3rd FIH Indoor World Cup, Poznan-2011

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is pleased to announce the official Pools for the 3rd FIH Indoor World Cup for men and women. The double event – which takes place once every four years – will be played in the Polish city of Poznan from the 8th to the 13th February 2011.

For the first time in the short history of the FIH Indoor World Cup, all five continents will be represented at the third Edition of the tournament. The national indoor teams of Iran (men) and Kazakhstan (women) are history makers by representing Asia in an Indoor World Cup for the first time, with the respective men's and women's teams from Uruguay and Argentina being the first ever participants from South America, showing the increasing popularity of the indoor game outside of its European heartland. There are also Indoor World Cup debuts for Namibia (men & women) and England (men).


Pools for 3rd FIH Indoor World Cup – Men
Poznan (POL), 8-13 February 2011


MEN

Pool A
Germany
Poland
Netherlands
Canada
Australia
Namibia

Pool B
Austria
Russia
England
USA
Iran
Czech Republic
WOMEN

Pool A
Netherlands
Czech Republic
Ukraine
Austria
Argentina
Kazakhstan

Pool B
Germany
Belarus
Australia
Poland
Namibia
Uruguay

Asian Games Men's and Women's All Star teams announced

Following the completion of the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou (CHN), the men and women all star teams have been announced. The teams were selected by the Asian Hockey Federation.


Men
Goalkeepers: Kumar Subramaniam (Malaysia), Salman Akbar (Pakistan)
Defenders: Sandeep Singh, Gurbaj Singh, Hu Huiren (China)
Midfielders: Yeo Woon Koon (Korea), Lee Nam Yong, Tsuouchi Kazuhiro (Japan), Ozawa Kazuyuki (Japan), Arjun Halappa (India), Rashid Muhammad (Pakistan)
Forwards: Rajpal Singh, Seo Jongho, Jonghyun, Tenku Abdul Rashid Jalil (Malaysia) Rehan Butt (Pakistan) and Na Yubo (China).


Women
Goalkeepers: Zhang Yimen (China)
Defenders: Lee Seon Ok (Korea), Ma Yibo (China), Li Shuan (China), Joydeep Kaur ( India), Mayumi Ono (Japan), Irina Dobrioglo (Kazakhstan), Ratnaporn Shangpranam (Thailand)
Midfielders: Song Qinging (China), Park Seonmi (Korea), Kim Darae (Koreas), Yukari Yamamoto (Japan), Nadia Abdul Rehman (Malaysia).
Forwards: Zhao Yudiao ( China), Fu Baorong (China), Park Mihyun (Korea), Rani (India) and Kaori Chiba ( Japan).

National coach Harendra quits

Dejected at India's semifinal defeat to Malaysia in the Asian Games at Guangzhou, National coach Harendra Singh on Tuesday resigned from his post.

Harendra informed Hockey India Secretary Narinder Batra of his decision through an email which was also made available to the media. “I accept the moral responsibility for the debacle at the 16th Asian Games,” Harendra said.

“Keeping in view the dismal performance of the men's hockey team in the semifinal match against Malaysia (on Nov 23, 2010), I tender my resignation as the National coach with immediate effect,” wrote Harendra.

He thanked Hockey India, Union Sports Ministry and the Sports Authority of India for “all the support and encouragement” received during his tenure as the National coach. “I am thankful to all the officials of the said organisations for giving me this wonderful opportunity to serve the country. I thank all my players and the support staff who have stood by me.”

In response to the development, Mr. Batra said, “This is not the time to get emotional and I have asked Harendra to concentrate on the bronze medal match (against Korea). I want the team to be together and the resignation and other issues (Chief Coach Jose Brasa's future with Indian hockey) can wait. We have enough time to discuss them when the team returns.”

Hockey Womens Asian Games Result

Asian Games (W) - Guangzhou 2010
Day 1 - Saturday 13-11-2010 00:00 India 4 : 0 Malaysia
Day 1 - Saturday 13-11-2010 00:00 Japan 5 : 0 Kazakhstan
Day 1 - Saturday 13-11-2010 00:00 Korea 5 : 0 Thailand

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Day 2 - Sunday 14-11-2010 00:00 Korea 10 : 3 Kazakhstan
Day 2 - Sunday 14-11-2010 00:00 Japan 4 : 2 Malaysia
Day 2 - Sunday 14-11-2010 00:00 China 13 : 0 Thailand

