7 September 2020 Lausanne, Switzerland: The International Testing Agency (ITA) welcomes the International Hockey Federation (FIH) as its newest partner in the fight for clean sport. The ITA will manage the entire anti-doping program of the Olympic team sport, the FIH will retain results management. The FIH has decided to have its entire anti-doping programme
February 17, 2020 Lausanne, Switzerland: The next Women’s FIH Hockey Junior World Cup will be held in Potchefstroom, South Africa, in 2021. While the dates will be determined later, FIH can confirm that the competition will be played towards the end of that year. It is the first time that the African continent will organize
Lausanne, Switzerland: December 17, 2019 On the occasion of a press briefing in Tokyo involving Tayyab Ikram, FIH Executive Board Member and IOC Olympic Solidarity Commission Member, Koji Murofushi, Tokyo 2020 Sports Director, Shihori Oikawa, Japan Women’s hockey national team player and Seren Tanaka, Japan Men’s hockey national team player, the International Hockey Federation (FIH)
Lausanne, Switzerland: December 12, 2019 Following 12 months of painstaking research, analysis and testing, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) is delighted to reveal details of the new FIH World Ranking system that will be employed from 1 January 2020. The fresh approach – which has been approved by the FIH Executive Board – sees a
September 9, 2019 Lausanne, Switzerland: The FIH Hockey Olympic qualifiers have been determined by a draw held today at the headquarters of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) in Lausanne as follows: Men 25/26 October: Spain – France, Valencia 26/27 October: The Netherlands – Pakistan, Amsterdam 26/27 October: Canada – Ireland, West Vancouver 1/2 November: India –
The African Hockey Road to Tokyo 2020 headed into its penultimate day with the destination of the title winners still uncertain. After four days of action though we now know that the title will either be won by SuperGroup South Africa or Ghana in the Women’s tournament while it’s the age-old battle between South Africa
Ghana’s high hope of picking Africa’s sole ticket to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games suffered a major setback as the national male hockey team was handed a crushing 9-1 defeat at the hands of South Africa at the African qualifiers played at the University of Stellenbosch Hockey Stadium late on Thursday August 15. The South
SuperGroup South Africa opened their campaign in front of a vociferous crowd in Stellenbosch while both Egypt and the South African men kept up a 100% record in the men’s tournament. As teams began changing gears on the African Hockey Road to Tokyo 2020 there was a pressure on teams looking to make a statement
#AfricanHockeyRoadToTokyo The quest for a place at the 2020 summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan began on the African continent as six countries graced the opening match day with great performances and wonderful goals .The Stellenbosch University hockey pitch was the main venue for the 2019 African Olympic qualifiers. Host South Africa managed to brush aside
The opening day of the African Hockey Road to Tokyo 2020 got underway at University of Stellenbosch today with six African Hockey nations competing for the continents ticket to the Tokyo Olympic Games. The South African Hockey Men got the tournament off to a good start with a 3-1 win over Namibia. The match was
