2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup
Ongoing field hockey competition
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The 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup was the 16th edition of the Men's FIH Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held from 15 to 30 August 2026 in Wavre, Belgium and Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Together for glory | |||
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host countries | Belgium Netherlands | ||
| Cities | Wavre Amsterdam | ||
| Dates | 15–30 August | ||
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) | ||
| Venue | 2 (in 2 host cities) | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Germany (4th title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Spain | ||
| Third place |  Argentina | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 50 | ||
| Goals scored | 248 (4.96 per match) | ||
| Top scorer | Tomás Domene (10 goals) | ||
| Best player | Tomás Domene | ||
| Best young player | Justus Warweg | ||
| Best goalkeeper | Luis Calzado | ||
All statistics are correct as of 30 August 2026
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Belgium and Netherlands were given the hosting rights in November 2022, beating a joint bid from England and Wales as well as a South African bid. It was the first time the men's event was co-hosted. This also marked Belgium's first and Netherlands' fourth time hosting. It 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.
Germany were the defending champions, having defeated Belgium 5–4 in a shootout after the match finished 3–3 in regular time in Bhubaneswar. They defended their title after defeating Spain in the final by 1–0 and lifted their fourth title.[1]
Host selection
The International Hockey Federation announced on 15 June 2022 that they had received the following five bids for the 2026 World Cup:[2][3]
For only men's event
England (in partnership with 
Wales)
Germany (withdrew)
South Africa
For combined men's and women's event
Wavre, Belgium and Amsterdam, Netherlands were awarded the hosting rights on 3 November 2022.[4]
Teams
Qualification
Just as in 2018 and 2023, 16 teams competed in the tournament. Alongside hosts, Belgium and Netherlands, the top-ranked teams in the 2023–24 and 2024–25 seasons in the FIH Pro League and the five continental champions received an automatic berth. Then 16 teams from all over the five continents competed for the last seven places at the World Cup Qualifiers.[5][6][7] Of the team who qualified, 14 had taken part in the previous edition.
Returners
Absentees
- Chile and South Korea did not advance, after making a sporadic appearance in 2023.
The highest ranked team not to qualify was Scotland, ranked 17th, while the lowest ranked team to qualify was Japan, ranked 16th.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
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| 3 November 2022 | Hosts | N/a | 2 |  Belgium Netherlands |
| 6 December 2023 – 30 June 2024 | 2023–24 FIH Pro League | N/a | 1 |  Australia |
| 30 November 2024 – 29 June 2025 | 2024–25 FIH Pro League | N/a | 1 | Spain |
| 24 July – 3 August 2025 | 2025 Pan American Cup |  Montevideo |
1 | Argentina |
| 8–16 August 2025 | 2025 EuroHockey Championship | Mönchengladbach |
1 | Germany |
| 29 August – 7 September 2025 | 2025 Asia Cup |  Rajgir |
1 | India |
| 4–7 September 2025 | 2025 Oceania Cup | Darwin |
1 |  New Zealand |
| 11–18 October 2025 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations |  Ismailia |
1 |  South Africa |
| 1–7 March 2026 | 2026 World Cup Qualifiers | Ismailia |
4 |  England Japan Malaysia Pakistan |
| 1–8 March 2026 |  Santiago |
3 |  France Ireland Wales | |
| Total | 16 | |||
Summary of qualified teams
| Team | Qualification method | Date of qualification | Appearance(s) | Previous best performance[A] | WR[B] | |||
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| Total | First | Last | Streak | |||||
| Belgium |
Co-hosts | 3 November 2022 | 8th | 1973 | 2023 | 4 | Champions (2018) | 1 |
