The 2026 FIH Para Hockey World Cup was the first edition of the FIH Para Hockey World Cup, the world championship for national para hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held from 20 to 24 August 2026 in Louvain-la-Neuve and Wavre in Belgium and Amstelveen in Netherlands.
The tournament was contested by 16 national teams in a 6-a-side format, with mixed-gender teams comprising male and female athletes competing together under the FIH Hockey ID Rules. One notable difference in rules is the lack of penalty corners, which are replaced by a one-v-one shootout. The attacker is given 10 seconds to score on the goalie from the halfway line. It was held alongside the 2026 Men's and Women's World Cups in Belgium and the Netherlands. Italy won the first ever World Cup tournament, beating Spain in the final by 5–4.
Teams The International Hockey Federation (FIH) invited national associations to participate in the inaugural tournament. Sixteen national teams accepted the invitation and were confirmed for the competition. On 2 April 2026, the FIH announced the participating teams and the pool allocation for the tournament.
Format The tournament featured 16 national teams divided into two pools of eight.
During the pool stage, held from 20 to 23 August 2026, each team played every other team in its pool once, resulting in 56 matches. The standings in each pool determined qualification for the final ranking matches.
On 24 August 2026, the top-ranked teams from each pool contested the final to determine the champion, while the second-placed teams competed in the bronze medal match. The remaining teams played classification matches to determine the final rankings from fifth to sixteenth place.
Venues Following is a list of all venues and host cities across the Netherlands and Belgium.
Netherlands Belgium Wagener Stadium Belfius Hockey Arena Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 10,000 Myra Hockey Club Louvain-la-Neuve Hockey Club Capacity: 2,500 Capacity: 2,000
Pool A All times are local (UTC+2).
Pool B All times are local (UTC+2).
Classification round Thirteenth to sixteenth place
Ninth to twelfth place
Fifth to eighth place
Third place match
Final
Final ranking
Goalscorers There were 444 goals scored in 64 matches, for an average of 6.94 goals per match.
Rank Player Goals 1 Hilendarov Angel 31 2 Abdul Khan 29 3 Stijn Bervoets 18 4 Taslimbhai Rajpura 17 Marc Campabadal 6 Dominique Gomes 16 7 Simone Ciccazzo 15 8 Andrea Pasquali 12 Philip_John Lourdess-Raj Abdullah Muhammad-Rafiq 11 Robert Crosse 11 Jan Kleinatland 13 Fabian Gosselink 10 14 Endri Buzali 9 Anja Volpe Ralph Esser 17 Daniel de Groot 8 Tom Lecat 19 Carlos Galindo 7 Sibusiso Tembo 21 Suraj Biju 6 Abdul Samad Jessica Everett 24 Joel Davey 5 Thomas Shaw Shanael Valentin Jivan Jeroen Voss 29 Ventsislavov Svetoslav 4 Martín Soto Louise Dijkstra Mees Wieringa 33 Simón Geuna 3 Amco Baltus Natalia van den Bergh Nikolay Simeonov Kelian Garcia Johnny Nguyen Matthew Burke Zulkefli Muhammad-Airiel-Mikail Avalon Laan Rosalie Robertson Paula Markina 44 Julien Figueroa 2 Pablo Rios Zoé Lietard Mateo Hernandez Oliver Graham Sophie Wood Batiste Campourcy Patrick-Angelo Lampe Yannick Stojanovic Smilla Uhrig Dennis Wiedemann Daniel Fortune Aoife Loftus Annamaria Caso Flavio Colasanti Rebeca Garcia Alex Lachica Jose Salmeron Noah Croy Braden Jenkins Scott Weisbrot Michael Lubinda 66 Nicolas Brocal 1 Robbe Roekaerts Paulien van Goethem Kavanozov Marin Presiyan Martinov Rolando Drago Thomas Heyl Alison Mullan Lahcen Mahiaoui Josefine Bäricke Marcus Steffen Niamh Kiernan Cristian Conti Marco Lecis Maria Niola Mohd_Anuar Annur-Qisya-Haziqah Tiong Emily-Min-Qi Mohd_Sapri Mohamad-Safirul Simon Walraven Fiza Abbasi Shah Hayat Syeda Rubab Cristian Rodriguez Nathan Miller
Source:FIH
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