India to face Uruguay in Women's Hockey World Cup qualifiers

India's women's hockey team will play in the 2026 FIH Women’s Hockey World Cup qualifiers.

They are in Pool B and will first play against Uruguay on March 8.

Then they will play Scotland on March 9 and Wales on March 11.

The top three teams from the qualifiers in Hyderabad and another tournament in Santiago will go to the World Cup in Belgium and the Netherlands.

India didn't qualify directly for the World Cup after losing to China in the Asia Cup.

The men's qualifiers are also happening in two places, but India's men's team already qualified by winning the Asia Cup.