B Australia def Ireland 2-1
Player of the Match: Timothy Brand (Australia)
Goals: Aus: Blake Govers 11′, Timothy Brand 33′, Ireland: Shane O’Donoghue 13′
19:00 Pool B England vs China 2-2
Player of the Match: Talake Du (China)
Goals: Guo Xiaoping (5′), Talake Du 59′, England: Mark Gleghorne 14′, Liam Ansell 48′
Dec 1
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17:00 Pool D Netherlands def Malaysia 7-0
Player of the Match: Jeroen Hertzberger
Goal scorers: Jeroen Hertzberger (12′, 29, ’60’), Mirco Pruijser (21′), Ming Van der Weerden (35′), Robbert Kemperm (42′), Thierry Brinkman (57′)
19:00 Pool D Germany def Pakistan 1-0
Player of the Match: Mats Grambusch
Goal Scorer: Marco Miltkau (36′)
Dec 2
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17:00 Pool C Canada vs South Africa 1-1
Player of the match: David Carter (Canada)
South Africa: Nqubile Ntuli (42′), Canada: Scott Tupper (45′)
17:00 Pool C India vs Belgium
Player of the Match: Varun Kumar
Belgium: Alexander Hendrickx (8′), Simon Gougnard (56′)
India: Harmanpreet Singh (PS 39′), Simranjeet Singh (47′)
Dec 3
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19:00 Pool A Spain vs France 1-1
Player of the Match: Cortes
Goal Scorers: France: Timothee Clement (6th), Spain: Alvaro Iglesias (48th)
19:00 Pool A Argentina def New Zealand 3-0
Player of the Match: Lucas Vila
Argentina: Agustin Mazzilli (23′), Lucas Vila (41′), Lucas Martinez (56′)
Dec 4
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19:00 Pool B Australia def England 3-0
Player of the Match: Matthew Swann
Goal scorers: Jake Whetton (47′), Blake Govers (50′), Corey Weyer (56′)
19:00 Pool B Ireland vs China 1-1
Player of the Match: Alan Sothern (Ireland)
Goal scorers: Guo Jin (43′), Alan Sothernne (44′)
Dec 5
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19:00 Pool D Germany def Netherlands 4-1
Player of the Match: Florain Fuchs (Germany)
Netherlands: Marco Pruijser (13′)
Germany: Mathaus Muller (30′), Lukas Windfeder (52′), Marco Miltkau (54′), Chrtopher Ruhr (58′)
19:00 Pool D Malaysia vs Pakistan 1-1
Player of the Match: Faizal Saari
Goal scorers: Pak – Muhammad Atiq (51′), Faizal Saari (54′)
Dec 6
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17:00 Pool A New Zealand vs Spain 2-2
Player of the Match: Josep Romeu (Spain)
Spain: Albert Beltran (9′), Alvaro Iglesias (27′), New Zealand: Hayden Phillips (50′), Kane Russell (56′)
19:00 Pool A France def Argentina 5-3
Player of the match: Hugo Genestet (France)
Goals: France: Genestet 18′, Charlet 23′, Coisne 26′, Bumgarten 30′, Goyet 54′, Argentina: Martinze 28′, Pellat 44′ & 48′
Dec 7
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17:00 Pool B Australia def China 11-0
Player of the Match: Blake Govers
Goal Scorers: Blake Govers (10, 19′ 34′), Tim Brand (33′, 55′), Aran Zalewski (15′), Tom Craigh (16′), Jeremy Haywar (22′), Jake Whetton (29′), Dylan WOtherspoon (38′), Flynn Oglivie (49′)
19:00 Pool B England def Ireland 4-2
Player of the Match: Liam Ansell
Goal scorers: Eng: David Condon (15′), Liam Answell (37′), James Gall (38′), Mark Gleghorne (60′), Ire: Chris Cargo (35′), Shane O’donoghue (37′)
Dec 8
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17:00 Pool C Belgium def South Africa 5-1
Player of the Match: Simon Gougnard (Belgium)
Goal scorers: SA – Nicholas Spooner (1′), Bel – Alexander Hendrickk (14′, 22′), Simon Gougnard (18′), Loick Luypaert (30′), Cedric Charlier (48′)
19:00 Pool C India def Canada 5-1
Player of the Match: Lalit Upadhyay
Goal Scorers: Harmanpreet Singh (12′), Chinglensana (46′), Lalit (47′, 56′), Amit Rohidas (52′)
Canada: Van Son (39′)
Dec 9
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17:00 Pool D Germany def Malaysia 5-3
Player of the Match: Christopher Ruhr
Ger: Timm Herzbruch (2′, 59′), Christopher Ruhr (14′, 18), Marko Miltkau (39′)
MAS: Rahim Razie (26′, 42′), Nabil Noor (27′)
19:00 Pool D Netherlands def Pakistan 5-1
Player of the Match: Seve Van Ass (Netherlands)
NED: Thierry Brinkman (7′), Valentin Verga (27′), Bob de Voogd (37′), Jorrit Croon (47′), Mink van der Veerden (59′)
PAK: Umar Bhutta (9′)
Cross-over (CO) Single Elimination
Dec 10
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16:45 England def New Zealand 2-0
Player of the Match: Liam Sanford
ENG: Will Calnan 25′, Luke Taylor 44′
19:00 France def China 1-0
Player of the Match: Viktor Lockwood (France)
Scorer: Timothee Clement (36′)
Dec 11
- 16:45 C2 vs D3: Belgium def Pakistan 5-0
Player of the Match: Simon Gougnard (Belgium)
Goalscorers: Alexander Hendrickx (10′), Thomas Briels (13′), Cedric Charlier (27′), Sebastien Docker (35′), Tom Boon (53′)
19:00 D2 vs C3: Netherlands def Canada 5-0
Player of the Match: David Carter (Canada Goalkeeper)
Goalscorers: Lars Balk (16′), Robbert Kemperman (20′), Thijs van Dam (40′, 48′), Thierry Brinkman (41′)
Quarterfinals
Dec 12
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16:45 Argentina vs England
19:00 Australia vs France
Dec 13
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16:45 India vs Netherlands
19:00 Germany vs Belgium
Semifinals: Dec 15
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16:00 Q1 vs Q4
18:30 Q2 vs Q3
Final: Dec 16
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3rd Place 16:30
Final: 19:00
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