Friday, December 1, 2023

Hockey5s

Oman aims to follow sailing success ahead of Hockey 5s World Cup hosting

Oman says it has been a “rollercoaster ride” to ready itself for the sport’s first ever Hockey 5s World Cup in 100 days, as the sultanate aims to become a training and hosting hub for the sport in the...

2024 draws revealed for first Hockey 5s World Cup in Oman

The first Hockey 5s World Cup moved a step closer following the men’s and women’s draws for next January’s event in Oman, which will see the Netherlands compete as the only top nation from Europe. The hosts have been drawn...

Hockey 5s World Cup: USA edge to gold and qualify for Oman

Qualifiers for the first Hockey 5s World Cup continues apace after USA took gold in the men's and women's Pan American Cup. The Americans will be joined in Oman next year by Uruguay and Paraguay in the women's event and...

FIH to install more Hockey 5s pitches globally

World hockey will install up to 15 new Hockey 5s pitches and has mooted tweaks to existing competitions to increase team participation as part of a new strategy to develop the sport. The Empowerment and Engagement strategy is aimed at...

Australia look to Hockey 5s World Cup with national coach additions

Australia’s foray into Hockey 5s has been beefed up with the addition of national men’s and women’s coaches, with the first Hockey 5s World Cup set for early 2024. Alistair Park, a former under-21 Kookaburra and assistant coach with the...

‘I may be very wrong, but I don’t see Hockey 5s as a viable Olympic threat’

In an exclusive interview with Surbiton coach Mark Pearn this week, we also asked his thoughts on safety in hockey, Hockey 5s and if England can ever win a global title In 2014, England Hockey stated its aim for the...

African qualifiers secure Hockey 5s World Cup tickets

Six more teams have qualified for the inaugural Hockey5s World Cup following the African qualifiers. Namibia won the women's title, and along with Zambia and South Africa, qualified for Oman 2024. Meanwhile hosts Egypt took gold in the men’s competition and...

Hockey 5s is easier to manage and is more accessible

Hockey 5s has picked up its detractors but that's not the case for everyone. Here, Nik Krykunivsky outlines why the sport can play a part in the modern game What do you like about Hockey 5s? I like that it’s simple...

Hockey 5s and 11-a-side at the Olympics? It will be one or the other

The Hockey 5’s format is not well thought out, is potentially dangerous and it also eliminates lots of the elements why hockey is such a great game - transitional from defence to attack, writes Martyn Webb The problem with Hockey...

Road to Oman: Netherlands win inaugural men’s Euro Hockey 5s title

As the road grew closer to the Women's World Cup title being lifted, so the path to the first Hockey 5s World Cup began. You couldn't have missed the scorelines, surely? There were men's mismatches galore, 41-0 the one which...
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‘I worried if I’d be the same hockey player’: How positives can be found in tough situations

TILLY BUTERWORTH is playing at the Junior Hockey World Cup with England women. Here, she writes an honest assessment...
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