Muscat: HH Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham Al Said will preside over the official opening of the FIH Hockey5s World Cup competitions tomorrow (Tuesday). The competitions are hosted by the Sultanate of Oman during the period from 24-31 January 2024.
The opening ceremony will be held in the sales centre of the Sustainable City in the Wilayat of Mattrah. It will be attended by several Royal family members, ministers, undersecretaries and the President of the International Hockey Federation Muhammad Tayyab Ikram.
Further, the games will be competed by 32 national teams (16 male teams and 16 female team). In the males categories the following teams will be competing: Oman, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Nigeria, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Kenya, India, Egypt, Switzerland, Jamaica, Malaysia, the USA and Fiji.
Female national teams comprise the following: the Netherlands, Malaysia, Fiji, Oman, Australia, South Africa, Zambia, Ukraine, India, the USA, Poland, Namibia, New Zealand, Paraguay, Thailand and Uru
guay.
The competitions will be held on the new Oman Hockey Stadium in the Wilayat of Al Amerat, the Governorate of Muscat. The stadium includes two main fields and several training fields, in addition to other facilities.
The stadium’s establishment is done based on specifications of the International Hockey Federation.
Moreover, Oman Hockey Stadium includes 5,000 seats during the competitions period. The seats can be removed and reused in other stadiums.
Source: Oman News Agency