The 2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup will be the 16th edition of the Women's FIH Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for women's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It will be held from 14 to 30 August 2026 in Wavre, Belgium and Amstelveen, Netherlands.
The International Hockey Federation announced on 15 June 2022 that they had received the following four bids for the 2026 World Cup. The winning bid was to be announced on 3 November 2022.
The following two bids included holding combined women's and men's world cup simultaneously:
Wavre, Belgium and Amstelveen, Netherlands were awarded the hosting rights on 3 November 2022.
Just as in 2018 and 2023, 16 teams will compete in the tournament. Alongside hosts, Belgium and Netherlands, the top-ranked team in the 2023âÂÂ24 and 2024âÂÂ25 seasons in the FIH Pro League and the five continental champions receive an automatic berth. The other 16 teams will compete for the last seven places in the World Cup Qualifiers.
Following is a list of all venues and host cities.
The draw took place on 17 March 2026.
As tournament hosts, Belgium and the Netherlands were assigned pools to compete in home matches until the semi-finals and classification matches.
The hosts schedule was published on 30 September 2025. The match schedule was revealed on 18 March 2026.
All times are local (UTC+2).
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