History

• 4,000-year-old drawings found in the Beni Hasan tombs, in the Nile Valley,
Egypt depicted men playing the sport.
• Other traces show that the Persians, the Romans (a version called paganica) , the
Ethiopians, as well as the Aztecs were playing their own variation of the game.
• The first evidence of a team game was found on bases of statues that were part of
the wall built by Themistocles in 478 B.C. Six men are carrying hooked sticks,
two of which are opposing each other over a ball in what looks like the bully that
starts modern games.

International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA) in 1927

In 1924, the (FIH, Fédération Internationale de Hockey) was founded in Paris, under the
initiative of the French man, Paul Léautey
The game had been taken to India by British servicemen, and the first clubs formed there
in Calcutta in 1885.

India entering the Olympic Games in 1928, India won all five of its games without
conceding a goal, and went on to win in 1932 until 1956, and then in 1964 and 1980.
Pakistan won in 1960, 1968, and 1984.

The introduction of women's hockey to the 1980 Olympic Games,

In the early 1970s, the "synthetic grass" fields began to be used for hockey, with the first
Olympic Games on this surface being held at the 1976 Montreal edition.

It was formed after Indian Hockey Federation was dismissed in April 2009 by Indian
Olympic Association.

The Indian Olympic Association appointed a new five-member national selection

committee.

The first World Cup was allotted to Pakistan in 1971, but was shifted to the Real Polo
Club in Barcelona, Spain, because of security issues in Lahore.

The first three tournaments were held every two years.

The 1978 Cup was the only tournament held three years from the previous tournament.
Since 1982, the tournament has been held every four years, halfway between the
Olympics' hockey competition.

Pakistan is the most successful team of the Hockey World Cup, having won the
tournament four times.

The Netherlands have won three titles, and Germany has won two titles. India and
Australia have each won the tournament once.

India qualified for the twelfth Hockey World Cup as hosts of the tournament.

First Hockey World Cup:

Winner: Pakistan
Runner's Up: Spain
Second Runner's Up: India

Second Hockey World Cup:

Winner: Netherlands
Runner's Up: India
Second Runner's Up: West Germany
Third Hockey World Cup:
Winner: India
Runner's Up: Pakistan
Second Runner's Up: West Germany
Eleventh Hockey World Cup:
Winner: Germany
Runner's Up: Australia
Second Runner's Up: Spain

Eleventh Place: India