Netherlands beats England to Hockey World Cups 12/11/2010 |
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England has lost its bid to host the 2014 Hockey World Cups in London.
World governing body the FIH declared rivals the Netherlands the winners at a conference in Montreux, Switzerland.
England Hockey had been hoping to stage the men's and women's tournaments at the Eton Manor venue inside London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Had the bid been successful, the World Cups would have become the first events confirmed for the Olympic Park after the close of the London Games in 2012.
"Right now we are absolutely gutted," England Hockey's chief executive Sally Munday told the BBC.
"We put a huge amount of work and effort into this bid and it is a blow.
"The FIH have told us our bid was very competitive, but that the Dutch federation were able to put a better commercial package on the table than we were."
FIH president Leandro Negre added that it had been an "incredibly difficult decision" to award the tournaments to the Netherlands.
"The bids were both outstanding – two of the best that we have ever seen," he told the world governing body's official website.
"England Hockey's bid has reinforced their importance as a partner for future FIH events and we are keen to maximise the use of London 2012's legacy facility."
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