Friday, September 4, 2009

[hockey] Nine Teams Already Qualified For The 2010 World Cup

Nine of the twelve spots for the 2010 world cup hockey to be held in India are already decided. The event being held from February 28 to March 13 in New Delhi will have India as they are the host. The other eight teams to have qualified for the event are Canada, South Korea, South Africa, Australia, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany and England. The rest three spots will be decided by the three qualifying events to be held later this year which will have teams like Pakistan, Argentina, New Zealand and Belgium in the fray.

The participating teams for the qualifying events are as follows.
Lille(France, oct 31 to nov 8): Pakistan, Japan, France, Poland, Russia, Italy(as a reserve team).
Ivercargill( New Zealand, nov 7 to 15): New Zealand, Scotland, Malaysia, Austria, Scotland, Wales.
Quilmes(Argentina, nov 14 to 22):  Belgium, Argentina, Ireland, the US, the Czech Republic, Chile.

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