Men's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup explained

Men's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup
Last Season:2023 Men's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup
Upcoming Season:2025 Men's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup
Sport:Indoor hockey
Inaugural:2003
Teams:12
Continent:International (FIH)
Website:FIH
Champion: (2nd title)
Champ Season:2023
Most Champs: (3 titles)
Qualification:Continental championships

The Men's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup is an international indoor hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was first held in 2003 and it is held every four years.

Format

Twelve qualified teams will be divided into two pools. The top two in their pool qualified for first to fourth classification, while third and fourth qualified for fifth to eighth classification, the last two teams will play for the last four placings.

Qualification

Qualification is set by the governing body, the International Hockey Federation. The qualified teams include the host country, continental champions and the most recent World Cup final ranking.[1]

Summaries

YearHostwidth=1% rowspan=10Finalwidth=1% rowspan=10Third place match
width=15%Winnerwidth=10%Scorewidth=15%Runner-upwidth=15%Third placewidth=10%Scorewidth=15%Fourth place
2003
Details
Leipzig, Germany7–18–6
2007
Details
Vienna, Austria4–13–1
2011
Details
Poznań, Poland3–2 (ET)5–0
2015
Details
Leipzig, Germany3–213–2
2018
Details
Berlin, Germany3–3 5–0
2022
Details
Liège, BelgiumCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2023
Details
Pretoria, South Africa4–4
(3–2 p.s.o.)
4–4
(3–2 p.s.o.)
2025
Details
Poreč, Croatia

Performance by nation

TeamTitlesRunners-upThird placeFourth place
style=background:#FFF68Fstyle=background:#FFF68F3 (2003, 2007, 2011)1 (2018)1 (2015)
style=background:#FFF68Fstyle=background:#FFF68F2 (2018, 2023)1 (2015)1 (2011)
style=background:#FFF68Fstyle=background:#FFF68F1 (2015)1 (2023)
3 (2003, 2007, 2011)
2 (2018, 2023)1 (2015)
1 (2003)
1 (2007)
1 (2003)
1 (2007)
1 (2011)
1 (2018)
1 (2023)

Team appearances

Team
2003

2007

2011

2015

2018

2023

2025
Total
7thQ2
8th8th7th10thbgcolor= 9acdff 4th11thQ7
6th3rdbgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=gold1stQ6
7th5thQ3
6th7th10th12th4
Q1
7thbgcolor= 9acdff 4th8th9th5th9th6
6th1
3rd1
bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"1stbgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=gold1st3rd2ndWDQ6
9thbgcolor= 9acdff 4th3rd3rdQ5
10th1
12th10th2
Q1
12th8thQ3
5th5thbgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=silver2nd4
12th12th2
bgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red"2nd7th6thQ6
9th5thbgcolor= 9acdff 4th5th9thDSQ5
10th11th11th11th6thQ6
3rd1
6th1
bgcolor= 9acdff 4th9th8th8th4
12th10thQ3
11th11thbgcolor= 9acdff 4th3
Total12121212121212

See also

External links

See main article: world championships.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Qualification Criteria, Men's and Women's Indoor World Cups, 2011. FIH. 2 August 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100617040855/http://www.fihockey.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,1181-172385-189603-101099-0-file,00.pdf. 17 June 2010.
  2. Web site: FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup in Liège cancelled!. 10 January 2022. fih.ch. 10 January 2022.