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The India women's national field hockey team will compete in the upcoming FIH Hockey Nations Cup to be held in Auckland from June 15 to 21.

The Hockey Nations Cup, launched in 2021 by the International Hockey Federation (FIH), provides top-level competition for the best-ranked teams not participating in the FIH Hockey Pro League. The winner earns promotion to the Pro League for the following season.

India will participate after being relegated from the 2024–25 Pro League season, where the team finished at the bottom of the nine-team standings.

Along with India, the tournament will feature hosts New Zealand women's national field hockey team, United States women's national field hockey team, Japan women's national field hockey team, South Korea women's national field hockey team, Chile women's national field hockey team, Scotland women's national field hockey team and France women's national field hockey team, which qualified after promotion from the Hockey Nations Cup 2.

The men’s competition of the FIH Hockey Nations Cup will take place in Cape Town from June 11 to 20.

Teams in the men’s event include South Africa men's national field hockey team, New Zealand men's national field hockey team, France men's national field hockey team, South Korea men's national field hockey team, Japan men's national field hockey team, Wales men's national field hockey team, Malaysia men's national field hockey team and Scotland men's national field hockey team, which qualified via Nations Cup 2, along with Ireland men's national field hockey team, relegated from the 2024–25 Pro League.

The upcoming edition marks the return of the men’s competition to South Africa, which hosted the inaugural event in Potchefstroom in 2022.

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FIH President Tayyab Ikram said the federation was pleased to have strong host cities for both tournaments and looked forward to exciting matches featuring some of the world’s top teams.