2001 Men's Intercontinental Cup (field hockey)

Argentina won the tournament after defeating Spain 5–4 in the final.

Alongside Poland, Belgium, India, Japan and New Zealand, these seven teams qualified for the World Cup.

[1] Except for Oceania, all other four confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated by the International Hockey Federation based upon the FIH World Rankings.

Those teams participated at their respective continental championships but could not qualify through it, and they received the chance to qualify through this tournament based on the final ranking at each competition.

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00) As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in regular time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.