The Chilean adult female team returned to the training after the end of the year and will intensify their work with a view to the Santiago 2026 Qualifiers, where they will look for one of the quotas for the August World Cup.
The Diablas began their preparation for the Qualifiers Santiago 2026, the international adult field hockey tournament to be held at the Claudia Schuler Training and Skills Center of the National Stadium Park. In this competition our selections will be played their quota for the World Cup to be held during August in the Netherlands and Belgium.
The Chilean female selection will have two months of preparation for the Preworld, in this time range the players will not only perform training, they will also travel and have international friendly with the aim of arriving with shooting to the qualifying contest that will take place from 1 to 8 March in Ñuñoa.
The schedule of the Diablas
On January 5, they officially began their preparation for the competitions and will have three weeks of training in Chile to then travel to Buenos Aires to fight two friendly against Las Leonas, the Argentine Hockey selection. Then they return and have a small break of four days of vacation before they continue with their preparation.
After the rest will have a full week of training in the country, then travel to the United States. In North America there will be 10 days to fight four friendly games against the local combination and then return with more practice in the country's main sports area.
Later on in the calendar, with the Preworld approaching, those led by Cristóbal Rodríguez will begin their concentration, which has a couple of friendly programs against Japan, one with Ireland and a third yet to be defined.
The Rivals of the Diablas in the Preworld
The competition will have eight teams of which two groups of four are held where the finalists and the third place are classified directly to the World Cup. The Diablas share Group A with Australia, France and Switzerland.
The coach of the Diablas, Cristobal Rodríguez, conducted an analysis of his opponents in the area. "They're all very difficult rivals. Although there is a lot of difference in ranking with Switzerland and France, they are teams that have made much progress lately," the coach said.
France comes from a fifth place in EuroHockey A, while Switzerland was fourth in EuroHockey B, both selections showing a high level in the competitions. For its part, Australia was out of the world against New Zealand by shootouts.
"We are looking at all the possible videos we have, thank God we have a great list of videos of the rivals, so we are there studying with the team to know what the players are like, what strategies they do and to be prepared for that," Rodriguez closes.
