International Hockey Federation

FIH was founded on 7 January 1924 in Paris by Paul Léautey, who became the first president, in response to field hockey's omission from the programme of the 1924 Summer Olympics.^[4] First members complete to join the seven founding members were Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Spain, and Switzerland.^[5]

In 1982, the FIH merged with the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA), which had been founded in 1927 by Australia, Denmark, England, Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, the United States, and Wales.^[5]

The organisation has been based in Lausanne, Switzerland since 2005, having moved from Brussels, Belgium.^[6]

In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the FIH banned Russia from the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, and banned Russian and Belarusian officials from FIH events.^[7]

In total, there are 140 member associations within the five confederations recognised by FIH. This includes Great Britain which is recognised as an adherent member of FIH, the team was represented at the Olympics and the Champions Trophy. England, Scotland and Wales are also represented by separate teams in FIH sanctioned tournaments.^{[citation needed]}

  AfHF – African Hockey Federation

  AHF – Asian Hockey Federation

  EHF – European Hockey Federation

  OHF – Oceania Hockey Federation

  PAHF – Pan American Hockey Federation

The FIH World Rankings was updated once after the major tournament finished, based on FIH sanction tournaments.^{[citation needed]}

The following is a list of presidents of FIH:^[8]

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Presidents of FIH

No.	Name	Country	Took office	Left office	Note
1	Paul Léautey	France	1924	1926
2	Frantz Reichel	France	1926	1932
3	Marc Bellin du Côteau	France	1932	1936
4	Georg Evers	Germany	1936	1945
—	Robert Liégeois	Belgium	1945	1946	Acting
5	Jaap Quarles van Ufford	Netherlands	1946	1966
6	Rene Frank	Belgium	1966	1983
7	Étienne Glichitch	France	1983	1996
8	Juan Calzado	Spain	1996	2001
9	Els van Breda Vriesman	Netherlands	2001	2008
10	Leandro Negre	Spain	2008	2016
11	Narinder Batra	India	2016	2022
—	Seif El Dine Ahmed	Egypt	2022	2022	Acting
12	Tayyab Ikram	Macau	2022	Incumbent

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The FIH Awards have been given annually since 1998 for men and women, while the young category was added in 2001 to honour the best performances for junior players. FIH has twelve Honorary awards given to people who have made outstanding contributions to field hockey.^[9]

The following are the partners of the International Hockey Federation:^[10]

• Hero MotoCorp

• FIH World Rankings
• Hockey Rules Board
• History of field hockey