How can India qualify for the FIH Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026?
The India women’s hockey team went down to China 1-4 in the final of the Asia Cup 2025 in Gongshu on Sunday and missed the chance to book a spot in the FIH Women’s World Cup 2026.
China became the seventh team to qualify. It joins hosts Belgium and Netherlands, along with USA, Germany, Argentina and Spain.
For India, the next chance to make it to the quadrennial event will be at the FIH World Cup Qualifiers in 2026. So far, Uruguay, Chile, Canada, Ireland, England, France, Italy, Wales, Scotland, Austria and Switzerland have made it to the qualifying tournament.
The best seven teams will advance to the World Cup from this competition.
India finished in ninth place at the last FIH World Cup in 2022, winning just one out of its six games.
Published on Sep 14, 2025