The 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup Qualifiers are the final stage of the qualification for the 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup. It is held at 28 February to 8 March 2026. ^[1]

Contents

• Format
• Qualified teams
• Tournament 1
• Preliminary round
• Classification round
• Medal round
• Goalscorers
• Tournament 2
• Preliminary round 2
• Classification round 2
• Medal round 2
• Goalscorers 2
• Final standings
• See also
• Notes
• References
• External links

Two events are held, one each in Santiago, Chile and Ismailia, Egypt. ^[2]

Format

Teams not qualifying from the continental qualification tournament are participating in this tournament according to the respective spots received by the FIH. The 16 teams will be split into two eight team tournaments. In each tournament the eight teams will be divided into two four-team pools. After the round-robin stage the top two teams advance to the semifinals. The top three teams of each tournament and the highest world ranked team that finishes in 4th place in each event will qualify for the World Cup.

Qualified teams

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified team
2025 Pan American Cup	24 July–3 August 2025	Montevideo	3	Canada   Chile   United States
2025 EuroHockey Championship II	27 July–2 August 2025	Lousada	3	Ireland   Scotland   Wales
2025 EuroHockey Championship	8–17 August 2025	Mönchengladbach	4	Austria   England   France   Poland
2025 Asia Cup	29 August−7 September 2025	Rajgir	4	China   Japan   Malaysia   South Korea
2025 Hockey Africa Cup of Nations	11–18 October 2025	Ismailia	1	Egypt
2025 Asia Play-offs	13–16 November 2025	Dhaka	1	Pakistan
Total			16

Tournament 1

2026 Men's FIH World Cup Qualifiers Egypt

Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
City	Ismailia
Dates	1–7 March
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue	Suez Canal Authority Hockey Stadium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	66 (6 per match)
Top scorer	Ahmed El-Ganaini (4 goals)

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9	Semi-finals
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	10	8	+2	6
3	Egypt (H)	3	1	0	2	6	10	−4	3	Classification round
4	United States	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[3]
(H) Hosts

1 March 2026 18:45 England   5–0   Japan Sorsby  11', 36' Ward  13' Croft  17', 44' Report Umpires: Irene Presenqui (ARG) Timothy Sheahan (AUS)

1 March 2026 20:45 Egypt   3–1   United States El-Ganaini  10' Atef  22' Mohsen  52' Report A. Käppeler  6' Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Raphaël Adrien (GER)

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2 March 2026 18:45 Japan   4–0   United States Matsumoto  3' Yamasaki  23' Ooka  28' Kimura  56' Report Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Raphaël Adrien (GER)

2 March 2026 20:45 Egypt   0–3   England Report Ward  27' Bandurak  29' Sorsby  57' Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) Aziz Adimah (GHA)

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4 March 2026 18:45 England   5–0 [note 1]   United States Report

4 March 2026 20:45 Japan   6–3   Egypt Fujishima  7', 52', 59' Shinohara  9' Matsumoto  11', 40' Report El-Ganaini  22', 33', 34' Umpires: Jonas van't Hek (NED) Aziz Adimah (GHA)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	3	3	0	0	14	9	+5	9	Semi-finals
2	Malaysia	3	2	0	1	14	10	+4	6
3	China	3	0	1	2	9	11	−2	1	Classification round
4	Austria	3	0	1	2	4	11	−7	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[3]

1 March 2026 13:00 Malaysia   6–1   Austria Azrai  24', 44' Silverius  24' Sumantri  34' Anuar  52' Jalil  57' Report Losonci  3' Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

1 March 2026 15:00 Pakistan   5–4   China Khan  8' Wah. Rana  20' Ammad  21' Mahmood  35' Wal. Rana  43' Report Du  16', 39' Guan  42' Zhang  49' Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Aziz Adimah (GHA)

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2 March 2026 13:00 Pakistan   5–3   Malaysia Wah. Rana  13' Hayat  16' Ahmad  45+' Khan  49' Ammad  56' Report Abdu Rauf  12' Anuar  14' Fi. Saari  40' Umpires: Jonas van't Hek (NED) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

2 March 2026 15:00 Austria   1–1   China Frey  27' Report Chen B.  31' Umpires: Annelize Rostron (RSA) Timothy Sheahan (AUS)

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4 March 2026 13:00 Austria   2–4   Pakistan Kelner  47' Scholz  53' Report Afraz  4' Mahmood  44', 52' Khan  51' Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Irene Presenqui (ARG)

4 March 2026 15:00 Malaysia   5–4   China Fi. Saari  5', 43' Rozemi  28' Faiz  36' Fa. Saari  47' Report Wang Y.  8' Zhao  16', 51' Chen B.  11' Umpires: Annelize Rostron (RSA) Timothy Sheahan (AUS)

Classification round

	Crossover				Fifth place
	6 March
	Egypt
					7 March
	Austria
					W C1
	6 March
					China
	China	w/o
	United States
					Seventh place
					7 March
					L C2	5
					United States	0

Crossovers

6 March 2026 09:00 China   0–0 [note 1]   United States Report

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6 March 2026 11:00 Egypt   M13   Austria Report Umpires: Jonas van't Hek (NED) Annelize Rostron (RSA)

