News for 12 December 2025
All the news for Friday 12 December 2025
2025-26 FIH Hockey Pro League
Men
Sport Ireland Campus, Ireland - Time GMT
11 Dec 2025 11:30 BEL v ENG (RR) 1 - 1 (SO 2 - 3)
12 Dec 2025 11:30 BEL v GER (RR)
13 Dec 2025 11:30 GER v ENG (RR)
Santiago del Estero Hockey Club, Argentina - Time GMT -3
11 Dec 2025 19:00 ARG v PAK (RR) 3 - 2
12 Dec 2025 19:00 PAK v NED (RR)
13 Dec 2025 19:00 ARG v NED (RR)
Pool Standings
Women
Sport Ireland Campus, Ireland - Time GMT
11 Dec 2025 14:00 IRL v ENG (RR) 1 - 1 (SO 4 - 3)
12 Dec 2025 14:00 BEL v ENG (RR)
13 Dec 2025 14:00 IRL v BEL (RR)
Santiago del Estero Hockey Club, Argentina - Time GMT -3
11 Dec 2025 21:30 ARG v NED (RR) 0 - 4
12 Dec 2025 21:30 NED v GER (RR)
13 Dec 2025 21:30 ARG v GER (RR)
Pool standings
FIH Match Centre
Shootout Thrillers, Historic Milestones, and Clinical Dutch Finishing Headline Four-Game Slate
It was a dramatic day of FIH Pro League action across Dublin and Santiago del Estero, with late goals, breakthrough performances and dominant displays shaping four compelling fixtures. England and Belgium traded momentum in a thrilling men’s draw before the English secured the bonus point in the shootout, while Ireland earned their first-ever Pro League points after a gritty 1–1 battle with England’s women.
Day 3 delights fans as Ireland beat England in thrilling Shootout.
Dublin: The spirits of Irish fans couldn’t be damped despite the Irish weather as the flocks of hockey fans braved the afternoon rain to watch Ireland beat England in a thrilling shootout.
Ireland beat England in dramatic shootout to grab first point in debut FIH Hockey Pro League Season
Dublin: The Ireland Women’s Hockey Team gave their sold out crowd in the Sport Ireland Campus at day to cherish as they secured their first points of their FIH Hockey Pro League debut season against England. Despite Ireland being on top, nothing could separate the sides at full time, with Sarah Torrans quarter 2 goal cancelled out by Elena Rayer. But Ireland triumphed in the shootout, with Hannah McLoughlin scoring and Elizabeth Murphy making the definitive save in Sudden Death.
Ireland beat England in Pro League shootout
By Nigel Ringland
Ireland's Hannah McLoughlin, Charlotte Beggs, Mikalya Power and Jessica McMaster Image source, Inpho
Ireland earned their first points in the FIH Pro League as they edged out England 4-3 in a dramatic shootout after a 1-1 draw in Dublin.
FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup City of Santiago 2025
City of Santiago
All times GMT -4
11 Dec 2025 13:30 RSA v KOR (15/16) 5 - 0
11 Dec 2025 15:45 WAL v IRL (13/14) 0 - 3
11 Dec 2025 18:00 URU v JPN (11/12) 0 - 1
11 Dec 2025 20:15 IND v ESP (9/10) 1 - 2
12 Dec 2025 13:30 ENG v AUS (7/8)
12 Dec 2025 15:45 USA v GER (5/6)
12 Dec 2025 18:00 NZL v CAN (19/20)
12 Dec 2025 20:15 SCO v CHI (17/18)
13 Dec 2025 09:00 NAM v ZIM (23/24)
13 Dec 2025 11:30 AUT v MAS (21/22
13 Dec 2025 17:00 BEL v CHN (3/4)
13 Dec 2025 19:15 NED v ARG (Final)
Pool standings
FIH Match Centre
Spain close out their campaign with authority on a day that determined the 9–16 positions at the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup
South Africa, Ireland, Japan and Spain closed out their participation with authority on Day 11 of the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup City of Santiago 2025, a day dedicated to determining the positions from ninth to sixteenth place. South Africa’s win over Korea set the emotional tone, with a team determined to finish on a high, while Ireland capitalised on their collective solidity to defeat Wales and secure 13th place. In the South American–Asian clash, Japan found the necessary precision to overcome a Uruguay side that once again competed on equal terms.
