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2021–22 Men's FIH Pro League
The 2021–22 Men's FIH Pro League was the third edition of the Men's FIH Pro League, a field hockey championship for men's national teams. The tournament started on 16 October 2021 and finished on 26 June 2022. Format The home and away principle was kept but this principle was split over two consecutive seasons and worked according to the following example: *in previous season 2020–21, Team A hosted Team B twice within a couple of days. *in current season 2021–22, Team B hosted Team A twice within a couple of days. If one of the two matches played between two teams was cancelled, the winner of the other match would have received double points. Teams Originally, nine teams were scheduled to compete in a round-robin tournament, being played from October 2021 to June 2022. On 17 September 2021, both New Zealand and Australia withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the travel restrictions coming with it. Canada and South Africa joined on 8 December 2021. On 17 January 2022, Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmanpreet Singh
Harmanpreet Singh (born 6 January 1996) is an Indian field hockey player as well as the captain of the Indian national hockey team. He plays as a defender, is a penalty corner specialist, and is regarded as one of the best drag flickers in the world. He has scored the most number of international goals for India in modern day hockey. He led the team to clinch the bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. This was his second bronze in three appearances at the Olympics. Singh also captained the team to win a gold at the 2022 Asian Games. He has won the Player of the Year title at the FIH Awards thrice. He is known as Sarpanch Saab for leading the team from the front towards victory. Early life Singh was born to a Sikh family on 6 January 1996 in Timmowal, Amritsar, India. He had an interest in all sports and tried several of them including volleyball, football, cricket, and athletics. Singh started playing hockey at the age of 10 and joined the Surjit Singh Hockey Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Schachner
Mario (; ) is a character created by the Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the star of the ''Mario'' franchise, a recurring character in the ''Donkey Kong'' franchise, and the mascot of the Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario is an Italian plumber who lives in the Mushroom Kingdom with his younger twin brother, Luigi. Their adventures generally involve rescuing Princess Peach from the villain Bowser while using power-ups that give them different abilities. Mario is distinguished by his large nose and mustache, overalls, red cap, and high-pitched, exaggerated Italian accent. Mario debuted as the player character of ''Donkey Kong'', a 1981 platform game. Miyamoto created Mario because Nintendo was unable to license Popeye as the protagonist. The graphical limitations of arcade hardware influenced Mario's design, such as his nose, mustache, and overalls, and he was named after Nintendo of America's landlord, Mario Segale. Mario then starred in '' Mario Bros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thierry Brinkman
Thierry Brinkman (born 19 March 1995) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a forward or midfielder for Hoofdklasse club Den Bosch and captains the Dutch national team. He is the son of former Dutch international Jacques Brinkman and the brother of Tim Brinkman, a Dutch footballer. Club career Thierry started playing hockey at his local club SCHC, whom he left in 2010, to play in the youth ranks of SV Kampong. He made his debut for the first team aged seventeen in the 2012–13 season. In 2015 he transferred to Bloemendaal. With Bloemendaal, he won the 2017–18 Euro Hockey League. In his fourth season with Bloemendaal, he won his first Dutch national title by defeating his former club Kampong in the final. After nine years at Bloemendaal, he moved to Den Bosch where he signed a contract until 2028. International career Junior national team Brinkman played for the junior national team at the 2013 Junior World Cup in New Delhi, India. At the tournament he scored s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amstelveen
Amstelveen () is a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands, with a population of 95,996 as of 2024. It is a suburban part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area. The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the historical villages of Bovenkerk (Amstelveen), Bovenkerk and Nes aan de Amstel. In addition, as well as Downtown Amstelveen (Dutch: ''Amstelveen stadshart''), it contains the following neighbourhoods: Westwijk, Bankras-Kostverloren, Groenelaan, Waardhuizen, Middenhoven, Randwijk, Elsrijk and Keizer Karelpark. The name comes from the Amstel, a local river (as does the name Amsterdam) and , meaning fen, peat, or moor. Amstelveen houses the international headquarters of Dutch national airline KLM (although it is slated to leave for Schiphol in 2024) and KPMG, one of the Big Four accounting firms. The Cobra Museum is also located in Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wagener Stadium
Wagener Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for field hockey matches and hosted matches for the 1973 World Hockey Cup. The stadium holds 7,600 people. The complex has belonged to the Dutch Hockey Association (''""'') since 1980. Its location is the Amsterdamse Bos in Amstelveen. It was built by the Amsterdam Hockey & Bandy Club to honour its president, (1881–1945). The building was completed in 1938, two years before World War II came to Netherlands. During the 1970s it became clear that AHBC could no longer afford the stadium, which was eventually sold to the Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. AHBC still has the first right to play in the stadium. In the past, the stadium has hosted the following major tournaments: * Hockey World Cup in 1973, 2022 * EuroHockey Nations Championship in 1983, 2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 40 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Hendrickx
