Hockey World Cup 2023: Who will perform at the Opening Ceremony? When and Where to watch it LIVE? Here’s everything you need to know

India will be hosting the Hockey World Cup for the second consecutive time. They hosted the last edition of the tournament in 2018 where Belgium won the final against the Netherlands by 3-2 in the penalty shootout. India is once again gearing up to host the Hockey World Cup 2023.

The tournament will be hosted in Odisha and will commence on 13th January 2023. India is among the teams which have participated in all the editions of the Hockey World Cup. They will be making their 15th appearance in this tournament. However, India has been unable to win the tournament lately as their last Hockey World Cup win came in 1975. India will be hoping to turn their fortunes around on their home soil as they look to continue their recent success after winning the bronze medal in the Olympics 2021.

Hockey World Cup 2023: Who will perform at the Opening Ceremony?

Before the start of the tournament, the opening ceremony will be held in Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on 11th January 2023.

The opening ceremony will see many stars taking centre stage. The stars who will be performing:

  • 3:00 pm – DJ
  • 3:50 pm – Tribal Act by Guru Aruna Mohanty with Namita Meleka
  • 4:00 pm – Live Performance by Sniti Mishra
  • 4:25 pm – Live Performance by Prince Dance Group
  • 4:35 pm – Live Performance by Rapper Big Deal
  • 4:45 pm – Live Performance by Rituraj Mohanty
  • 5:10 pm – Live Performance by Sabyasachi Mishra & Archita Sahu
  • 5:20 pm – Live Performance by Lisa Mishra
  • 6:00 pm – Grand Welcome and Invocation Ceremony
  • 6:15 pm – Live Performance – Hockey World Cup Song
  • 6:20 pm – Speeches by Guests of Honour
  • 6:31 pm – Live Performance by BLACKSWAN
  • 6:45 pm – Live Performance by Disha Patani
  • 6:57 pm – Youth concert with Pritam, Neeti Mohan, Benny Dayal and many more
  • 7:42 pm – Live Performance by Ranveer Singh
  • 8:00 pm – Live Performance by Nakash Aziz
  • 8:25 pm – Live Performance by Elina Samantray
  • 8:35 pm – Live Performance by Ananya Nanda

(All timings are in IST)

Hockey World Cup 2023: When and Where to watch it LIVE?

You can also watch the Hockey World Cup 2023 opening ceremony live on Watch Hockey which will also be telecasted on DD Sports.

The Hockey World Cup 2023 matches will be telecast live on the Star Sports First, Star Sports Select 2 and Star Sports Select 2 HD TV channels in India. It will also be live-streamed on Hotstar.

Hockey World Cup 2023: India details

India has been placed in Group D alongside England, Wales and Spain.

  • India vs Spain – Rourkela – 7 pm IST, 13th January 2023
  • England vs India – Rourkela – 7 pm IST, 15th January 2023
  • India vs Wales – Bhubaneswar – 7 pm IST, 19th January 2023

Indian squad list

Goalkeeper: P.R. Sreejesh, Krishna Pathak

Defender: Jarmanpreet Singh, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh (Captain), Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas (Vice Captain), Nilam Sanjeep Xess

Midfielder: Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Shamsher Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Akashdeep Singh

Forward: Mandeep Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek, Sukhjeet Singh

Standby: Rajkumar Pal, Jugraj Singh

Read: India’s top 10 greatest achievements in sports in 2022

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