FIH Women's World Ranking

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The FIH Women's World Rankings is a ranking system for women's national teams in field hockey. The teams of the member nations of International Hockey Federation (FIH), field hockey's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results. The rankings were introduced in October 2003. [1]

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Current rankings

Women's Top 20 Rankings as of 6 July 2023 [2]
RankChangeTeamPoints
1Steady2.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3302.86
2Increase2.svg 1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2703.33
3Decrease2.svg 1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2666.9
4Steady2.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 2417.55
5Increase2.svg 1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2416.8
6Decrease2.svg 1Flag of England.svg  England 2341.63
7Steady2.svgFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 2256.82
8Steady2.svgFlag of India.svg  India 2175.87
9Steady2.svgFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1915.85
10Increase2.svg 1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1800.11
11Decrease2.svg 1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1794.1
12Steady2.svgFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1708.64
13Steady2.svgFlag of Ireland hockey team.svg  Ireland 1639.29
14Steady2.svgFlag of Chile.svg  Chile 1538.52
15Increase2.svg 1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1524.65
16Decrease2.svg 1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1472.48
17Steady2.svgFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1372.1
18Steady2.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 1356.35
19Steady2.svgFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1326.25
20Steady2.svgFlag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1203.29
*Change from 21 March 2023

Uses of the rankings

The rankings were introduced to overcome the criticism of fixing when drawing the pools for each tournament. It also determines the quotas for tournaments such as the Olympic Games and the World Cup. [3]

Calculation method

Overview

All of the FIH-recognised, including qualifying and continental matches played in last four years are included in ranking points calculation. However, the past results will be deducted by the percentage set by the FIH as shown by the tabulation below:

YearPoints percentage included
Year 4100%
Year 375%
Year 250%
Year 125%
Total points

Continental championships method

FIH had set allocated ranking points for all the continental tournaments. However, a different percentage of points for every continent raised questions about the system. Only Europe had full 100% points allocation for all classifications while the others had only several finishers with full points allocation. Africa was the sole continent with neither men's or women's tournaments having full points allocation regardless of the classifications.

New calculation method

From 2020 onwards, the FIH rolled out a new match-based world rankings system similar to the ones being used in rugby union and association football. [4]

Rank leaders

Women's at the end of each year
YearTeam
PresentFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
2010
2009Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Women's Leaderboard
TeamYears
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 17
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 3

See also

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