Field hockey in India
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Field hockey is the national game of India.
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[edit] History
Field Hockey became popular in India when the British army regiments played the game while stationed within Indian lands. Not long after, Indian regiments also picked up the game and began playing regularily. The first Indian hockey club was formed in Calcutta in 1885-86, followed by Bombay and Punjab.
In the Olympic Games, India played hockey for the first time at the 1928 Games held in Amsterdam, when they reached the final. In the final, India defeated Holland by three goals to nil.
The Indians brought a touch of magic to their play and their ball juggling feats were a sheer delight.
The golden era of hockey in India was the period from 1928 to 1956 when India won 6 consecutive gold medals in the Olympic Games. During that era, India played 24 Olympic matches, winning all 24, scoring 178 goals and conceding only 7.
In 1960 after 28 consecutive victories in the Olympic Games, India lost 0-1 to Pakistan in the final at the Rome Olympics.
India however won gold medal in 1964 Tokyo Olympics. However another gold medal for India came in the 1980 Moscow Olympics only and none thereafter so far.
[edit] National tournaments
- 1)All India MCC Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament,Chennai[T.N.]
- 2)All india Gurmeet Memorial Hockey Tournament,Chandigarh[Punjab]
- 3)All india Surmeet Memorial Hockey Tournament,Jalandhar[Punjab]
- 4)All India Chhatrapati Shivaji Hockey Tournament,Delhi
- 5)All India Aagha Khan Hockey Tournament,Mumbai[Maharashtra]
- 6)All India Bombay Gold Cup Hockey Tournament,Mumbai[Maharashtra]
- 7)All India Obaidullah Khan Gold Cup Hockey Tournament,Bhopal[M.P.]
- 8)All India Jawaharlal Nehru Hockey Tournament,Delhi
- 9)All India Lal Bahadur Shastri Hockey Tournament ,Delhi
- 10)All India Sanjay Hockey Tournament,Delhi
- 11)All India K D singh Babu Memorial Invitational Prize Money Hockey Tournament,Lucknow[U.P.]
- 11)All India Ramesh Chander Memorial Hockey Tournament,Jalandhar[Punjab]
- 13)All india Liberals Hockey Tournament,Nabha
- 14)All India Shri Shadilal Rajendra Lal Memorial Hockey Tournament,Shamli[U.P.]
- 15)All India Indira Gold Cup Hockey Tournament,Jammu[J & K]
- 16)All India Beighton Hockey Tournament,Kolkata[W.B]
- 17)All India G.P.Kuppuswami Naidu Hockey Tournament,Kovilpatti[T.N.]
- 18)Senior National Hockey Tournament
- 19)Junior National Hockey Tournament
- 20)Sub-junior National Hockey Tournament
[edit] Major Players
[edit] Women field Hockey in India
indian womens hockey has played a very important role in asia ,but it has failed to make presence in world cup and olympic games like it's male counterparts .
india has never qualified in a olympic games and in world cup ,its favorite position was 4th position in year 1974 in the 1st womens world cup hockey held at france .Then onwards india failed even qualify for world cup.in 2002 world cup in argentina india finshed 12th ,while in 2006 world cup held at netherland india finshed at 11th place..
results
- world cup*
1st world cup -1974 ,france - 4th place 9th world cup -2002 ,argentina-12th place 10th world cup-2006 ,netherland-11th place
- commonwealth games*
1st commonwealth games 1998,bangkok- 2nd commonwealth games 2002,manchester-1st(champions) 3rd commonwealth games 2006,melbourne -2nd (runner-up) 4th commonwealth games 2010,new delhi -
- champions trophy*
never won podium finish in champions trophy
- champions challenge*
1st champion challenge2002,s africa-3rd place
- afro-asian games*
1st afro-asian games 2003,hyderabad-india-1st place(champions)
- junior world cup*
4th junior world cup2001,argentina-9th place 5th junior world cup2005,chile -12th place
[edit] See also
- Hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Hockey at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics
