Pakistan national hockey team’s performance in their last two competitions has been highly encouraging.
The men in green won the 2010 Asian Games crown after 20 years in Guangzhou, China, late last year and then finished as runners-up in the recently-held Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia.
The men in green won the 2010 Asian Games crown after 20 years in Guangzhou, China, late last year and then finished as runners-up in the recently-held Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia.
However, the International Hockey Federation (FIH), which last issued the men’s world rankings on August 9, 2010, has not updated the list on its website yet.
Quite interestingly, Pakistan, despite winning the Asian Games title in November 2010, still remain at the eighth spot on the FIH rankings list, one place above arch-rivals India and one position below New Zealand.
The latest FIH rankings list is not available on their website after a lapse of more than nine months since it was last updated on August 9, 2010.
It is however mentioned on the website that world rankings will be updated on the website on October 27 after the Pan American Games.
The tournaments that have their results used for the points calculation in international rankings are the Olympics, World Cup, Champions Trophy, Champions Challenge and Continental Federation Championships.
So Pakistan’s noteworthy performance in the 2011 Azlan Shah Cup will not be taken into consideration even after the rankings are next updated.
Still the green shirts might improve on their ranking owing to their triumphant show in Guangzhou.
Top 10 rankings:
1 Australia 2620 points; 2 Germany 2370; 3 Netherlands 2213; 4 England 2047; 5 Spain 2040; 6 Korea 1888; 7 New Zealand 1610; 8 Pakistan 1410; 9 India 1280; 10 Canada 1221.
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