The 2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers were the 12th edition of the Hockey World Cup qualification tournament.
Three events were held between October and November 2009 in France, New Zealand and Argentina and only the winner of each would earn a berth to play in the 2010 World Cup, to be held in New Delhi, India.
[1] Pakistan, New Zealand and Argentina each won one of the three tournaments.
[2][3][4] All five 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.