Apart from India, national teams from Switzerland, England, Germany and Malaysia will compete in the men’s tournament. The women’s event includes national teams from Switzerland, England, Germany and South Africa, along with India.
The inaugural Hockey5s event will be played at Place de la Navigation, an iconic location near Lac Leman, bordering the Olympic Capital in Lausanne. To make the tournament more accepted among the masses, a Hockey5s World Tour can be expected in the near future.
Swiss women’s national team player Sae Fontana stated that Hockey5s being a faster game, it will keep the players on their toes and also creative at the same time. The new format will also provide players with more opportunities to score goals.
The FIH Executive Board in 2019 has decided to organize a FIH Hockey5s World Cup in an attempt to boost the development of the game. The inaugural edition of the FIH Hockey5s World Cup is planned for 2023.
What is Hockey5s?
Hockey5s is played on a rectangular field 55 meters long and 41.70 meters wide. The two teams must have five players each during the time of play with four substitutions allowed per team. A match consists of three periods of 15 minutes with an interval of two minutes between each period.
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