The 2021–22 Men's FIH Pro League is the third edition of the Men's FIH Pro League, a field hockey championship for men's national teams. The tournament starts in October 2021 and finishes in June 2022.[1]
The home and away principle is kept but this principle is split over two consecutive seasons from 2020 to 2021 season onwards and work according to the following example:[2]
in 2020, Team A will host Team B twice within a couple of days.
in 2021, Team B will host Team A twice within a couple of days.
If one of the two matches played between two teams is cancelled, the winner of the other match will receive double points.
Teams[]
Originally, nine teams were scheduled to compete in a round-robin tournament, being played from October 2021 to June 2022. On 17 September 2021, both New Zealand and Australia withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the travel restrictions coming with it.[3][4] Canada and South Africa joined on 8 December 2021.[5][6] On 17 January 2022, Canada withdrew due to the COVID-19 Omicron variant and the travel restrictions coming with it, six weeks after being named New Zealand substitute.[7] France was announced as Canada's substitute on 25 January 2022.[8][9]
Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2022. Source: FIH Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[10]