The 2021–22 Men's FIH Pro League was the third edition of the
Men's FIH Pro League
The Men's FIH Pro League is an international men's field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH), which replaces the Men's FIH Hockey World League. The competition also serves as a qualifier for the Hockey World ...
, a
field hockey
Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...
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
A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & ...
, being played from October 2021 to June 2022. On 17 September 2021, both New Zealand and Australia withdrew due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
and the travel restrictions coming with it. Canada and South Africa joined on 8 December 2021. On 17 January 2022, Canada withdrew due to the
COVID-19 Omicron variant
Omicron (B.1.1.529) is a variant of SARS-CoV-2 first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa on 24 November 2021. It was first detected in Botswana and has spread to become the p ...
and the travel restrictions coming with it, six weeks after being named New Zealand substitute. France was announced as Canada's substitute on 25 January 2022.
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Squads
Results
Standings
Fixtures
''All times are local.''
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Goalscorers
See also
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2021–22 Women's FIH Pro League
The 2021–22 Women's FIH Pro League was the third edition of the Women's FIH Pro League, a field hockey championship for women's national teams. The tournament started in October 2021 and finished in June 2022.
Format
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Notes
References
External links
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