Good performances in their respective FIH Pro League matches helped the Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams move up the FIH world rankings – the men jumped one place to third and women two places to seventh.
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Three wins and draws over England (3-3 and 4-3) and Germany (3-0 and 3-1) helped India with 2503.349 points to overtake the Netherlands, who finished fourth with 2465,707 points. Went.
India’s men are now behind Australia and Belgium as the top of the men’s rankings remains unchanged – Australia are at No. 1 with 2842.258 points after a successful four-match Test series against Malaysia; Belgium is at the second position with 2763.486 points.
India and the Netherlands are ranked third and fourth, respectively, after Germany (2248.019), Argentina (2179.069), England (2079.512) and New Zealand (1798.247). France is ninth with 1728.013, followed by Spain with 1720.526. Malaysia, Canada and South Africa are ranked 11th, 12th and 13th.
Successful performances against England and Germany at the Kalinga Stadium helped India men reach the top of the FIH Pro League standings with 27 points from 12 matches. They next play Belgium in Antwerp on 11 and 12 June, followed by two matches against the Netherlands on 18 and 19 June in Rotterdam.
While the men moved up the rankings, a win over the Netherlands helped the Indian women’s team move up two places to seventh in the FIH world rankings, their best-place finish on the list.
With the Indian women playing in the Pro League for the first time, the Dutch toured the country and this gave the hosts a good chance to beat them in a match that helped them rise to 2029.396 points.
The Netherlands (3015.716 points) consolidated their position at the top of the rankings after two victories against the United States and one win and loss against India. Argentina’s consistently good form in the Pro League means they remain in second place on 2610.650, with Australia (2434.048) in third place.
A win and a draw against the United States puts England (2384.971) in fourth place, with their next FIH Hockey Pro League rival, Germany (2240.079) in fifth. Spain remains at the sixth position with 2033.878 points, while India is at the seventh position. Belgium ranks eighth with 1985.293, ahead of New Zealand (1921.113), whose ninth place is their lowest ranking in many years, the FIH reported in a release on Monday.
The Indian women’s team leads the standings in the FIH Pro League with 22 points from eight matches. He has four outright wins (three points each), one win in a shootout (2 points) and two defeats in a shootout (1 point each).
She scored six points from two matches against England women, which were due to be held in Bhubaneswar on April 2-3, but were canceled due to suspected Covid-19 cases in the English team. As a result, it was agreed between the FIH and the two countries that the 6 points available for these 2 matches would be given to India.
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