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Indoor Hockey World Cup vs Outdoor Hockey World Cup?

Have you noticed that there are different nations that participate in Indoor vs Outdoor format of Hockey World cup, some countries have both teams but not all of them. Here is the list of Countries that Participated in the Indoor World Cup: 1 Germany (Winners 2007) 2 Poland 3 Spain 4 Czech Republic 5 Russia 6 Austria 7 Canada 8 Australia 9 Switzerland 10 Italy 11 South Africa 12 Trinidad & Tobago Here is the list of nations that Participated in Outdoor Hockey World Cup: 1 Germany (Winners 2006) 2 Australia 3 Spain 4 South Korea 5 Netherlands 6 Japan 7 Argentina 8 United Kingdom 9 Pakistan 10 India 11 New Zealand 12 South Africa My question is How different are the rules ?

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1. The competition you are describing is the 'Field Hockey' world cup. The indoor competition is for teams which are not strong competitors at the outdoor international level. Here is a site on indoor field hockey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indoor_hockey hope it helps