General Hockey News,Discussion And Updates Thread

[TushShar]

Indian Hockey Teams To Take
Part In The International Hockey Festival In Melbourne

The Indian national men’s and women’s
hockey team will take part in the
International Hockey festival. Melbourne will be home to a new festival of hockey and showpiece
international hockey tournament for the next three years, it has been announced by the Victorian government.The new men’s tournament, which
will be broadcasted internationally, will take place in late November and will feature Australia, India and Malaysia in 2016, with a fourth team to be confirmed in the coming months.

Read more at Hockey India | Indian Hockey Teams to take part in the International Hockey festival in Melbourne

 

[TushShar]

Sardar Singh believes Indian
hockey team can grab a medal at Rio Olympics


Not many would call them medal
contenders but Indian hockey
captain Sardar Singh foresees a
podium finish for his team in the
upcoming Rio Olympics if it
masters the art of converting half
chances into goals.
Sardar admitted that it won't be
easy for the eight-time former
champions but exuded
confidence of putting up a much- better show at the quadrennial event, where they finished last among 12 teams in the previous edition in London.

Read more at Sardar Singh believes Indian hockey team can grab a medal at Rio Olympics | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis

 

[TushShar]

One week break before Champions Trophy will rejuvenate players: Indian hockey coach Oltmans


Bengaluru: India men's
hockey team chief coach
Roelant Oltmans feels the one
week break starting on Friday
before the Champions Trophy
will help the players
rejuvenate themselves ahead
of the Rio Olympics, the
countdown for which has
already begun.
The 29-member men's hockey
squad will be on a week's
break before they rejoin on
May 29 and Oltmans said the
idea behind the move was to
ensure the players are feeling
fresh and hungry ahead of
next month's FIH Champions
Trophy in London.

One week break before Champions Trophy will rejuvenate players: Indian hockey coach Oltmans

 

[TushShar]

Guys What do you think Can Indian Hockey Team win Medal at Rio Olympics 2016..?

 

[Sai Jai]

Guys What do you think Can Indian Hockey Team win Medal at Rio Olympics 2016..?

I dont think so :s .. If they work hard & luck is there with us chance is there for Bronze .. Lets see ..

 

[TushShar]

I dont think so :s .. If they work hard & luck is there with us chance is there for Bronze .. Lets see ..

Yes bro..Bronze Medal is also a great thing.. :luv

 

[Sai Jai]

Yes bro..Bronze Medal is also a great thing.. :luv

but hockey is our national game :s:s:dodgy ..

 

[avipersistent]

We should fight and aim for Gold in Hockey.We won silver in champions trophy for the first time in history and nothing is impossible if we go for it.

 

[rahul1117kumar]

India slip in Men's Hockey rankings; women move up one spot to 12th


Indian men's hockey team slipped one place to occupy sixth in the FIH rankings after their lacklustre show in the Rio Olympics 2016, while their female counterparts surprisingly gained one position to be at 12th in the latest charts released on Tuesday.

The Indian men's side crashed out of the Olympics in the quarter-finals by losing to eventual runners-up team Belgium 1-3, while the women's team failed to get past the group stage.

The Roelant Oltmans-coached side went into the Olympics as fifth in the rankings but two wins, two losses and a draw in the group stage and a defeat to Belgium in the last-eight stage saw them pushed down to sixth in the latest rankings.

Australia's Kookaburras -- who finished in sixth place in Rio -- remain in first place, but newly crowned Olympic champions Argentina earned enough points to move up five places to second.

The 'Los Leones' sit just ahead of fourth place finishers and now third-ranked Netherlands, with Rio 2016 Olympic bronze medallists Germany moving down one place to fourth in the rankings.

Olympic silver medallists Belgium move up one place to fifth, with India being pushed down into sixth and England (Great Britain) down from fourth to seventh.

Spain's excellent performances at Rio 2016 saw them finish in fifth in the Olympic standings, enough to see them re-enter the top 10 to sit ninth in the rankings.

Ireland's history-making Olympic performances have also paid off, with a 10th place finish in Rio moving them up to 10th in the rankings table.

On the women's side of things, Great Britain's shoot-out victory over the Netherlands saw them claim gold and move up to third in the FIH World Rankings (as England), just behind top-ranked Netherlands and Argentina, who remain in second place despite a seventh place finish in Rio.

Australia, New Zealand and USA all move down one place to fourth, fifth and sixth respectively, with Olympic bronze medallists Germany climbing two places from ninth to seventh.

Another climber is Spain, moving up from 14th to 11th thanks to their eighth place finish at the Olympic Games.

The next update to the FIH World Rankings will be published following the completion of the Hockey World League Round 1 events later this year.

India slip in Men's Hockey rankings; women move up one spot to 12th

 

[rahul1117kumar]

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: PR Sreejesh to lead India, four rookies included

Star custodian PR Sreejesh will lead an 18-member Indian hockey team at the 26th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia, starting April 29. Manpreet Singh will be Sreejesh's deputy in the squad that also has members from the junior World Cup winning squad.

Squad: Goalkeepers PR Sreejesh (C), Suraj Karkera; Defenders: Pardeep Mor, Surender Kumar, Rupinderpal Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Gurinder Singh; Midfielders: Chinglensana Singh Kangujam, Sumit, Sardar Singh, Manpreet Singh (VC), Harjeet Singh, Manpreet; Forwards: SV Sunil, Talwinder Singh, Mandeep Singh, Affan Yousuf, Akashdeep Singh.

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: PR Sreejesh to lead India, four rookies included | Zee News