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Pool and Schedule for Odisha Mens Hockey World Cup Bhubaneswar announced.

Pool and Schedule for Odisha Mens Hockey World Cup Bhubaneswar announced

Federation of International hockey (FIH) announced the pool and schedule for Odisha Mens Hockey World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018 on Wednesday. India will face a stiff test against Olympic silver medalist Belgium(World rank 3) in the group C. South Africa(World Rank 15) and Canada(World Rank 11) are the other two competitors in the group. The tournament will be held in Bhubaneswar, India between 28 November to 16 December as the world’s best teams come together to battle it out at the Kalinga Stadium.

Olympic champions Argentina(World rank 2) are placed in group ‘A’ alongside New Zealand, Spain and and France.

World champions and current world number 1 Australia are placed in group ‘B’ alongside England, Ireland and China.

Group ‘D’ is said to be the group of death with three time champions Netherlands, two time champions Germany, Malaysia and Pakistan.

The tournament comprises of 16 teams which includes 15 qualifying team and host India. The tournament begins with pool stage matches going on till 9th December. Two times slots of 5 PM and 7 PM have been finalised.

Belgium with lock horns against Canada in the tournament opener, before India takes on South Africa in the second match.

India’s matches at Hockey World Cup

vs South Africa on November 28 at 7 PM IST

gvs Belgium on December 2 at 7 PM IST

vs Canada on December 8 at 7 PM IST.

The top-placed team from each pool will earn an automatic berth for the Quarter-Finals with the second and third placed teams competing in a cross-over match, which will be played on December 10 and 11, in order to reach the last-eight.

Pool and Schedule for Odisha Mens Hockey World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018

Pool A: Argentina, New Zealand, Spain, France

“””””B: Australia, England, Ireland, China

“”””””C: Belgium, India, Canada, South Africa

“”””””D: Netherlands, Germany, Malaysia, Pakistan

DATE INFO TIME* TEAMS
November 28, 2018 Pool C 17:00  BEL – CAN 
Pool C 19:00  IND – RSA 
November 29, 2018 Pool A 17:00  ARG – ESP 
Pool A 19:00  NZL – FRA 
November 30, 2018 Pool B 17:00  AUS – IRL 
Pool B 19:00  ENG – CHN 
December 1, 2018 Pool D 17:00  NED – MAS 
Pool D 19:00  GER – PAK 
December 2, 2018 Pool C 17:00  CAN – RSA 
Pool C 19:00  IND – BEL 
December 3, 2018 Pool A 17:00  ESP – FRA 
Pool A 19:00  NZL – ARG 
December 4, 2018 Pool B 17:00  ENG – AUS 
Pool B 19:00  IRL – CHN 
December 5, 2018 Pool D 17:00  GER – NED 
Pool D 19:00  MAS – PAK 
December 6, 2018 Pool A 17:00  ESP – NZL 
Pool A 19:00  ARG – FRA 
December 7, 2018 Pool B 17:00  AUS – CHN 
Pool B 19:00  IRL – ENG 
December 8, 2018 Pool C 17:00  BEL – RSA 
Pool C 19:00  CAN – IND 
December 9, 2018 Pool D 17:00  MAS – GER 
Pool D 19:00  NED – PAK 
December 10, 2018 Cross-over 16:45
Cross-over 19:00
December 11, 2018 Cross-over 16:45
Cross-over 19:00
December 12, 2018 QF 16:45
QF 19:00
December 13, 2018 QF 16:45
QF 19:45
December 15, 2018 SF 1 16:00
SF 2 18:30
December 16, 2018 3rd/4th Place 16:30
Final 19:00

All the schedules and timings are in Indian standard time.

pool and schedule for odisha mens hockey world cup bhubaneswar

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