Universities that churn out internationals. Old clubs that never stop competing. English hockey is built on those two pillars, and the next two years put both of them on show. The numbers first. England’s men are seventh in the FIH world rankings on 3,431 points, and England’s women are seventh too, on 3,044. Top eight…
Some towns produce players. Terrassa produces hockey itself. Spain’s national teams keep proving the point at the top level. The men are sixth in the FIH world rankings on 3,473 points. The women are fifth on 3,089. Both sides sit comfortably inside the world’s top six, and both are built on one of the deepest…
In Argentina, hockey isn’t a side story. It never has been. Las Leonas and Los Leones carry a passion few hockey nations can match, and right now the teams are giving the fans plenty to shout about. The Lionesses run the show Start with the women. Argentina are the reigning World Cup champions, after winning…
Belgium isn’t a big country. So how is it doing this? Right now, the FIH rankings have the Belgian men second in the world on 3,692 points and the Belgian women third on 3,494. Same country, same moment, two top-three teams. Only Germany sits above the men. Only the Netherlands and Argentina sit above the…
A tied match can’t stay tied. And score a field goal in Australia’s Hockey One League, and you get a one-on-one shot at a bonus goal on top of it. That’s the most interesting experiment in world club hockey, and it’s running right now. The senior picture first. In the FIH rankings update of 31…
Eighth. Both of them. In the FIH rankings update of 31 August 2026, India’s men sit eighth in the world on 3,072 points. India’s women sit eighth too, on 2,938. It’s a symmetrical position, and an honest one: both teams are in the chasing pack behind the European and South American heavyweights, close enough to…
The 2026 World Cup, played across the Netherlands and Belgium, ended with a familiar sight: Germany’s men lifting the trophy. The rankings update that followed, on 31 August 2026, made it official. Germany are top of the world on 3,720 points, with Belgium (3,692) and Australia (3,583) close behind. The women are sixth on 3,063…
Four thousand and eighty-three points. That’s the Netherlands women’s total in the FIH world rankings of 31 August 2026, and it’s the biggest number any hockey team on the planet holds right now, men or women. The Dutch men sit fifth on 3,481 points, tucked into a top five so tight that barely 240 points…
Germany sit on top of the men’s world. The Netherlands’ women are so far in front that the gap to second place is a story in itself. And Pakistan? Twelfth in the men’s table, and exactly the same place in the junior one. Here’s what the latest FIH World Rankings say, and how the points…
Pakistan hockey has talked about a franchise league for years. Talk is cheap, and fans have learned to take it with a pinch of salt. But on 14 October 2026, at a formal launch in Islamabad, it stopped being talk. The Pakistan Hockey League is real, and its inaugural season is planned for 2027. What’s…
