Bhubaneswar, Jan. 7 -- The Germany team, who have won the Hockey World Cup title twice, arrived to a rousing welcome at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar on Saturday ahead of their first match in FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela.

Germany are in Pool B, along with Japan, Belgium and Korea. Germany will open their campaign against the Japanese side in Bhubaneswar on January 14.

They have won the Men's Hockey World Cup twice in 2002 and 2006 and will be looking to add more to their trophy cabinet.

"After the Olympics, we got a new coach and it was a long preparation of more than eight months. We won 13 out of 18 matches in the last one year and will look to replicate the same performance in t...