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Indoor Hockey World Cup Poznan 2011

England's Richard Smith ahead of the Poznan indoor World Cup

Posted on 08. Feb, 2011

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England's Ashley Jackson to miss indoor World Cup

Posted on 25. Jan, 2011 Tag: England, Indoor, IWC2011

England's indoor World Cup men's squad has a distinctly outdoor flavour, including four players who have yet to win indoor caps. East Grinstead's Ashley Jackson, a member of the 2010 world All Star selection (pictured below in white), will not make the trip to Poznan for the tournament as he is recovering from a pelvic injury. The six-day tournament, which runs from February 8-13 will be England’s first indoor World Cup.

The squad members heading to Poland who have yet to win indoor caps will bring a wealth of outdoor experience to the court. Captain Barry Middleton (pictured far right in red), Surbiton’s James Tindall, Reading’s Simon Mantell and Wimbledon’s Rob Moore have more than 600 outdoor international appearances between them but have yet to feature for England in a major indoor tournament. All four played for England in their uncapped World Cup warm-up at the invitational Leipzig Messestadt Cup at the weekend and have been called up by indoor head coach Andy Halliday following several months of training camps.

England faces stiff competition in Poznan having been drawn in Pool B alongside Austria, the Czech Republic, Iran, Russia and the USA. Four years ago in Vienna, the Czech Republic, Russia and Austria finished fourth, fifth and sixth respectively in the 12 team tournament. Germany, in Pool A with Australia, Canada, Namibia, the Netherlands and hosts Poland, is the only team to have won the Indoor World Cup, having lifted the trophy in 2003 and 2007.

Halliday said: “There is no doubt that our first trip to the Indoor World Cup will be a very tough challenge. We don't have a great deal of indoor experience, but our outdoor hockey ability will increase our chances of success.

“We have a group of players that will be well organised in defence, but which also has the ability to create plenty of scoring opportunities at the other end.

“ Ashley Jackson (white) in action against Pakistan We are obviously very disappointed that Ashley Jackson will miss the World Cup. His enthusiasm and suitability to the indoor game make him a significant cog in any international team but it is more important that he recovers properly from his injury.”

Germany name star-studded indoor lineup

Posted on 18. Jan, 2011 Tag: Germany, IWC2011

Indoor hockey world champions Germany have named a powerful men's preliminary squad for the indoor World Cup 2011 in February.
Christopher Zeller, Matthias Witthaus, Moritz Fürste and world young player of the Year 2010 Tobias Hauke are among the outstanding outdoor talents in the initial 16-man squad. Fürste and Hauke were all named in the International Hockey Federation (FIH) All Stars team of 2010, and are joined by another member of that squad in top defender Maximillian Müller.

Outdoor Kookaburras make indoor hockey World Cup squad

Posted on 12. Jan, 2011 Tag: Australia, IWC2011

The Australian team for the upcoming indoor World Cup reflects national outdoor coach Ric Charlesworth's encouragement of his players to take up the indoor game in order to transfer the unique skills back into the traditional form of hockey.
Three members of the Kookaburras, Matthew Swann, Tim Deavin and Kieran Govers have been selected as part of the Australian team to compete at the 2011 indoor hockey World Cup which will be played in Poznan, Poland from February 8-13.