Poland, Spain to host 2023-24 FIH Hockey Nations Cup

LAUSANNE: Poland and Spain will host the second edition of the FIH Hockey Nations Cup in 2024, with the winners joining the 2024-25 FIH Hockey Pro League season, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced here on Friday.

The city of Gniezno, Poland, will host the men’s event which will involve some of the best teams in the world: Poland, Korea, Malaysia, France, South Africa, Pakistan, Canada, Austria and -– as the team relegated from the 2022-23 FIH Hockey Pro League season — New Zealand.

Since, based on the FIH World Rankings, the Polish team had not qualified for this FIH Hockey Nations Cup, the tournament will exceptionally be played with 9 teams. It will run from May 31 to June 9, 2024.

Gniezno is no stranger to international tournaments as it hosted the Hockey Series Open in 2018 and the EuroHockey Championship II in 2021.

The women’s event will take place in Spain from June 3 to 9, 2024. The city will be announced at a later stage.

The impressive line-up includes Spain, Japan, Korea, Ireland, Chile, Canada, Italy and New Zealand. IANS

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