South Africa Finish With a Flourish and Claim Fifteenth Place After Commanding Win Over Korea
South Africa closed their Junior World Cup campaign in superb style with a confident five nil victory over Korea to secure fifteenth place and end the tournament on a high.
India lose 1-2 to Spain at the FIH Hockey Junior Women’s World Cup 2025
India finish 10th in the tournament 
Santiago, Chile: The Indian Junior Women’s Hockey Team went down 1-2 against Spain in its 9th/10th place playoff match in the FIH Hockey Junior Women’s World Cup 2025 at the Centro Deportivo de Hockey Césped, Estadio Nacional, Santiago. Kanika Siwach (41') was the goalscorer for India while Natalia Vilanova (16') and Esther Canales (36') netted a goal each for Spain.
India finishes in 10th place, loses to Spain
Kanika Siwach (41’) was the goalscorer for India while Natalia Vilanova (16’) and Esther Canales (36’) netted a goal each for Spain. 
India finished in 10th place after losing 1-2 to Spain in the classification match of the Junior Women’s Hockey World Cup. | Photo Credit: Hockey India
The Indian junior women’s hockey team lost 1-2 to Spain in its ninth/10th place playoff match in the FIH Junior Women’s World Cup 2025 at the Centro Deportivo de Hockey Césped, Estadio Nacional, Santiago.
Germany men toast Junior Hockey World Cup success
Germany celebrate glory in India PIC: WORLDSPORTPICS EWOUT PAHUD DE MORTANGES
Germany men rubberstamped themselves as youth world-beaters after capturing an eight FIH Junior World Cup title.
Quartet of EHL-bound players medal at men’s Junior World Cup
Hamburger Polo Club’s Lukas Kossel and Johann Wehnert are on top of the world as they helped Germany win the men’s Junior World Cup for the eighth time as they defeated first-time finalists Spain in Chennai on Wednesday.
What next for PR Sreejesh after guiding India to bronze at Hockey Junior World Cup
It hasn't been long since he starred as India won back-to-back Olympic medals; former custodian has made a smooth transition as mentor and strategist
by Vinayakk Mohanarangan
Indian junior hockey team coach PR Sreejesh in action during FIH Junior Hockey World Cup. (PHOTO: Hockey India)Indian junior hockey team coach PR Sreejesh in action during FIH Junior Hockey World Cup. (PHOTO: Hockey India)
In Chennai, he took up various spots – atop a building terrace just behind the corner flag and on the second tier of the centenary stands. In Madurai, at a newly set-up international venue, he found a spot right behind the goal on a broadcast tower and shifted later to the side view once rain relented. Over the course of India’s six matches at the FIH Junior World Cup, PR Sreejesh – trading gloves and goalkeeping pads for headsets and writing pads as head coach – found various vantage points beyond the dugout. As he put it after guiding his wards to a bronze medal on Wednesday: “I need my experience, I am collecting it.”
India win hockey series, but SA bank vital World Cup takeaways in Cape Town
Rowan Callaghan
Veteran SA hockey player Nic Spooner clears the ball under pressure in the final match against India at Hartleyvale Stadium in Cape Town on Wednesday. Image: Jan van Zyl
A South African men’s hockey team hamstrung by the absence of some of their stars lost the final match of the three-match series against India 4-1 in Hartleyvale, Cape Town, but coach Devon van der Merwe feels they have plenty to build on as they ramp up preparations for next year’s World Cup.
IOC approves LA28 Olympic hockey tournaments qualification system
An important milestone in the build-up of the next Olympic hockey tournaments that will take place in Los Angeles, USA, in 2028, has just occurred with the approval by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of the qualification system for both events, women’s and men’s.
We Are In: U.S. National Teams Confirmed to Return to LA28 Olympic Stage
For decades, athletes, coaches, families and fans have carried one relentless dream: to see the United States compete for Olympic glory on home soil. It’s no longer just a dream—it’s reality.
How Indian hockey team can qualify for LA 2028 Olympics
India will have three primary pathways to qualify for the LA 2028 Olympics - the FIH Pro League, the Asian Games and the Olympic Qualifiers.
By Ali Asgar Nalwala
Picture by Getty Images
The Indian hockey team now has a clear understanding of how to qualify for the LA 208 Olympics, with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approving the first set of qualification systems on Wednesday.
Chile, Egypt and India to host thrilling World Cup Qualifiers!
