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.
This is fantastic news for the SA Men’s hockey team after a successful 2009 season.
The ranking list is as follows:
| World Rank | Team | Points |
| 1 | Germany | 2088 |
| 2 | Australia | 1993 |
| 3 | Spain | 1790 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 1778 |
| 5 | Korea | 1730 |
| 6 | England | 1535 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 1498 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 1373 |
| 9 | Belgium | 1135 |
| 10 | China | 1078 |
| 11 | Canada | 1043 |
| 12 | India | 1010 |
| 13 | South Africa | 965 |
| 14 | Argentina | 962 |
| 15 | Malaysia | 936 |
Source: www.worldhockey.org
Well done to the boys in green and gold especially as they
had to put their hands in their own pockets to the tune of
R10 000 each to attend that competition.
Gally have you any idea as to the financial state
of SAHA. Are they now getting Lotto money this year
and are out boys going to be able to make themselves
available without worrying if they need to find part
time jobs to play for their country.