International Hockey Federation
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- For the governing body of ice hockey, see International Ice Hockey Federation.
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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. Founded in January 7, 1924 with just seven member nations (Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Spain and Switzerland), the FIH soon grew to have many members and achieve international recognition.
The FIH was founded on in Paris by Paul Léautey, who became the first president, in response to hockey's omission from the programme of the Summer Olympics.
It also works in cooperation with regional governing bodies, African Hockey Federation, Asian Hockey Federation, European Hockey Federation, Oceania Hockey Federation and Pan American Hockey Federation to promote and develop the sport.
The organisation is based in Lausanne since 2005, having moved from Brussels.
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[edit] Member Associations
Today, the FIH consists of five continental associations and 116 member associations. Geographically, there are 16 from Africa, 30 from Asia, 40 from Europe, 8 from Oceania and 22 from the Americas.
[edit] Competitions
The FIH organises the five major international field hockey events, including the Indoor World Cup which was introduced in 2003:
- Olympic Games in cooperation with International Olympic Committee
- Hockey World Cup
- Hockey Junior World Cup
- Champions Trophy
- Champions Challenge
- Indoor Hockey World Cup
[edit] 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.
[edit] World ranking
| Top 10 Men's Rankings as of September 2006 | ||
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| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1 | Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 2315 |
| 2 | Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 2295 |
| 3 | Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 2193 |
| 4 | Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 2000 |
| 5 | Image:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan | 1810 |
| 6 | Image:Flag of South Korea (bordered).svg Korea | 1500 |
| 7 | Image:Flag of India.svg India | 1418 |
| 8 | Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 1275 |
| 9 | Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg England | 1249 |
| 10 | Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 1220 |
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.
[edit] Footnotes
[edit] External links
International field hockey
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International women's field hockey
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