Alexander Robby Hendrickx (born 6 August 1993) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays for La Gantoise HC, Gantoise and the Belgium men's national field hockey team, Belgian national team as a defender. Hendrickx won 'top goal scorer' at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He also won a gold medal with his team for Belgium men's national field hockey team, Belgium. International career Junior national teams Hendrickx has represented Belgium at junior level in both Under 18 and Under 21 age groups. In 2010, Hendrickx was a member of the Belgium Under-18 side at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. The team won the bronze medal, defeating Ghana men's national field hockey team, Ghana 4–1 in the third-place playoff. He made his debut for the Belgium Under 21 side, in 2012 at a qualifying for the 2013 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup, Junior World Cup. Hendrickx was also a member of the team at the Junior World Cup in New Delhi, India, where the team finished sixth. Senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florent Van Aubel
Florent Van Aubel (born 25 October 1991) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Pinoké. He played 301 matches for the Belgian national team from 2012 until 2024. Club career In 2010, he won the Golden Stick from the Belgian Hockey Association in the category of male junior players. In 2011 he was nominated by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) for best young player of the year. Also, Florent van Aubel participated with his club KHC Dragons at the Euro Hockey League. In 2012, he also played at the Euro Hockey League and finished third. After 13 years at Dragons he left Belgium in 2022 to play for Pinoké in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. In his first season at Pinoké, he won the national title which was the first league title for Pinoké. International career At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament where Belgium ended fifth. Van Aubel became European vice-champion with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jip Janssen
Jip Janssen (born 14 October 1997) is a Dutch professional field hockey player. He plays as a defender for the national team. Club career In the Dutch Hoofdklasse, Janssen plays for SV Kampong. Before he joined Kampong he played in the youth ranks of Naarden. International career Under–21 In 2016, Janssen made his debut for the Netherlands U–21 side in a four nations tournament in Hannover, Germany. Later that year, Janssen represented the side at the Junior World Cup in Lucknow, India. At the tournament, the Netherlands finished in seventh place. Senior team Janssen made his debut for the Netherlands senior national team in 2017, in a test match against South Africa in Cape Town. During the match, Janssen scored his first international goal in a 6–2 win. After his debut, Janssen did not represent the Dutch side again until 2019 during the inaugural tournament of the FIH Pro League. Janssen scored three times during the league, helping the Netherlands to a bronze med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrance Pieters
Terrance Pieters (born 14 December 1996) is a Dutch professional field hockey player who plays as a forward for the Netherlands at international level and also plays as a forward for Kampong. He is the first person of colour to play for the Netherlands men's national field hockey team. Biography He was born to a Surinamese mother and to Dutch father of Indonesian origin. His elder sister Melissa Pieters is also a field hockey player. Both he and his elder sister grew and raised up in Almere which is a multicultural city. During his childhood days, just like fellow young boys of colour, he also dreamed of pursuing his interest in the sport of football with even aiming to play for world renowned clubs like Manchester United and Barcelona. He even idolised former Ivorian veteran footballer Didier Drogba and had since worn the No 11 jersey as a sign of respect to him. However, he decided to give up his ambition of becoming a footballer after realising the fact that it would be easier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malte Hellwig
Malte Hellwig (born 23 October 1997) is a German field hockey player. Career Club level In club competition, Hellwig plays for Uhlenhorst Mülheim in the German Bundesliga. Junior national team Malte Hellwig made his debut for the German U–21 team in 2016. His first appearance was during a test series against England in Bisham. In 2017, he won a bronze medal with the junior team at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Valencia. Die Honamas Hellwig made his debut for Die Honamas in 2019, during season one of the FIH Pro League. Later that year he competed at the EuroHockey Championship in Antwerp Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after .... References External links * * 1997 births Living people German male field hockey players Male field hockey forwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukas Windfeder
Lukas Windfeder (born 11 May 1995) is a German field hockey player who plays as a defender for Uhlenhorst Mülheim and the Germany national team. Personal life Windfeder was born in Mülheim, Germany and plays his club hockey for HTC Uhlenhorst Mülheim. He also has a sister, Katharina, who has represented the German women's national indoor team. Career Junior national team Windfeder has represented the junior national team on multiple occasions, accumulating 23 caps for the team, and also winning two Junior World Cup medals. Senior national team Windfeder debuted for the senior national team in 2014, in a test series against South Africa. Since his debut, he has been a regular inclusion in the German team. In 2018, he was named in the German team for the Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar, India. On 28 May 2021, he was named in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the 2020 Summer Olympics. He scored two goals in the tournament as they won the silver medal after t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niklas Wellen
Niklas Wellen (born 14 December 1994) is a German field hockey player who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Crefelder HTC. He played a total of 213 matches for the German national team from 2013 to 2024 in which he scored 114 goals. Club career Wellen played for the first team of Crefelder HTC since he was 16 years old. In February 2020 he signed a two-year contract at Pinoké in the Netherlands from the 2020–21 season onwards. During the 2021–22 indoor season he scored the winning goal in the championship final against HDM as Pinoké won its first national title. He was named the best player of the Dutch indoor season. At the end of the outdoor season he returned to Crefelder HTC. International career He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal. On 28 May 2021, he was named in the squads for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the 2020 Summer Olympics. He scored four goals in the EuroHockey tournament as they won the si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
