Paris 2024 Olympics: Indian men's hockey team to start vs New Zealand on July 27 - full schedule
The Indian men’s hockey team will start its campaign at the Paris 2024 Olympics on July 27 against New Zealand. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) released the Paris 2024 Olympic hockey schedule in March.
India, seventh in the FIH rankings, are in Pool B in the men’s hockey tournament at Paris 2024 with reigning Olympic champions Belgium (world No. 3), Australia (world No. 4), Argentina (world No. 6), New Zealand (world No. 10) and Ireland (world No. 11).
Both Argentina and Australia are former Olympic champions. India will play Argentina on July 29 and Ireland on the following day.
The Indian hockey team, who secured its Paris 2024 berth by winning the gold medal at the Asian Games last year, will face defending champions Belgium on August 1 and Tokyo 2020 silver medallists Australia the next day.
Record eight-time champions India finished with a historic bronze medal at Tokyo 2020. It was India’s first Olympic medal in hockey after a 41-year gap.
With a record haul of 12 medals - eight gold, one silver and three bronze - India are the most successful team in men’s hockey at the Olympics. Between 1928 and 1956, India won six consecutive men’s hockey gold medals at the Summer Games. Paris 2024 will mark India’s 22nd appearance in the men’s hockey tournament at the Olympics.
Paris 2024 Olympics men’s hockey teams
Meanwhile, world No. 1 Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, South Africa and hosts France make up Pool A of the 12-team men’s hockey tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Teams will play each other once in the group stage and the top four from each pool will progress to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals and semi-finals scheduled for August 4 and 6, respectively. The Paris 2024 Olympics men’s hockey medal round matches are scheduled for August 8.
All matches will be played at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir in Paris.
The Indian women’s hockey team won’t feature at the Paris 2024 Olympics after failing to secure a berth at the qualifying tournament in Ranchi.
Paris 2024 Olympics: Indian men’s hockey team schedule
Paris 2024 Olympics: India men’s hockey squad
Coached by South African Craig Fulton, India have named a 16-member men’s hockey team for Paris 2024. Harmanpreet Singh will captain the side while Hardik Singh will serve as the vice-captain.
Veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh is also part of the squad but has announced that Paris 2024 will be his last dance in international hockey.
Goalkeepers: PR Sreejesh
Defenders: Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Sanjay
Midfielders: Rajkumar Pal, Shamsher Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad
Forwards: Abhishek, Sukhjeet Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh
Alternate players: Nilakanta Sharma, Jugraj Singh, Krishan Bahadur Pathak
Where to watch Paris 2024 Olympics hockey live in India
Live streaming of the Paris 2024 Olympics hockey matches will be available on Jio Cinema in India. Live telecast of Paris 2024 hockey events will be on Sports 18 Network TV channels in India.