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Follow Us2021 was full of mega-events in international Hockey. With the Olympics 2020 taking place along with the Asian Championships, the FIH Men's World Ranking saw some changes. At the end of the year, India finished in the third position after more than ten years. Meanwhile, Australia jumped to the top of the ranking throwing the Tokyo Olympics Gold medalist Belgium off the top place.
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Here are the Top 10 FIH Men's World Ranking 2021 -
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1 | Australia | 2642.26 |
| 2 | Belgium | 2632.12 |
| 3 | India | 2296.04 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 2234.33 |
| 5 | Germany | 2038.71 |
| 6 | England | 1990.63 |
| 7 | Argentina | 1826.11 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 1598.25 |
| 9 | Spain | 1532.34 |
| 10 | Malaysia | 1427.18 |
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FIH World Ranking - How the ranking gets calculated?
The formula that was revised in 2020 to calculate the FIH World Ranking is -
P(after) = P(before) + RWI
• P(after) = Number of World Ranking points after the match
• P(before) = Number of World Ranking points before the match
• R = match result (10 for a win, 5 for a shootout win, 1 for a draw)
• W = Weighting (1 minus the difference in ranking points
draw
• I = Importance (Each type of tournament and match is given a weighting depending on the importance of the match. There is no difference in Importance between continents)
*If the difference in ranking points before the match is greater than 1000, then a maximum Weighting of 2 is applied if the lower-ranked team wins, or 0 if the higher-ranked team wins. This is to not discourage higher-ranked nations from playing against lower-ranked nations for the risk of losing lots of points.
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How India come to the third position?
The Bronze medalist of Tokyo Olympics 2020 had one of their best years in recent history. Manpreet Singh-led India also finished third in the Men's Asian Championship to hold on to the third position they achieved in July.
Meantime, the Asian Champions South Korea could not manage any changes in the FIH Men's Ranking 2021. They finished 16th on the table with the runners-up Japan finishing at 17th position. In addition, Pakistan stayed at 18th position and Bangladesh dropped to 40th position in the ranking.