Men’s national team “Samurai Japan” (world ranking 16th) lost Malaysia (world ranking 11th) by 2-3 in the 13th-16th preliminary match to in the 15th FIH World Cup that is held at Bhubaneswar and Rourkela in India.

*FIH World Ranking at the date of January 10

This world cup is scheduled to be broadcast lively via Watch.Hockey [Hockey Broadcasting Site] (* A free account is needed but, watching is not free)

13th-16th Preliminary Match Official Game Record [updated on Jan 28, 2023]

Score

• 24th min FG – #22 MF Kaito Tanaka (Hyojito Frater Hockey Team)
• 32th min FG – #5 MF Seren Tanaka (Gifu Asahi Club)

Final Result

	Team	World Ranking	World Ranking After the Game	Gr
Champion	Germany	4th	1st	B
2nd	Belgium	2nd	3rd	B
3rd	Netherlands	3rd	2nd	C
4th	Australia	1st	4th	A
5th	England	5th	5th	D
6th	Spain	8th	8th	D
7th	New Zealand	9th	10th	C
8th	Korea	10th	9th	B
9th	Argentina	7th	7th	A
9th	India (Host)	6th	6th	D
11th	South Africa	14th	14th	A
11th	Wales	15th	15th	D
13th	Malaysia	11th	11th	C
13th	France	12th	12th	A
15th	Japan	16th	19th	B
15th	Chile	22th	25th	C

FIH World Ranking at the date of January 10 (before the game) and January 30 (after the game)

* The present world ranking (Select Men) [FIH Official Site]

Related Information

• 15th Men’s FIH World Cup (2023/Bhubaneswar, Rourkela) – Men’s National Team “Samurai Japan”
• FIH International Hockey Federation [Official Site]
• FIH – TMS [Official Site]
• FIH Official Social Media [Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/YouTube]
• Watch.Hockey [Hockey Broadcasting Site]
• Men’s National Team “Samurai Japan”