The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has decided to postpone the announcement of the World Cup 2022-23 hosts to the Executive Board meeting scheduled on 8-9 November 2019.
This decision was made after having received a request from several bidding countries to delay the decision on the 2022-2023 FIH World Cups...
The International Hockey Federation Academy ( FIH Academy) in collaboration with hockey India will be conducting a series of courses for Technical Officials, Umpires and aspiring Coaches on the sidelines of the FIH Men's Series Finals Bhubaneswar Odisha 2019 event.
FIH Academy Technical Official Educator Iain Dugald Mckay, FIH Academy...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday announced the composition of its commissions for 2019.
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) was delighted to learn that EB members Marijke Fleuren and Tayyab Ikram have been re-appointed as IOC Commission members.
The President of the European Hockey Federation will continue her mission within the...
Building on the successful start of the very first FIH Pro League, the FIH Executive Board (EB) today approved, upon recommendation from the National Associations participating in the FIH Pro League, the following principles of the match schedule for the 2020 and 2021 seasons:
The League competition is maintained...
The good news is that FIH is recognised by the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) as one of the top sporting Federations when it comes to anti-doping education and prevention. The not unsurprising news is that the FIH team behind anti-doping wants to keep it that way.
“We are in...
What do you get if you take a hockey-loving humanitarian and give him a mini-bus? Well, in Gabriel Tuscher’s case the combination led to an ambitious project called La Route du Stick.
In 2015 Tuscher, who has a long history in hockey humanitarian projects, drove a van from Switzerland to...
The Netherlands’ Eva de Goede and Arthur Van Doren of Belgium have been revealed as the FIH Players of the Year in the 2018 Hockey Stars Awards, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) has announced.
Female Player of the Year Eva de Goede, 29, was one of the superstars of the...
FIH CEO and Marketing genius, Thierry Weil in an interview with the Reuters said he did not know how many people really play the sport of field hockey.
"I know it's a strange comment from the CEO of a federation (but) currently we get surprises every day on how many...
We already are into Month Two of the FIH Pro League’s inaugural season and the hockey fraternity cannot stop raving about the initiative.
Whilst World tours and single venue international leagues are played regularly, this is arguably the first of its kind, with national teams playing one-off matches both home...
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has received bidding dossiers from Australia, Germany, India, Malaysia, New Zealand and Spain to host the next edition of FIH’s flagship event for Men or Women. Bidding countries had to indicate until the deadline of 31 January 2019 also their preferred time window, either...
Following the positive steps undertaken by the International Olympic Committee and in particular its President Dr. Thomas Bach ahead of last year’s Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang to unite North and South Korea through sport, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) has put together an action plan with the objective...
FIH Executive Board Member and President of the Asian Hockey Federation HRH Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah has been chosen as the new King of Malaysia.
The 59-year old Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah has been elected to serve a five-year term by eight other Malay sultans in the country’s Conference of...
The FIH Pro League has officially kicked off– replacing the Champions’ Trophy and the World League Semi Finals and World League Final. It aims to run a calendar of must-see events played in packed stadiums across the world and throughout the year.
The game-changing competition sees 152 international matches being...
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COUNTRY
CF
CURRENT POINTS
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Netherlands
EUR
2500
0
2
England
EUR
1806
0
3
Australia
OCE
1800
0
4
Argentina
PAN
1740
0
5
Germany
EUR
1551
0
6
New Zealand
OCE
1475
0
7
Spain
EUR
1401
0
8
Ireland
EUR
1330
0
9
India
ASI
1138
0
10
China
ASI
1128
1
11
Korea
ASI
1101
-1
12
USA
PAN
1024
0
13
Belgium
EUR
995
0
14
Japan
ASI
968
0
15
South Africa
AFR
843
0
16
Chile
PAN
815
0
17
Italy
EUR
766
0
18
Scotland
EUR
548
0
19
Czech Republic
EUR
484
0
20
Belarus
EUR
454
0
21
Canada
PAN
453
0
22
Malaysia
ASI
439
0
23
Poland
EUR
436
0
24
Uruguay
PAN
389
0
25
Russia
EUR
386
0
26
Wales
EUR
350
0
27
Ukraine
EUR
327
0
28
Thailand
ASI
280
0
29
Ghana
AFR
275
0
30
Mexico
PAN
265
0
31
Austria
EUR
260
0
32
France
EUR
248
0
33
Turkey
EUR
236
0
34
Kazakhstan
ASI
223
0
35
Singapore
ASI
204
0
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COUNTRY
CF
CURRENT POINTS
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1
Belgium
EUR
2196
2
2
Australia
OCE
2181
-1
3
Netherlands
EUR
2029
1
4
Argentina
PAN
1858
-2
5
India
ASI
1715
0
6
Germany
EUR
1631
0
7
England
EUR
1501
0
8
New Zealand
OCE
1178
1
9
Spain
EUR
1083
-1
10
Canada
PAN
1017
1
11
Ireland
EUR
980
-1
12
Pakistan
ASI
978
1
13
Malaysia
ASI
903
-1
14
China
ASI
793
3
15
France
EUR
789
5
16
South Africa
AFR
715
-1
17
Korea
ASI
690
-3
18
Japan
ASI
625
-2
19
Austria
EUR
563
-1
20
Egypt
AFR
543
-1
21
Poland
EUR
477
0
22
Scotland
EUR
434
0
23
Russia
EUR
428
0
24
Wales
EUR
383
0
25
Ukraine
EUR
348
0
26
United States
PAN
329
0
27
Brazil
PAN
331
0
28
Czech Republic
EUR
290
0
29
Switzerland
EUR
289
0
30
Trinidad & Tobago
PAN
261
0
31
Bangladesh
ASI
258
0
32
Ghana
AFR
257
0
33
Oman
ASI
252
0
34
Chile
PAN
247
0
35
Belarus
EUR
234
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