Lausanne, Switzerland: On the latest Nationwide Associations Summit and FIH Government Board (EB) assembly held in Muscat, Oman, FIH’s world companion Polytan gave an in depth replace on the continued works and analysis to develop a dry turf for hockey that satisfies the elite efficiency and athlete security standards set by the FIH.
The members had been positively impressed by the progress made when it comes to sustainability, specifically, the 40% discount of water consumption from the Rio 2016 to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Video games. Moreover, an additional substantial discount will happen on the Paris 2024 Olympics. Different achievements such because the carbon-zero floor for Paris (Poligras Paris GT Zero), manufactured from 80% biobased materials (sugarcane) had been additionally praised.
The lately accomplished FIH Hockey5s World Cup was performed on dry turf, representing the primary main worldwide hockey event undertaken on such a floor. This supplied an vital alternative to check dry hockey surfaces in a heat, dry local weather and, crucially, to get suggestions from athletes, coaches and officers.
Primarily based on this suggestions, while the efforts in the direction of creating dry turf will proceed, there’s a necessity to decide now on the turf that can be used on the 2026 FIH World Cup, as a result of procurement timelines and as a way to guarantee optimum preparations each for the co-organizers and the collaborating groups.
Subsequently, the EB has determined that the 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup can be performed on watered turf.
FIH has knowledgeable the Dutch and Belgian Hockey Associations, the co-hosts, of this resolution.
On the similar time, the EB made clear the significance of the continued works and analysis to scale back the quantity of water wanted, and transfer in the direction of absolutely dry turf. On this regard, the learnings from the 2024 FIH Hockey5s World Cup and future tournaments that can be performed on dry turf can be essential.
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