The FIH Hockey Professional League 2024-25 is about to ship thrilling hockey motion because it strikes by way of its subsequent phases in Australia, India, and Argentina over the month of February. Right here’s a preview of the upcoming phases and what followers can anticipate.
Australia: Hockey Pleasure Down Below
Motion will start in Australia, with Sydney taking heart stage from 4-9 February. The Kookaburras who received the title within the earlier version will begin off their defence towards reigning Olympic champions Netherlands, and Spain. The Hockeyroos will even begin their 2024/25 marketing campaign concurrently, dealing with off towards China and Spain. Each the Spanish groups will play their first matches of the season within the Sydney stage of the Professional League, with the ladies’s workforce making their first look since 2020, having certified for the present season by profitable the FIH Nations Cup in 2024. China ladies will look to proceed their robust begin to the season after taking 8 factors from the opening 4 video games of their season, performed at residence in Hangzhou. Netherlands males in the meantime shall be hoping to return to their greatest, after an uncharacteristic begin gradual noticed them decide up no wins of their opening 4 video games, totalling 6 factors by way of 3 attracts and a loss.
India: Hockey Fever in Bhubaneswar
Following the Australian leg, the league will transfer to Bhubaneswar, India, famend for its passionate hockey fan base. Between 15 and 25 February, the boys’s groups of India, Spain, England, Germany and Eire will go head-to-head with all groups reaching the half-way level of their season by the tip of the Bhubaneswar stage. It will likely be the identical within the ladies’s competitors for India, Spain, England, Germany and Netherlands. With 24 matches over the 11 days, the motion shall be unceasing among the many prime ranked groups on the earth, which shall be a real showcase of the ‘League of the Greatest’.
Argentina: South American Showdown
The motion will concurrently additionally start in Argentina because the Bhubaneswar stage goes on, with Santiago del Estero internet hosting the ultimate stage from the primary half of the season from 19 to 24 February. Locking horns in entrance of the big crowds shall be Argentina, Belgium and Australia, in each the boys’s and girls’s competitors. On the finish of the Bhubaneswar and Santiago del Estero phases, all males’s and girls’s groups can have performed 8 matches, marking the midway level of the season, giving us a transparent image of the title race for the 2024-25 season, with Australia males and Netherlands ladies presently taking part in because the title holders from the earlier season.
The place to Watch
Followers who want to observe alongside from the consolation of their houses can discover out extra concerning the native broadcast choices by clicking right here.
For the international locations with no broadcasters featured within the above checklist, the matches shall be out there to observe without cost on the FIH Hockey Professional League web site, HERE.
Match Schedule
The whole match schedule for the upcoming FIH Hockey Professional League phases may be discovered right here.
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