The 2010 Hockey World Cup will be the twelfth instalment of the Men's Hockey World Cup. On November 14, 2007, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced that the championship would be held in India, taking place over two weeks from Feb 28 to March 13, 2010 at New Delhi's Dhyan Chand National Stadium.
Teams:India
South Africa
Korea
England
Germany
Netherlands
Spain
Australia
Canada
Pakistan
New Zealand
Argentina
Pool A - Germany, Netherlands, Korea, New Zealand, Canada & Argentina.Pool B - Australia, Spain, England, Pakistan, India & South Africa.
Dhyan Chand National Stadium is a field hockey stadium at New Delhi, India. It originally held 25,000 people. It is named after former famous Indian field hockey player, Dhyan Chand. The national stadium Is also well known for its Cricket coaching. The Dronacharya Award winner for Cricket, Sunita Sharma coaches cricket at this facility. It served as the venue for the 1st Asian Games in 1951. A 50-metre swimming pool is built to the east of the stadium.
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