FIH - Fédération Internationale de Hockey
Field Hockey is an ancient sport. There are depictions of hockey-like
games from the Ancient Greece and East Asia.
The modern hockey game originated in the middle of the
19th century in England.
An International Rule Board was introduced in 1895, and in
1908 hockey was part of the Olympic program for the first time. But the
sport was not considered for the Olympic Games in 1924 because it
was not represented by an international federation.
This has inspired the Frenchman Paul Léautey
to invite representatives from other 6 countries
(AUT, BEL, ESP, HUN, SUI and TCH) to establish
the Fédération Internationale de Hockey sur Gazon (FIH)
in the same year. In March 1935, the FIH deleted
the words "sur Gazon" from its name.
Parallel the women's hockey grew rapidly. In
1924 at a meeting of representatives from ENG, IRL, SCO,
WAL and USA it was decided to establish a separate women's
federation. Three years later 1927, January 23, in London the
International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA)
was founded by AUS, DEN, ENG, IRL, RSA, SCO, USA and WAL.
On 1983, Apr 23 the IFWHA dissolved, its member federations became
immediately member of the FIH (if not already associated).
This merger was a demand by the IOC to include women′s
hockey in the Olympic program.
1930: 15 member federations (only FIH)
1964: 50 member federations (only FIH)
1974: 71 member federations (only FIH)
1996: 119 member federations
2014: 126 member federations
2020: 136 member federations
Presidents
| FIH | IFWHA | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 07.01.1924 - 02.01.1926 🕆 | Paul Léautey FRA | ||
| 03.01.1926 - 24.03.1932 🕆 | Frantz Reichel FRA | 23.01.1927 - 10.09.1933 | Catherine J. Gaskell ENG |
| 13.11.1932 - 10.08.1936 | Dr. Marcel Bellin du Coteau FRA | 11.09.1933 - 08.05.1948 | Helen Krumbhaar USA |
| 10.08.1936 - 1945 | Georg Evers GER | ||
| 1945 - 06.10.1946 | Robert Liégeois BEL, interim | ||
| 06.10.1946 - 23.11.1966 | Jonkheer L.J. Quarles van Ufford NED | 08.05.1948 - 12.07.1950 | M. Dietrich RSA |
| 13.07.1950 - 10.10.1953 | Hilda M. Light ENG | ||
| 11.10.1953 - 02.11.1955 🕆 | Marie Hamilton AUS | ||
| 03.11.1955 - 02.06.1956 | Eve Redfern AUS | ||
| 03.06.1956 - 07.05.1959 | Eska de Josselin de Jong NED | ||
| 08.05.1959 - 18.09.1963 | Nancy Sawin USA | ||
| 23.11.1966 - 04.09.1983 🕆 | René G. Frank BEL | 19.09.1963 - 28.09.1967 | Bärbel Kolbenschlag FRG |
| 29.09.1967 - 01.09.1971 | Aileen Gooder NZL | ||
| 02.09.1971 - 23.04.1983 | Eileen Hyndman SCO | ||
| 21.01.1984 - 16.11.1996 | Étienne Glichitch FRA | ||
| 16.11.1996 - 23.04.2001 | Juan Ángel Calzado de Castro ESP | ||
| 23.04.2001 - 29.11.2008 | Els van Breda Vriesman NED | ||
| 29.11.2008 - 12.11.2016 | Leandro Negre Carrió ESP | ||
| 12.11.2016 - 18.07.2022 | Dr. Narinder Batra IND | ||
| 18. - 20.07.2022 | --- | ||
| 20.07. - 05.11.2022 | Seif Ahmed EGY; acting | ||
| 05.11.2022 - | Tayyab Ikram MAC | ||
Secretaries General
| FIH | IFWHA - Honorary Secretaries | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07.01.1924 - 24.11.1929 | Francisco Botella ESP | 23.01.1927 - 08.07.1930 | Wilhelmina A. Baumann ENG | ||
| 24.11.1929 - 03.11.1950 | Albert Demaurex SUI | 08.07.1930 - 11.09.1933 | Helen G. Armfield ENG | ||
| 11.09.1933 - 08.05.1948 | Anne B. Townsend USA | ||||
| 17.05.1948 - 12.07.1950 | Sylvia C. Hoffa RSA | ||||
| 03.11.1950 - 23.11.1966 | René G. Frank BEL | 13.07.1950 - 10.10.1953 | Kathleen „Kay” Watkins ENG | ||
| 11.10.1953 - 02.06.1956 | Pretoria „Tory” Wicks AUS | ||||
| 03.06.1956 - 07.05.1959 | Reina F. Streefkerk-Schuitema NED | ||||
| 08.05.1959 - 18.09.1963 | Betty Shellenberger USA | ||||
| IFWHA - Honoray General & Conference Secretaries | |||||
| 23.11.1966 - 21.01.1984 | Étienne Glichitch FRA | 18.09.1963 - 29.08.1979 | Kathleen „Kay” Watkins ENG | ||
| 29.08.1979 - 23.04.1983 | Margot Stewart SCO | ||||
| 21.01.1984 - 04.03.1993 | Juan Ángel Calzado de Castro ESP | ||||
| 04.03.1993 - 05.11.1994 | the role has been shared by a number of council members | ||||
| 05.11.1994 - 23.04.2001 | Els van Breda Vriesman NED | ||||
| 23.04.2001 - 04.10.2011 | Peter Cohen AUS | ||||
Player of the Year
| Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Stephan VEEN NED | Alyson ANNAN AUS |
| 1999 | Jay STACY AUS | Natascha KELLER GER |
| 2000 | Stephan VEEN NED | Alyson ANNAN AUS |
| 2001 | Florian KUNZ GER | Luciana AYMAR ARG |
| 2002 | Michael GREEN GER | Cecilia ROGNONI ARG |
| 2003 | Teun de NOOIJER NED | Mijntje DONNERS NED |
| 2004 | Jamie DWYER AUS | Luciana AYMAR ARG |
| 2005 | Teun de NOOIJER NED | Luciana AYMAR ARG |
| 2006 | Teun de NOOIJER NED | Minke BOOIJ NED |
| 2007 | Jamie DWYER AUS | Luciana AYMAR ARG |
| 2008 | Pol AMAT ESP | Luciana AYMAR ARG |
| 2009 | Jamie DWYER AUS | Luciana AYMAR ARG Naomi van AS NED |
| 2010 | Jamie DWYER AUS | Luciana AYMAR ARG |
| 2011 | Jamie DWYER AUS | Maartje PAUMEN NED |
| 2012 | Moritz FÜRSTE GER | Maartje PAUMEN NED |
| 2013 | Tobias HAUKE GER | Luciana AYMAR ARG |
| 2014 | Mark KNOWLES AUS | Ellen HOOG NED |
| 2015 | Robert van der HORST NED | Lidewij WELTEN NED |
| 2016 | John-John DOHMEN BEL | Naomi van AS NED |
| 2017 | Arthur VAN DOREN BEL | Delfina MERINO ARG |
| 2018 | Arthur VAN DOREN BEL | Eva DE GOEDE NED |
| 2019 | Manpreet SINGH IND | Eva DE GOEDE NED |
| 2020 | Not awarded as many international matches of 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | |
| 2021 | Harmanpreet SINGH IND | Gurjit KAUR IND |
| 2022 | Harmanpreet SINGH IND | Felice ALBERS NED |
Last modified: 09.02.2023