FIH_World_Rankings

FIH Men's World Ranking

Field hockey world ranking list

The FIH Men's World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in field hockey. The teams of the member nations of International Hockey Federation (FIH), field hockey's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results and performance. The rankings were introduced in October 2003.^[1]

Current rankings

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Men's Top 20 Rankings as of 12 March 2024^[2]
Rank	Change	Team	Points
1		Netherlands	3060.23
2		Belgium	2848.14
3	2	Germany	2785.63
4	1	India	2760.71
5	1	Australia	2757.83
6	2	England	2720.66
7		Argentina	2524.26
8		Spain	2296.6
9		France	2085.06
10	1	New Zealand	2025.58
11	1	South Korea	1915.52
12	1	Ireland	1868.91
13	1	Malaysia	1828.27
14		South Africa	1812.86
15	1	Pakistan	1675.79
16	1	Japan	1640.74
17	1	Wales	1579.42
18	2	Egypt	1575.31
19	2	Canada	1569.28
20	1	Austria	1520.08
*Change from 2 December 2023

Uses of the rankings

The rankings were introduced to overcome the criticism of fixing when drawing the pools for each tournament. It also determines the quotas for tournaments such as the Olympic Games and the World Cup.^[3]

Calculation method

Overview

All of the FIH-recognised, including qualifying and continental matches played in last four years are included in ranking points calculation. However, the past results will be deducted by the percentage set by the FIH as shown by the tabulation below:

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Year	Points percentage included
Year 4	100%
Year 3	75%
Year 2	50%
Year 1	25%
Total points

Continental championships method

FIH had set allocated ranking points for all the continental tournaments. However, a different percentage of points for every continent raised questions about the system. Only Europe had full 100% points allocation for all classifications while the others had only several finishers with full points allocation. Africa was the sole continent with neither men's or women's tournaments having full points allocation regardless of the classifications.

New calculation method

From 2020 onwards, the FIH rolled out a new match-based world rankings system similar to the ones being used in rugby union and association football.^[4]

Rank leaders

More information Men's at the end of each year, Year ...

Men's at the end of each year
Year	Team
Present	Netherlands
2023	Netherlands
2022	Australia
2021	Australia
2020	Belgium
2019	Australia
2018	Belgium
2017	Australia
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012	Germany
2011	Australia
2010	Australia
2009	Germany
2008
2007
2006
2005	Australia
2004	Germany
2003	Germany

More information Men's Leaderboard, Team ...

Men's Leaderboard
Team	Years
Australia	11
Germany	7
Belgium	2
Netherlands	1

References

[1]
"FIH to introduce world rankings". The Hindu. 2 September 2003. Archived from the original on 24 September 2004. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
[2]
"FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
[3]
"FIH World Ranking System" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. FIH.ch. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
[4]
"FIH creates Hockey5s World Cup". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.

External links

FIH World Rankings

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