India May Have 2023 Hockey World Cup, India Ahead In Host Race

October 18, 2019October 18, 2019

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Lausanne, Agency. India can get the responsibility of hosting the Hockey World Cup to be played in the year 2023. India, which has hosted three successful World Cups, has bid for it. Three countries including India have bid to host the 2023 World Cup. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) gave this information on Thursday.

India has hosted three World Cups so far. The World Cup to be held in 2023 will be from 13 to 29 January. Belgium and Malaysia, along with India, are the two countries that have bid to host, but both of them want to host the tournament from July 1 to July 17, 2022.

At the same time, five countries have bid for the Women’s World Cup. This includes Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Malaysia and New Zealand. The Indian team, which has won the Olympic Gold Medal eight times, has managed to win the World Cup title just once. The Indian team has done very well in the recent times and the team is being considered a contender to become the world champion..

The Indian team recently visited Belgium. Team India’s performance on this tour was very good. India continued their unbeaten campaign against the hosts and registered an important victory. The team’s win against the world champions has strengthened their claim to play the Olympics.