2018 Men's Hockey World Cup
The 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the FIH. It was held from 28 November to 16 December 2018, at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India. The inauguration ceremony which was held on 27 November 2018, witnessed the biggest ever drone flying show in India.
2018 Men's Hockey World Cup
Drone Show in the opening Ceremony Hockey World Cup 2018
A miniature sheet and stamp of Odisha Men's Hockey World Cup 2018 Bhubaneswar.
Olly: Mascot of the 2018 hockey World Cup with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik
The Kalinga Stadium is a multi-purpose international sports complex in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Its foundation stone was laid by the former chief minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik in 1978. It is best known as the home ground of the Indian Super League club Odisha FC since its inception in 2019. It was the home ground of the I-League club Indian Arrows from 2018 until 2022. It is situated in the heart of Bhubaneswar near Nayapalli area. It has facilities for athletics, football, field hockey, tennis, table tennis, basketball, volleyball, wall climbing and swimming. Other features of the stadium includes an 8-lane synthetic athletics track, high performance centres, and India's first Olympic standard pink and blue water-based AstroTurf.
Aerial view of the Kalinga Stadium during an ISL match in 2019, with the Hockey stadium in the top right corner and the practice Pitch 1 the top left corner
Field hockey match at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium
Aerial view of the stadium in 2017
Interior of the stadium with running track