Strong domestic leagues make a difference

Recently I talked about local hockey vs global hockey. Watching the HWL's in London and Johannesburg I would like to share some of my take-aways from these events. The HWL's are the qualification for next year's world cup in Bhubaneswar (Odisha), India.

With less than 500 days to go 9 teams have qualified already. But the 4 countries that made both HWL "…