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Day 4 - Tuesday 16-11-2010 13:00 Japan 3 : 0 India
Day 4 - Tuesday 16-11-2010 14:30 Korea 4 : 0 Malaysia
Day 4 - Tuesday 16-11-2010 15:00 China 5 : 0 Kazakhstan

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Day 5 - Wednesday 17-11-2010 14:30 Korea 1 : 0 India
Day 5 - Wednesday 17-11-2010 18:00 Kazakhstan 0 : 5 Thailand
Day 5 - Wednesday 17-11-2010 20:00 China 6 : 0 Malaysia

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Day 7 - Friday 19-11-2010 13:00 India 13 : 0 Thailand
Day 7 - Friday 19-11-2010 14:30 Malaysia 5 : 0 Kazakhstan
Day 7 - Friday 19-11-2010 15:00 China 3 : 1 Japan

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Day 8 - Saturday 20-11-2010 14:30 Japan 8 : 0 Thailand
Day 8 - Saturday 20-11-2010 18:00 India 6 : 0 Kazakhstan
Day 8 - Saturday 20-11-2010 20:00 China 2 : 2 Korea

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Day 10 - Monday 22-11-2010 15:30 Malaysia 5 : 0 Thailand
Day 10 - Monday 22-11-2010 17:30 Korea 2 : 0 Japan

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Day 12 - Wednesday 24-11-2010 09:00 Malaysia 3 : 0 Thailand
Day 12 - Wednesday 24-11-2010 14:00 Japan 1 : 0 India
Day 12 - Wednesday 24-11-2010 17:00 China 0(5): 0(4)Korea (Tie-Break)

Hockey Mens Asian Games Results

Asian Games (M) - Guangzhou 2010
Day 3 - Monday 15-11-2010 14:30 India 7 : 0 Hong Kong
Day 3 - Monday 15-11-2010 15:30 Malaysia 3 : 0 Singapore
Day 3 - Monday 15-11-2010 17:30 Japan 3 : 1 Bangladesh
Day 3 - Monday 15-11-2010 19:30 China 7 : 0 Oman

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Day 4 - Tuesday 16-11-2010 18:00 Korea 8 : 0 Oman
Day 4 - Tuesday 16-11-2010 20:00 China 2 : 0 Singapore

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Day 5 - Wednesday 17-11-2010 13:00 India 9 : 0 Bangladesh
Day 5 - Wednesday 17-11-2010 15:00 Pakistan 12 : 0 Hong Kong

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Day 6 - Thursday 18-11-2010 14:30 Singapore 1 : 2 Oman
Day 6 - Thursday 18-11-2010 15:30 Bangladesh 7 : 3 Hong Kong
Day 6 - Thursday 18-11-2010 17:30 Malaysia 2 : 2 Korea
Day 6 - Thursday 18-11-2010 19:30 Japan 2 : 8 Pakistan

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Day 7 - Friday 19-11-2010 18:00 Oman 2 : 12 Malaysia
Day 7 - Friday 19-11-2010 20:00 China 1 : 3 Korea

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Day 8 - Saturday 20-11-2010 13:00 Hong Kong 1 : 6 Japan
Day 8 - Saturday 20-11-2010 15:00 India 3 : 2 Pakistan

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Day 9 - Sunday 21-11-2010 14:30 Pakistan 6 : 1 Bangladesh
Day 9 - Sunday 21-11-2010 15:30 Korea 12 : 1 Singapore
Day 9 - Sunday 21-11-2010 17:30 Japan 2 : 3 India
Day 9 - Sunday 21-11-2010 19:30 Malaysia 4 : 2 China

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Day 11 Men's Classification 23-11-2010 09:00 China 4 : 1 Bangladesh
Day 11 Men's Classification 23-11-2010 14:00 Japan 13 : 1 Oman
Day 11 Men's Classification 23-11-2010 15:00 Korea 1 : 1 Pakistan
Day 11 Men's Classification 23-11-2010 17:30 India 3 : 4 Malaysia

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Day 13 - Mens finals 25-11-2010 09:00 Singapore 1 : 2 Hong Kong
Day 13 - Mens finals 25-11-2010 09:30 Bangladesh 5 : 6 Oman
Day 13 - Mens finals 25-11-2010 12:00 China 2 : 0 Japan
Day 13 - Mens finals 25-11-2010 14:00 Korea 0 : 1 India
Day 13 - Mens finals 25-11-2010 17:00 Pakistan 2 : 0 Malaysia