Indoor Hockey World Cup

Indoor Hockey World Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2018 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup 2018 Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup
Sport	Indoor field hockey
Founded	2003
No. of teams	12
Continent	International (FIH)
Most recent champion(s)	Netherlands (Men)  Netherlands (Women)
Most titles	Germany (Men – 3 titles)  Germany  Netherlands (Women – 2 titles)
Official website	FIH

The Indoor Hockey World Cup is an international indoor field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was first held in 2003 and it is held every four years.

Format

Twelve qualified teams will be divided into two pools. The top two in their pool qualified for first to fourth classification, while third and fourth qualified for fifth to eighth classification, the last two teams will play for last four placing.

Qualification

Qualification is set by the governing body, the International Hockey Federation. The qualified teams include the host country, continental champions and the most recent World Cup final ranking.^[1]

Men

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third Place
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2003 Details	Leipzig, Germany		Germany	7–1	Poland		France	8–6	Switzerland
2007	Vienna, Austria		Germany	4–1	Poland		Spain	3–1	Czech Republic
2011 Details	Poznań, Poland		Germany	3–2 (ET)	Poland		Austria	5–0	Russia
2015 Details	Leipzig, Germany		Netherlands	3–2	Austria		Germany	13–2	Iran
2018 Details	Berlin, Germany

Performance by nation

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Germany	3 (2003, 2007, 2011)		1 (2015)
Netherlands	1 (2015)
Poland		3 (2003, 2007, 2011)
France			1 (2003)
Spain			1 (2007)
Austria		1 (2015)	1 (2011)
Switzerland				1 (2003)
Czech Republic				1 (2007)
Russia				1 (2011)
Iran				1 (2015)

Participation details

Team	2003 (12)	2007 (12)	2011 (12)	2015 (12)	2018 (12)	Years
Australia	8th	8th	7th	10th		4
Austria		6th	3rd	2nd	Q	4
Canada	6th	7th	10th	12th		4
Czech Republic	7th	4th	8th	9th		4
England			6th			1
Germany	1st	1st	1st	3rd	Q	5
France	3rd					1
Iran			9th	4th	Q	3
Italy		10th				1
Namibia			12th			1
Netherlands	5th		5th	1st		3
New Zealand	12th					1
Poland	2nd	2nd	2nd	7th		4
Russia	9th	5th	4th	5th		4
South Africa	10th	11th		11th		3
Spain		3rd				1
Sweden				6th		1
Switzerland	4th	9th		8th		3
Trinidad and Tobago		12th				1
United States	11th		11th			2

Women

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third Place
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2003 Details	Leipzig, Germany		Germany	5–2	Netherlands		France	3–1	Czech Republic
2007	Vienna, Austria		Netherlands	4–2	Spain		Germany	5–2	Ukraine
2011 Details	Poznań, Poland		Germany	4–2	Netherlands		Ukraine	4–2	Belarus
2015 Details	Leipzig, Germany		Netherlands	1–1 (1–0 p.s.o.)	Germany		Czech Republic	0–0 (2–0 p.s.o.)	Austria
2018 Details	Berlin, Germany

Performance by nation

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Netherlands	2 (2007, 2015)	2 (2003, 2011)
Germany	2 (2003, 2011)	1 (2015)	1 (2007)
Spain		1 (2007)
Ukraine			1 (2011)	1 (2007)
Czech Republic			1 (2015)	1 (2003)
France			1 (2003)
Belarus				1 (2011)
Austria				1 (2015)

Participation details

Team	2003 (12)	2007 (12)	2011 (12)	2015 (12)	2018 (12)	Years
Argentina			9th			1
Australia	9th	6th	8th	8th		4
Austria	7th	7th	7th	4th		4
Belarus	5th	5th	4th	7th		4
Belgium				11th		1
Canada		9th		10th		2
Czech Republic	4th	11th	6th	3rd		4
France	3rd					1
Germany	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	Q	5
Italy		10th				1
Kazakhstan			12th	12th	Q	3
Lithuania	6th					1
Mexico	12th					1
Namibia			10th			1
Netherlands	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	Q	5
Poland			5th	5th		2
Russia	8th					1
Scotland		8th				1
South Africa	10th	12th		9th		3
Spain		2nd				1
Trinidad and Tobago	11th					1
Ukraine		4th	3rd	6th		3
Uruguay			11th			1

References

External links

• FIH website