Bhubaneswar: Hockey India tweeted welcoming the French Hockey team to Bhubaneswar for the most-awaited Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup, beginning November 28.
With only six days to go for the mega event, teams have started arriving in Odisha capital for their campaigns.
Hockey India welcomes France! The French team have arrived in Bhubaneswar for the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018 on 22nd November 2018 and are all set to begin their third Men’s Hockey World Cup campaign.#IndiaKaGame #HWC2018 #DilHockey pic.twitter.com/fR1ABEX4nB
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) November 22, 2018
The players moved to Mayfair Hotels from Biju Patnaik International Airport. The French, which is in Pool A, will play against New Zealand on November 29 at Kalinga Stadium here.
On Wednesday, the teams from Argentina and South Africa had reached the Odisha capital. Hockey India tweeted SA’s captain’s desire ahead of the mega event.
Tim Drummond, the Captain of the @SA_Hockey, expresses the team’s desire ahead of the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018.#IndiaKaGame #HWC2018 #DilHockey pic.twitter.com/3QQVtVLMM0
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) November 22, 2018
The fans can’t have enough of @SA_Hockey captain Tim Drummond as they pose for multiple selfies with him, when his team arrived in India to play the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018 on 21st November. #IndiaKaGame #HWC2018 #DilHockey pic.twitter.com/4JsJvH8sgX
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) November 21, 2018
Olympic Argentina Hockey team were the first to land in the City of Temples. Argentina’s drag flick sensation Gonzalo Peillat expressed his team’s excitement. “It will be a great tournament, playing in Bhubaneswar again in front of a crazy crowd, the entire team is looking forward to it,” he said.
Argentina had won the silver medal at Odisha Men’s Hockey World League Final 2018.
Team Argentina has been grouped in Pool A with Spain, New Zealand and France. They will begin their campaign on November 29.
South Africa, which in Pool C with India, Canada and Belgium, will play its first match on November 28.
Hockey India had also tweeted on Wednesday about Bollywood ‘Dhak Dhak’ girl Madhuri Dixit performing on the opening ceremony, making it a star-studded affair.
Stars are swarming in to perform at the Opening Ceremony of the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018. @MadhuriDixit has joined the list and would be making the star studded night even more mesmerizing. #DilHockey #IndiaKaGame #HWC2018 https://t.co/vd7gJ5J0js
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) November 22, 2018
