FIH Hockey Women's Nations Cup 2 Poland 2025: One month to go
Lausanne (Switzerland), May 16 (UNI) In just one month, from June 16 to 22, the city of Wałcz, Poland, will host the inaugural edition of the FIH Hockey Women's Nations Cup 2.
This landmark event offers a pivotal platform for emerging national teams to showcase their talent
on the international stage, with the opportunity to gain promotion to the FIH Nations Cup.
The FIH Hockey Women's Nations Cup 2 serves as a stepping stone for teams aspiring to ascend
the international hockey hierarchy.
The tournament will feature eight teams: Czechia, France, Italy, Malaysia, Poland, South Africa, Uruguay, and Wales. These teams will compete not only for the title but also for a chance to progress to the FIH Hockey Nations Cup, bringing them closer to the top tier competition: the FIH Hockey Pro League.
The competition is divided into two pools:
Pool A: Malaysia, Poland, South Africa, Uruguay
Pool B: Czechia, France, Italy, Wales
Each team will play round-robin matches within their pool, followed by classification matches, semi-finals, and the final.
All-European Pool B matches between Italy vs Wales and France vs Czechia will start us off on
June 16, to be followed by Pool A match featuring South Africa vs. Uruguay, before the final match
of opening day between hosts Poland and Malaysia.
The pool stage matches will be played on June 16, 17 and 19, followed by the classification matches and medal matches on June 21 and 22.
The winning team from the FIH Hockey Women's Nations Cup 2 Poland 2025 will be promoted to the FIH Hockey Nations Cup 2026, offering them a further pathway towards promotion to the FIH Hockey Pro League.
Rafał Grotwski, President of the Polish Hockey Association said, "We are extremely pleased with the confidence FIH has placed in us. This is extremely important to us in our strategy for the development of women's hockey in our country. 2025 is the year in which we invest in the development of women's hockey and the opportunity to host teams in Poland from around the world will undoubtedly contribute to the spread of our sport."
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