Men’s Indoor National Program
The Men’s Indoor National Team competes with intent to qualify for the FIH Indoor World Cup each cycle. This requires the team to attend the Indoor Pan American Cup every two-three years depending on the cycle rotation. most recently, Team Canada finished third in 2021 in Spring City, USA. Team Canada last qualified for the Indoor World Cup in 2015.
2024-2025 Information
The Indoor Pan American Championships is a qualification event and the top two teams will qualify for the Indoor World Cup in 2025. The planned program is to have an identification camp, one tour to Europe and a centralization period in Toronto with the final team will be announced in early February 2024.
This is a self funded program which means all costs will be covered by the athletes, fundraising events and donations. Field Hockey Canada has support to fundraising for all identified athletes within the pathway and if selected, you will be onboarded into this support system.
SELECTION CAMP DATES
The West Selection camp will take place on November 3-5, in Calgary.
The East Selection camp will take place from Oct 22 – Oct 24th in Mississauga.
REGISTER HERE FOR SELECTION CAMP
2023/24 IPAC Selection Process and Training Information
Phase 1:
- October 2023: Camp West and East
- 20 athletes identified.
Phase 2:
- Indoor is combined with NTC training and regionalized – all identified indoor players are registered via NextGen hubs and into F-RED as NextGen for this block
- For 20 athletes – all training locally in NTC’s
Phase 3:
- Away series in Czech Republic in January and Home series in Toronto vs Kazakhstan at the end of February – this will be an additional sign up for the 20 identified
- Selection after Kazakhstan down to IPAC 12.
Phase 4:
- Final 12 for Canada for IPAC.
Calgary to Host 2024 Indoor Pan American Championships
Field Hockey Canada is thrilled to announce Calgary, Alberta as the official host-city of the 2024 Indoor Pan American Championships. The women’s and men’s tournament will take place simultaneously at the 7 Chiefs Sportsplex, in Calgary on March 18-22, 2024.
The last time Canada hosted the Indoor Pan American Championships was in 2005 in Waterloo, Ontario. Since then, the event has taken place in Argentina, Venezuela, Uruguay, Guyana, and in 2021, the event was held in Pennsylvania, USA. READ MORE.