Ahead of the upcoming FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023, the Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik interacted with the National Men’s Hockey Team who’re accommodated on the World Cup Village and introduced an award of ₹1 Cr for every participant if Team India lifts the World Cup. He wished them the perfect and hoped they may emerge champions.
On this event, CM Patnaik inaugurated the World Cup Village on the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium Complex in Rourkela on Thursday. The World Cup Village has been developed inside report 9 months and flaunts 225 room with all facilities befitting the stature of the Hockey World Cup.
The World Cup Village will home the Teams and officers of the upcoming Hockey World Cup. Sports Minister, Odisha, Tusharkanti Behera, President Hockey India, Dilip Tirkey, Secretary (5T), V Ok Pandian, Secretary Sports, R Vineel Krishna, MD IDCO, Bhupendra Singh Poonia, Secretary General, Hockey India Bholanath Singh and officers of the Odisha Government and Hockey India have been current on the inauguration.
Players praised the Odisha Government and thanked Chief Minister Patnaik for creating a holistic ecosystem for Hockey for the gamers of the nation. The World Cup Village together with the Hockey Practice Centre and the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium will provide a holistic atmosphere for the National and International gamers for the marque event.
Taj has been roped in by Hockey India to supply impeccable service and hospitality that displays the tradition of Odisha. As hosts, India is fancied to complete on the rostrum and the expectations are far better this time significantly after the workforce’s stupendous efficiency on the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 the place they ended a 41-year-long wait to face on the rostrum once more by bagging the bronze medal.
India are positioned in Pool D in opposition to Spain, England and Wales. Earlier, Hockey India introduced the 18-member workforce that may characterize India on the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela. The Indian workforce, which is in pool D with England, Spain, and Wales, will start their marketing campaign on January 13 within the newly constructed Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela in opposition to Spain, adopted by their second pool D match in opposition to England.
They will journey to Bhubaneswar for his or her third pool match in opposition to Wales. The knockout stage will start with crossover matches on January 22 and January 23, adopted by quarterfinals on January 25 and semifinals on January 27. The Bronze Medal match and the Final can be held on January 29.
