2018 Men's Hockey World Cup

2018 Men's Hockey World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
CityBhubaneswar
Dates28 November – 16 December
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
VenueKalinga Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions Belgium (1st title)
Runner-up Netherlands
Third place Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played36
Goals scored157 (4.36 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Blake Govers
Belgium Alexander Hendrickx (7 goals)
Best playerBelgium Arthur Van Doren
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The 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the FIH. It was held from 28 November to 16 December 2018, at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.[1] The inauguration ceremony which was held on 27 November 2018, witnessed the biggest ever drone flying show in India.[2][3]

Drone Show in the opening Ceremony Hockey World Cup 2018

Belgium won the tournament for the first time after defeating the Netherlands 3–2 in the final on a penalty shoot-out after a 0–0 draw. Defending champions Australia won the third place match by defeating England 8–1 in the third place playoff of the Odisha men's hockey world cup 2018.[4]

Bidding

A miniature sheet and stamp of Odisha Men's Hockey World Cup 2018 Bhubaneswar.
Olly: Mascot of the 2018 hockey World Cup with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik
FIH 2018 Captains with Chief Minister of Odisha at Bhubaneswar

In March 2013, one month after the FIH published the event assignment process document for the 2014–2018 cycle, Australia, Belgium, India, Malaysia and New Zealand were shortlisted as candidates for hosting the event and were asked to submit bidding documentation,[5][6] a requirement that Belgium did not meet.[7] In addition, one month before the host election, Australia withdrew their application due to technical and financial reasons.[8] India was announced as host on 7 November 2013, during a special ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland.[9]

Qualification

Due to the increase to 16 participating teams, the new qualification process was announced in July 2015 by the International Hockey Federation. Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation received an automatic berth, and the 10/11 highest placed teams at the Semifinals of the 2016–17 FIH Hockey World League not already qualified would enter the tournament. The following sixteen teams shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this tournament.[10]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
7 November 2013 Host nation 1  India (5)
15–25 June 2017 2016–17 Hockey World League Semifinals London, England 5  England (7)
 Malaysia (12)
 Canada (11)
 Pakistan (13)
 China (17) (debut)
8–23 July 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa 6  Belgium (3)
 Germany (6)
 New Zealand (8)
 Spain (9)
 Ireland (10)
 France (16)
4–12 August 2017 2017 Pan American Cup Lancaster, United States 1  Argentina (2)
19–27 August 2017 2017 EuroHockey Championship Amstelveen, Netherlands 1  Netherlands (4)
11–15 October 2017 2017 Oceania Cup Sydney, Australia 1  Australia (1)
11–22 October 2017 2017 Asia Cup Dhaka, Bangladesh 0 —1
22–29 October 2017 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Ismailia, Egypt 1  South Africa (15)
Total 16
^1 – India qualified both as host and continental champion, therefore that quota was given to China as the highest-ranked team from the 2016–17 Hockey World League Semifinals not already qualified.

Format

The 16 teams were drawn into four groups, each containing four teams. Each team played each other team in its group once. The first-placed team in each group advanced to the quarter-finals, while the second- and third-placed teams in each group went into the crossover matches. From there on a single-elimination tournament was played.

Squads

Umpires

16 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament.[11]

  • Diego Barbas (ARG)
  • Dan Barstow (ENG)
  • Marcin Grochal (POL)
  • Ben Göntgen (GER)
  • Adam Kearns (AUS)
  • Eric Kim Lai Koh (MAS)
  • Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
  • Martin Madden (SCO)
  • Raghu Prasad (IND)
  • Javed Shaikh (IND)
  • Simon Taylor (NZL)
  • David Tomlinson (NZL)
  • Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
  • Jonas van't Hek (NED)
  • Francisco Vásquez (ESP)
  • Peter Wright (RSA)

Opening ceremony


Results

The schedule was published on 27 February 2018.[12]

All times are local (UTC+5:30).

