England drawn against tournament hosts India and home nation Wales in World Cup

The four pools were drawn today for the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar - Rourkela, India.  The draw ceremony took place this morning in Bhubaneswar with the 3 highest seeds Australia, Belgium and Netherlands, along with hosts India already confirmed in the first position across the 4 pools.

England’s men with a world ranking of 6 are looking to break their run of 4^th places in the last 3 World Cups and will face India (world rank 5) setting up a repeat of the encounter most recently at the Commonwealth Games which produced a thrilling 4-4 draw. They also face home nations rivals Wales men playing in their first World Cup, and Spain who are currently ranked 8^th in the world.

The 15^th edition of the tournament runs early next year from 13-29^th January 2023 in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, in the state of Odisha, India.

Pool A: Australia, Argentina, France and South Africa

Pool B: Belgium, Germany, South Korea and Japan

Pool C: Netherlands, New Zealand, Malaysia and Chile

Pool D: India, England, Spain and Wales