Schedule for Hockey World League Round 2 released
Hockey World League (HWL), an international tournament conducted across the span of two years serves as a qualifier for Olympics and World cups. The Men’s tournament comprises a total of 54 teams and is expected to conclude by Feb, 2014.
The Women’s tournament comprises a total of 45 teams and is expected to conclude by Dec, 2013. Round 1 matches for both Men and Women have been conducted and concluded across various venues between August and December, 2012. Now, the tournament enters its 2nd Round and it comprises of four different host nations. India is one such host nation and the teams are given direct qualification.
For men, 2nd round matches will be held in India, Brazil, France and Russia. For women, 2nd round matches will be held in South Africa, India, Brazil and Spain.
The matches in India are scheduled to be held from 18th to 24th Feb, 2013. Here is the complete list of the schedule.
Men: Teams: India, China, Ireland, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan and Fiji.
Women: Teams: India, Japan, Russia, Malaysia, Kazakhstan and Fiji.
The winner of the tournament will qualify for Round 3 of the HWL.
The Schedule is as follows:
| Match Schedule Date | Match | Time | Match | ||||||||
| Monday 18 February | W01 | 10:00 | Japan | v | Fiji | ||||||
| W02 | 12:00 | Russia | v | Malaysia | |||||||
| M03 | 14:00 | China | v | Azerbaijan | |||||||
| M02 | 16:00 | Ireland | v | Bangladesh | |||||||
| W03 | 18:00 | India | v | Kazakhstan | |||||||
| M03 | 20:00 | India | v | Fiji | |||||||
| Tuesday 19 February | W04 | 16:00 | Fiji | v | Russia | ||||||
| W05 | 18:00 | Japan | v | Kazakhstan | |||||||
| W06 | 20:00 | India | v | Malaysia | |||||||
| Wednesday 20 February | M04 | 16:00 | Fiji | v | Ireland | ||||||
| M05 | 18:00 | China | v | Bangladesh | |||||||
| M06 | 20:00 | India | v | Azerbaijan | |||||||
| Thursday 21 February | W07 | 10:00 | Russia | v | Japan | ||||||
| W08 | 12:00 | Malaysia | v | Kazakhstan | |||||||
| M07 | 14:00 | Fiji | v | China | |||||||
| M08 | 16:00 | Bangladesh | v | Azerbaijan | |||||||
| W09 | 18:00 | Fiji | v | India | |||||||
| M09 | 20:00 | Ireland | v | India | |||||||
| Friday 22 February | W10 | 16:00 | Malaysia | v | Fiji | ||||||
| W11 | 18:00 | Kazakhstan | v | Russia | |||||||
| W12 | 20:00 | India | v | Japan | |||||||
| Saturday 23 February | M10 | 16:00 | Bangladesh | v | Fiji | ||||||
| M11 | 18:00 | Azerbaijan | v | Ireland | |||||||
| M12 | 20:00 | China | v | India | |||||||
| Sunday 24 February | W13 | 10:00 | Kazakhstan | v | Fiji | ||||||
| M13 | 12:00 | Azerbaijan | v | Fiji | |||||||
| W14 | 14:00 | Japan | v | Malaysia | |||||||
| M14 | 16:00 | Ireland | v | China | |||||||
| W15 | 18:00 | Russia | v | India | |||||||
| M15 | 20:00 | India | v | Bangladesh | |||||||
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