Scotland: Update – World Cup Qualifiers And Premiership

Scotland World Cup Qualifier dates and locations confirmed – impact on Premiership

The Scotland senior national teams have found out where they’ll be competing in the upcoming FIH World Cup 2026 Qualifiers, which impacts on Premiership fixtures.

The Men’s Premiership for teams with players involved in the qualifiers will recommence on 14th March. Teams will play on the 14/3, 21/3, 28/3, date TBC and 18/4. Fixtures will be distributed as soon as possible, teams without players involved in the Qualifiers will restart as intended on 7th March.

The Women’s Premiership for teams with players involved in the qualifiers will recommence on 21st March. Those teams will play on 21/3, 28/3, 11/4, date TBC and 18/4. Fixtures will be distributed as soon as possible, teams without players involved in the Qualifiers will restart as intended on 7th March.

Scotland men are off to Chile (City of Santiago) and Scotland women head to India (Hyderabad) for the chance to qualify for FIH Hockey World Cup 2026. The Qualifiers represent the final stage of qualification for next year’s FIH Hockey World Cup, which will be hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands (15-30 August 2026).

Seven teams per gender will qualify through these events, which promise to be among the highlights of the FIH calendar next year. The teams finishing first, second, and third in each tournament will secure their place at next year’s FIH flagship event. The highest world-ranked team among those finishing in fourth place in each event will be the seventh team to qualify (see Qualification System here).

Teams have been allocated according to the FIH World Rankings as follows:

City of Santiago, Chile (28 February – 8 March 2026)

Men: France, Ireland, Korea, Wales, Scotland, Canada, Poland and Chile

Hyderabad, Telangana, India (8 – 14 March 2026)

Women: England, India, Scotland, Korea, Italy, Uruguay, Wales and Austria

The teams qualifying through these tournaments will join an impressive line-up of 18 teams (9 per gender) that have already qualified, either through the FIH Hockey Pro League, the Continental Championships, or as hosts.