The Canadian teams could not grab a point on opening day of the Indoor World Cup, but all their matches (apart from the women’s defeat at the hands of World Champions Germany) were very close affairs that would not have needed much to swing the other way.
They’ve been out of the country training for a couple of weeks already, but Wednesday evening the Canadian Women’s National Field Hockey Team puts all the hard work on the line when they begin a three-match test series with the New Zealand Blacksticks.
With only one day remaining before the beginning of the 2015 Indoor World Cup, have a listen to what some of our Canadian men and women have to say before the tournament kicks off.
The Indoor World Cups start on Wednesday in Leipzig, Germany. The Canadian men’s and women’s teams qualified by winning the 2014 Indoor Pan American Cups and will face European powerhouses in the action-packed competition.
The Indoor World Cups start on Wednesday in Leipzig, Germany. The Canadian men’s and women’s teams qualified by winning the 2014 Indoor Pan American Cups and will face European powerhouses in the action-packed competition.
Going to the World Cup is a big deal, but for the Canadian Men’s Indoor National Team, it’s becoming old hat. Canada is headed to its fourth Indoor World Cup and hoping for its best finish ever.
In sports, inexperience isn’t something that is usually looked at as a positive, but for the Canadian Women’s Indoor National Team it just might be what allows them to succeed at the upcoming Indoor World Cup.
Veteran Ken Pereira is set to play in his third Indoor World Cup. For someone who has been to the highest levels of his sport, the motivation and excitement is still strong.
Field Hockey Canada has finalized the roster of athletes who will begin the road to 2016 Olympic qualification at the International Hockey Federation’s Men’s World League Round 2 in March.