World Cup Match Schedules Released
The International Hockey Federation has released the match schedules for the men’s and women’s World Cups to be contested in September and October this year.
The men’s BDO Hockey World Cup will be played from 6-17 September in Mönchengladbach, Germany, with the home team to get the tournament underway with a clash against India on the opening day. Other first day matches include Argentina and New Zealand and Korea against world number two the Netherlands
The women’s Samsung Hockey World Cup is scheduled for 27 September-8 October in Madrid, Spain. All competing teams will play on the opening day, with the Netherlands entering the tournament as favourites ahead of defending champion Argentina, two-time World Cup winner Australia and Olympic champion Germany.
Both World Cups contain 12 teams split into two pools of six. In each pool, all teams will play against each other once before the classification matches. At the end of this round robin phase, the top two teams from each pool will progress to the semi finals.
Attachments:
Match Schedule – BDO Hockey World Cup – Men
Match Schedule – Samsung Hockey World - Woman
The men’s BDO Hockey World Cup will be played from 6-17 September in Mönchengladbach, Germany, with the home team to get the tournament underway with a clash against India on the opening day. Other first day matches include Argentina and New Zealand and Korea against world number two the Netherlands
The women’s Samsung Hockey World Cup is scheduled for 27 September-8 October in Madrid, Spain. All competing teams will play on the opening day, with the Netherlands entering the tournament as favourites ahead of defending champion Argentina, two-time World Cup winner Australia and Olympic champion Germany.
Both World Cups contain 12 teams split into two pools of six. In each pool, all teams will play against each other once before the classification matches. At the end of this round robin phase, the top two teams from each pool will progress to the semi finals.
Attachments:
Match Schedule – BDO Hockey World Cup – Men
Match Schedule – Samsung Hockey World - Woman
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