2023–24 Men's FIH Pro League

2023–24 Men's
FIH Pro League
Dates6 December 2023 – 30 June 2024
Teams9 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Australia (2nd title)
Runner-up Netherlands
Third place Great Britain
Tournament statistics
Matches played72
Goals scored341 (4.74 per match)
Top scorerNetherlands Jip Janssen (15 goals)
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The 2023–24 Men's FIH Pro League was the fifth edition of the Men's FIH Pro League, a field hockey championship for men's national teams. The tournament began on 6 December 2023 and finished on 30 June 2024.[1]

Australia won the tournament for the second time and secured their participation in the 2026 World Cup.[2][3]

Format

The home and away principle was kept for the season, which was divided into date blocks. To assist with competition planning, international and national, several teams gathered in one venue to contest “mini-tournaments," wherein they each played two matches against one another.[1]

If one of the two matches played between two teams was cancelled, the winner of the other match received double points.

This season winner earned direct qualification for the 2026 World Cup.

Teams

Following the announcement of South Africa's withdrawal for this season after failing to secure a sponsor,[4] Ireland joined despite finishing second in the 2022 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup.[5]

Squads

Results

Standings

Pos Team Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia (C) 16 10 1 2 3 56 41 +15 34 Qualified for the 2026 FIH World Cup
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Netherlands[a] 16 8 2 3 3 45 32 +13 31
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain 16 9 0 2 5 37 28 +9 29
4  Argentina 16 7 3 2 4 39 35 +4 29
5  Belgium[a] 16 7 2 0 7 41 39 +2 25
6  Germany 16 5 4 2 5 33 29 +4 25
7  India 16 5 3 3 5 38 35 +3 24
8  Spain 16 4 0 1 11 36 43 −7 13
9  Ireland[b] 16 2 0 0 14 16 59 −43 6
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[6]
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Belgium and the Netherlands were already qualified for the 2026 FIH World Cup as hosts.
  2. ↑ Ireland would have been relegated, but they remained in the next edition of the Pro League following the withdrawal of New Zealand.

Fixtures

All times are local.[7]

Goalscorers

There were 341 goals scored in 72 matches, for an average of 4.74 goals per match.

15 goals

12 goals

11 goals

10 goals

9 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "FIH Hockey Pro League: Season 5 to start in Argentina". fihproleague.com. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Australia qualify for FIH Hockey Men's World Cup 2026". fihproleague.com. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "Kookaburras secure FIH Hockey Pro League title after Dutch edged by Germany in shootout". fihproleague.com. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "South African Hockey declines invitation to the FIH Pro League". SA Hockey Association. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Ireland to join FIH Hockey Pro League, replacing South Africa". International Hockey Federation. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "FIH Pro League Regulations Season 3" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. October 2021.
  7. ↑ "FIH Hockey Pro League 2023–2024: Argentina – Great Britain to open the show!". fih.hockey. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
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