Hockey Rankings: Indian hockey team rankings as it slips off from its position in the world hockey rankings despite marking big wins
Moving the Indian hockey team down from the 4th spot in the world hockey rankings was quite unobvious and hard to digest. FIH Hockey Pro League is the deciding factor for the rankings of all hockey teams. Netherlands and Argentina have changed their fate by upgrading their position on the ranking tables.
The ranking by FIH is carried out based upon the individual performance of each field hockey team in various international hockey events. Hockey rankings 2021 were recently out by the International Hockey Federation.
Hockey Rankings: Hockey Ranking List 2021
1. Belgium
Rank: 1
Points: 2602.319
Belgium hockey team is a representative of Belgium in the international hockey world and is governed by the Royal Belgium Hockey Association. Eric Pirenne is the manager of this team and Thomas Briels is the captain. The Belgium hockey team is coached by Shane McLeod.
2. Australia
Rank: 2
Points: 2489.583
The Australian hockey team is regarded as the most sports hockey team in the entire world because of its amazing players. Aran Zalewski captains this hockey team under the mentorship of Coach Colin Batch. This hockey team is active since 1956.
3. Germany
Rank: 3
Points: 2254.484
The German hockey team has been a recipient of gold four times in the Olympics. Also, it has marked victory in the Eurohockey Nations Championship under the training of Coach Kais al Saadi. Tobias Hauke captains this team.
4. Netherlands
Rank: 4
Points: 2232.556
This hockey team is governed by the Royal Dutch Hockey Federation of Netherlands. Maximiliano Caldas is the proud Coach of this fantastic hockey team of the Netherlands. Players such as Billy Bakker and Paul Litjens have always made the team proud by performing excellently in all international events.
5. India
Rank: 5
Points: 2223.458
India is the only non-European team among the top 5 in the Hockey rankings 2021, in the year 1960 India managed to win its first-ever gold in the Olympics for the sport of hockey. Graham Reid has been coaching the Indian hockey team for a long time along with the captaincy of the very talented Manpreet Singh.
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