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The FIH Hockey World Cup: The 16 men's and women's teams from across the world will be reaching Belgium and the Netherlands in 500 days from now for the FIH Hockey World Cup, which will be played from August 15 to 30, 2026.

The first match of the 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup will be played exactly 500 days from today, opening the show for FIH’s most prestigious global hockey event. This will be the first time that the FIH will combine the Women’s and the Men’s World Cups and will be co-hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands.

In addition to the host countries, the teams of Germany (women) and Australia (men) won their tickets to the World Cup via the FIH Hockey Pro League last season. The next two teams (a women's team and a men's team) will also qualify via the Pro League.