2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League

2025–26 Men's
FIH Pro League
Dates9 December 2025 – 28 June 2026
Teams9 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Belgium (2nd title)
Runner-up England
Third place Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played72
Goals scored366 (5.08 per match)
Top scorerArgentina Tomás Domene (21 goals)
← 2024–25 (previous) (next) 2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League was the seventh edition of the Men's FIH Pro League, a field hockey championship for men's national teams. The tournament began on 9 December 2025 and finished on 28 June 2026.

Belgium won their second title.[1]

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.

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 2028 Summer Olympics.[2]

Teams

Following their win of the 2024–25 FIH Nations Cup, the promoted team were set with New Zealand replacing the relegated team of the last season of the 2024–25 FIH Pro League, Ireland.[3][4] On 23 July 2025, New Zealand withdrew and was replaced by Pakistan who finished second in the 2024–25 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)  Belgium (C, Q) 16 13 1 1 1 59 27 +32 42 Qualified for the 2028 Summer Olympics
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  England 16 8 5 1 2 44 25 +19 35
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Australia 16 9 1 1 5 40 31 +9 30
4  Netherlands 16 7 0 5 4 47 37 +10 26
5  Argentina 16 6 2 2 6 45 41 +4 24
6  Germany 16 5 3 0 8 39 46 −7 21
7  Spain 16 5 1 2 8 39 41 −2 19
8  India 16 4 2 3 7 31 39 −8 19
9  Pakistan (R) 16 0 0 0 16 22 79 −57 0 Relegated to 2026–27 FIH Nations Cup
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; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Fixtures

Goalscorers

There were 366 goals scored in 72 matches, for an average of 5.08 goals per match.

21 goals

19 goals

15 goals

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dutch women and Belgian men sign off in style as thrilling Pro League season wraps up". fih.hockey. 29 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "FIH Pro League: Indian men return to action in changed format – all you need to know". ESPN. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Goals galore on blockbuster day of FIH Hockey Pro League matches". fih.ch. FIH. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "New Zealand romp to FIH Hockey Men's Nations Cup title as France clinch bronze". fih.ch. FIH. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Pakistan receives formal invitation to join FIH Hockey Pro League; needs to confirm participation until 12 August". fih.hockey. 23 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "FIH Pro League Regulations Season 3" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. October 2021.
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