2020–21 Men's FIH Pro League explained

Tournament:	2020–21 Men's FIH Pro League
Dates:	18 January 2020 – 27 June 2021
Teams:	9
Confederations:	4
Count:	1
Matches:	50
Goals:	248
Top Scorer:	Alexander Hendrickx
Top Scorer Goals:	11
Previous Year:	2019
Previous Tournament:	2019 Men's FIH Pro League
Next Year:	2021–22
Next Tournament:	2021–22 Men's FIH Pro League

The 2020–21 Men's FIH Pro League was the second season of the Pro League, the premier men's field hockey national team league series. The tournament started in January 2020 and finished in June 2021.^[1]

Format changes

The home and away principle was kept but this principle was split over two consecutive seasons from this season onwards and worked according to the following example:

in season 2020-21, Team A hosted Team B twice within a couple of days
in season 2021-22:, Team B will host Team A twice within a couple of days

COVID-19 pandemic interruption

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, Hockey Australia decided to suspend all international travels for its national teams until further notice in early March.^[2] Later Hockey New Zealand took the same decision.^[3]

Once declared as a pandemic on 11 March, the FIH and all participating National Associations involved in the competition decided to put all the matches scheduled until 15 April on hold. Furthermore, it was agreed that the current edition is maintained, no matches will be played after the Olympic Games and depending on the evolution of the situation and the decisions of the public authorities, every match which can be organized between late April and before the Olympics, shall be played.^[4] On 19 March, it was announced by the FIH that all the matches scheduled to play until 17 May were put on hold.^[5] On 24 April, the league was extended until June 2021.^[6] The restart for September 2020, was announced on 9 July.^[7] Because not all matches are due to be played before the end of the season, the final ranking will be determined by points percentage instead of total points.^[8]

On 28 May, it was announced that despite the efforts of the involved federations, the matches set to play before the announcing date were going to be the last of the edition.^[9]

Teams

Nine teams competed in a round-robin tournament, being played from January to June.

Squads

See main article: 2020–21 Men's FIH Pro League squads.

Results

Standings

All times are local.^[10]

Fixtures

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External links

Official website

Notes and References

Web site: Executive Board approves 2020 and 2021 FIH Pro League match schedule principles . fih.ch . . 16 April 2019 . 16 April 2019.
Web site: Australia matches planned in Europe put on hold. fihproleague.com. 10 March 2020. 10 March 2020.
Web site: New Zealand matches in the Netherlands and Germany put on hold. fihproleague.com. 10 March 2020. 10 March 2020.
Web site: FIH Hockey Pro League put on hold until 15 April . . 13 March 2020.
Web site: FIH Hockey Pro League: Postponement extended to 17 May . . 19 March 2020.
Web site: FIH Hockey Pro League Season 2 extended until June 2021. . 24 April 2020.
Web site: Germany to host Belgium as "Hockey at its Best" restarts!. . 9 July 2020.
Web site: Fih Hockey Pro League 2021-2022: Match Schedule Confirmed . fihproleague.com . 30 April 2021 . 30 April 2021.
Web site: FIH Hockey Pro League: This Sunday is "winners' day" . fihproleague.com . 28 May 2021 . 28 May 2021.
Web site: FIH confirms venues and match timings of FIH Hockey Pro League 2020. fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 18 November 2019 . 18 November 2019.