The challenging year 2020 is finally coming to end but as the going gets tough, the tough gets going. We at FIH take pride as we aimed to get hockey pitch ready and provided all Continental Federations and National Associations with detailed guidelines to brave through Covid-19 pandemic. We successfully managed to play almost half of the FIH Hockey Pro League matches for this season in most of the countries whenever the health permitted.
Driven with the mission to develop hockey, we effectively utilized the covid intricacy of time to virtually train and successfully educate our hockey coaches, officials and administrators. The initiative is in addition to the growth of Hockey5s, for a more gender-equal sport with a high-level quality programme and good governance.
Futher, we’ve launched the foundations of our new digital home- “Watch.Hockey”. Within few weeks of limited international matches, our digital home is thriving with approximately 60’000 registered users on our application.
Now, FIH is moving forward stronger than ever as 2021 will be a year full of exciting events!
The most anticipated Olympic Hockey Tournaments in Tokyo! Tremendous efforts are involved to make this event a resounding success!
Further, we will enjoy the Second Stage of the current FIH Hockey Pro League season, with lots of thrilling matches ahead of us! And already before the end of 2021, Pro League – Hockey at its Best ! – will be on the agenda again. The new schedule of our home-and-away League, running from October to June, will be implemented for the first time.
The Junior World Cups, hosted by South Africa for Women and India for Men, will once again bring fore the greatest talents of our sport, the stars of tomorrow!
Meanwhile, all Continental Federations and National Associations will have gathered for the 47th Congress of FIH in May, in New Delhi, India.
Dr Narinder Dhruv Batra, President of FIH expresses gratitude to the entire hockey community for their unconditional support,
” I’d like to extend thanks to our broadcast and commercial partners for their invaluable support, to our preferred suppliers, to the entire hockey community, including all the fans and volunteers around the world, for their passion and dedication, and to all those members of the hockey community who have been at the front of the fight against COVID-19!”.
Here’s to wishing everybody a fortune of health in 2021!!
Riya Sinha
Sports, Fashion & Lifestyle Journalist
