2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup

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2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup
Tournament details
Host countriesBelgium
Netherlands
Cities Wavre
Amstelveen
Dates14–30 August
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup will be the 16th edition of the Women's FIH Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for women's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It will be held from 14 to 30 August 2026 in Wavre, Belgium and Amstelveen, Netherlands.

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Host selection

The International Hockey Federation announced on 15 June 2022 that they had received the following four bids for the 2026 World Cup. [1] [2] The winning bid was to be announced on 3 November 2022.

The following two bids included holding combined women's and men's world cup simultaneously:

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

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 champions receive an automatic berth. The other 16 teams will compete for the last seven places in the World Cup Qualifiers.

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Highlighted are the countries that are participating in the 2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup.
  Qualified
  Hosts
DatesEventLocationQuotasQualifier(s)
3 November 2022Hosts—2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
6 December 2023 – 29 June 2024 2023–24 FIH Pro League —1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
30 November 2024 – 29 June 2025 2024–25 FIH Pro League —1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
24 July – 3 August 2025 2025 Pan American Cup Montevideo, Uruguay1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
9–17 August 2025 2025 EuroHockey Championship Mönchengladbach, Germany1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
4–7 September 2025 2025 Oceania Cup Darwin, Australia1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
5–14 September 2025 2025 Asia Cup Hangzhou, China1
11–18 October 2025 2025 Africa Cup of Nations Ismailia, Egypt1
28 February – 8 March 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
Wagenerstadion hockey amstelveen.jpg No image available.svg

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Nations from four continents bidding for 2026 FIH Hockey World Cups!". fih.hockey. International Hockey Federation. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  2. ↑ Palmer, Dan (16 June 2022). "Countries from four continents bid for Hockey World Cups in 2026". insidethegames.biz. Inside the Games . Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  3. ↑ Iveson, Ali (3 November 2022). "Netherlands and Belgium to hold combined Hockey World Cups in 2026". inside the games. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
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