FIH Women's World Ranking

The FIH Women's World Rankings is a ranking system for women's national teams in field hockey. The teams of the member nations of International Hockey Federation (FIH), field hockey's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results. The rankings were introduced in October 2003.[1]

Current rankings

Women's Top 20 Rankings as of 19 August 2025[2]
Rank Change Team Points
1 Steady  Netherlands 3681.77
2 Steady  Argentina 3220.83
3 Steady  Belgium 2963.11
4 Steady  China 2813.01
5 Steady  Australia 2724.34
6 Increase 1  Spain 2676.74
7 Decrease 1  Germany 2667.16
8 Steady  England 2465.96
9 Steady  India 2242.62
10 Steady  New Zealand 2152.5
11 Increase 3  United States 2073.63
12 Increase 1  Japan 2029.56
13 Decrease 2  Ireland 1920.64
14 Increase 1  Scotland 1915.38
15 Decrease 3  Chile 1900.71
16 Steady  South Korea 1790.12
17 Steady  France 1641.96
18 Steady  Italy 1636.69
19 Increase 3  Uruguay 1636.47
20 Decrease 1  Canada 1569.11
*Change from 4 July 2025

Uses of the rankings

The rankings were introduced to overcome the criticism of fixing when drawing the pools for each tournament. It also determines the quotas for tournaments such as the Olympic Games and the World Cup.[3]

Calculation method

Overview

All of the FIH-recognised, including qualifying and continental matches played in last four years are included in ranking points calculation. However, the past results will be deducted by the percentage set by the FIH as shown by the tabulation below:

Year Points percentage included
Year 4 100%
Year 3 75%
Year 2 50%
Year 1 25%
Total points

Continental championships method

FIH had set allocated ranking points for all the continental tournaments. However, a different percentage of points for every continent raised questions about the system. Only Europe had full 100% points allocation for all classifications while the others had only several finishers with full points allocation. Africa was the sole continent with neither men's or women's tournaments having full points allocation regardless of the classifications.

New calculation method

From 2020 onwards, the FIH rolled out a new match-based world rankings system similar to the ones being used in rugby union and association football.[4]

Rank leaders

Women's at the end of each year
Year Team
Present  Netherlands
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011  Argentina
2010
2009  Netherlands
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003  Argentina
Women's Leaderboard
Team Years
 Netherlands 19
 Argentina 3

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIH to introduce world rankings". The Hindu. 2 September 2003. Archived from the original on 24 September 2004. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  2. ^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  3. ^ "FIH World Ranking System" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. FIH.ch. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  4. ^ "FIH creates Hockey5s World Cup". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
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