New Delhi: The Indian men’s hockey team, which won a historic bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, finished third in the last FIH rankings of the year, while the women’s hockey team finished fourth in the Olympics. Team) ended the year in ninth place.
The Indian men’s team led by Manpreet Singh, which won an Olympic medal after 41 years in Tokyo, also won a bronze medal in the recent Asian Champions Trophy in Bangladesh. India 2296. Third position with 04 points. FIH Pro League and Olympic champions Belgium have lost top spot to Australia. Belgium is on the second spot with 2632.12 points while Olympic silver medalist Australia is on top with 2642.25 points, according to the rankings released by the International Hockey Federation today.
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The Netherlands (2234.33 points) are fourth and Germany (2038.71) fifth. The next five places are England, Argentina, New Zealand, Spain and Malaysia. Asian Champions Trophy winners Korea are at 16th, runners-up Japan at 17th and Pakistan at 18th. The women’s hockey team, captained by Rani Rampal, is ranked ninth in the ranking of women’s teams with 1810.32 points.
The Netherlands, which has won FIH Pro League, Euro Championship and Olympic gold medals, is on top with 3015.35 points. England (2375.78) is more than 600 points behind in second place. Olympic silver medalist Argentina is ranked third (2361.28). Australia is fourth, Germany fifth, Spain sixth, Belgium seventh, New Zealand eighth and China tenth. (agency)