| Netherlands |
16th | 1971 | 16 | Champions (1973, 1990, 1998) | 2 | |||
| Australia |
2023–24 FIH Pro League | 23 June 2024 | 15th | 14 | Champions (1986, 2010, 2014) | 4 | ||
| Spain |
2024–25 FIH Pro League | 29 June 2025 | 16th | 16 | Runners-up (1971, 1998) | 6 | ||
| Argentina |
2025 Pan American Cup | 3 August 2025 | 15th | 7 | Third place (2014) | 7 | ||
| Germany |
2025 EuroHockey Championship | 14 August 2025 | 16th | 16 | Champions (2002, 2006, 2023) | 5 | ||
| India |
2025 Asia Cup | 7 September 2025 | 16th | 16 | Champions (1975) | 8 | ||
| New Zealand |
2025 Oceania Cup | 12th | 8 | Seventh place (1973, 1975, 1982, 2014, 2023) | 11 | |||
| South Africa |
2025 Africa Cup of Nations | 18 October 2025 | 8th | 1994 | 7 | Tenth place (1994, 2010) | 13 | |
| England |
2026 World Cup Qualifiers | 6 March 2026 | 15th | 1973 | 15 | Runners-up (1986) | 3 | |
| Pakistan |
14th | 1971 | 2018 | 1 | Champions (1971, 1978, 1982, 1994) | 12 | ||
| France |
5th | 1971 | 2023 | 3 | Seventh place (1971, 1990) | 9 | ||
| Ireland |
4th | 1978 | 2018 | 1 | Twelfth place (1978, 1990) | 10 | ||
| Japan |
7 March 2026 | 6th | 1971 | 2023 | 2 | Ninth place (1971, 2006) | 16 | |
| Malaysia |
10th | 1973 | 4 | Fourth place (1975) | 14 | |||
| Wales |
8 March 2026 | 2nd | 2023 | 2 | Eleventh place (2023) | 15 | ||
Venues
The Belfius Hockey Arena in Wavre was renovated during the preparations for the tournament. The venue was completed in early 2026 and has a 4,000 capacity that was expanded to 10,000 for the tournament.[8] The Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen is 8,000 but was also expanded to 10,000 for the event.[9]
| Amstelveen |
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| Wagener Stadium | Belfius Hockey Arena | |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | |
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Draw
The final draw took place at 15:00 CET on 17 March 2026 at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands.[10][11] Model and presenter, Joyce Colfs, hosted the draw. Field Hockey players, Naomi van As, Barbara Nelen and Teun de Nooijer, alongside Dutch rapper La Fuente, were the guests who assisted the draw. The draw started with the co-hosts being placed into their respective groups held in their country, as well as the two remaining pot 1 teams, Australia and England, being pre-drawn into groups C and D respectively. The draw continued with, in order, pots 4, 3 and 2 being drawn, with each team selected then allocated into the first available group alphabetically. There were no restrictions.
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Seeding
Draw
| Pos | Team |
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| A1 | Netherlands (H) |
| A2 | Argentina |
| A3 | New Zealand |
| A4 | Japan |
| Pos | Team |
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| C1 | Australia |
| C2 | Spain |
| C3 | Ireland |
| C4 | South Africa |
Schedule
| Schedule | ||
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| Round | Gameday | Date |
| Preliminary round | Gameday 1 | 15–16 August 2026 |
| Gameday 2 | 17–18 August 2026 | |
| Gameday 3 | 19–20 August 2026 | |
| Second round Classification round | ||
| Gameday 4 | 21–22 August 2026 | |
| Gameday 5 | 23–24 August 2026 | |
| Knockout stage | ||
| Semi-finals Placement games |
28 August 2026 | |
| Final | 30 August 2026 | |
Umpires
On 20 January 2026, 16 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament.[12][13]
- Gabriel Labate (ARG)
- Zeke Newman (AUS)
- Steve Rogers (AUS)
- Tyler Klenk (CAN)
- Dan Barstow (ENG)
- Sean Edwards (ENG)
- Ben Göntgen (GER)
- Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
- Coen van Bunge (NED)
- Jonas van't Hek (NED)
- Michiel Otten (NED)
- Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
- Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP)
- Darren Hubach (RSA)
- Sean Rapaport (RSA)
- You Hyo-sik (KOR)
Squads
First round
The hosts schedule was published on 30 September 2025.[14] The match schedule was revealed on 18 March 2026.[15]
All times are local (UTC+2).
