FIH Hockey World Cup: High voltage match between India and Pakistan men’s teams on August 19

Lausanne (Switzerland), March 18. In the FIH Hockey World Cup 2026, the Indian men’s team will face Pakistan in the Pool-D match on August 19. This high voltage match will be played at the Wegener Hockey Stadium in Amstelveen from 6.30 pm onwards. This four-team pool also includes Wales and England.

India, ranked 8th in the world rankings, has been placed in Pool D along with its neighbor and four-time World Cup winner Pakistan. The top team from this pool will directly qualify for the quarter-finals while the next two placed teams will take part in cross-over matches.

It is noteworthy that an exciting draw ceremony was held at Wegener Stadium in Amsterdam on Tuesday. Following this, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Wednesday hosted the full schedule of World Cup matches at its headquarters in Lausanne. schedule Released.

Indian men will play their first match against Wales on 15th August

1975 World Cup winners India will begin their campaign in the 16-team men’s tournament against Wales on August 15. This will be the first day of the FIH Hockey World Cup and the match will start at 4.30 PM IST. After this, on August 17, India will face the fourth ranked England team at Wegener Hockey Stadium. Before this, England will face Pakistan on 15th August. The first round matches will run till August 20 and the knock-out stage matches will be played from August 21.

indian women 16 Will start campaign against China on August

The Indian women’s hockey team will start its campaign against Asian champion China, who is ranked fourth in the world rankings, on August 16 at the Wegener Stadium. After this, Indian women will face South Africa on August 18. India’s last match in the first round will be against England, ranked seventh in the world rankings, on August 20. The tournament will begin on August 15 with the opening match between the women’s teams of Australia and Japan. This competition will run till 30th August.

Men’s and Women’s Hockey World Cup will be held jointly for the first time

It is noteworthy that for the first time, the Men’s and Women’s Hockey World Cups are being jointly organized by Belgium and Netherlands. In total, six matches will be played on the first day of the competition at two different venues, the Wegener Stadium in Amstelveen and the Belfius Hockey Arena in Wavre, Belgium. Of these, three matches will be for men and three for women.

Teams from 11 countries including India have qualified in both categories

Apart from India, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Australia, Ireland, Argentina, Spain, New Zealand, Japan and South Africa have qualified for both men’s and women’s sections of the competition. The Indian men’s team qualified for the tournament by winning the Asia Cup, while the women’s team qualified by finishing second in the qualifying tournament held in Hyderabad, Telangana.