FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 Qualifiers: India, Chile, Egypt To Host Teams

The FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 Qualifiers venues have been confirmed by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). Chile (City of Santiago), Egypt (Ismailia) and India (Hyderabad) will host the Qualifiers in February and March 2026.

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The Qualifiers represent the final stage of qualification for next year’s FIH Hockey World Cup, which will be hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands (15-30 August 2026).

Seven teams per gender will qualify through these events. The teams finishing first, second, and third in each tournament will secure their place at next year’s FIH Hockey World Cup 2026. The highest world-ranked team among those finishing in fourth place in each event will be the seventh team to qualify (see Qualification System here).

The teams qualifying through these tournaments will join an impressive line-up of 18 teams (9 per gender) that have already qualified, either through the FIH Hockey Pro League, the Continental Championships, or as hosts.

Teams have been allocated according to the FIH World Rankings as follows:

City of Santiago, Chile (28 February – 8 March 2026)
Hyderabad, Telangana, India (8 – 14 March 2026)
Ismailia, Egypt (1–7 March 2026)

While Santiago will host both the men’s and women’s competitions, Hyderabad will only host the women’s event, while Ismalia will host the men’s event.

Hyderabad will host women’s teams from England, Scotland, South Korea, Italy, Uruguay, Wales, and Austria, besides hosts India, from March 8–14, 2026.

Santiago will host teams of Australia, Japan, Ireland, Chile, France, Canada, Malaysia, and Switzerland in the women’s qualifiers.

The Qualifiers represent the final stage of qualification for next year’s FIH Hockey World Cup, which will be hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands (15-30 August 2026).

In the men’s qualifiers, France, Ireland, Korea, Wales, Scotland, Canada, Poland, and Chile will take part. Both events will run from February 28 to March 8, 2026.

Ismailia will host the men’s teams of England, Malaysia, Pakistan, Egypt, Japan, Austria, China, and the USA from March 1 to 7, 2026

In the men’s competition, Belgium and the Netherlands have qualified as joint hosts, while Argentina, Germany, India, New Zealand, and South Africa made it via the Continental Championships, while Australia and Spain qualified through the FIH Pro League.

For the women’s World Cup 2026, Belgium and the Netherlands have qualified as joint hosts, while the USA, Spain, New Zealand, China, and South Africa made it via the respective Continental Championships, and Germany and Argentina made it from the FIH Pro League.

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