Sa Men's Indoor Hockey Take Aim At Glory In World Cup In Croatia

SA mens indoor hockey coach Justin Rosenberg is ready to give other teams stick when they start their FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup 2025 campaign against hosts Croatia on Monday.

The previous hosts reached the quarter-final at the last World Cup in Pretoria, and will be hoping to push on this year. The tournament is being played in Porec, on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula.

Rosenberg admits it wont be an easy task in a tough pool that also features World No 1 Austria, and Poland, although the mood in the camp is upbeat.

Were in a really tough pool, weve got the hosts Croatia first up then we play the No 1 team in the world, Austria, and we finish our pool against Poland, whos ranked one below us. So competition-wise, its of the highest calibre, he told exclusively from Croatia.

It is one of the toughest pools in the World Cup but our objective firstly and foremost is to get out of the pool in the top two to qualify for the quarter-final, which is what we did in the previous World Cup in Pretoria two years ago.