Fédération Internationale de Hockey
| Fédération Internationale de Hockey | |
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| Founded | 1924 |
| Place of foundation |
Paris , France
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| president |
 Leandro Negre
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| Members | 132 |
| Association headquarters |
Lausanne , Switzerland
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| Official languages) | English France |
| Homepage | www.fih.ch |
The Fédération Internationale de Hockey , also International Hockey Federation , (FIH) is the world hockey association based in Lausanne . He organizes various hockey competitions such as the hockey world championships . Leandro Negre from Spain has been President since November 29, 2008 . The FIH was founded in Paris on January 7, 1924 and consists of 132 national associations (as of October 2014).
history
The FIH was founded in Paris on January 7, 1924 . As early as 1908 (London) and 1920 (Antwerp), hockey was a discipline at the Summer Olympics . At the 1924 Summer Olympics , hockey was not considered because there was no world association yet. That is why the Fédération Internationale de Hockey sur Gazon was founded in 1924 on the initiative of the French Paul Léautey . The founding members were Austria , Belgium , Czechoslovakia, France , Hungary , Switzerland and Spain . In the same year the FIH became a member of the Olympic movement. Denmark joined in 1925, followed by the Netherlands (men) in 1926, Turkey in 1927 and Germany , India, Poland and Portugal in 1928 .
In 1927 the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA) was founded. Founding members were Australia , Denmark , England , Ireland , Scotland , South Africa , the USA and Wales . In 1982 the two world associations merged to form the FIH.
Since 1928 (Amsterdam), men's hockey has been a permanent part of the Summer Olympics program , and a women's tournament has also been held in Moscow since 1980. With the field hockey world championship for men in 1971 and the field hockey world championship for women in 1974 , world championships in field hockey were held for the first time. The first indoor hockey world championships took place in Leipzig in 2003 .
Continental Associations
The FIH consists of 127 national associations, which in turn are members of 5 continental associations:
- African Hockey Federation (marked red)
- Asian Hockey Federation (marked in yellow)
- European Hockey Federation (marked in blue)
- Oceania Hockey Federation (marked green)
- Pan American Hockey Federation (marked purple)
Great Britain has a special status and only competes in the Olympic Games, otherwise the independent members England, Scotland and Wales play. Ireland represents the entire island of Ireland: Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Members
| Africa (20 nations) | ||||
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 Egypt
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 Botswana
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 Burundi
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 Ghana
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 Cameroon
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 Kenya
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 Libya
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 Malawi
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 Morocco
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 Namibia
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 Nigeria
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 Seychelles
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 Sudan
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 South Africa
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 Tanzania
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 Togo
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 Uganda
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 Zambia
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 Sierra Leone
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 Zimbabwe
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| Oceania (9 Nations) | ||||
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 American Samoa
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 Australia
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 Fiji
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 New Zealand
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 Papua New Guinea
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 Solomon Islands
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 Tonga
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 Vanuatu
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 Western Samoa
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President
- 1924–1926 Paul Léautey (France)
- 1926–1932 Frantz Reichel (France)
- 1932–1936 Marc Bellin du Coteau (France)
- 1936–1945 Georg Evers (Germany)
- 1945–1946 Robert Liégeois (Belgium)
- 1946–1966 Quarles van Ufford (Netherlands)
- 1966–1983 René Franck (Belgium)
- 1983–1996 Étienne Glichitch (France)
- 1996–2001 Juan Ángel Calzado (Spain)
- 2001–2008 Els van Breda Vriesman (Netherlands)
- since 2008 Leandro Negre (Spain)
World hockey player
The FIH has been honoring the world's best female and male hockey players every year since 1998. Since 2001 there have also been awards for players under the age of 23.
World rankings
The FIH has been leading the national team rankings since 2003. The results of the last four years in the major international tournaments are included in the rating: Olympic Games, World Championships, Champions Trophy or Challenge and continental championships. In 2008, other tournaments, in particular the qualifying tournaments for the Olympic Games and the World Championships, were included in the rating. The current year is taken into account 100%, the years before 75%, 50% or 25%. The update is carried out approx. 4 times a year after the major tournaments.
The world rankings are usually the basis for grouping at the major tournaments and for filling the qualification tournaments.
Sponsors
Important sponsors are the corporate network BDO International , the Dutch bank Rabobank , the South Korean conglomerate Samsung and the Indian group Sahara . Officially, they are referred to as FIH Global Hockey Partners . These sponsors also act as title sponsors at international tournaments such as B. at the BDO Hockey World Cup Men 2006 .
Web links
- Official website of the FIH
Individual evidence
- ^ A b FIH: History of Hockey. Retrieved October 22, 2012 .
- ^ FIH concludes successful 2014 Congress in Marrakesh. Retrieved November 2, 2014 .
- ↑ Factsheet: The program of the games of the olympiad. (PDF; 167 kB) International Olympic Committee, December 2011, accessed on February 15, 2013 (English).
- ↑ a b Affiliated members , FIH website, as of July 2012
- ↑ World Ranking , FIH website, as of July 2012