2020–21 Men's FIH Pro League
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| Dates | 18 January 2020 – June 2021 | ||
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| Teams | 9 (from 4 confederations) | ||
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| Matches played | 28 | ||
| Goals scored | 152 (5.43 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) |  Leandro Tolini (8 goals) | ||
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The 2020–21 Men's FIH Pro League is the second season of the Pro League and fifth edition of the men's field hockey national team league series. The tournament started in January and is set to finish in June 2021.[1]
Format changes
The home and away principle is kept but this principle is split over two consecutive seasons from this season onwards and works according to the following example:[1]
- in 2020, Team A will host Team B twice within a couple of days
- in 2021, Team B will host Team A twice within a couple of days
COVID-19 pandemic interruption
Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, Hockey Australia decided to suspend all international travels for its national teams until further notice in early March.[2] Later Hockey New Zealand took the same decision.[3]
Once declared as a pandemic on 11 March, the FIH and all participating National Associations involved in the competition decided to put all the matches scheduled until 15 April on hold. Furthermore, it was agreed that the current edition is maintained, no matches will be played after the Olympic Games and depending on the evolution of the situation and the decisions of the public authorities, every match which can be organized between late April and before the Olympics, shall be played.[4] On 19 March, it was announced by the FIH that all the matches scheduled to play until 17 May were put on hold.[5] On 24 April, the league was extended until June 2021.[6] The restart for September 2020, was announced on 9 July.[7]
Teams
Nine teams will compete in a round-robin tournament, being played from January to June.
Argentina (4)
Australia (1)
Belgium (2)
Germany (6)
Great Britain (7)
India (5)
Netherlands (3)
New Zealand (9)
Spain (8)
Squads
Results
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | SOW | SOL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 |  Belgium
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6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 14 |
| 2 |  Australia
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8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 14 |
| 3 |  Netherlands
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6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 |  India
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6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 10 |
| 5 | Argentina
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8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 10 |
| 6 |  New Zealand
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8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 8 |
| 7 |  Spain
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8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 7 |
| 8 |  Germany
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 |
| 9 |  Great Britain
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4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 5 |
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[8]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[8]
All times are local.[9]
Fixtures
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Goalscorers
There have been 152 goals scored in 28 matches, for an average of 5.43 goals per match (as of 7 March 2020).
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
- Martín Ferreiro
- Lucas Vila
- Tom Craig
- Blake Govers
- Dylan Wotherspoon
- Aran Zalewski
- Tom Boon
- Nicolas De Kerpel
- Sébastien Dockier
- Maxime Plennevaux
- Liam Ansell
- Adam Dixon
- Raj Kumar Pal
- Lalit Upadhyay
- Jeroen Hertzberger
- Bjorn Kellerman
- Mirco Pruyser
- Mink van der Weerden
- George Muir
- Albert Beltrán
- Álvaro Iglesias
- Marc Miralles
1 goal
- Agustín Mazzilli
- Ignacio Ortiz
- Jacob Anderson
- Tim Brand
- Eddie Ockenden
- Joshua Simmonds
- Jack Welch
- Gauthier Boccard
- Thomas Briels
- Tanguy Cosyns
- Emmanuel Stockbroekx
- Marco Miltkau
- Timur Oruz
- Constantin Staib
- Lukas Windfeder
- Chris Griffiths
- Ashley Jackson
- Rupert Shipperley
- Luke Taylor
- Zach Wallace
- Vivek Prasad
- Amit Rohidas
- Gurjant Singh
- Harmanpreet Singh
- Ramandeep Singh
- Billy Bakker
- Thierry Brinkman
- Jonas de Geus
- Robbert Kemperman
- Cory Bennett
- Steve Edwards
- Stephen Jenness
- Dominic Newman
- Jared Panchia
- Blair Tarrant
- Dylan Thomas
- David Alegre
- Roc Oliva
- Viçens Ruiz
- Ricardo Sánchez
Source: FIH
See also
References
- ^ a b "Executive Board approves 2020 and 2021 FIH Pro League match schedule principles". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Australia matches planned in Europe put on hold". fihproleague.com. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "New Zealand matches in the Netherlands and Germany put on hold". fihproleague.com. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "FIH Hockey Pro League put on hold until 15 April". International Hockey Federation. 13 March 2020.
- ^ "FIH Hockey Pro League: Postponement extended to 17 May". International Hockey Federation. 19 March 2020.
- ^ "FIH Hockey Pro League Season 2 extended until June 2021". International Hockey Federation. 24 April 2020.
- ^ "Germany to host Belgium as "Hockey at its Best" restarts!". International Hockey Federation. 9 July 2020.
- ^ FIH Pro League Competition Regulations November 2019
- ^ "FIH confirms venues and match timings of FIH Hockey Pro League 2020". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.