Fédération Internationale de Hockey | |
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| Abbreviation | FIH |
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| Formation | 7 January 1924; 102 years ago (1924-01-07) |
| Founded at | Paris,France |
| Type | Sports federation |
| Legal status | Governing body of: Field hockey Indoor hockey Hockey5s Beach hockey[1] |
| Purpose | Sport governance |
| Headquarters | Lausanne,Switzerland |
Region served | Worldwide |
| Membership | 140 national associations |
Official language | English,French[2] |
President | Tayyab Ikram[3] |
CEO | Thierry Weil |
Main organ | Congress |
| Affiliations | International Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
TheInternational Hockey Federation, commonly known by theacronymFIH, is the international governing body offield hockey andindoor field hockey. Its headquarters are inLausanne, Switzerland. FIH is responsible for field hockey's major international tournaments, notably theHockey World Cup.
FIH was founded on 7 January 1924 inParis by Paul Léautey, who became the first president, in response to field hockey's omission from the programme of the1924 Summer Olympics.[4] First members complete to join the seven founding members were Austria,Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Spain, and Switzerland.[5]
In 1982, the FIH merged with the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA), which had been founded in 1927 byAustralia, Denmark,England,Ireland,Scotland, South Africa, the United States, andWales.[5]
The organisation has been based inLausanne, Switzerland since 2005, having moved fromBrussels, Belgium.[6]
In response to the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the FIH banned Russia from the2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, and banned Russian and Belarusian officials from FIH events.[7]
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 theOlympics and theChampions Trophy. England, Scotland and Wales are also represented by separate teams in FIH sanctioned tournaments.[citation needed]
TheFIH World Rankings was updated once after the major tournament finished, based on FIH sanction tournaments.[citation needed]
The following is a list of presidents of FIH:[8]
| No. | Name | Country | Took office | Left office | Note |
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| 1 | Paul Léautey |  France | 1924 | 1926 | |
| 2 | Frantz Reichel | France | 1926 | 1932 | |
| 3 | Marc Bellin du Côteau | France | 1932 | 1936 | |
| 4 | Georg Evers |  Germany | 1936 | 1945 | |
| — | Robert Liégeois |  Belgium | 1945 | 1946 | Acting |
| 5 | Jaap Quarles van Ufford |  Netherlands | 1946 | 1966 | |
| 6 | Rene Frank | Belgium | 1966 | 1983 | |
| 7 | Étienne Glichitch |  France | 1983 | 1996 | |
| 8 | Juan Calzado |  Spain | 1996 | 2001 | |
| 9 | Els van Breda Vriesman | Netherlands | 2001 | 2008 | |
| 10 | Leandro Negre | Spain | 2008 | 2016 | |
| 11 | Narinder Dhruv Batra |  India | 2016 | 2022 | |
| — | Seif El Dine Ahmed |  Egypt | 2022 | 2022 | Acting |
| 12 | Tayyab Ikram |  Macau | 2022 | Incumbent |
TheFIH 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. FIH has twelve Honorary awards given to people who have made outstanding contributions to field hockey.[9]
The following are the partners of the International Hockey Federation:[10]
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