The 14th edition of FIH Men's Hockey World Cup will officially start with a glittering Opening Ceremony on Tuesday (November 27), a day before the first match-day, at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
World's top 16 teams, including defending champions Australia, Olympic champions Argentina and most successful team Pakistan will compete in the 19-day tournament.
Here are the squads, TV guide and live streaming:
POOL A
ARGENTINA | FRANCE | NEW ZEALAND | SPAIN |
Gonzalo Peillat | Artur Thieffry | Cory Bennett | Quico Cortes |
Pedro Ibarra (C) | Pieter van Straaten | Dane Lett | Sergi Enrique |
Juan Ignacio Gilardi | Tom Genestet | Nick Ross | Marc Serrahima |
Lucas Rossi | Hugo Genestet | Richard Joyce | Ignacio Rodriguez |
Agustin Bugallo | Blaise Rogeau | Marcus Child | Miquel Delas (C) |
Nicolas Cicileo | Victor Lockwood | Jared Panchia | Enrique Gonzalez |
Tomas Bettaglio | Charles Masson | George Enersen | Alvaro Iglesias |
Agustin Mazzilli | Nicolas Dumont | Aidan Sarikaya | Marc Salles |
Lucas Vila | Gaspard Baumgarten | Nic Woods | Ricardo Santana |
Maico Casella | François Goyet | Kane Russell | Diego Arana |
Lucas Martinez | Cristoforo Peters-Deutz | Blair Tarrant (C) | Xavier Lleonart |
Joaquin Menini | Jean-Bapiste Forgues | Arun Panchia | Alejandro de Frutos |
Juan Manuel Vivaldi | Etienne Tynevez | Shea McAleese | Vicenc Ruiz |
Tomas Santiago | Victor Charlet (C) | Stephen Jenness | Albert Beltran |
Ignacio Ortiz | Aristide Coisne | Dominic Newman | Josep Romeu |
Juan Martin Lopez | Maximilien Branicki | Hugo Inglis | Mario Garin |
Matias Rey | Timothee Clement | George Muir | Pau Quemada |
Matias Paredes | Corentin Saunier | Hayden Philips | Marc Bolto |
POOL B
AUSTRALIA | CHINA | ENGLAND | IRELAND |
Tom Craig | Guo Xiaoping | George Pinner (C) | David Harte (C) |
Corey Weyer | Ao Zhiwei | Harry Gibson | Jonathan Bell |
Jake Harvie | Guan Quyang | Luke Taylor | Matthew Bell |
Matthew Dawson | Ao Suozhu | David Ames | Luke Madeley |
Eddie Ockenden (C) | E Wenhui | Harry Martin | Chris Cargo |
Jake Whetton | Ao Yang | Ian Sloan (C) | Matthew Nelson |
Blake Govers | Meng Dihao | Mikey Hoare | Alan Sothern |
Tim Howard | Su Jun | Sam Ward | Eugene Magee |
Aran Zalewski (C) | Meng Nan | Mark Gleghorne | Kirk Shimmins |
Matthew Swann | Su Wenlin | Phil Roper (C) | Shane O'Donoghue |
Flynn Ogilvie | Su Lixing | Adam Dixon | Sean Murray |
Daniel Beale | Du Chen (C) | Barry Middleton | Mitch Darling |
Tyler Lovell | Du Talake | David Condon | Michael Robson |
Trent Mitton | Guo Zixiang | Jack Waller | David Fitzgerald |
Dylan Wotherspoon | E Wenlong | James Gall | Daragh Walsh |
Timothy Brand | Wang Caiyu | Liam Sanford | Paul Gleghorne |
Andrew Charter | Ao Weibao | Will Calnan | Conor Harte |
Jeremy Hayward | Guo Jin (C) | Zach Wallace | Jeremy Duncan |
POOL C
BELGIUM | CANADA | INDIA | SOUTH AFRICA |
Loic van Doren | Brandon Pereira | P. R. Sreejesh | Tyson Dlungwana |
Arthur van Doren | Scott Tupper (C) | Krishan Bahadur Pathak | Austin Smith |
John-John Dohmen | Gabriel Ho-Garcia | Harmanpreet Singh | Tim Drummond (C) |
