Published on Friday, December 18, 2009 by Gally The South African Men’s hockey team climbed from the 15th to the 13th position in the ABN AMRO World Rankings after finishing in 5th place at the recent BDO Champions Challenge in Argentina. The ABN AMRO World Rankings were calculated after the points of the ABN AMRO Champions Trophy, the BDO Champions Challenge I and the Champions Challenge II were added. Thi...

Published on Friday, December 18, 2009 by Gally The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has released the pools for the Hero Honda FIH World Cup, to be played in New Delhi, India from 28 February-13 March 2010. Defending World Champion Germany is the top seed in Pool A and will meet Netherlands, Korea, New Zealand, Canada and Argentina in the pool phase of the Hero Honda FIH World Cup. Host India is placed i...

Published on Thursday, December 17, 2009 by Gally FIH announces WorldHockey All Star Teams 2009 For the fourth year in a row, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) created the Men’s and Women’s WorldHockey All Star Teams. As for the previous editions, only the best players in the world were selected for these elite formations. The WorldHockey All Star Teams 2009 were selected by visitors of the offi...

Published on Thursday, December 17, 2009 by Gally The South African men’s hockey team recently took part in the BDO Champions Challenge tournament in Argentina. The tournament provides the winning team with an opportunity to join the Champions Trophy which features the top six teams in world hockey. The South African team achieved a respectable 5th position out of 8 teams. Their results were as follows: Game ...

Published on Thursday, December 17, 2009 by Gally HockeySA.co.za would like to congratulate Tommy Hammond who attained his 50th test cap for the South African men’s hockey team. Tommy earned this fantastic milestone against Belgium at the recent Champions Challenge tournament in Argentina. Congratulations on a fantastic achievement!!...

Published on Monday, December 14, 2009 by Gally New Zealand triumph at Champions Challenge in Salta At the BDO Champions Challenge in Salta, New Zealand triumphed over Pakistan after an excellent Final (4-2), India won the bronze with a last minute goal over Argentina (3-2), South Africa convincingly beat China for 5th place (5-0) while Belgium edged Canada (2-0) for 7th place. Game 20 – Final – New Z...

Published on Sunday, December 13, 2009 by Gally At the BDO Champions Challenge in Salta, New Zealand displayed experience to beat Argentina (3-2) and Pakistan outscored India (6-3) to qualify for the Final on Sunday. South Africa edged Belgium (4-3) with a last second goal, and China won over Canada (3-1) in the cross-over 5-8. Game 13 – 5-8 cross-over – Belgium v. South Africa: 3-4 (half-time: 2-2) A...

Published on Friday, December 11, 2009 by Gally Despite losing to arch-rivals Canada (2-3), Argentina qualified for the semi-finals of the BDO Champions Challenge in Salta, where they’ll join India (winner over Belgium 4-2), Pakistan (who edged South Africa 4-1) and New Zealand (held to a 2-2 draw by China).. Game 9 – Pakistan v. South Africa: 4-1 (half-time: 1-1) There were high stakes in the first g...

Published on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 by Gally Argentina only team with two wins in SaltaAt the BDO Champions Challenge in Salta, Argentina is the only team with two wins after a decisive result over Pakistan (3-1). India, New Zealand and South Africa all won their games on the same score of 4-1.   Game 5 – India v. China: 4-1 (half-time: 2-0) Thanks to a local ritual of breaking an egg and plantin...

Published on Monday, December 7, 2009 by Gally Argentina, Belgium and Pakistan win in Salta At the BDO Champions Challenge in Salta, Argentina impressed the crowd with a decisive 6-2 win over South Africa, Pakistan edged Canada by a lone goal (2-1), the young Belgium team showed character to beat China (4-3), and India and New Zealand split points after an entertaining match (2-2).   Game 1 – Pakis...