ORGANISED BY: International Hockey Federation (FIH)
DESCRIPTION:
* FIH Hockey Pro League (Men) 2022-23 will be the fourth edition of the Men’s FIH Pro League, which was first held in 2019.
* A total of nine countries would compete in this edition of the FIH Pro League.
* The nine teams are: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, India, Netherlands, New Zealand and Spain.
* The competition will serve as a qualifier for the Hockey World Cup and the Olympic Games.
* Belgium has been the most successful team, winning the title once in 2020-21 and finishing runners-up twice in 2019 and 2021-22.
* Australia and Netherlands have won the title once each in 2019 and 2021-22 respectively.
* Australia finished runners-up once in 2020-21, while Netherlands secured third place in 2019.
* Germany and India have bagged the third place once each in 2020-21 and 2021-22 respectively.
* The 2022-23 season will see the implementation of a promotion-relegation principle for the very first time
* Team finishing last will be relegated, while the team winning the 2022 FIH Hockey Nations Cup – a new event – will be promoted for the 2023-2024 Pro League season.
STATISTICS:
Top Scorers:
2019: Blake Govers, Australia, 12 goals
2020-21: Alexander Hendrickx, Belgium, 11 goals
2021-22: Harmanpreet Singh, India, 18 goals
Total Goals in Tournament:
2019: 308 (Field Goals 211, Penalty Corner Goals 87, Penalty Stroke Goals 10).
2020-21: 248 (Field Goals 147, Penalty Corner Goals 100, Penalty Stroke Goals 1).
2021-22: 376 (Field Goals 200, Penalty Corner Goals 155, Penalty Stroke Goals 21).
Most Goals by a Team:
2019: Belgium, 57
2020-21: Belgium, 40
2021-22: India, 62
SCHEDULE:
Match 1: 28 Oct (19:00): India vs New Zealand, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India
Match 2: 29 Oct (19:00): New Zealand vs Spain, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India
Match 3: 30 Oct (19:00): India vs Spain, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India
Match 4: 4 Nov (19:00): India vs New Zealand, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India
Match 5: 4 Nov (21:30): Belgium vs Germany, Mendoza, Argentina
Match 6: 5 Nov (19:00): Spain vs New Zealand, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India
Match 7: 5 Nov (21:30): Argentina vs Germany, Mendoza, Argentina
Match 8: 6 Nov (19:00): India vs Spain, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India
Match 9: 6 Nov (21:30): Argentina vs Belgium, Mendoza, Argentina
Match 10: 7 Nov (21:30): Germany vs Belgium, Mendoza, Argentina
Match 11: 8 Nov (21:30): Argentina vs Germany, Mendoza, Argentina
Match 12: 9 Nov (21:30): Argentina vs Belgium, Mendoza, Argentina
Match 13: 13 Dec (21:30): Great Britain vs Netherlands, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Match 14: 14 Dec (21:30): Argentina vs Netherlands, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Match 15: 15 Dec (21:30): Argentina vs Great Britain, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Match 16: 16 Dec (21:30): Netherlands vs Great Britain, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Match 17: 17 Dec (21:30): Argentina vs Netherlands, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Match 18: 18 Dec (21:30): Argentina vs Great Britain, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Match 19: 28 Feb (19:00): Australia vs Argentina, Hobart, Australia
Match 20: 1 March (19:00): Australia vs Spain, Hobart, Australia
Match 21: 2 March (19:00): Argentina vs Spain, Hobart, Australia
Match 22: 3 March (17:00): Australia vs Argentina, Hobart, Australia
Match 23: 4 March (17:00): Australia vs Spain, Hobart, Australia
Match 24: 5 March (17:00): Spain vs Argentina, Hobart, Australia
Match 25: 10 March (19:00): India vs Germany, Rourkela, Odisha, India
Match 26: 11 March (19:00): Australia vs Germany, Rourkela, Odisha, India
Match 27: 12 March (19:00): India vs Australia, Rourkela, Odisha, India
Match 28: 13 March (19:00): India vs Germany, Rourkela, Odisha, India
Match 29: 14 March (19:00): Germany vs Australia, Rourkela, Odisha, India
Match 30: 15 March (19:00): India vs Australia, Rourkela, Odisha, India
Match 31: 22 April (16:30): New Zealand vs Great Britain Christchurch, New Zealand
Match 32: 23 April (16:30): Australia vs Great Britain Christchurch, New Zealand
Match 33: 25 April (16:30): New Zealand vs Australia, Christchurch, New Zealand
Match 34: 28 April (19:30): New Zealand vs Great Britain, Christchurch, New Zealand
Match 35: 29 April (16:30): Great Britain vs Australia, Christchurch, New Zealand
Match 36: 30 April (16:30): New Zealand vs Australia, Christchurch, New Zealand
Match 37: 26 May (14:30): Belgium vs India, London, Great Britain
Match 38: 27 May (12:30): Great Britain vs India, London, Great Britain
Match 39: 28 May (12:30): Great Britain vs Belgium, London, Great Britain
Match 40: 2 June (12:30): India vs Belgium, London, Great Britain
Match 41: 3 June (12:30): Great Britain vs India-, London, Great Britain
Match 42: 4 June (12:30): Great Britain vs Belgium, London, Great Britain
Match 43: 7 June (18:30): Netherlands vs India, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Match 44: 8 June (18:30): Argentina vs India, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Match 45: 9 June (20:30): Netherlands vs Australia, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Match 46: 10 June (15:00): Netherlands vs India, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Match 47: 11 June (15:00): India vs Argentina, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Match 48: 12 June (20:30): Netherlands vs Australia, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Match 49: 16 June (15:00): Netherlands vs Spain, London, Great Britain
Match 50: 16 June (17:30): Argentina vs New Zealand, Antwerp, Belgium
Match 51: 17 June (15:00): Great Britain vs Germany, London, Great Britain
Match 52: 17 June (16:30): Belgium vs Australia, Antwerp, Belgium
Match 53: 18 June (15:00): Great Britain vs Spain, London, Great Britain
Match 54: 18 June (16:30): Belgium vs New Zealand, Antwerp, Belgium
Match 55: 19 June (17:30): Spain vs Netherlands, London, Great Britain
Match 56: 19 June (17:30): New Zealand vs Argentina, Antwerp, Belgium
Match 57: 20 June (12:00): Great Britain vs Germany, London, Great Britain
Match 58: 20 June (20:00): Belgium vs Australia, Antwerp, Belgium
Match 59: 21 June (17:30): Great Britain vs Spain, London, Great Britain
Match 60: 21 June (20:00): Belgium vs New Zealand, Antwerp, Belgium
Match 61: 23 June (18:00): Germany vs New Zealand, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Match 62: 24 June (17:30): Netherlands vs Germany, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Match 63: 25 June (17:30): Netherlands vs New Zealand, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Match 64: 26 June (18:00): New Zealand vs Germany, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Match 65: 27 June (20:30): Netherlands vs Germany, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Match 66: 28 June (20:30): Netherlands vs New Zealand, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Match 67: 30 June (20:00): Belgium vs Spain, Antwerp, Belgium
Match 68: 1 July (14:00): Belgium vs Netherlands, Antwerp, Belgium
Match 69: 2 July (14:00): Germany vs Spain, Antwerp, Belgium
Match 70: 3 July (20:00): Belgium vs Spain, Antwerp, Belgium
Match 71: 4 July (20:00): Belgium vs Netherlands, Antwerp, Belgium
Match 72: 5 July (17:30): Spain vs Germany, Antwerp, Belgium