Seventh and eighth place

7 March 2026 09:00 Loser 13 5–0 [note 1]   United States Report

Fifth and sixth place

7 March 2026 11:00 Winner 13 v   China Report

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Final
	6 March
	England
					7 March
	Malaysia
					W SF1
	6 March
					W SF2
	Pakistan
	Japan
					Third place
					7 March
					L SF1
					L SF2

Semifinals

6 March 2026 13:15 England   M15   Malaysia Report Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

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6 March 2026 15:30 Pakistan   M16   Japan Report Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Raphaël Adrien (GER)

Third and fourth place

7 March 2026 15:00 Loser 15 v Loser 16 Report

Final

7 March 2026 20:00 Winner 15 v Winner 16 Report

Tournament 2

2026 Men's FIH World Cup Qualifiers Chile

Tournament details
Host country	Chile
City	Santiago
Dates	1–8 March
Teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue	Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	65 (5.42 per match)
Top scorer	Victor Charlet (6 goals)

The tournament will be held at the Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler in Santiago, Chile from 28 February to 8 March 2026. ^[5]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	1	1	1	10	5	+5	4	Semi-finals
2	Wales	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
3	Scotland	3	1	1	1	5	9	−4	4	Classification round
4	Chile (H)	3	0	3	0	7	7	0	3

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[3]
(H) Hosts

1 March 2026 16:30 France   2–3   Scotland Xavier  5' Charlet  20' Report J. Golden  25' C. Golden  27', 30' Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) James Unkles (AUS)

1 March 2026 19:45 Wales   2–2   Chile N. Morgan  4' G. Furlong  47' Report R. Valenzuela  22' A. Valenzuela  23' Umpires: Liu Xiaoying (CHN) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

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3 March 2026 18:00 Wales   0–5   France Report Charlet  20', 41', 50' Marqué  37', 51' Umpires: Zeke Newman (NZL) Darren Hubach (RSA)

3 March 2026 20:15 Scotland   2–2   Chile J. Golden  35' Walker  54' Report Wolansky  32' J. Amoroso  54' Umpires: You Hyo-sik (KOR) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

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4 March 2026 18:00 Scotland   0–5   Wales Report Pritchard  4' Newbold  10', 38' Hutchinson  28' Welsh  43' Umpires: You Hyo-sik (KOR) Darren Hubach (RSA)

4 March 2026 20:15 France   3–3   Chile Charlet  21', 51' Marqué  56' Report Amoroso  15', 57' Goñi  37' Umpires: Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS) Jamie Telfer (SCO)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland	3	3	0	0	15	4	+11	9	Semi-finals
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	6	7	−1	6
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	10	9	+1	3	Classification round
4	South Korea	3	0	0	3	5	16	−11	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[3]

1 March 2026 12:00 Ireland   5–2   Canada McAllister  9' Lynch  22' Duncan  40' Cole  49', 52' Report Childs  47' Nicholson  50' Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Zeke Newman (AUS)

1 March 2026 14:15 South Korea   2–3   Poland Lim  27' Oh  45' Report Jarzyński  31', 51' Lange  53' Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Darren Hubach (RSA)

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3 March 2026 09:00 Canada   1–2   Poland Nicholson  60' Report Jarzyński  45' Bembenek  56' Umpires: Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS) Juan Pedro Rodríguez (ARG)

3 March 2026 11:15 South Korea   1–6   Ireland Jang J.  15' Report Williams  14' Cole  27', 56' Nelson  28' Rowe  42', 48' Umpires: Tyler Klenk (CAN) Jamie Telfer (SCO)

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4 March 2026 09:00 Ireland   4–1   Poland Rowe  15' Cole  21' Walker  40' Nelson  59' Report Rutkowski  52' Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

4 March 2026 11:15 Canada   7–2   South Korea Sarmento  7' Childs  19' Thind  22' Davis  39', 53' Harris  49' Nicholson  58' Report Choi  7' Jang J.  47' Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Juan Pedro Rodríguez (ARG)

Classification round

	Crossover				Fifth place
	6 March
	Scotland
					7 March
	South Korea
					W C1
	6 March
					W C2
	Canada
	Chile
					Seventh place
					7 March
					L C2
					L C2

Crossovers

6 March 2026 12:45 Scotland   v   South Korea Report Umpires: Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS) Juan Pedro Rodríguez (ARG)

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6 March 2026 15:00 Canada   v   Chile Report Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Jamie Telfer (SCO)

Seventh and eighth place

7 March 2026 13:30 Loser 13 M17 Loser 14 Report

Fifth and sixth place

7 March 2026 15:45 Winner 13 M18 Winner 14 Report

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Final
	6 March
	France
					8 March
	Poland
					W SF1
	6 March
					W SF2
	Ireland
	Wales
					Third place
					8 March
					L SF1
					L SF2

Semifinals

6 March 2026 17:15 France   M15   Poland Report Umpires: You Hyo-sik (KOR) Darren Hubach (RSA)

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6 March 2026 19:30 Ireland   M16   Wales Report Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

Third and fourth place

8 March 2026 13:30 Loser 15 v Loser 16 Report

Final

8 March 2026 15:45 Winner 15 v Winner 16 Report

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Hockey World Cup
2	Team 2
3	Team 3
4	Team 4
5	Team 5
6	Team 6
7	Team 7
8	Team 8
9	Team 9
10	Team 10
11	Team 11
12	Team 12
13	Team 13
14	Team 14
15	Team 15
16	United States

See also

• 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup
• 2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup Qualifiers

Notes

References

External links

• Official website