Chile (City of Santiago), Egypt (Ismailia) and India (Hyderabad) will host the FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 Qualifiers, as confirmed today by the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
Hyderabad to host women’s hockey World Cup qualifier in March 2026
Besides India, the other teams in the fray include England, Scotland, Korea, Italy, Uruguay, Wales, and Austria.
Uthra Ganesan
Hyderabad (depicted by the iconic Charminar in the picture) has been named one of the three venues for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. | Photo Credit: G. RAMAKRISHNA
The Indian women’s hockey team will have home advantage when it takes one final shot at qualifying for the 2026 World Cup next year, even as the side continues to be devoid of a chief coach.
Speedy Tigers confident of booking World Cup ticket
By Aftar Singh
Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) president Datuk Subahan Kamal. - BERNAMA pic
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia are drawn with Pakistan, China and Austria for the men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier in Egypt from Feb 28 to March 8.
2025 Nkosi Cup
Cape Town, South Africa
All times GMT +2
Men
12 Dec 2025 17:20 NAM v USA (RR)
12 Dec 2025 20:00 RSA v NZL (RR)
13 Dec 2025 10:20 AUS v NZL (RR)
13 Dec 2025 13:00 RSA v USA (RR)
13 Dec 2025 17:20 USA v NZL (RR)
13 Dec 2025 20:00 NAM v AUS (RR)
Pool Standings
Women
12 Dec 2025 16:00 NAM v ZIM (RR)
12 Dec 2025 18:40 RSA v NZL (RR)
13 Dec 2025 09:00 AUS v ZIM (RR)
13 Dec 2025 11:40 NAM v NZL (RR)
13 Dec 2025 16:00 NZL v ZIM (RR)
13 Dec 2025 18:40 RSA v AUS (RR)
Pool standings
FIH Match Centre
SEA Games Thailand 2025
Chonburi (THA)
All Games GMT +7
Men
11 Dec 2025 10:30 MYA v SGP (One Pool) 0 - 4
11 Dec 2025 15:00 THA v INA (One Pool) 3 - 0
12 Dec 2025 10:30 MYA v MAS (One Pool) 1 - 21
12 Dec 2025 12:45 SGP v THA (One Pool) 0 - 1
13 Dec 2025 15:00 MAS v INA (One Pool)
Pool standings
Women
11 Dec 2025 12:45 MAS v SGP (One Pool) 5 - 0
12 Dec 2025 15:00 THA v INA (One Pool) 3 - 2
13 Dec 2025 12:45 MAS v INA (One Pool)
Pool standings
FIH Match Centre
Malaysia smash Myanmar 21-1 in SEA Games hockey opener
By Saiful Affendy Sapran
Azrai Aizad Abu Kamal (left) scored seven goals in Malaysia’s 21-1 victory over minnows Myanmar in a SEA Games match in Chonburi today (Dec 12). - NSTP FILE PIC
BANGKOK: The national men's hockey squad opened their Thailand SEA Games campaign in style by thrashing Myanmar 21-1 in their first round-robin match at the Thailand National Sport University (TNSU) in Chonburi, today (Dec 12).
USA Field Hockey Announces Exceptional 2026 Hall of Fame Class
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - USA Field Hockey is pleased to announce the 2026 inductee class of the Hall of Fame. This class honors seven individuals, with four Athletes and one each in the categories of Coach, Official and Contributor.
U-16 & U-18 Women’s Athletes Selected To Attend January 2026 Junior National Camp
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Following a 3-day training camp held in Charlotte, N.C., the women’s Junior High Performance Staff have evaluated and finalized the roster of U-16 and U-18 women’s athletes invited to the January 2026 Junior National Camp (JNC).
Any challengers to upset Watsonians and Clydesdale Western in the Scottish Women`s Indoor Division 1?
Since 2020 Watsonians and Clydesdale Western have won the women`s indoor National League Division 1 title twice each (there was no competition in 2021), so will there be any change to that scenario this season?
Ashton indoor hockey stars shine at national championships
Jaiden Krambeck and Emmerson van Zijl were selected to national teams after the competition.
Kaylan Geekie
Ashton's cohort at the indoor nationals.
Ashton International College Ballito athletes and coaches returned home with an impressive medal haul after excelling at the South African Schools Hockey (SASHOC) indoor nationals last week.