Everything about The International Hockey Federation totally explained
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 7 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 FIH 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.
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.
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.
World ranking
Top 10 Men's Rankings
as of December 10 2007 |
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
| 1 |
|
1921 |
| 2 |
|
1898 |
| 3 |
|
1743 |
| 4 |
|
1689 |
| 5 |
|
1435 |
| 6 |
|
1353 |
| 7 |
|
1115 |
| 8 |
|
1092 |
| 9 |
|
1078 |
| 10 |
|
1020 |
Top 10 Women's Rankings
as of September 18 2007 |
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
| 1 |
|
2044 |
| 2 |
|
1809 |
| 3 |
|
1733 |
| 4 |
|
1591 |
| 5 |
|
1411 |
| 6 |
|
1375 |
| 7 |
|
1201 |
| 8 |
|
1200 |
| 9 |
|
1065 |
| 10 |
|
1043 |
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.
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