Hockey Facts

1-Blackheath Rughy and Hockey Club' is the first hockey club in the world which was set up    in the year 1861 in England.

2-London ws the first city in England to popularize this game in the 1870s.

3-In the year 1886, Hockey Association of England was formed in London.

4-the apex institution of hockey is 'Federation Internationale de Hockey', which was                  established on January 7, 1924, with headquarters at Vienna (Austria), which was later        shifted to Paris (France). The first International Hockey Match was played between Wales    and Ireland in Rayle on June 26, 1895.

5-Hockey was introduced in the Olympic Games for the first time in 1908 in London.

6-Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) was formed on the 7th November, 1925 at Gwalior.

7-Since 1944, National Hockey Championship is organised by the IHF every year.

8-All India Women's Hockey Federation was formed in 1947.

9-India took that part in Olympics for the first time in 1928 (in Amsterdam Olympics)
   In Olympics, India has won the hockey title a maximum of 8 times. The first World Cup          Hockey was played in Barcelona in 1971.

Year	Place	Winner	Runners Up	India's Position
1971	Barcelona	Pakistan	Spain	Third
1972	Amsterdam	Holland	India	Second
1975	Kuala Lumpur	India	Pakistan	First
1978	Buenos Aires	Pakistan	Holland	Sixth
1982	Mumbai	Pakistan	West Germany	Fifth
1986	London	Australia	England	Twelfth
1990	Lahore	Holland	Pakistan	Tenth
1994	Sydney	Pakistan	Holland	Fifth
1998	Utrecht	Holland	Spain	Ninth
2002	Kuala Lumpur	Germany	Australia	Tenth
2006	Germany	Germany	Australia	Eleventh

The World Cup 2010 to be held in New Delhi.

Some important measurement in Hockey
No. of Players	11 players in each team
Length of Playing field	91.44 meters
Width of the Playing field	50 to 55 meters
Weight of the Ball	155 to 163 grams
Circumference of the Ball	223- 224 cm
Colour of the Ball	White
Weight of the Hockey (Stick)	280 grams (max)

Some important Terminology in Hockey :- Advantage, Back-stick, Bully, Carry, Dribble, Dodge, Goal line, Green Card, Flick, Free hit, Face of Stick, Jab Stroke, Lung Stroke, Melle, Off side, Penalty shoot out, Short Corner, Striking circle or Shooting circle, Square pass, Tackling, Through pass, Under cutting, Stick, Penalty stroke, Scoop, Side line, Tie breaker, Penalty, Under cutting, Volley, Centre forward, Roll in, Push in, Shooting, Half volley, Full back etc.