2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup

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2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup
Tournament details
Host countriesBelgium
Netherlands
Cities Wavre
Amstelveen
Dates15–30 August
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
2023 (previous)(next) 2030

The 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup will be the 16th edition of the Men's FIH Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It will be held from 15 to 30 August 2026 in Wavre, Belgium and Amstelveen, Netherlands.

Contents

Host selection

The International Hockey Federation announced on 15 June 2022 that they received the following five bids for the 2026 World Cup. [1] [2] The winning bid will be announced in November 2022.

The following two bids are combined with the 2026 Women's World Cup:

Wavre, Belgium and Amstelveen, Netherlands were awarded the hosting rights on 3 November 2022. [5]

Teams

Qualification

Just as in 2018 and 2023, 16 teams will compete in the tournament. Alongside hosts, Belgium and Netherlands, the top-ranked team in the 2023–24 and 2024–25 seasons in the FIH Pro League and the five continental teams receive an automatic berth. The other 16 teams will compete for the last seven places in the World Cup Qualifiers. [6]

DatesEventLocationQuotasQualifier(s)
3 November 2022Hosts2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
6 December 2023 – 30 June 2024 2023–24 FIH Pro League 1
October 2024 – June 2025 2024–25 FIH Pro League 1
5–15 March 2025 2025 Pan American Cup Montevideo, Uruguay1
8–17 August 2025 2025 EuroHockey Championship Mönchengladbach, Germany1
August 2025 2025 Africa Cup of Nations TBD1
2025 Asia Cup TBD1
2025 Oceania Cup TBD1
January 2026 2026 World Cup Qualifiers TBD7
Total16

Venues

Following is a list of all venues and host cities.

Netherlands Belgium
Wagener Stadium Stade Justin Peeters
Capacity: 15,000Capacity: 10,000
2021 Entree Wagener Stadion, Amstelveen (1).jpg No image available.svg

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