International Hockey Federation

The Fédération Internationale de Hockey (English: International Hockey Federation), commonly known by the acronym FIH, is the international governing body of field hockey and indoor field hockey. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland. FIH is responsible for field hockey's major international tournaments, notably the Hockey World Cup.

This article is about the governing body of field hockey. For the governing body of ice hockey, see International Ice Hockey Federation.

International Hockey Federation
Fédération Internationale de Hockey
AbbreviationFIH
Formation7 January 1924 (1924-01-07)
Founded atParis, France
TypeSports federation
Legal statusGoverning body of:
Field hockey
Indoor hockey
Hockey5s
PurposeSport governance
HeadquartersLausanne, Switzerland
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
140 national associations
Official language
English, French[1]
President
Tayyab Ikram[2]
CEO
Thierry Weil
Main organ
Congress
AffiliationsInternational Olympic Committee
WebsiteFIH.hockey

History

FIH was founded on 7 January 1924 in Paris by Paul Léautey, who became the first president, in response to field hockey's omission from the programme of the 1924 Summer Olympics.[3] First members complete to join the seven founding members were Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Spain, and Switzerland.

In 1983, the FIH merged with the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA), which had been founded in 1927 by Australia, Denmark, England, Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, the United States, and Wales.

The organisation has been based in Lausanne, Switzerland since 2005, having moved from Brussels, Belgium.

In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the FIH banned Russia from the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, and banned Russian and Belarusian officials from FIH events.[4]

Structure
Map of the World with the five confederations.

In total, there are 140 member associations within the five confederations recognised by FIH. This includes Great Britain which is recognised as an adherent member of FIH, the team was represented at the Olympics and the Champions Trophy. England, Scotland and Wales are also represented by separate teams in FIH sanctioned tournaments.

  AfHF – African Hockey Federation
  AHF – Asian Hockey Federation
  EHF – European Hockey Federation
  OHF – Oceania Hockey Federation
  PAHF – Pan American Hockey Federation

The FIH World Rankings was updated once after the major tournament finished, based on FIH sanction tournaments.

Presidents

The following is a list of presidents of FIH:[5]

Presidents of FIH
No.NameCountryTook officeLeft officeNote
1Paul Léautey France19241926
2Frantz Reichel France19261932
3Marc Bellin du Côteau France19321936
4Georg Evers Germany19361945
—Robert Liégeois Belgium19451946Acting
5Jaap Quarles van Ufford Netherlands19461966
6Rene Frank Belgium19661983
7Étienne Glichitch France19831996
8Juan Calzado Spain19962001
9Els van Breda Vriesman Netherlands20012008
10Leandro Negre Spain20082016
11Narinder Dhruv Batra India20162022
—Seif El Dine Ahmed Egypt20222022Acting
12Tayyab Ikram Macau2022Incumbent

Recognition and awards

The Player of the Year Awards have been given annually since 1998 for men and women, while the young category was added in 2001 to honour the best performances for junior players (under 21).

Another award, the "Honorary Award", was given to people who have made outstanding contributions to field hockey.

FIH tournaments

Outdoor
Major
Junior
Other

Indoor

Title holders
Current
Competition Men's Women's
Olympics  Belgium (2020)  Netherlands (2020)
World Cup  Germany (2023)  Netherlands (2022)
FIH Pro League  Netherlands (2022–23)  Netherlands (2022–23)
Junior World Cup  Argentina (2021)  Netherlands (2022)
Youth Olympics  Malaysia (2018)  Argentina (2018)
Indoor World Cup  Austria (2023)  Netherlands (2023)

Partners

The following are the partners of the International Hockey Federation:[6]

See also

References
  1. "International Hockey Federation Statutes" (PDF). FIH. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  2. "Tayyab Ikram (MAC) elected as new President of FIH". FIH. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  3. Sathe, Mukund. "Paul Léautey". This Day in History. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  4. "FIH reiterates full support to Ukraine's hockey community". FIH. 18 March 2022. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  5. "Hockey". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  6. "International Hockey Federation". FIH. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
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