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For the governing body of ice hockey, see International Ice Hockey Federation.
For other uses, see FIH.
International Hockey Federation
Abbreviation FIH
Formation 7 January 1924
Type Sports federation
Headquarters Lausanne, Switzerland
Region served Worldwide
Membership 127 member federations
President Spain Leandro Negre
Website http://worldhockey.org/
Member nations

The International Hockey Federation (Fédération Internationale de Hockey sur Gazon, or FIH) is the global governing body for the sport of field hockey, which is known simply as hockey in many countries.

The FIH was founded in January 7, 1924 in Paris by Paul Léautey, who became the first president, in response to hockey's omission from the programme of the 1924 Summer Olympics. The seven founding members were Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Spain and Switzerland. The FIH soon grew to have many members and achieve international recognition. In 1982, the FIH merged with the IFWHA (International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations), which had been founded in 1927 by Australia, Denmark, England, Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, the United States and Wales.

The organisation is based in Lausanne since 2005, having moved from Brussels. The current president is Leandro Negre from Spain, who was elected on November 29, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.[1]

Contents

Member associations

The FIH consists of five continental associations and 127 member associations, in cooperation to promote and develop the sport. Geographically, there are 17 from Africa, 30 from Asia, 45 from Europe, 9 from Oceania and 26 from the Americas.

Africa
Botswana Botswana Egypt Egypt Ghana Ghana Kenya Kenya Libya Libya
Malawi Malawi Morocco Morocco Namibia Namibia Nigeria Nigeria Seychelles Seychelles
South Africa South Africa Sudan Sudan Tanzania Tanzania Togo Togo Uganda Uganda
Zambia Zambia Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
Asia
Afghanistan Afghanistan Bangladesh Bangladesh Brunei Brunei Cambodia Cambodia People's Republic of China China
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Hong Kong India India Indonesia Indonesia Iran Iran
Japan Japan Kazakhstan Kazakhstan South Korea Korea North Korea Korea (DPR) Macau Macau
Malaysia Malaysia Mongolia Mongolia Myanmar Myanmar Nepal Nepal Oman Oman
Pakistan Pakistan Philippines Philippines Qatar Qatar Singapore Singapore Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Tajikistan Tadjikistan Thailand Thailand Turkmenistan Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Europe
Armenia Armenia Austria Austria Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Belarus Belarus Belgium Belgium
Bulgaria Bulgaria Croatia Croatia Cyprus Cyprus Czech Republic Czech Republic Denmark Denmark
England England Estonia Estonia Finland Finland France France Georgia (country) Georgia
Germany Germany Gibraltar Gibraltar Greece Greece United Kingdom Great Britain[2] Hungary Hungary
Republic of Ireland Ireland Israel Israel Italy Italy Latvia Latvia[2] Lithuania Lithuania
Luxembourg Luxembourg Republic of Macedonia Macedonia Malta Malta Moldova Moldova Netherlands Netherlands
Norway Norway Poland Poland Portugal Portugal Romania Romania Russia Russia
Scotland Scotland Serbia Serbia Slovakia Slovakia Slovenia Slovenia Spain Spain
Sweden Sweden Switzerland Switzerland Turkey Turkey Ukraine Ukraine Wales Wales
Oceania
American Samoa American Samoa Australia Australia Fiji Fiji Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea New Zealand New Zealand
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Tonga Tonga Vanuatu Vanuatu Samoa Western Samoa
Pan American
Argentina Argentina The Bahamas Bahamas Barbados Barbados Bermuda Bermuda Brazil Brazil
Canada Canada Cayman Islands Cayman Islands Chile Chile Costa Rica Costa Rica Cuba Cuba
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Ecuador Ecuador El Salvador El Salvador Guatemala Guatemala Guyana Guyana
Jamaica Jamaica Mexico Mexico Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles Panama Panama Paraguay Paraguay
Peru Peru Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad & Tobago United States United States Uruguay Uruguay
Venezuela Venezuela

Competitions

The FIH organises the five major international field hockey events, including the Indoor World Cup which was introduced in 2003:

Awards

Like football, there are two hockey awards given annually from 1998, men and women. From 2001, another two awards were introduced for junior players (under-21) for men and women, named Young Men and Young Women.

