Lausanne (Switzerland): The International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced that the 30 top hockey athletes have been shortlisted to win the FIH Best Player, FIH Best Goalkeeper and FIH Rising Star Awards of the Year.
FIH Player of the Year Award - Nominees:
Women: Gu Bingfeng (CHN), Yibbi Jansen (NED), Nike Lorenz (GER), Stéphanie Vanden Borre (BEL), Xan de Waard (NED)
Men: Thierry Brinkman (NED), Joep de Mol (NED), Hannes Müller (GER), Harmanpreet Singh (IND), Zach Wallace (ENG)
FIH Goalkeeper of the Year Award - Nominees:
Women: Cristina Cosentino (ARG), Aisling D’Hooghe (BEL), Nathalie Kubalski (GER), Anne Veenendaal (NED), Ye Jiao (CHN)
Men: Pirmin Blaak (NED), Luis Calzado (ESP), Jean-Paul Danneberg (GER), Tomás Santiago (ARG), PR Sreejesh (IND)
FIH Rising Star of the Year Award – Nominees:
Women: Claire Colwill (AUS), Zoe Díaz (ARG), Tan Jinzhuang (CHN), Emily White (BEL), Linnea Weidemann (GER)
Men: Bautista Capurro (ARG), Bruno Font (ESP), Sufyan Khan (PAK), Michel Struthoff (GER), Arno Van Dessel (BEL)
The list of nominees was established by an Expert Panel, composed of players, coaches and officials selected by each of their Continental Federations. The expert panel was provided access to match data from all international matches held in 2024, including Test Matches, the FIH hockey Pro League, FIH Hockey Nations Cups, FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers and the Olympic Games Paris 2024 before establishing the final list of nominees.
The voting process is now open! National Associations - represented by their respective national teams’ captains and coaches -, fans, players, coaches, officials and media can register their vote until 11 October.
The votes of the Expert Panel count for 40% of the overall result. Those from National Associations count for a further 20%. The fans and other players (20%) as well as the media (20%) will make the remaining 40%.
Fans and players can cast their vote here.
Expert Panel:
Europe: Janne Müller-Wieland (GER) and Simon Mason (ENG)
Asia: Tahir Zaman (PAK) and Ms Deepika (IND)
Pan America: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) and Craig Parnham (USA)
Africa: Sarah Bennett (ZIM) and Ahmed Youssef (EGY)
Oceania: Amber Church (NZL) and Adam Webster (AUS)
List of Awards:
FIH Player of the Year (Women and Men)
FIH Goalkeeper of the Year (Women and Men)
FIH Rising Star of the Year (Women and Men)
FIH Coach of the Year (Women and Men)
FIH Umpire of the Year (Women and Men) (Press Release)
