3 min learnUp to date: Mar 17, 2026 11:09 PM IST
India and arch rivals Pakistan will function in the identical pool on the upcoming males’s Hockey World Cup ranging from August 15 in Belgium and Netherlands, Worldwide Hockey Federation (FIH) introduced on Tuesday.
After the draw ceremony for the Hockey World Cup on Tuesday, India has been clubbed with Pakistan, England and Wales within the Pool D for the lads’s version whereas the Indian ladies’s workforce have been group with Olympic silver medallist China, South Africa and England.
A complete of 16 groups have certified for the World Cup and have been divided into 4 swimming pools with 4 groups every. After the pool stage, the highest two groups from every pool would progress to the subsequent spherical the place the eight groups will likely be once more clubbed in two swimming pools. The highest two workforce from every pool within the second spherical would make it to the semi-final section. Each males’s and ladies’s editions will likely be performed concurrently and in the identical format.
After being clubbed in Group D of their respective tournaments, the each Indian groups will play the Hockey World Cup on the iconic Wagener Stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The Indian males’s workforce have gotten an honest draw with England being the one larger ranked aspect of their pool. With good current head-to-head report towards Pakistan, India would be the favourites to progress from the Pool D together with England.
Within the males’s Hockey World Cup, each Pool A and Pool B could be termed the pool of loss of life with Netherlands, Argentina, New Zealand, and Japan making the Pool Some time Belgium, Germany, France, and Malaysia finishing the Pool B. Australia is clubbed with Spain, Eire, and South Africa in Pool C.
The draw was finished by worldwide hockey legends Naomie van As, Barbara Neelen and Teun de Nooijer, in addition to DJ La Fuente, who was introduced as Dutch Ambassador for the World Cup in the course of the ceremony. It additionally featured the captains from the Netherlands (Renée van Laarhoven, Marijn Veenand, Thierry Brinkman and Lars Balk) and Belgium (Charlotte Englebert, Michelle Struijk, Arthur Van Doren and vice-captain Arthur De Sloover), the pinnacle coaches from the Netherlands (Raoul Ehren and Jeroen Delmee) and Belgium (Adam Commens and Shane McLeod).
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The total match schedule for the match will likely be introduced tomorrow.
Hockey World Cup 2026 Swimming pools
Girls:
Pool A: Netherlands, Australia, Chile, Japan (taking part in within the Netherlands)
Pool B: Argentina, Germany, USA, Scotland (taking part in in Belgium)
Pool C: Belgium, Spain, New Zealand, Eire (taking part in in Belgium)
Pool D: China, England, India, South Africa (taking part in within the Netherlands)
Males:
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Pool A: Netherlands, Argentina, New Zealand, Japan (taking part in within the Netherlands)
Pool B: Belgium, Germany, France, Malaysia (taking part in in Belgium)
Pool C: Australia, Spain, Eire, South Africa (taking part in in Belgium)
Pool D: England, India, Pakistan, Wales (taking part in within the Netherlands)
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