Tokyo 2020 Olympic hockey tournaments: pools confirmed

    The final participation in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 of all qualified teams has been approved by their respective National Olympic Committees. Consequently, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) has now confirmed the Tokyo 2020 pools as follows: Men Pool A: Australia, Argentina, India, Spain, New Zealand, Japan Pool B: Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, Canada, South Africa Women Pool A: Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, India, South Africa Pool B: Australia, Argentina, New Zealand, Spain, China, Japan To determine the composition of the pools, the same process has been applied as for the Olympic Games Rio 2016 (see Appendix 2). With all participating teams being ranked among the top 16 teams of the current FIH World Rankings, fans can expect thrilling hockey encounters in Tokyo next year! The 2016 Men’s Gold medallists, Argentina (WR:4), will face Australia (WR:1), India (WR:5), Spain (WR:8), New Zealand (WR:9) and hosts Japan (WR:15). The Women’s Gold medallists in Rio, Great Britain (WR:5), will play against the Netherlands (WR:1), Germany (WR:4), Ireland (WR:8), India (WR:9) and South Africa (WR:16). The Tokyo 2020 Olympic hockey tournaments will be staged in the brand-new Oi Hockey Stadium from 25 July to 7 August next year. The match schedule will be announced at a later stage. #Tokyo2020 #RoadToTokyo #GiftOfHockey

    2022 FIH Hockey Women’s World Cup in Spain and the Netherlands, 2023 FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup in India

      8 November 2019 Lausanne, Switzerland: On the occasion of its last meeting of the year today in Lausanne, the Executive Board of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) has selected India to host the 2023 FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup (13-29 January 2023) and Spain and the Netherlands to co-host the 2022 FIH Hockey Women’s World Cup (1-17 July 2022). The venues will be announced by the host nations. The schedule of the 2022 FIH Hockey Women’s World Cup will be as follows: Preliminary Phase: 2 Preliminary phase pools in the Netherlands (including the Dutch team) 2 Preliminary phase pools in Spain (including the Spanish team) Quarter Finals: 2 crossover matches and 2 quarter-finals in the Netherlands 2 crossover matches and 2 quarter-finals in Spain Final phase in Spain: Semi-finals Match for 3rd place Final The competition format of the 2023 FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup will be the same as in 2018. FIH CEO Thierry Weil said: “FIH has received excellent bids to host these prestigious events. It was therefore a difficult choice to make. Since the primary mission of FIH is to grow the sport worldwide – which of course requires to make investments -, the income-generation potential of each bid has played an important role in the decision.” Commenting on the organization of the FIH Hockey World Cups, he added: “We will work closely with the Local Organizing Committees on the sustainability and legacy aspects of these events.” The Executive Board also approved the qualification process for both events: The hosts will qualify automatically (1 team) The winners of the Continental Championships will qualify directly (5 teams) The remaining 10 teams will qualify through a home-and-away play-off; the 20 teams involved in these qualifiers will be determined by Continental quotas, based on the FIH World Rankings at the end of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and the finishing positions of teams in the Continental Championships  

      FIH appoints Officials for Tokyo 2020

        September 11, 2019 Lausanne, Switzerland: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) today revealed the list of Officials appointed for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 hockey tournaments. In accordance with the agreed guidelines and processes of FIH, all appointed Officials come from the FIH Pro League panels as these are the top-rated Officials. While performance was the primary selection criteria, the Officials Committee also looked, as a secondary consideration, at the geographic spread of the Officials to ensure that all continents are represented. As a further demonstration of FIH’s “Equally Amazing” policy, the Technical Officials will work across both genders’ matches. Furthermore, while on field Umpires will be the same gender as the match, Video Umpires may be the other gender as has been successfully implemented during the FIH Pro League this year. Technical Delegates Men’s Competition: DECKENBROCK Christian, GER Women’s Competition: STANDLEY Tammy, AUS Umpires Managers de KLERK Marelize, RSA HORGAN Steve, USA SCHELLEKENS Philip, NED WOOLLEY Minka, AUS Technical Officials BENNETT Sarah, ZIM BURT Josh, AUS CATTON Steve, GBR CHAN Alfred, HKG CHEE Lilian, SGP DELLA MATTIA Adrian, ARG FUERST Elisabeth, AUT NAZARET Magda, POL NISHIZAWA Eiichiro, JPN OTI-MENSAH Frank, GHA RICHARDSON Reyah, TTO TOMLINSON Jackie, NZL WARRIS Rogier, NED ZELKIN Rene, USA Umpires – Men’s Panel BLASCH Christian, GER GOENTGEN Benjamin, GER GROCHAL Marcin, POL KEARNS Adam, AUS LIM Hong Zhen, SGP MADDEN Martin, GBR MEJZLIK Jakub, CZE MONTES de OCA German, ARG PRASAD Raghu, IND SHAIKH Javed, IND TAYLOR Simon, NZL TOMLINSON David, NZL van BUNGE Coen, NED WRIGHT Peter, RSA Umpires – Women’s Panel CHURCH Amber, NZL de la FUENTE Carolina, ARG DELFORGE Laurine, BEL GIDDENS Maggie, USA HUDSON Kelly, NZL JOUBERT Michelle, RSA LIU Xiaoying, CHN McCLEAN Ayanna, TTO MEISTER Michelle, GER NEUMANN Aleisha, AUS PRESENQUI Irene, ARG ROSTRON Annelize, RSA WILSON Sarah, GBR YAMADA Emi, JPN Medical Officers GORDON Leigh, RSA NAYAK Bibhu, IND ROLLE Udo, GER The 2020 Olympic hockey tournaments will be staged in Japan’s capital city from 25 July to 7 August next year. #Tokyo2020 #RoadToTokyo #GiftOfHockey

        FIH Hockey Olympic qualifiers: matches, dates and venues confirmed

        FIH Hockey Olympic qualifiers: matches, dates and venues confirmed

          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 – Russia, Bhubaneswar 2/3 November: New Zealand – Korea, Stratford 2/3 November: Germany – Austria, Mönchengladbach 2/3 November: Great Britain – Malaysia, London Women 25/26 October: Australia – Russia, Perth 25/26 October: China – Belgium, Changzhou 25/26 October: Spain – Korea, Valencia 1/2 November: India – USA, Bhubaneswar 2/3 November: Germany – Italy, Mönchengladbach 2/3 November: Great Britain – Chile, London 2/3 November: Ireland – Canada, Dublin Each qualifier consists of two back-to-back matches which will be played in the same venue. The match times will be confirmed at a later stage and updated on www.FIH.ch. The winners of these FIH Hockey Olympic qualifiers will qualify for the 2020 Olympic hockey tournaments which will be staged in Japan’s capital city from 25 July to 7 August next year and involve 12 Men’s and 12 Women’s teams. The following teams are already qualified: Men Japan Argentina South Africa Belgium Australia Women Japan Argentina South Africa The Netherlands New Zealand The final participation in the Olympic Games for any team must be approved and confirmed beforehand by their respective National Olympic Committee. #Tokyo2020 #RoadToTokyo #GiftOfHockey