Florent van Aubel | Oliver Scholfield | Birendra Lakra | Paebo Lembethe |
Sebastian Dockier | Richard Hildreth | Varun Kumar | Julian Hykes |
Cédric Charlier | Keegan Pereira | Kothajit Khadangbam | Thomas Hammond |
Gauthier Boccard | Balraj Panesar | Surender Kumar | Dayaan Cassiem |
Nicolas de Kerpel | Gordon Johnston | Amit Rohidas | Rhett Halkett |
Emmanuel Stockbroekx | Brenden Bissett | Manpreet Singh (C) | Richard Pautz |
Alexander Hendrickx | James Wallace | Chinglensana Kangujam | Taylor Dart |
Thomas Briels (C) | Matthew Pearson | Nilakanta Sharma | Taine Paton |
Felix Denayer | Matthew Sarmento | Sumit | Mohamed Mea |
Vincent Vanasch | John Smythe | Akashdeep Singh | Jethro Eustice |
Simon Gougnard | Iain Smythe | Mandeep Singh | Rassie Pieterse |
Arthur de Sloover | James Kirkpatrick | Dilpreet Singh | Nicholas Spooner |
Loick Luypaert | Sukhi Panesar | Simranjeet Singh | Keenan Horne |
Victor Wegnez | David Carter | Hardik Singh | Nqobile Ntuli |
Tom Boon | Antoni Kindler | Lalit Kumar Upadhyay | Gowan Jones |
POOL D
GERMANY | MALAYSIA | THE NETHERLANDS | PAKISTAN |
Mark Appel | Norsyafiq Sumantri | Jeroen Hertzberger | Imran Butt |
Tobias Walter | Ramadan Rosli | Lars Balk | Aleem Bilal |
Florian Fuchs | Marhan Jalil | Thijs van Dam | Mubashar Ali |
Benedikt Furk | Fitri Saari | Jonas de Geus | Toseeq Arshad |
Mats Grambusch | Joel van Huizen | Jorrit Croon | Tasawar Abbas |
Tom Grambusch | Faizal Saari | Billy Bakker | Rashid Mehmood |
Johannes Grosse | Syed Cholan | Seve van Ass (C) | Muhammad Irfan Jr. |
Martin Haner | Sukri Mutalib (C) | Valentin Verga | Muhammad Atiq |
Tobias Hauke | Firhan Ashaari | Glenn Schuurman | Ali Shan |
Timm Herzbruch | Nabil Noor | Sander de Wijn | Muhammad Rizwan Sr. (C) |
Dieter Linnekogel | Kumar Subramaniam | Sander Baart | Mazhar Abbas |
Marco Miltkau | Razie Rahim | Robbert Kemperman | Muhammad Umar Bhutta |
Mathias Muller | Faiz Jali | Mirco Pruijser | Ammad Butt |
Dan Nguyen Luong | Azri Hassan | Bob de Voogd | Muhammad Zubair |
Christopher Ruhr | Azuan Hassan | Sam van der Ven | Faisal Qadir |
Ferdinand Weinke | Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin | Thierry Brinkman | Ajaz Ahmed |
Niklas Wellen | Aiman Rozemi | Pirmin Blaak | Abu Mahmood |
Lukas Windfeder | Hairi Rahman | Mink van der Weerden | Muhammad Irfan |
The tournament will be available on TV in a record 194 countries, which according to the International Hockey Federation (FIH) is a 150% increase from the 104 event. The FIH roped in 30 broadcasters with host broadcasting rights to Star Sports.
Here's the complete list of country-broadcaster for the participating nations:
Argentina - ESPN Sur
Australia - Fox Sports & Kayo Sports
Belgium - Play Sports
Canada - BeIN Sport
China - Fox Sports Asia
England - BT Sport
France - L'Equipe
Germany - DAZN
India - Star Sports, Doordarshan
Ireland - BT Sport
Malaysia - Astro
The Netherlands - NOS
New Zealand - Sky Sports NZ
Pakistan - Sony
South Africa - SuperSport
Spain - Eurosport
Live Streaming: Live Streaming: FIH official YouTube Channel, Hotstar