First round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 3 2 0 1 10 8 +2 6 Quarter-finals
2  France 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4 Cross-overs
3  New Zealand 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4
4  Spain 3 0 2 1 6 7 −1 2
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[13]

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 16 1 +15 9 Quarter-finals
2  England 3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 4 Cross-overs
3  China 3 0 2 1 3 14 −11 2
4  Ireland 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[13]

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India (H) 3 2 1 0 12 3 +9 7 Quarter-finals
2  Belgium 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7 Cross-overs
3  Canada 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1
4  South Africa 3 0 1 2 2 11 −9 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[13]
(H) Hosts

Pool D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 3 0 0 10 4 +6 9 Quarter-finals
2  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 13 5 +8 6 Cross-overs
3  Pakistan 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
4  Malaysia 3 0 1 2 4 13 −9 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[13]

Second round

 
Cross-oversQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
12 December
 
 
 Argentina2
 
10 December
 
 England3
 
 England2
 
15 December
 
 New Zealand0
 
 England0
 
 
 Belgium6
 
 
13 December
 
 
 Germany1
 
11 December
 
 Belgium2
 
 Belgium5
 
16 December
 
 Pakistan0
 
 Belgium (p.s.o.)0 (3)
 
 
 Netherlands0 (2)
 
 
12 December
 
 
 Australia3
 
10 December
 
 France0
 
 France1
 
15 December
 
 China0
 
 Australia2 (3)
 
 
 Netherlands (p.s.o.)2 (4) Third place
 
 
13 December16 December
 
 
 India1 England1
 
11 December
 
 Netherlands2  Australia8
 
 Netherlands5
 
 
 Canada0
 

Cross-overs

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

16 December 2018
19:00
Belgium  0–0  Netherlands
Report
Penalties
Van Doren Penalty shoot-out missed
Denayer Penalty shoot-out missed
Van Aubel Penalty shoot-out scored
Wegnez Penalty shoot-out scored
De Sloover Penalty shoot-out missed
Van Aubel Penalty shoot-out scored		 3–2 Penalty shoot-out scored Hertzberger
Penalty shoot-out missed Pruyser
Penalty shoot-out scored De Geus
Penalty shoot-out missed Van Ass
Penalty shoot-out missed Van Dam
Penalty shoot-out missed Hertzberger
Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Marcin Grochal (POL)

Final ranking

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Belgium 7 5 2 0 22 5 +17 17 Gold medal
2  Netherlands 7 4 2 1 22 8 +14 14 Silver medal
3  Australia 6 5 1 0 29 4 +25 16 Bronze medal
4  England 7 3 1 3 12 23 −11 10 Fourth place
5  Germany 4 3 0 1 11 6 +5 9 Eliminated in
quarterfinals
6  India (H) 4 2 1 1 13 5 +8 7
7  Argentina 4 2 0 2 12 11 +1 6
8  France 5 2 1 2 8 9 −1 7
9  New Zealand 4 1 1 2 4 8 −4 4 Eliminated in
crossover matches
10  China 4 0 2 2 3 15 −12 2
11  Canada 4 0 1 3 3 13 −10 1
12  Pakistan 4 0 1 3 2 12 −10 1
13  Spain 3 0 2 1 6 7 −1 2 Eliminated in
group stage
14  Ireland 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
15  Malaysia 3 0 1 2 4 13 −9 1
16  South Africa 3 0 1 2 2 11 −9 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) round; 2) position in pools; 3) points in pools; 4) matches won; 5) goal difference; 6) goals for.[13]
(H) Hosts

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[4]

Player of the tournament Goalkeeper of the tournament Young player of the tournament Top goalscorer Fair play award
Belgium Arthur Van Doren Netherlands Pirmin Blaak Netherlands Thijs van Dam Australia Blake Govers
Belgium Alexander Hendrickx		  Spain

Goalscorers

There were 157 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 4.36 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

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References

  1. ↑ "England & India to host Hockey World Cups 2018". FIH. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Odisha dazzles world hockey". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Hockey World Cup 2018 Opening Ceremony, Highlights: Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, AR Rahman add colour". hindustantimes.com. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Belgium's Red Lions win Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018". FIH. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "FIH Opens World Cup 2018 Bidding Process". FIH. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Six nations shortlisted for Hockey World Cups 2018". FIH. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "Five nations in battle to host FIH World Cups 2018". FIH. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  8. ↑ Goddard, Emily (6 November 2013). "Four nations prepare to learn fate of 2018 Hockey World Cup bids". insidethegames.biz - Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games News. FIH. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "England & India to host Hockey World Cup". International Hockey Federation. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "Qualification System for Hockey World Cup 2018" (PDF). FIH. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "FIH announces officials for Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018". FIH. 19 December 2017.
  12. ↑ "Pools and match schedule for Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018 revealed". FIH. 27 February 2018.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 World Cups 2018 Tournament Regulations
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