fih 12
th
men’s
World Cup
new Delhi, inDia, february 28 - march 13, 2010
it has been
so long since
inDia hosteD a
hockey worlD
cup, that it was
playeD on grass
(mumbai, 1982).
so what are
our european
championship
winning
englanD team
expecting in
new Delhi anD
can we win?
finD out in our
10-page worlD
cup special
Wha
t’s it a
ll ab
out?
The men’s hock
ey World Cup is held e
very four year
s. It is the pr
level event and the t
emier hocke
op c
y-onl
ompetition in which England c
y world-
ompet
Twelv
es.
e nations hav
e qualified f
or New Delhi either thr
ough their finishing positions in
regional conf
erence championships (such as the Eur
oHock
winning W
ey Nations Championships) or by
orld Cup qualifying t
ournaments. India hav
e qualified as hos
The cup foll
ows a simpl
ts.
e format with t
eams initiall
y drawn int
The top tw
o tw
o t
o pools of six t
eams in each pool qualify f
eams each. a
ge 
or the semi-finals with gr P
runners-up fr
oup winner
om the other pool. The l
s playing the
ower placed t
eams in the pool s
H
games to decide the o
tages play clas
verall final r
sification
ankings.

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