The January 13-29 match can be co-hosted by way of two towns within the state of Odisha, Last yr’s venue, the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, can be joined by way of Rourkela, the place the fits can be held on the new, purpose-built Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium.
NUMBER OF MATCHES AND TEAMS
A complete of 44 video games can be performed around the two venues, involving the arena’s 16 most sensible groups.
Hosts and Tokyo Olympics bronze medalists India can be joined by way of identify holders and reigning Olympic champions Belgium, global no. 1 Australia, the Netherlands, Germany, New Zealand, Argentina, England, Spain, South Korea, Malaysia, South Africa, France, Japan, Chile and Wales.
The pool-stage fits can be divided between the 2 venues Rourkela and Bhubaneswar, adopted by way of the crossover fits to be performed at Bhubaneswar on my own.
Matches to come to a decision the ninth to sixteenth puts can be held in Rourkela, whilst the quarterfinals, semifinals, bronze-medal fit and the overall can be hosted by way of Bhubaneswar.
THE FORMAT
The 16 groups were divided into 4 swimming pools.
Each workforce in its respective pool will play the opposite 3 groups as soon as, and the pool-topper will development to the quarterfinals. The groups ranked 2d and 3rd in each and every pool will play the crossover fits that can come to a decision the rest 4 quarterfinalists.
THE POOLS
Pool A: Australia, South Africa, France, Argentina
Pool B: Belgium, Japan, Korea, Germany
Pool C: Netherlands, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand
Pool D: India, Wales, Spain, England
The two semifinals can be performed on January 27 and the overall on January 29.