Saudi Arabia celebrated Olympic day on July 7 at the Ettifaq sports club. They had many players from various clubs in Saudi and also players from their neighboring country Bahrain were present with their Junior and Senior teams to celebrate Olympic day. Many friendly matches between senior club players were played out and there were also matches for the school kids. The event was organized in a very spirited manner and the importance of sports and participation for all was highlighted with great enthusiasm.

Netherlands, China, New Zealand and Korea all qualified for the Hockey World Cup in New Zealand (17-26 November 2018), while Australia joined the four top placed teams to take their place as the fifth qualifier at the 2018 Hockey World Cup in London.