The FIH Hockey World Cup 2023 is all set to get underway in Odisha from January 13. This would be the fifteenth version of the match, and the second consecutive World Cup in India.
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Odisha has been the house of Indian hockey over the previous decade. The state has hosted a number of worldwide matches together with the FIH Professional League video games. The 2018 version of the World Cup was additionally held within the state.
Nonetheless, again then, solely Bhubaneswar hosted the matches. For 2023, one other stadium has been added in Rourkela to host the 16-team match.
Right here is extra concerning the two stadiums that may host the matches through the World Cup:
KALINGA STADIUM
Arial view of the newly renovated Kalinga Hockey stadium forward of the FIH Males’s Hockey World Cup matches in Bhubaneswar of Odisha state.
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Inbuilt 2010 with a capability of 5,000 spectators, the Kalinga Hockey Stadium performed host to the lads’s Champions Trophy in 2014 and the Odisha Hockey World League ultimate in 2017.
In preparation for the showpiece Odisha Hockey Males’s World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018, the Kalinga Hockey Stadium underwent an enormous transformation. A powerful refurbishment noticed the development of latest stands to extend the capability to fifteen,000, with each the stadium pitch and close by apply pitches being re-laid.
Extensively thought to be one of many best hockey arenas wherever on this planet, it’s a stadium completely suited to welcoming the world’s biggest groups and gamers. The stadium will host 24 of the 44 matches at this World Cup, together with the showpiece ultimate and bronze medal match.
India will play its final pool stage match towards England in Bhubaneswar.
BIRSA MUNDA STADIUM
The newly constructed Birsa Munda Stadium in Rourkela.
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Named after the tribal chief and well-known freedom fighter Birsa Munda, the Birsa Munda Worldwide Hockey Stadium has been constructed particularly for this occasion and is formally the most important hockey stadium in India.
It’ll host 20 out of the 44 matches being performed on this competitors. With a complete capability of 20,000, the State of Odisha is now blessed with two genuinely world class hockey arenas, complementing the already iconic Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
Following the completion of the FIH Males’s World Cup, the stadium will probably be used to host a number of of India’s matches within the FIH Professional League.
India will play its first two pool stage video games – towards Spain and Wales – in Rourkela.
