Hockey Discussion | Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Road to LA 2028

[Roamingrover86 968]

5 hours ago, George_D said:

2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup Qualifiers:

, , ,  qualified for the World Cup

   are the other teams to qualify for the World cup from the 2nd qualifying tournament. 

[Adriano 834]

2 hours ago, Roamingrover86 said:

   are the other teams to qualify for the World cup from the 2nd qualifying tournament. 

Poland was so close 😞

[Fly_like_a_don 1,160]

 won the Women's Qualifiers Tournament 1 at home beating  

 qualified in 3rd

 

 qualify as best ranked team 

[Fly_like_a_don 1,160]

Hyderabad hosting FIH Women's WC Qualifiers Tournament 2

 

 have qualified 

 

 will take on  for the final spot. I'm just getting ready to go to the stadium for the match. Maybe you see me on TV. 

 

 

Image attached:  v  group stage match which I watched last week 

 

Edited yesterday at 11:18 AM by Fly_like_a_don

[Fly_like_a_don 1,160]

Little late to post

 

 won 1-0 against  Hard luck for the Italians @Gianlu33 @phelps @Sindo @copravolley

 

 

So  punch the last ticket to Women's Hockey World Cup 

[Fly_like_a_don 1,160]

Massive crowd for the final game between  

 

 had a better possession but conversion rate was pretty poor within the circle leading to a narrow loss.

 

 

[Fly_like_a_don 1,160]

It was the first international hockey match in Hyderabad since 2003. The stadium had been left unused.

 

Recently it got a makeover, increased seating, new astroturf, floodlights, dressing rooms and gpo painted. It had the old turfs in a bad condition until few months ago when I went. Sergio Pagni, India's compound archery coach was then guiding young archers. Bushes had grown on some part of the stadium, the cement seating had been damaged and a significant part of old turf had worn out making it non usable for hockey.

 

A lot of people I met during the tournament here especially those in 30s 40s were confused with the quarter system and were asking when did it become quarter.. wasn't it two halves of 35 mins each... Hockey used to be popular once but after 2000s it has gone on decline and post 2010s it's been an exponential decline with the rise of T20 Cricket and IPL. 

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Fly_like_a_don