The International Hockey Federation (FIH) confirmed match schedule for the men’s Hockey
Hockey World League Final, which takes place in New Delhi from 10-18
January 2014.
The eight of the world's finest teams in action
and is the culmination of a journey which began back in August 2012 when
the first rounds of the competition were played.
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The event features two pools of four followed by
quarter-finals, semi-finals, classification and medal matches. Pool A
will feature reigning Olympic Champions Germany alongside New Zealand,
England and hosts nation India, while current World Champions Australia
face the Netherlands, Belgium and Argentina in Pool B.
The Round-Robin pool phase will take place over three competition days between 10
th and 13
th
January. Following the Round Robin, the teams will move into the
crossover quarter-final phase, with the pool winners meeting the bottom
team from the opposite pool. The #2 and #3 finishers will also face-off
in the knock out quarter-final. From there, the winners move into
semi-finals and the medal games, with the losing teams playing for
placement.
The opening day of the tournament (Friday 10th
January) will feature all eight teams taking to the field. Two matches
from Pool B will kick things off, with Australia and Belgium meeting at
1400 (UTC./ GMT +5:30) before Netherlands and Argentina go head to head
at 1600. In Pool A, Germany take on New Zealand at 1800 ahead of the
mouth-watering meeting between England and India at 2000.