The 14th edition of FIH Men's Hockey World Cup will officially start with a glittering Opening Ceremony on Tuesday (November 27), a day before the first match-day, at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
World's top 16 teams, including defending champions Australia, Olympic champions Argentina and most successful team Pakistan will compete in the 19-day tournament.
Here are the squads, TV guide and live streaming:
POOL A
| ARGENTINA | FRANCE | NEW ZEALAND | SPAIN |
| Gonzalo Peillat | Artur Thieffry | Cory Bennett | Quico Cortes |
| Pedro Ibarra (C) | Pieter van Straaten | Dane Lett | Sergi Enrique |
| Juan Ignacio Gilardi | Tom Genestet | Nick Ross | Marc Serrahima |
| Lucas Rossi | Hugo Genestet | Richard Joyce | Ignacio Rodriguez |
| Agustin Bugallo | Blaise Rogeau | Marcus Child | Miquel Delas (C) |
| Nicolas Cicileo | Victor Lockwood | Jared Panchia | Enrique Gonzalez |
| Tomas Bettaglio | Charles Masson | George Enersen | Alvaro Iglesias |
| Agustin Mazzilli | Nicolas Dumont | Aidan Sarikaya | Marc Salles |
| Lucas Vila | Gaspard Baumgarten | Nic Woods | Ricardo Santana |
| Maico Casella | François Goyet | Kane Russell | Diego Arana |
| Lucas Martinez | Cristoforo Peters-Deutz | Blair Tarrant (C) | Xavier Lleonart |
| Joaquin Menini | Jean-Bapiste Forgues | Arun Panchia | Alejandro de Frutos |
| Juan Manuel Vivaldi | Etienne Tynevez | Shea McAleese | Vicenc Ruiz |
| Tomas Santiago | Victor Charlet (C) | Stephen Jenness | Albert Beltran |
| Ignacio Ortiz | Aristide Coisne | Dominic Newman | Josep Romeu |
| Juan Martin Lopez | Maximilien Branicki | Hugo Inglis | Mario Garin |
| Matias Rey | Timothee Clement | George Muir | Pau Quemada |
| Matias Paredes | Corentin Saunier | Hayden Philips | Marc Bolto |
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POOL B
| AUSTRALIA | CHINA | ENGLAND | IRELAND |
| Tom Craig | Guo Xiaoping | George Pinner (C) | David Harte (C) |
| Corey Weyer | Ao Zhiwei | Harry Gibson | Jonathan Bell |
| Jake Harvie | Guan Quyang | Luke Taylor | Matthew Bell |
| Matthew Dawson | Ao Suozhu | David Ames | Luke Madeley |
| Eddie Ockenden (C) | E Wenhui | Harry Martin | Chris Cargo |
| Jake Whetton | Ao Yang | Ian Sloan (C) | Matthew Nelson |
| Blake Govers | Meng Dihao | Mikey Hoare | Alan Sothern |
| Tim Howard | Su Jun | Sam Ward | Eugene Magee |
| Aran Zalewski (C) | Meng Nan | Mark Gleghorne | Kirk Shimmins |
| Matthew Swann | Su Wenlin | Phil Roper (C) | Shane O'Donoghue |
| Flynn Ogilvie | Su Lixing | Adam Dixon | Sean Murray |
| Daniel Beale | Du Chen (C) | Barry Middleton | Mitch Darling |
| Tyler Lovell | Du Talake | David Condon | Michael Robson |
| Trent Mitton | Guo Zixiang | Jack Waller | David Fitzgerald |
| Dylan Wotherspoon | E Wenlong | James Gall | Daragh Walsh |
| Timothy Brand | Wang Caiyu | Liam Sanford | Paul Gleghorne |
| Andrew Charter | Ao Weibao | Will Calnan | Conor Harte |
| Jeremy Hayward | Guo Jin (C) | Zach Wallace | Jeremy Duncan |
POOL C
| BELGIUM | CANADA | INDIA | SOUTH AFRICA |
| Loic van Doren | Brandon Pereira | P. R. Sreejesh | Tyson Dlungwana |
| Arthur van Doren | Scott Tupper (C) | Krishan Bahadur Pathak | Austin Smith |
| John-John Dohmen | Gabriel Ho-Garcia | Harmanpreet Singh | Tim Drummond (C) |
