FIH Men's Hockey World Cup 2023 to be hosted by Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, confirms Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik

Bhubaneswar: The 2023 Men’s Hockey World Cup will be held in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik announced on Wednesday.

It is a rare honour for any country to host a World Cup and #Odisha is proud to be hosting Hockey World Cup for the second time continuously. Happy to share matches of #OdishaHockeyWorldCup2023 to be played at #SportsCapitalofIndia, #Bhubaneswar & hockey nerve centre Rourkela. pic.twitter.com/CwcQ6bjZ66

— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) November 27, 2019

India will host the men’s hockey world cup for the second consecutive time after the country was picked to stage the game’s showpiece event in 2023 by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) earlier this month. The tournament will be held from 13 to 29 January. “We hosted the 2018 World Cup and I would like to announce that the 2023 Hockey World Cup will again be held in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela. Are you happy. I am happy,” Patnaik said while addressing the crowd at the Kalinga Stadium in a brief ceremony. The ceremony was also attended by International Hockey Federation and Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra, Hockey India president Mohammed Mushtaque Ahmed, Odisha sports minister Tusharkanti Behera, besides other dignitaries. Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga Stadium will host the game’s showpiece tournament for the second consecutive time after successfully conducting the event in 2018, which was won by Belgium. Of late, Bhubaneswar has hosted some big international sporting events, including the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships, 2017 FIH Hockey World League Final, FIH Men’s Series Finals in 2019 and the recently-concluded FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers. The state capital is also one of the venues for the 2020 FIFA Women’s U-17 World Cup.