2010 Men's Hockey World Cup
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| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | India | ||
| City | New Delhi | ||
| Teams | 12 | ||
| Venue(s) | Dhyan Chand National Stadium | ||
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| Champions |
 Australia (2nd title)
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| Runner-up |
 Germany
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| Third place |
 Netherlands
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| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 38 | ||
| Goals scored | 199 (5.24 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) |
Luke Doerner Taeke Taekema (8 goals) |
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| Best player |
Guus Vogels
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The 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 12th edition of Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held from 28 February to 13 March 2010 in New Delhi, India.
Australia won the tournament after defeating Germany 2–1 in the final, collecting their second World Cup, after the title obtained in 1986. Netherlands won the third place match by defeating England 4–3.
India's hosting of the event was put in doubt when the FIH reviewed the progress of the Indian Hockey Federation's "Promoting Indian Hockey" program and India's preparation for the championship, and warned that "satisfactory progress had not been made in either area". India was warned it could lose the right to host the World Cup unless satisfactory progress was made. It was confirmed on 18 July 2008 that the International Hockey Federation formally awarded the hosting rights to India.
Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation received an automatic berth. The European confederation received three extra quotas based upon the FIH World Rankings at the completion of the 2008 Summer Olympics. In addition to the three winners of each of the three Qualifiers, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this tournament.
Twelve teams competed in the tournament with the competition consisting of two rounds. In the first round, teams were divided into two pools of six teams, and play followed round robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the pool once. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. At the end of the pool matches, teams were ranked in their pool according to the following criteria in order:
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