Hockey at Paris 2024 got here to a conclusion on 9 August, with a historic double gold for Netherlands, as the boys’s and girls’s groups of a nation received the hockey gold in the identical version of an Olympics for the very first time! Germany males and China girls added a silver medal to their trophy cupboards, whereas India males and Argentina girls made it back-to-back medal finishes, successful the bronze medals.
The competitors for medals was vast open, and there have been loads of surprises and upsets that shook up the jostling for medals in addition to the world rankings. Be part of us as we check out the up to date rankings, following the conclusion of the Olympic Video games Paris 2024.
Within the males’s world rankings, Olympic champions Netherlands (3168) stand on the prime of the rankings. Netherlands got here into the video games within the prime spot, however dropped to 3rd within the pool stage following a draw in opposition to Nice Britain and a loss to Germany, however 4 consecutive wins to complete with the title, sees them climb again into the primary place.
Germany (3035) as soon as once more confirmed their huge event prowess, as they got here into the occasion ranked fifth on the planet, however registered huge wins over the likes of Netherlands, Nice Britain, Argentina and India to climb into second place on the planet rankings, on the best way to the silver medal.
England* (2973), Belgium (2959) and India (2849) full the top-5 locations. Belgium specifically can be dissatisfied with their quarter ultimate exit, coming in as defending champions. The Purple Lions had a close to excellent pool stage with 4 wins and a draw that had catapulted them to the highest of the world rankings, however a loss to Spain within the quarterfinal noticed them drop all the way down to fourth. Germany’s ascent additionally sees England drop down one spot from their pre-Olympics rating of second place, to 3rd, whereas India have climbed one spot up bridging the hole to the top-4, following a second consecutive bronze medal end on the Olympics.
Australia (2714), Argentina (2643) and Spain (2470) discover themselves within the sixth, seventh and eighth positions respectively. Australia started the Olympics ranked fourth on the planet, and climbed into the top-3 after the primary win over Argentina, however a disappointing marketing campaign the place they endured losses to Belgium, India and obtained knocked out by Netherlands within the quarterfinals, sees them drop all the way down to sixth, lower than 100 factors away from Argentina in seventh. Spain fell simply wanting the bronze medal and whereas their rating stays unchanged, the hole to seventh place is lower than half of what it was earlier than Paris 2024.
Eire (2078), France (2016), South Africa (1982) and New Zealand (1958) take up the ninth to twelfth spots on the planet rankings with all 4 groups competing on the Olympics, however failing to make the quarterfinals. Eire’s victory over New Zealand of their ultimate pool stage recreation, lifted them two spots into ninth place on the expense of France who ended their pool stage of the video games with only one level following a draw in opposition to Spain. South Africa moved up one place because of their draw in opposition to Nice Britain and win over France, whereas New Zealand’s failure to gather any factors on the Olympics sees them drop two spots down from tenth.
Within the girls’s world rankings, Netherlands (3641) stay infallible, including a fourth Olympic gold medal from the final 5 editions of the Video games! Whereas China gave them an enormous scare within the gold medal match, Netherlands prevailed in the long run, finishing an ideal marketing campaign with 8 wins in 8 matches.
Argentina (3059) proceed to stay in a distant second place, following their bronze medal efficiency at Paris 2024. Belgium (2852) climbed one place to 3rd on the planet after narrowly lacking out on their first ever Olympic medal, with back-to-back shoot-out losses to China within the semi-final, and Argentina within the bronze medal match, but it surely was nonetheless a formidable marketing campaign from the Purple Panthers in simply their second ever Olympic look!
Germany (2739) exited within the quarterfinals at Paris 2024, a consequence which noticed them drop down one spot, into fourth. Australia (2720) proceed to stay in fifth place and just like Germany, could be dissatisfied of their quarterfinal exit, following a stellar pool part the place they completed prime of their pool with 4 wins and a draw.
China’s (2567) unbelievable run in Paris 2024, which noticed them come inside a whisker of claiming the gold medal, has resulted in a two-place climb on the planet rankings desk as they now sit within the sixth spot, forward of England* (2419) and Spain (2322) in seventh and eighth respectively.
India (2087) and New Zealand (2024), who missed out on Olympic qualification, spherical out the top-10 world rankings.
Among the many groups that competed on the Olympics outdoors of top-10, are Japan (2010) in eleventh place, narrowly trailing New Zealand. United States (1898) have been extraordinarily aggressive all through the pool stage of the Olympics and registered factors by a draw in opposition to Spain and a win over South Africa, and discover themselves in thirteenth place on the planet rankings.
South Africa (1403) and France (1371) each ended Paris 2024 with out scoring any factors and are positioned twentieth and twenty second on the planet respectively. Each groups have loads of positives to remove from the Olympics although, with this being the primary look for France at an Olympics, whereas South Africa, given their very younger squad, have been aggressive, not dropping by a couple of objective in any of their matches besides one, which got here within the type of a 4-2 loss to Argentina, the place South Africa have been main 2-1 till the ultimate ten minutes!
*England competed as part of Nice Britain within the Olympic Video games Paris 2024.
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The rankings calculations mannequin that FIH launched on 1st January 2020 moved away from the earlier tournament-based rankings system to a dynamic, match-based technique the place opposing groups alternate factors in official, FIH sanctioned video games. The variety of factors exchanged relies on the results of the match, the relative rating of the groups and the significance of the match. Extra details about the brand new rankings mannequin may be discovered under.
How the FIH World Rankings work:
The variety of factors exchanged relies on the results of the match, the relative rating of the groups and the significance of the match.
FIH World Rankings defined:
Based mostly on the Elo ranking system, which is used as the premise of many different sports activities rating programs
When two nations play in opposition to one another, plenty of rating factors are exchanged between them
In each match, the variety of factors gained by one workforce is strictly matched by the variety of factors misplaced by the opposite
Groups will win extra factors for beating groups ranked above them, and due to this fact groups will lose extra factors for dropping to a workforce ranked under them
Groups will win much less factors for beating groups ranked under them, and due to this fact groups will lose much less factors for dropping to a workforce ranked above them
If a draw happens, the decrease ranked workforce will acquire a small variety of factors and the upper ranked workforce will lose the identical variety of factors
The variety of factors exchanged relies on the results of the match (win, lose, shootout win/loss or draw), the significance of the match (a part of a serious event, or a take a look at collection for instance), and the relative distinction in rating factors between the groups earlier than the match.
Extra particulars concerning the system used within the algorithm, weightings of matches and different elements may be discovered HERE along with a Often Requested Questions doc HERE.
