FIH Hockey World Live Updates: Top 5 Head to Head encounter between India and Spain

At the future FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup, Team India will face Spain on January 13, 2023, at 7 p.m. in Rourkela’s Birsa Munda Stadium.

Before the main event, let’s discuss five head-to-head records between these two teams:

1. Overall Record in World Cup: In the six matches that the two teams have played thus far in the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup, Spain has won three matches, India has won two, and one match has ended in a draw.

2. FIH Pro League Records: In the FIH Pro League, both teams have equal records, with each team having won one game out of the two games they have played thus far. The competition when these two meet tomorrow will be exciting.

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3. Spain Performance vs India: Spain is currently ranked ninth in the world has given tough time to India as an opponent.

In their final meeting in the FIH Pro League, Spain and India put up a fierce struggle against one another. Spain won the first match with a score of 3-2, and the second match ended in a draw with a score of 2-2.

4. Olympics Staggering records: With respect to these two teams’ performance at the Olympics, where they have played 30 games since the 1948 Games, India has won 13 matches and Spain has won 17, clearly the latter has an edge over the former side.

5. First Time Stadium: The matches between these two will be played for the first time at Birsa Munda Stadium in Rourkela with a sitting capacity of 21,000.

It would be easy as well as difficult for these two teams to extend their dominance in the opening encounter as the conditions will be pretty new for these two sides.