2023 Men's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup explained

Tournament:	2023 Men's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup
Size:	150
Country:	South Africa
Dates:	5–11 February
City:	Pretoria
Teams:	12
Confederations:	5
Count:	2
Matches:	40
Goals:	324
Top Scorer:	Michael Körper
Top Scorer Goals:	17
Best Player:	Fabian Unterkircher
Young Player:	Mustapha Cassiem
Goalkeeper:	Mateusz Szymczyk
Previous Year:	2022 (cancelled)
Previous Tournament:	2022 Men's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup
Next Year:	2025
Next Tournament:	2025 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup

The 2023 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup was the sixth edition of this tournament and played from 5 to 11 February 2023 in Pretoria, South Africa.^[1]

Austria won their second consecutive title by defeating the Netherlands in the final after penalty shootout, while Iran captured the bronze medal, winning against the United States.^[2]

Qualification

All the teams which qualified for the cancelled 2022 edition of the tournament were eligible to participate in the 2023 edition.^[3]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
15–21 July 2019	2019 Indoor Asia Cup	Chonburi, Thailand	2
17–19 January 2020	2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championship	Berlin, Germany	4
16–18 April 2021	2021 Indoor Africa Cup	Durban, South Africa	2
25–27 June 2021	2021 Indoor Pan American Cup	Spring City, United States	2
9 August 2022	Invitational		2
Total			12

First round

The schedule was released on 17 October 2022.^[4]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pool A

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Pool B

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Classification matches

Ninth place game

Second round

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Final standings

Rank	width=170	Team
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5
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12

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Award	Player
Player of the tournament	Fabian Unterkircher
Top goalscorer	Michael Körper
Goalkeeper of the tournament	Mateusz Szymczyk
Young player of the tournament	Mustapha Cassiem

See also

• 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup
• 2023 Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup

Notes and References

1. Web site: South Africa to host FIH Hockey Indoor World Cup in 2023. 16 July 2022. fih.ch. 16 July 2022.
2. Web site: Austria and Netherlands on top of the world at 2023 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup. 11 February 2023. fih.ch. 11 February 2023.
3. Web site: Teams and Pools confirmed for FIH Hockey Indoor World Cup South Africa 2023 . fih.hockey . . 9 August 2022.
4. Web site: FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup South Africa 2023: match schedule revealed. 17 October 2021. FIH.