India national field hockey team

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The Indian hockey team is the national field hockey team of India. The team was formed in 1928, when the Indian Hockey Federation was formed in Gwalior and was the first non-European team to be a part of the International Hockey Federation. The team was the first ever international Indian team to set foot in Australia & New Zealand (1926). In 1928, the team won their first Olympic gold medal.

From 1928 to 1956, India remained unbeaten in the Olympics garnering six gold medals in a row. To date the Indian team has won a total of eight gold, one silver and two bronze medals in Olympics.

In recent times, the Indian team, while possessing some of finest stick-wielders in the world, have had a tendency to choke on the big occasions. At tournaments like the 2004 Olympics, 2005 Men's Champions Trophy (which was on home soil) and the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup the team has shown an inability to gel and has finished in positions well below their talent (in a similar vein to the Spanish national football team). A tendency to concede goals in the last minutes has not helped this reputation.

Contents 1 Honours 1.1 World Cup 2 Asian Games 3 Asia Cup 4 Reference

[edit] Honours

[edit] World Cup

• 1971 – Third place
• 1973 – Second place
• 1975 – Champions
• 1978 – Sixth place
• 1982 – Fifth place
• 1986 – Twelfth place
• 1990 – Tenth place
• 1994 – Fifth place
• 1998 – Ninth place
• 2002 – Tenth place
• 2006 – Eleventh place

[edit] Asian Games

• 1958 – Silver Medal
• 1962 – Silver Medal
• 1966 – Champions
• 1970 – Silver Medal
• 1974 – Silver Medal
• 1978 – Silver Medal
• 1982 – Silver Medal
• 1986 – Bronze Medal
• 1990 – Silver Medal
• 1994 – Silver Medal
• 1998 – Champions
• 2002 – Silver Medal
• 2006 – Fifth Place

[edit] Asia Cup

• 1982 – Second place
• 1985 – Second place
• 1989 – Second place
• 1994 – Second place
• 1999 – Third place
• 2003 – Champions

[edit] Reference

• Bharatiya Hockey