Saturday, 21 July 2018

Where will 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup be organized?

Where will 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup be organized?

Options

1) England

2)Argentina

3)france

4)Germany

answer

1) England

Other details

The 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup will be the 14th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup. It is scheduled to be held from 21 July to 5 August 2018 at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London, England.

In March 2013,  Australia, Belgium, England and New Zealand were shortlisted as candidates for hosting the event

ngland was announced as host on 7 November 2013 during a special ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Due to the increase to 16 participating teams, the new qualification process was announced in July 2015 by the International Hockey Federation.

Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation received an automatic berth.

 In addition, the 10/11 highest placed teams at the Semifinals of the 2016–17 FIH Hockey World League not already qualified will enter the tournament.

The following sixteen teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, will compete in this tournament

 England 
  China
 New Zealand 
 South Korea 
 Italy 
 Spain
 Belgium
 United States 
 Germany 
 Japan 
 Ireland 
 Argentina 
  Netherlands 
  Australia 
 South Africa 
 India 




India will take on hosts England in the opening match of the Women's Hockey World Cup in London tomorrow.

Grouped in Pool B, India will take on world number 16 Ireland on the 26th of this month followed by world number 7, US on 29th.

India's previous appearance at the World Cup was in 2010 when the event was held in Argentina.