Field hockey in India refers to two teams, the India men’s national field hockey team and the India women’s national field hockey team. In Juof Indian state Odisha wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to declare field hockey as the national sport of India. The state government of Odisha has been supporting India’s national field hockey team from February 2018 till next five years. The 2018 Men’s Hockey World Cup was held in the Odisha capital Bhubaneswar between November 28 and December 16 and culminated with Belgium as World Champions defeating Netherlands in the finals. Field hockey was formerly India’s National sportbut this is no longer the case as the country now has no national sport
Performance of Indian Hockey Team in All World Cups
| Year | Rank | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 3rd Place | Barcelona, Spain |
| 1973 | Runner Up | Amstelveen, Netherlands |
| 1975 | Winner | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 1978 | 6th Place | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 1982 | 5th Place | Bombay, India |
| 1986 | 12th Place | London, England |
| 1990 | 10th Place | Lahore, Pakistan |
| 1994 | 5th Place | Sydney, Australia |
| 1998 | 9th Place | Utrecht, Netherlands |
| 2002 | 10th Place | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 2006 | 21th Place || Monchengladbach, Germany | |
| 2010 | 8th Place | New Delhi, India |
| 2014 | 9th Place | The Hague, Netherlands |
| 2018 | 6th Place | Bhubaneswar, India |
The Indian Olympic Association appointed a new five-member national selection committee. This panel will work in conjunction with the International Hockey Federation in managing field hockey in India. The panel was headed by Aslam Sher Khan, a former MP and former hockey captain and includes Ashok Kumar, Ajit Pal Singh, Zafar Iqbal and Dhanraj Pillay. Aslam Sher Khan has now been replaced by Ajit Pal Singh as the chairman of the national selection committee. Aslam Sher Khan was highly displeased by this decision, though he remained as a selector
World Ranking FIH World Rankings as of 30 June 2019
| Rank | Change | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Netherlands | 2205 | |
| 4 | Argentina | 1988 | |
| 5 | India | 1823 | |
| 6 | 1 | England | 1779 |
| 7 | 1 | Germany | 1770 |
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