Men's Hockey World League Final 2017 & World Cup 2018 to be held in Bhubaneswar, India 🇮🇳. Read: https://t.co/i7XU7GoZEd #HWL2017 #HWC2018 pic.twitter.com/emAnFVeuHj— FIH (@FIH_Hockey) March 27, 2017BHUBANESWAR: The International Hockey Federation and Government of Odisha on Monday officially confirmed that the Men's Hockey World League Final 2017 and Men's Hockey World Cup 2018 will be held here.The Kalinga Stadium will host the two of hockey's biggest events, where World League and World Cup champions will be crowned. It is also home to the current Hockey India League champions, the Kalinga Lancers.The Men's Hockey World League Final in 2017 will take place between December 1-10 and will welcome eight of the world's best men's teams who, in addition to the hosts, qualify from this summer's Hockey World League Semi-Finals.The Men's Hockey World Cup 2018 will take place in late November/early December and will see 15 teams join hosts India at the event. As a result, the official event titles will be the 'Odisha Men's Hockey World League Final Bhubaneswar 2017' and the 'Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018'.Speaking about this announcement, FIH President Narinder Dhruv Batra said: "Bhubaneswar is a city ready to welcome the world. "It brings me immense pride to announce that the Government of Odisha will be hosting the prestigious Odisha Men's Hockey World League Final Bhubaneswar 2017 as well as the Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018.

Source: Times of India March 27, 2017 07:54 UTC