Hyderabad: The Austrian girls’s hockey group touched down in Hyderabad forward of the FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 Qualifiers Hyderabad, Telangana. The event will witness eight nations compete for 3 essential qualification spots for the marquee occasion in Belgium and the Netherlands in August later this 12 months.

Austria have a wealthy historical past on the FIH Hockey Girls’s World Cup, having appeared in three of the primary 4 editions of the competitors. Nonetheless, they haven’t certified for the premier occasion since 1981.

Led by Johanna Czech, Austria will compete towards England, Italy and Korea in Pool A, as they appear to script historical past and safe a qualification spot for the primary time in 45 years. Earlier, on Thursday The Italy girls’s nationwide hockey group arrived in Hyderabad. Scheduled from March 8 to 14, eight nations will compete for 3 essential berths for the much-anticipated event in Belgium and the Netherlands later this 12 months in August.

Italy have been positioned in Pool A, the place they are going to face England, Korea and Austria.

The European facet has beforehand certified for the FIH Hockey World Cup twice, first in 1976 and most just lately in 2018, the place they recorded their best-ever end of ninth place.

Italy will open their marketing campaign with a conflict towards England on eighth March, adopted by matches towards Austria and Korea on ninth and eleventh March respectively.