Hockey

HOCKEY

Ground
Length: 91.44m
Breadth: 55m

Goalpost
Height: 2.14m
Length: 3.66m

Ball: 156-163gm

Players: 11
Substitutes: No limits

Game time: 60min (15 min intermission- 4 sessions in the game for 15 min)
Earlier: 70 min (35 min each)

Terms associated with Hokey
ASTROTURF: Grass/field where hockey is played
DRIBBLE
SCOOP
BACKSTICK

CARDS
1. Green: Time penalty of 5 min
2. Yellow- penalty of 10min
3. Red: Out

HOCKEY WORLD CUP
1971- First time: Pakistan won (Has won most no of times=4)
1975- India won (the only time we won- India has hosted max no of times-4)

FihHockey5s World Cup- 5 players
2024: Muscat, Oman- 1st world cup
Netherlands won in both men and women (against India) team

TROPHIES
Nehru Trophy, Wellington Trophy, Agha Khan Cup, Maharaja Ranjt Singh, Begum Rasul trophy, Murugappa Gold Cup, Beighton Cup, Rangwaswammy Cup
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Sultan of Johor Cup- both hosted by Malaysia

INDIAN HOCKEY FEDERATION- estd in 1925
Hq- New Delhi

Birda Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela, Odisha- largest seated hockey stadium in the world

FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup
1st in 1971- Barcelona, Spain
Women tournament in 1974 in Mandelieu, France

Once every 4 years
2018: Bhubaneshwar, Odisha- Belgium won
2023: India hosted in Odisha- Germany won
2026: 16th edition in Wavre, Belgium and Amstelveen, Netherlands

India won only once in 1975
Pakistan- most successful- 4 times