International Hockey Federation

International Hockey Federation tí a gé kúrú tí gbogbo èèyàn sì mọ̀ sí FIH, ó jẹ́ àjọ tó ṣe àmọ́jútó èrè bọ́ọ̀lú aláfìgigbá ni orí pápá àti nínú yàrá ìyẹn  is the   (field hockey) àti (indoor field hockey). káàkiri àgbáyé. Àwọn olú iléeṣẹ́ wọ́n wà ní Lausanne, Switzerland. FIH ni ó ń má rí sí àwọn ìdíje eré bọ́ọ̀lù aláfigigbá hockey ní àgbáyé, bí ti ìdíje ife ẹ̀yẹ àgbáyé Hockey (Hockey World Cup).

 ÌTÀN 
Wọ́n dá FIH sílẹ̀ ní ọjọ́ keje oṣù kìiní ọdún 1924 ní  Paris, Paul Léautey ló gbé àjọ yìí kalẹ̀, tí ó sì padà wá jẹ́ ààrẹ àkọ́kọ́ fún àjọ náà, láti ṣe ìdáhùn sí àwọn àṣìṣe eré idárayá hockey nínú èto kan tí wọ́n pè ní 1924 Summer Olympics. Àwọn ọmọ ẹgbẹ́ àkọ́kọ́ tí wọ́n darapọ̀ mọ́ àwọn tó da sílẹ̀ ní Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Spain, àti Switzerland.

Ní ọdún 1983, FIH darapọ̀ mọ́ International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA), tí wọ́n dá sílẹ̀ ní ọdún 1927 nípasẹ̀ Australia, Denmark, England, Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, the United States, àti Wales.

Ilé iṣẹ́ náà wà ní Lausanne, Switzerland láti 2005, kí wọ́n kúrò níbẹ̀ lọ sí  Brussels, ní Belgium.

Ní ìdáhún sí  ìṣẹ̀lẹ̀ tó wáyé ní Russia àti Ukraine 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIH ò gba Russia láàyè láti kópa nínú 2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, tí wọn ò sì gba àwọn alákoso Russian àti Belarusian láàyé sí ṣíṣe tàbí ètò FIH kan

 Structure 
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:
Presidents of FIHNo.NameCountryTook officeLeft officeNote1Paul Léautey192419262Frantz Reichel192619323Marc Bellin du Côteau193219364Georg Evers19361945—Robert Liégeois19451946Acting5Jaap Quarles van Ufford194619666Rene Frank196619837Étienne Glichitch198319968Juan Calzado199620019Els van Breda Vriesman2001200810Leandro Negre2008201611Narinder Dhruv Batra20162022—Seif El Dine Ahmed20222022Acting12Tayyab Ikram2022Incumbent

 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

 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup
 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup
 Men's FIH Pro League
 Women's FIH Pro League
 Field hockey at the Summer Olympics in cooperation with International Olympic Committee
 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup
 Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup
 FIH Hockey5s World Cup (Coming in 2024)

 Junior

 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup
 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup
 Field hockey at the Youth Olympic Games in cooperation with International Olympic Committee

 Other

 Masters Hockey World Cup
 Grand Master Hockey World Cup
 International Children's Games

 Indoor 

 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup
 Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup

 Title holders 
CurrentCompetitionMen'sWomen'sOlympics (2020) (2020)World Cup (2023) (2022)FIH Pro League (2022–23) (2022–23)Junior World Cup (2021) (2022)Youth Olympics (2018) (2018)Indoor World Cup (2023) (2023)

 Partners 
The following are the partners of the International Hockey Federation:

 Hero MotoCorp

 See also 

 FIH World Rankings
 Hockey Rules Board
 History of field hockey

 References 

 External links