World cup Hockey 2010 is going to start on 28th Febuary in New Dehli. Twelve teams from all around the world will be participating in this prestigious event of international hockey.
Here is the participation from continents
1. Australia & New Zeland from Oceana Continent ( Autralians are favourites)
2. Germany, Netherland,Spain, England from Europe
3. Pakistan, India and S.Korea from Asia
4.Canada from North America region
5. Argentina from South America
6. South Africa from Africa continent
This tournamnent is played every four years and considered as a mega event of field hockey. Unfortunately , unlike FiFA world cup or Cricke world cup, this event remains low profile , however hockey lovers deperately waiting for this event.This time however,many TV channels are telecasting these matches live . For example ten sports in India and Pakistan, Show sports 3 in Middleast / Asean and Fox sports in US and Canada. Beside this live telecast, FIH is promoting this event on face book, Twitter and you tube as well.
Here is the official web site of event
http://specials.msn.co.in/sp10/hockey/
Here are updated list of channels telecasting matches of world cup hockey 2010
Spanning all five continents, the Hero Honda FIH World Cup’s list of broadcasters and expected coverage is as follows. Please check local schedules for full details:
· Ten Sports (cable and satellite; India Subcontinent) – all matches live
· Astro Super sports (cable and satellite; Malaysia, Indonesia) – all matches live
· Starhub – (cable and satellite, Singapore) – all matches live or delayed
· PTV (terrestrial, Pakistan) – PAK matches and final
· NOS (terrestrial, Netherlands)– extended daily highlights and live coverage of selected matches
· Sport 1 (cable and satellite, Netherlands) – all matches live
· Teledeportes (digital terrestrial, Spain) – ESP matches and final
· Sport Digital (cable and satellite, Germany) – schedule TBC
· ARD/ZDF (terrestrial, Germany) – extended news
· Deutsche Welle (worldwide) – extended news
· Zee (cable and satellite; UK) – all matches live (to be screened on Zing (Sky 789 / Freesat 509 / Virgin Media) according to Zee TV and will be free)
· Cricket Plus (cable and satellite; USA and Canada) – all matches live and delayed
· ESPN Sur – (cable and satellite; Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay) – all Argentina matches plus final
· SKY SPORTS – (cable and satellite, New Zealand) – NZ matches and final
· FOX Sports (cable and satellite, Australia) – AUS matches and final
· Showtime – (cable and satellite; Middle East) – all matches live
· Supersports (cable and satellite, pan-Africa) – RSA matches and final
Internet pay per view – all matches available live and on-demand via WorldHockey.org
· Highlights available free via WorldHockey.org
· BBC Online – extended news
· Telegraph.co.uk – coverage TBC
· Sport1.de – all matches live