Year Men Women Young Men Young Women
1998 Netherlands Stephan Veen Australia Alyson Annan
1999 Australia Jay Stacy Germany Natascha Keller
2000 Netherlands Stephan Veen Australia Alyson Annan
2001 Germany Florian Kunz Argentina Luciana Aymar Germany Tibor Weißenborn Australia Angie Skirving
2002 Germany Michael Green Argentina Cecilia Rognoni Australia Jamie Dwyer Argentina Agustina García
2003 Netherlands Teun de Nooijer Netherlands Mijntje Donners Australia Grant Schubert Netherlands Maartje Scheepstra
2004 Australia Jamie Dwyer Argentina Luciana Aymar Spain Santi Freixa Argentina Agustina García
2005 Netherlands Teun de Nooijer Argentina Luciana Aymar Netherlands Robert van der Horst Netherlands Maartje Goderie
2006 Netherlands Teun de Nooijer Netherlands Minke Booij Germany Christopher Zeller South Korea Park Mi-hyun
2007 Australia Jamie Dwyer Argentina Luciana Aymar Australia Mark Knowles Germany Maike Stöckel
2008 Spain Pol Amat Argentina Luciana Aymar Australia Eddie Ockenden Netherlands Maartje Paumen
2009 Australia Jamie Dwyer Netherlands Naomi Van As England Ashley Jackson Australia Casey Eastham

World ranking

Top 10 Men's Rankings
as of December 14, 2009[3]
Rank Team Points
1  Germany 2088
2  Australia 1993
3  Spain 1790
4  Netherlands 1778
5  Korea 1730
6  England 1535
7  Pakistan 1498
8  New Zealand 1373
9  Belgium 1135
10  China 1078
Top 10 Women's Rankings
as of December 15, 2009[4]
Rank Team Points
1  Netherlands 2190
2  Argentina 1980
3  China 1860
4  Germany 1780
5  Australia 1728
6  Spain 1408
7  England 1405
8  Japan 1403
9  New Zealand 1333
10  USA 1213

The world ranking is used to determined the seeded entries for the international field hockey tournaments including qualification tournament, and the previous four years' international results are used in the points calculation.

Below are the tournaments whose results are used for the points calculation:

  • Olympic Games
  • World Cup
  • Champions Trophy
  • Champions Challenge
  • Continental federation Championships

If the main tournament has a qualification tournament, its results will also be used in the ranking:

  • 25 percent of total points won in year one
  • 50 percent of total points won in year two
  • 75 percent of total points won in year three
  • 100 percent of total points won in year four
  • Continental championships based on the final placing

For continental championships points, because Asian, European and Oceania have a higher overall standard of competition, they awarded 500 points for the first place finisher as opposed to African and Pan American which are only awarded 375 points for first place finisher. Lower places may also receive different numbers of ranking points.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Leandro Negre elected as FIH President". FIH. 2008-11-29. http://worldhockey.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,1181-18543-19728-15688-292028-14316-5039-layout169-19693-news-item,00.html. Retrieved 2008-12-04. 
  2. ^ a b Adherent members in International Hockey Federation
  3. ^ "ABN AMRO WorldHockey Team Rankings - Men". FIH. http://worldhockey.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,1181-192169-209392-141540-0-file,00.pdf. 
  4. ^ "ABN AMRO WorldHockey Team Rankings - Women". FIH. http://worldhockey.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,1181-192215-209438-141627-0-file,00.pdf. 

External links

International field hockey
FIH · Men's World Cup · Women's World Cup · Men's Junior World Cup · Women's Junior World Cup · Champions Trophy · Champions Challenge · Champions Challenge II · Olympics · Commonwealth Games · Asian Games · Pan American Games · Teams
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Americas
Oceania
OHF – Oceania Cup
Europe
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