47th FIH Congress: Winners of FIH Honorary Awards revealed
21 May 2021 Lausanne, Switzerland: Today’s #HockeyInvites virtual conference organised by FIH as part of its 47th FIH Congress concluded with the FIH Honorary Awards giving recognition to numerous individuals, teams and organisations for their outstanding contributions to the sport of hockey. The first prize to be ‘presented’ was the Pablo Negre Award to the Uzbekistan Hockey […]
EB holds last meeting before Congress
20 May 2021 Lausanne, Switzerland: Meeting virtually ahead of the 47th FIH Congress, the Executive Board (EB) of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) approved a 5-year partnership with a gaming company – Gold Town Games (GTG) – which will develop a hockey manager game, available on mobile, planned to be released globally before the end […]
Olympic Capital to welcome first ever senior World Hockey5s event organised by FIH
27 April 2021 Lausanne, Switzerland: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is delighted to announce that it will organise its first ever senior World Hockey5s event on 11 and 12 September 2021, in Lausanne, Switzerland. It will offer an exciting mix of intense competition, music entertainment and additional activities, such as initiations or demonstrations, to showcase […]
Announcement: Junior Africa Cup [JAC] 2021 (M/W) – Namibia
Tournament Name: Junior Africa Cup [JAC] 2021 (M/W) Host: Namibia Dates: 14 – 22 August 2021 Venue: The Davin Trustco Hockey Stadium, Windhoek High School / Trustco Aloe Park, Windhoek Gymnasium Private School Age Limit: All players shall be under 21 years of age as of 31 December 2019; that is all players shall be born on or after 1 […]
FIH publishes Congress agenda
22 April 2021 Lausanne, Switzerland: The agenda of the FIH Congress, which will be held virtually on 22 May, is now published. The upcoming meeting of the supreme organ of hockey’s world governing body includes, amongst others, elections for the position of FIH President and for four positions of EB Ordinary Member. Elections will be […]
Upcoming FIH Congress to be held virtually
20 April 2021 Lausanne, Switzerland: After a thorough analysis, the FIH Executive Board (EB) recently decided to give the possibility to each National Association delegate to decide whether they would attend the 47th FIH Statutory Congress either onsite – in Delhi, India – or virtually via an online platform. However, considering the latest information available […]
Guidelines are moveable feast in Covid times
The FIH Playbook, which is the guidance document for FIH tournament protocols during the Covid Pandemic has been a moveable feast since its launch back in May 2020. As the pandemic raged across the globe, effectively putting society, and of course sport, on hold, so hockey had to get used to a new normal. Except […]
Watch out world, Namibia and South Africa are on their way
April 18, 2021 South Africa men and Namibia women have secured their places at the FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup in Belgium next year after an intense three days of hockey competition in Durban, South Africa. It was a tournament packed with high scoring matches, a great competitive atmosphere and a sense of relief to […]
IAC 2021 – South Africa Men Are Champions
South Africa Men national indoor hockey team is the CHAMPION of the Indoor Africa Cup [IAC] 2021 and would represent Africa at the Indoor World Cup [IWC] 2022 | Liège, Belgium (2-6 Feb 2022).
IAC 2021 – Namibia Women take Gold at the Indoor Africa Cup
Namibia Women take Gold at the Indoor Africa Cup booking their place for the Indoor World Cup in Belgium. Namibia 🇳🇦 Women national indoor hockey team is the CHAMPION of the Indoor Africa Cup [IAC] 2021 and would represent Africa at the Indoor World Cup [IWC] 2022 | Liège, Belgium (2-6 Feb 2022)