The Indian men\u2019s hockey team will join the FIH Pro League next year after pulling out of the inaugural edition, which began in January. Welcoming India back in the league, the International Hockey Federation\u00a0 said the move has been supported by other participating countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
India\u2019s\n men team will join the FIH Pro League from 2020 on, as was unanimously \nsupported by the other participating national associations,\u201d the FIH \nsaid in a statement after its executive board meeting.In July 2017, \nHockey India had decided to withdraw both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s national\n teams from the competition. HI never gave any official reason for the \ndecision but it was speculated that the inferior ranking of the women\u2019s \nteam prompted India to pullout from both the competitions as there was \nno option to take out just one team. Hockey India also believed that the\n country had better chances of qualifying for the Olympics via the \nHockey World League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the inaugural Pro-League which began in \nJanuary, nine teams are competing in a round-robin tournament with home \nand away matches till June. The top four teams will earn a ticket to the\n FIH\u2019s Olympic Qualification events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is great that India will\n join the FIH Pro League already next year. There is such a passion for \nhockey in the country that it will add a lot to our newest competition,\u201d\n FIH CEO Thierry Weil said.\u201cFurthermore, FIH would like to thank all \nparticipating national associations who, by agreeing on a common scheme \nfor the 2020 and 2021 calendars, have once again shown the solidarity of\n the global hockey community and their utmost will to grow the sport \ntogether.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EB also approved the 2020 and 2021 FIH Pro \nLeague match schedule principles. The league competition will be held \nwithin the first six months of every year and all these matches will \nremain \u2018home games\u2019.The away games will be kept too but will now be \nsplit over two consecutive seasons and work according to the following \nexample: In 2020, Team A will host Team B twice within a couple of days,\n and in 2021, Team B will host Team A twice within a couple of \ndays.\u201cThis scheme reduces by half the travel of the teams compared to \nthe current format, therefore decreasing costs for teams, benefitting \nathletes\u2019 welfare and reducing the impact on the environment,\u201d the FIH \nsaid. \n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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