The 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup bidding process entails the bids for the 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup. The hosting rights were given to Belgium and Netherlands.https://www.fih.hockey/2022/news/belgium-and-netherlands-to-host-2026-fih-hockey-womens-and-mens-world-cups
Bids The International Hockey Federation announced on 15 June 2022 that they had received the following four bids for the 2026 World Cup.
For men's event (in partnership with ) (Withdrew)
For men's and women's event and
Men's event
England and Wales England and Wales filed an application for the FIH Men's World Cup, promising to host the biggest World Cup ever. The bid would utilise using the English Hockey Association's "Big Stadium Hockey" to bring hockey fields into football and rugby stadiums.https://web.archive.org/web/20220803233847/https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/media/news/further-details-of-england-and-wales-bid-for-hockey-men-s-world-cup-2026 The proposed venues were Twickenham Stoop in London, Franklin's Gardens in Northampton, Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff and the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the semifinals and final.https://hockeymuseum.org/history-heart-joint-wc-bid/https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/sport/other-sport/northampton-could-host-hockey-world-cup-matches-in-2026-as-franklins-gardens-is-part-of-national-bid-3792532 The bid claimed that 300,000 tickets would be on sale, starting at £5. Former Wales captain, Rupert Shipperley, said that the bid could transform Field Hockey in the country.https://web.archive.org/web/20220925111428/https://www.bbc.com/sport/hockey/62987093 England Hockey president, Nick Pink, stated they wanted to be bold with the bid. This would be England's second time hosting after 1986 and Wales' first time hosting.
London Northampton Tottenham Hotspur StadiumCapacity: 62,850 Franklin's GardensCapacity: 15,249 London Cardiff Twickenham StoopCapacity: 14,800 Cardiff Arms ParkCapacity: 12,125
South Africa South Africa hoped to be the first African hosts with Potchefstroom as the host city. SA Hockey stated that after successfully hosting the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, they were keen in hosting the senior event.
South Africa have never hosted the FIH World Cup, but has hosted the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup and the Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup in 2022 and 2025–26. South Africa have also hosted numerous African championships. PotchefstroomNWU AstroCapacity: Unknown
Men's and women's event Belgium and Netherlands Belgium and Netherlands wants to host both World Cups in 2026, with Wavre, Belgium and Amstelveen, Netherlands being the host cities. Serge Pilet, president of the Royal Belgian Hockey Association, says that with hosting both World Cups, it guarantees that both countries will have a game involving the hosts every day, maximising the amount of tickets that can be sold. He also says that their bid is strong due to the countries' proven track records in hosting field hockey events and the strength of the national teams. In September 2022, a problem came about with the venue in Wavre as construction had not began yet, with one of the causes being that they were 2 million euros short of the money necessary for the renovation plans. This would be the Netherlands' fourth time hosting after 1973, 1998 and 2014. This would be Belgium's first time hosting.
Amstelveen WavreWagener StadiumBelfius Hockey ArenaCapacity: 10,000Capacity: 10,000
South Africa Alongside bidding for the men's event separately, South Africa were bidding for both events in Potchefstroom.
PotchefstroomNWU AstroCapacity: Unknown
Withdrawn bid Germany Germany originally filed an application, with Carola Meyer, president of the German Hockey Federation, saying that many venues were interested in hosting.https://www.hockey.de/articles/dhb-bewirbt-sich-um-die-austragung-der-hockey-weltmeisterschaft-2026
However, the Germans withdrew in October 2022 due to the economic risks of hosting, alongside the requirements the FIH were asking for were too difficult to achieve.https://www.eurosport.de/hockey-1/dhb-zieht-interesse-an-wm-bewerbung-2026-zuruck-fokus-auf-heim-em-2023-fur-manner-und-frauen_sto9205117/story.shtml The proposed venues were never defined.
Hosts announcement Wavre, Belgium and Amstelveen, Netherlands were awarded the hosting rights on 3 November 2022.
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