A file picture of Indian males hockey gamers.
| Photograph Credit score: Biswaranjan Rout
India on March 12 slipped a spot to the fourth place within the newest FIH males’s world rankings with Germany taking the third place following their spectacular run on the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers.
India (2761) had straight certified for the Paris Olympics by way of an Asian Video games gold final 12 months and didn’t have to play within the recently-concluded Olympic Qualifiers.
Germany (2786), alternatively, went unbeaten on the Olympic Qualifiers in Oman and adopted that up with two wins and two attracts towards Argentina and a younger Belgian facet throughout the Santiago del Estero mini event within the FIH Professional League to surpass India.
Netherlands (3060) proceed to sit down on the prime of the rankings, coming away from the India leg of the FIH Professional League, comparatively unscathed, with two attracts towards India and a loss to Australia accounting for his or her solely dropped factors in 8 matches.
Belgium (2848) proceed to carry on to the second place within the rankings after a powerful displaying on the Olympic Qualifiers in Valencia, Spain.
Australia (2757), who have been the stand out performers throughout the FIH Professional League mini-tournament in India, leapfrogged England (2720) into fifth place. Argentina (2524) and Spain (2296) proceed to carry on to the seventh and eighth positions respectively.
France (2085) was ninth, whereas New Zealand (2025) made their manner again into the top-10 following a spirited displaying on the Olympic Qualifiers in Oman, the place they pipped Pakistan within the bronze medal match to qualify for the upcoming Olympic Video games.
Within the Ladies’s Rankings, India (2215), who didn’t make the minimize for the Paris Video games, are ranked ninth within the checklist headed by Netherlands (3422), who remained away from the chasing pack, having gained all 12 of their Professional League season 5 matches to date.
Argentina (2827) and Germany (2732) moved forward of Australia into second and third locations following sturdy performances throughout the Santiago del Estero mini-tournament.
Australia (2678) in fourth are adopted by Belgium (2499) who dropped a spot on the again of 4 straight losses within the FIH Professional League.
England (2304) remained sixth, adopted by Spain (2244) on seventh, who’ve closed the hole to England because of a powerful displaying on the Olympic Qualifiers in Valencia, the place they completed second to qualify for Paris.
China (2226)’s performances throughout the Indian mini-tournament of the FIH Professional League in February, noticed them sit second within the Professional League desk, catapulting them forward of India (2215) on the planet rankings, into the eighth place.
Lower than 100 factors separate England on sixth and India on ninth, displaying the intently contested nature of worldwide girls’s hockey.