Spar endorses FIH Hockey Indoor World Cup

Spar endorses FIH Hockey Indoor World Cup

Spar South Africa has been named as the key sponsor of the sixth edition of the FIH Hockey Indoor World Cup which will take place in Pretoria at the Heartfelt Arena from 5 - 11 February 2023.

This is the first time the tournament will be hosted on African soil, with the sponsorship of the tournament coming after Spar™s nine-year support of the South African indoor hockey women™s team, while Tops at Spar continue to grow their backing of the SA men™s team.

SA Hockey President Deon Morgan says having Spar as a partner has helped them accomplish great things.

"South African hockey has realized that we can only achieve by having the right partners in place. We are super proud to once again have Spar partner with South African Hockey to bring the first-ever FIH Hockey Indoor World Cup to African shores," said Morgan.

Spar SA Chief Executive Officer, Max Oliva says they are excited to be backing the Indoor Hockey World Cup because of their long-standing partnership with the South African indoor hockey teams.

œFor several years Spar has proudly supported women™s and men™s indoor hockey in South Africa, and to be part of the World Cup hosted in South Africa is exciting, especially with the South African teams in the line-up, he said.

œIndoor hockey is skillfully fast and a great spectator sport, so we look forward to welcoming the hockey and sporting fans to Pretoria.

The men™s and women™s competitions will each have 12 teams, divided into two pools.

The teams will play one pool match each day from 5 - 9 February. Thereafter, the top four sides in each pool will advance to the quarterfinals, while the fifth and sixth-placed teams will face off for positions nine to 12.

POOLS:

Women

Pool A: Netherlands, Austria, Australia, United States, South Africa, New Zealand

Pool B: Ukraine, Czech Republic, Namibia, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Canada

Men

Pool A: Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, Kazakhstan, Namibia, New Zealand

Pool B: Iran, Czech Republic, Australia, South Africa, United States, Argentina

By Web Admin