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The India men's national field hockey team is governed by the Hockey India (HI) and is a member of the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF). Since 1926, the BCCI has been affiliated with FIH , the international governing body for world field hockey.
Hockey India was established on 20 May 2009 and is affiliated to the International Hockey Federation (FIH), the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF). Hockey India, with the assistance of the Sports Authority of India and Department of Sports, trains players at sub-junior, junior and senior level.
The India men's national field hockey team represents India in international field hockey competitions. The team is governed by the association Hockey India. In 1928, the team won its first Olympic gold medal and until 1960, the Indian men's team remained unbeaten in the Olympics, winning six gold medals in a row.
The Senior National Hockey Championship is a state-level national field hockey competition contested by the state associations and government institutions under Hockey India, the sport's governing body in India.
National game Field hockey [72] Field hockey is a team sport in which India has won the gold at the Summer Olympics eight times, the most by any nation. [108] As per a 2012 reply from Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to a RTI query, there was no declared national game in India. [109]
India competed at the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, from February 7 to 14. [1] [2] The final Indian team consisted of 59 athletes. [3] Alpine skier Arif Khan and cross-country skier Bhavani Thekkada were the country's opening ceremony flagbearers. [4] India finished the event with no medals. [5]
India's history in rowing dates back to the British era. The country's first rowing club, the Calcutta Rowing Club was founded in 1858. The Rowing Federation of India administers the sport in the country. India's first ever Asian Games gold medal was won by Bajrang Lal Takhar in 2010 [185] but the country has never won an Olympic medal in the ...
India and Pakistan have a record of facing each other in the first six Asian games hockey finals. They have played a total of eight finals against each other in which Pakistan has won six gold and India has won two gold. [3] [4] Both nations have played each other from 1956 to 1964 in three successive Olympic Hockey finals. India won gold twice ...