| Florent van Aubel | Oliver Scholfield | Birendra Lakra | Paebo Lembethe |
| Sebastian Dockier | Richard Hildreth | Varun Kumar | Julian Hykes |
| Cédric Charlier | Keegan Pereira | Kothajit Khadangbam | Thomas Hammond |
| Gauthier Boccard | Balraj Panesar | Surender Kumar | Dayaan Cassiem |
| Nicolas de Kerpel | Gordon Johnston | Amit Rohidas | Rhett Halkett |
| Emmanuel Stockbroekx | Brenden Bissett | Manpreet Singh (C) | Richard Pautz |
| Alexander Hendrickx | James Wallace | Chinglensana Kangujam | Taylor Dart |
| Thomas Briels (C) | Matthew Pearson | Nilakanta Sharma | Taine Paton |
| Felix Denayer | Matthew Sarmento | Sumit | Mohamed Mea |
| Vincent Vanasch | John Smythe | Akashdeep Singh | Jethro Eustice |
| Simon Gougnard | Iain Smythe | Mandeep Singh | Rassie Pieterse |
| Arthur de Sloover | James Kirkpatrick | Dilpreet Singh | Nicholas Spooner |
| Loick Luypaert | Sukhi Panesar | Simranjeet Singh | Keenan Horne |
| Victor Wegnez | David Carter | Hardik Singh | Nqobile Ntuli |
| Tom Boon | Antoni Kindler | Lalit Kumar Upadhyay | Gowan Jones |
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POOL D
| GERMANY | MALAYSIA | THE NETHERLANDS | PAKISTAN |
| Mark Appel | Norsyafiq Sumantri | Jeroen Hertzberger | Imran Butt |
| Tobias Walter | Ramadan Rosli | Lars Balk | Aleem Bilal |
| Florian Fuchs | Marhan Jalil | Thijs van Dam | Mubashar Ali |
| Benedikt Furk | Fitri Saari | Jonas de Geus | Toseeq Arshad |
| Mats Grambusch | Joel van Huizen | Jorrit Croon | Tasawar Abbas |
| Tom Grambusch | Faizal Saari | Billy Bakker | Rashid Mehmood |
| Johannes Grosse | Syed Cholan | Seve van Ass (C) | Muhammad Irfan Jr. |
| Martin Haner | Sukri Mutalib (C) | Valentin Verga | Muhammad Atiq |
| Tobias Hauke | Firhan Ashaari | Glenn Schuurman | Ali Shan |
| Timm Herzbruch | Nabil Noor | Sander de Wijn | Muhammad Rizwan Sr. (C) |
| Dieter Linnekogel | Kumar Subramaniam | Sander Baart | Mazhar Abbas |
| Marco Miltkau | Razie Rahim | Robbert Kemperman | Muhammad Umar Bhutta |
| Mathias Muller | Faiz Jali | Mirco Pruijser | Ammad Butt |
| Dan Nguyen Luong | Azri Hassan | Bob de Voogd | Muhammad Zubair |
| Christopher Ruhr | Azuan Hassan | Sam van der Ven | Faisal Qadir |
| Ferdinand Weinke | Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin | Thierry Brinkman | Ajaz Ahmed |
| Niklas Wellen | Aiman Rozemi | Pirmin Blaak | Abu Mahmood |
| Lukas Windfeder | Hairi Rahman | Mink van der Weerden | Muhammad Irfan |
The tournament will be available on TV in a record 194 countries, which according to the International Hockey Federation (FIH) is a 150% increase from the 104 event. The FIH roped in 30 broadcasters with host broadcasting rights to Star Sports.
Here's the complete list of country-broadcaster for the participating nations:
Argentina - ESPN Sur
Australia - Fox Sports & Kayo Sports
Belgium - Play Sports
Canada - BeIN Sport
China - Fox Sports Asia
England - BT Sport
France - L'Equipe
Germany - DAZN
India - Star Sports, Doordarshan
Ireland - BT Sport
Malaysia - Astro
The Netherlands - NOS
New Zealand - Sky Sports NZ
Pakistan - Sony
South Africa - SuperSport
Spain - Eurosport
Live Streaming: Live Streaming: FIH official YouTube Channel, Hotstar
