India clubbed with Australia in Pool A for Hockey World Cup
23 Jan 2014 5:45 AM IST
The inaugural edition of the men’s Hockey World League Final just concluded and the FIH today revealed the pools for this summer’s Rabobank Hockey World Cup. ‘Pool A will consist of the 2010 World Cup champions Australia (World Ranking: 1), England (4), Belgium (5), India (8), Spain (10) and Malaysia (13), while Olympic champions Germany (2) will face hosts, the Netherlands (3), New Zealand (6), Korea (7), Argentina (11) and South Africa (12) in Pool B,’ FIH said in a release.
‘The pools are based on the current FIH World Rankings, which have been updated to include the ranking points earned by the teams that competed in this month’s Hero Hockey World League Final.
The results have triggered some changes to the rankings, with Australia taking back the number 1 ranking spot from Germany who have been top of the table since their Gold medal performance at the London 2012 Olympic Games,’ it added. Hockey World Cup will witness some exciting clashes among twelve of the world’s greatest teams and players for the toughest, most skillful and entertaining international hockey imaginable.
AI-HI on collision course over Oltmans, Walsh’s HIL stint
New Delhi: Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Wednesday put itself on collision course with Hockey India after it issued a clear instruction to HI’s High Performance Director Roelant Oltmans and chief coach Terry Walsh to scrap their contracts with respective HIL franchises.
SAI minced no words in stating that the duo could lose their salaries for the duration of the second edition of Hockey India League (HIL), commencing January 25 in Mohali, if they continued their association with the high-profile FIH-sanctioned event. SAI said the contracts of both the foreign coaches, who are drawing salaries from it, do not permit them to take coaching assignments with any ‘commercial league’.
‘They are employed by SAI and we are paying them their monthly salaries. How could they take up some other assignment with a commercial league when their contracts do not allow them from taking up any other job. It’s not professionalism. It’s unethical,’ SAI secretary Neeraj Kansal said.
‘They have been hired by SAI for a full-time role and they are not allowed to participate in these types of leagues. We have an option of discontinuing their salaries for that particular period when they are engaged with HIL franchises. It is simple, if they don’t disassociate themselves from their frnchises they can’t take salary from us for the period of their HIL engagement. But that’s the last option,’ he added.
Walsh and Oltmans are employed with the SAI and draw USD 12,500 (Rs 7.73 lakh) and USD 15,000 (Rs 9.28 lakh) every month. Walsh has been working with Kalinga Lancers as the chief coach while Oltmans is associated with Uttar Pradesh Wizards. Asked if both stand to lose their contracts with the SAI if they continue coaching their franchises, Kansal only replied: ‘Let’s see. We will look at it.’
‘The pools are based on the current FIH World Rankings, which have been updated to include the ranking points earned by the teams that competed in this month’s Hero Hockey World League Final.
The results have triggered some changes to the rankings, with Australia taking back the number 1 ranking spot from Germany who have been top of the table since their Gold medal performance at the London 2012 Olympic Games,’ it added. Hockey World Cup will witness some exciting clashes among twelve of the world’s greatest teams and players for the toughest, most skillful and entertaining international hockey imaginable.
AI-HI on collision course over Oltmans, Walsh’s HIL stint
New Delhi: Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Wednesday put itself on collision course with Hockey India after it issued a clear instruction to HI’s High Performance Director Roelant Oltmans and chief coach Terry Walsh to scrap their contracts with respective HIL franchises.
SAI minced no words in stating that the duo could lose their salaries for the duration of the second edition of Hockey India League (HIL), commencing January 25 in Mohali, if they continued their association with the high-profile FIH-sanctioned event. SAI said the contracts of both the foreign coaches, who are drawing salaries from it, do not permit them to take coaching assignments with any ‘commercial league’.
‘They are employed by SAI and we are paying them their monthly salaries. How could they take up some other assignment with a commercial league when their contracts do not allow them from taking up any other job. It’s not professionalism. It’s unethical,’ SAI secretary Neeraj Kansal said.
‘They have been hired by SAI for a full-time role and they are not allowed to participate in these types of leagues. We have an option of discontinuing their salaries for that particular period when they are engaged with HIL franchises. It is simple, if they don’t disassociate themselves from their frnchises they can’t take salary from us for the period of their HIL engagement. But that’s the last option,’ he added.
Walsh and Oltmans are employed with the SAI and draw USD 12,500 (Rs 7.73 lakh) and USD 15,000 (Rs 9.28 lakh) every month. Walsh has been working with Kalinga Lancers as the chief coach while Oltmans is associated with Uttar Pradesh Wizards. Asked if both stand to lose their contracts with the SAI if they continue coaching their franchises, Kansal only replied: ‘Let’s see. We will look at it.’
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