2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup

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The 2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup was the 16th edition of the Women's FIH Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for women's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held from 15 to 29 August 2026 in Wavre, Belgium and Amsterdam, Netherlands. Belgium and Netherlands were given the hosting rights in November 2022, beating bids from Australia, South Africa and Uruguay in the process. This was the second time the women's event was co-hosted after 2022. This also marked Belgium's first and Netherlands' fifth time hosting. This was also the first time the men's and women's world cup were held as one joint tournament. 16 teams participated for the third time after the expansion in 2018. Qualification was an amalgamation of the FIH Pro League, continental championships and the World Cup Qualifiers. Qualification took place from December 2023 to March 2026 to decide the qualifiers. Netherlands were the defending champions after defeating...

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