Tournament details | |||
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Host country | South Africa | ||
City | Pretoria | ||
Dates | 5–11 February | ||
Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) | ||
Venue(s) | Heartfelt Arena | ||
Final positions | |||
Champions | Austria (2nd title) | ||
Runner-up | Netherlands | ||
Third place | Iran | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Matches played | 40 | ||
Goals scored | 324 (8.1 per match) | ||
Top scorer(s) | Michael Körper (17 goals) | ||
Best player | Fabian Unterkircher | ||
Best young player | Mustapha Cassiem | ||
Best goalkeeper | Mateusz Szymczyk | ||
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The 2023 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup was the sixth edition of this tournament and played from 5 to 11 February 2023 in Pretoria, South Africa.[1]
Austria won their second consecutive title by defeating the Netherlands in the final after penalty shootout, while Iran captured the bronze medal, winning against the United States.[2]
Qualification
All the teams which qualified for the cancelled 2022 edition of the tournament were eligible to participate in the 2023 edition.[3]
Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
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15–21 July 2019 | 2019 Indoor Asia Cup | Chonburi, Thailand | 2 | Iran Kazakhstan |
17–19 January 2020 | 2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championship | Berlin, Germany | 4 | Austria Belgium Czech Republic Netherlands |
16–18 April 2021 | 2021 Indoor Africa Cup | Durban, South Africa | 2 | Namibia South Africa |
25–27 June 2021 | 2021 Indoor Pan American Cup | Spring City, United States | 2 | Argentina United States |
9 August 2022 | Invitational | — | 2 | Australia[lower-alpha 2] New Zealand[lower-alpha 1] |
Total | 12 |
First round
The schedule was released on 17 October 2022.[5]
All times are local (UTC+2).
Pool A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Austria | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | +22 | 15 | Quarter-finals |
2 | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 7 | +29 | 12 | |
3 | Belgium | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 9 | |
4 | Namibia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 4 | |
5 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 31 | −20 | 3 | Ninth place game |
6 | New Zealand | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 35 | −28 | 1 | Eleventh place game |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[6]
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Pool B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 12 | Quarter-finals |
2 | Iran | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 8 | |
3 | South Africa (H) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 8 | |
4 | Argentina | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 7 | |
5 | Czech Republic | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 3 | Ninth place game |
6 | Australia | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 2 | Eleventh place game |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[6]
(H) Hosts
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Classification matches
Eleventh place game
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Ninth place game
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Second round
Bracket
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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Argentina | 0 | |||||||||
Austria | 8 | |||||||||
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Iran | 3 | |||||||||
Iran (p.s.o.) | 5 (6) | |||||||||
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Belgium | 5 (5) | |||||||||
Austria (p.s.o.) | 4 (3) | |||||||||
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Netherlands | 4 (2) | |||||||||
Netherlands | 6 | |||||||||
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South Africa | 3 | |||||||||
Netherlands | 7 | |||||||||
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United States | 3 | Third place | ||||||||
United States | 3 | |||||||||
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Namibia | 2 | |||||||||
Iran (p.s.o.) | 4 (3) | |||||||||
United States | 4 (2) | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Third place game
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Final
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Final standings
Rank | Team[2] |
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Austria | |
Netherlands | |
Iran | |
4 | United States |
5 | Belgium |
6 | South Africa |
7 | Argentina |
8 | Namibia |
9 | Czech Republic |
10 | Kazakhstan |
11 | Australia |
12 | New Zealand |
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[2]
Award | Player |
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Player of the tournament | Fabian Unterkircher |
Top goalscorer | Michael Körper |
Goalkeeper of the tournament | Mateusz Szymczyk |
Young player of the tournament | Mustapha Cassiem |
Goalscorers
There were 324 goals scored in 40 matches, for an average of 8.1 goals per match.
17 goals
- Michael Körper
16 goals
- Reza Norouzzadeh
15 goals
- Philippe Simar
- Boris Burkhardt
14 goals
12 goals
- Fabian Unterkircher
11 goals
- Aki Kaeppeler
10 goals
- Lukas Plochý
8 goals
- Wiegert Schut
- Max Sweering
- Joep Troost
- Marius Leser
7 goals
- Benjamin Staines
- Daulet Urmanov
6 goals
- Jochem Bakker
- Pat Harris
5 goals
- Juan Eleicegui
- Jake Staines
- Gaetan Dykmans
- Tomas Procházka
- Behdad Beiranvand
- Hamid Nooranian
- Percy Barthram
- Liam Hermanus
- Dayaan Cassiem
- Stuart Kentwell
4 goals
- Facundo Navarro
- Jake Sherren
- Sebastian Eitenberger
- Mohammad Karimi
- Amirmahdi Mirzakhani
- Nicki Leijs
- Chad Futcher
3 goals
- Agustín Ceballos
- Joaquín González
- Gastón Rodríguez
- Martin Seemann
- Denis Tomeš
- Josef Toms
- Yaghoub Bahrami
- Navid Taherirad
- Talant Almen
- Jack Heldens
2 goals
- Nehuen Ayala
- James Knee
- Ryan Pace
- Oliver Binder
- Daniel Fröhlich
- Brian Van Bogaert
- Cyril Hermans
- Lucas Middendorp
- Brennan Alexander-Parker
- Bradley Coxon
- Vance Harvey
- Benedict van Woerkom
- Jethro Eustice
1 goal
- Nathan Czinner
- Moritz Frey
- Fülöp Losonci
- Patrick Schmidt
- Benjamin Stanzl
- Quentin Bigare
- Martin Hanus
- Vít Soukup
- Josef Trejbal
- Mohammad Asnaashari
- Mohsen Bohlouli
- Agymtay Duisengazy
- Yerkebulan Dyussebekov
- Maxat Zhokenbayev
- David Britz
- Brynn Cleak
- Dylan Finch
- Nico Neethling
- Niek Merkus
- Teun Rohof
- Isaac Houlbrooke
- Ryan Julius
Source: FIH
See also
Notes
- 1 2 Germany withdrew and were replaced by New Zealand.[4]
- 1 2 Following advice from the International Olympic Committee, Russia were excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and were replaced by Australia.
References
- ↑ "South Africa to host FIH Hockey Indoor World Cup in 2023". fih.ch. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- 1 2 3 "Austria and Netherlands on top of the world at 2023 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup". fih.ch. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ↑ "Teams and Pools confirmed for FIH Hockey Indoor World Cup South Africa 2023". fih.hockey. International Hockey Federation. 9 August 2022.
- ↑ "Deutschland verzichtet auf Start bei der Hallenhockey-WM". magazin.hockey.de. 9 August 2022.
- ↑ "FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup South Africa 2023: match schedule revealed". FIH. 17 October 2021.
- 1 2 "FIH Top Tier Tournament Regulations" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 21 October 2021.