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Netherlands (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 9 | Second round |
| 2 | Argentina |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 6 | |
| 3 | New Zealand |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 3 | 9th–16th classification |
| 4 | Japan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 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 scored.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Hosts
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Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Germany |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Second round |
| 2 | Belgium (H) |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | France |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 2 | 9th–16th classification |
| 4 | Malaysia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 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 scored.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
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Pool C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Australia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Second round |
| 2 | Spain |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Ireland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | 9th–16th classification |
| 4 | South Africa |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 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 scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
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Pool D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | England |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 9 | Second round |
| 2 | India |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Pakistan |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 1 | 9th–16th classification |
| 4 | Wales |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 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 scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
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Second round
Pool E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Netherlands (H) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Argentina |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | England |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | India |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 0 | Seventh place game |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
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Pool F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Germany |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Spain |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Australia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Belgium (H) |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | Seventh place game |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
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Classification round
Pool G
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | New Zealand |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 9 | Ninth place game |
| 2 | Pakistan |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 4 | Eleventh place game |
| 3 | Japan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | 13th place game |
| 4 | Wales |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 1 | 15th place game |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
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Pool H
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Ireland |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 6 | Ninth place game |
| 2 | South Africa |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | Eleventh place game |
| 3 | France |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | 13th place game |
| 4 | Malaysia |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 2 | 15th place game |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
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15th place match
13th place match
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Eleventh place match
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Ninth place match
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Seventh place match
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Fifth place match
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First to fourth place classification
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 28 August | ||||||
| Netherlands | 3 | |||||
| 30 August | ||||||
| Spain | 4 | |||||
| Spain | 0 | |||||
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| Germany | 1 | |||||
| Germany | 2 | |||||
| Argentina | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 30 August | ||||||
| Netherlands | 1 | |||||
| Argentina | 2 | |||||
Semifinals
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Final
Final ranking
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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B | Germany |
7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 16 | Gold medal |
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C | Spain |
7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 13 | Silver medal |
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A | Argentina |
7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 15 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | A | Netherlands |
7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 13 | Fourth place |
| 5 | C | Australia |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 11 | Fifth place |
| 6 | D | England |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 10 | Sixth place |
| 7 | B | Belgium |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 9 | Seventh place |
| 8 | D | India |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 7 | Eight place |
| 9 | A | New Zealand |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 12 | Ninth place |
| 10 | C | Ireland |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 6 | Tenth place |
| 11 | D | Pakistan |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 5 | Eleventh place |
| 12 | C | South Africa |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 6 | Twelfth place |
| 13 | B | France |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 13th place |
| 14 | A | Japan |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 3 | 14th place |
| 15 | D | Wales |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 26 | −14 | 2 | 15th place |
| 16 | B | Malaysia |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 3 | 16th place |
Source: FIH
Goalscorers
There were 248 goals scored in 50 matches, for an average of 4.96 goals per match.
10 goals
8 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Bautista Capurro- Nicolás Della Torre
- Lucas Toscani
Ky Willott
Roman Duvekot- Will Calnan
- Sam Ward
Timothée Clément- Louis Haertelmeyer
- Michel Struthoff
- Jakob Brilla
- Paul-Philipp Kaufmann
- Justus Warweg
Hardik Singh- Sukhjeet Singh
Jeremy Duncan- Matthew Nelson
- Benjamin Walker
Kazumasa Matsumoto
Shello Silverius
Koen Bijen- Thijs van Dam
George Baker- Scott Boyde
- Dylan Thomas
- Finn Ward
Muhammad Hammadudin- Dayaan Cassiem
- Jolyon Morgan
- Sam Welsh
1 goal
- Matías Rey
- Maico Casella
- Nicolás Keenan
- Tadeo Marcucci
- Lucio Méndez
- Joaquín Toscani
- Tom Craig
- Arthur Van Doren
- Alexander Hendrickx
- Hugo Labouchere
- Nelson Onana
- Arthur De Sloover
- Thibeau Stockbroekx
- James Albery
- Tom Sorsby
- Zachary Wallace
- Eliot Curty
- Mattéo Desgouillons
- Noé Jouin
- Florent Vaal
- Hugo von Montgelas
- Hannes Müller
- Christopher Rühr
- Sanjay Rana
- Dilpreet Singh
- Alistair Empey
- Sam Hyland
- John McKee
- Gregory Williams
- Kosei Kawabe
- Kaito Tanaka
- Jun Watanabe
- Hyota Yamada
- Shota Yamada
- Koji Yamasaki
- Azmirul Azahar
- Marhan Jalil
- Azimuddin Kamaruddin
- Aiman Rozemi
- Floris Middendorp
- Joep de Mol
- Muhammad Ammad
- Abdul Rehman
- Trevor de Lora
- Kenton Melville
- Nicholas Spooner
- Luke Wynford
Nicolás Álvarez- Pepe Cunill
- Marc Miralles
- Liam Barker
- Rhys Bradshaw
- Jacob Draper
- Benjamin Francis
Source: FIH
Awards
| 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup
Team squad:
Linus Müller, Justus Warweg, Benedikt Schwarzhaupt, Johannes Große, Thies Prinz, Paul-Philipp Kaufmann, Teo Hinrichs, Tom Grambusch (Captain), Christopher Rühr, Justus Weigand, Michel Struthoff, Hugo von Montgelas, Erik Kleinlein, Hannes Müller, Malte Hellwig, Jakob Brilla, Antheus Barry, Joshua Onyekwue-Nnaji, Moritz Ludwig, Jean Danneberg. |
The awards were announced on 30 August 2026.[1]
| Award | Player |
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| Player of the tournament | Tomás Domene |
| Goalkeeper of the tournament | Luis Calzado |
| Young player of the tournament | Justus Warweg |
Broadcasting rights
The television channels broadcasting the event is as follows:[17]
Qualified teams
| Territory | Rights holder |
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| Argentina Chile |
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| Belgium |
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| England |
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