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World ranking
Top 10 Men's Rankings
as of June 2007
Rank Team Points
1 Netherlands 2489
2 Australia 2295
3 Spain 2193
4 Germany 2078
5 Pakistan 1810
6 Korea 1500
7 India 1418
8 Argentina 1275
9 England 1249
10 New Zealand 1220
The world ranking is used to determined the seeded entries for the international
field hockey tournaments including qualification tournament, and the previous
four years' international results are used in the points calculation.
Below are the tournaments whose results are used for the points calculation:
Olympic Games
World Cup
Champions Trophy
Champions Challenge
Continental federation Championships
If the main tournament has a qualification tournament, its results will also be
used in the ranking:
25 percent of total points won in year one
50 percent of total points won in year two
75 percent of total points won in year three
100 percent of total points won in year four
Continental championships based on the final placing
For continental championships points, because Asian, European and Oceania have a
higher overall standard of competition, they awarded 500 points for the first
place finisher as opposed to African and Pan American which are only awarded 375
points for first place finisher. Lower places may also receive different numbers
of ranking points.
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