2018 Men's Hockey World Cup
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | India | ||
| City | Bhubaneswar | ||
| Teams | 16 | ||
| Venue(s) | Kalinga Stadium | ||
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The 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup would be the 14th edition of the Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It is scheduled to be held from 28 November to 16 December 2018 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India.
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 demanded to submit bidding documentation, requirement that eventually Belgium did not meet. In addition one month before the host election, Australia withdrew their application due to technical and financial reasons. India was announced as host on 7 November 2013 during a special ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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. In addition, the 10/11 highest placed teams at the Semifinals of the 2016–17 FIH Hockey World League not already qualified will enter the tournament. The following sixteen teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, will compete in this tournament.
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