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Ranking as of 19th December 2018
Outdoor Field Hockey Rankings
Men
The 2018 Hockey Champions Trophy winners have been pushed down to the second position by Belgium in the Men’s Outdoor Hockey rankings. Australia and Netherlands are placed at 2nd and 3rd position respectively.
Meanwhile, Indian Hockey team broke into the Top 5 as they replaced the German Hockey team for the 5th position in this category. Other significant upgrades were of Austria, Egypt and Scotland, who are now placed at 18th, 19th and 22nd place respectively.
| Rank | Country | Points |
| 1 | Belgium | 2196 |
| 2 | Australia | 2181 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 2029 |
| 4 | Argentina | 1858 |
| 5 | India | 1715 |
| 6 | Germany | 1631 |
| 7 | England | 1501 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 1178 |
| 9 | Spain | 1083 |
| 10 | Canada | 1017 |
| 11 | Ireland | 980 |
| 12 | Pakistan | 978 |
| 13 | Malaysia | 903 |
| 14 | China | 793 |
| 15 | France | 789 |
| 16 | South Africa | 715 |
| 17 | Korea | 690 |
| 18 | Japan | 625 |
| 19 | Austria | 563 |
| 20 | Egypt | 543 |
| 21 | Poland | 477 |
| 22 | Scotland | 434 |
| 23 | Russia | 428 |
| 24 | Wales | 383 |
| 25 | Ukraine | 348 |
Women
The Dutch hockey team retained its position at the top with the English Hockey team placed at the 2nd position. Meanwhile, the 3rd position witnessed a change as Australia replaced Argentina who dropped down to the 4th place.
A significant jump of 8 positions was made by Ireland, who are now placed at the 8th position. Other significant upgrades were of Germany, Spain and India who are now placed at 5th, 7th and 9th place respectively.
| Rank | Country | Points |
| 1 | Netherlands | 2500 |
| 2 | England | 1806 |
| 3 | Australia | 1800 |
| 4 | Argentina | 1740 |
| 5 | Germany | 1551 |
| 6 | New Zealand | 1475 |
| 7 | Spain | 1401 |
| 8 | Ireland | 1330 |
| 9 | India | 1138 |
| 10 | China | 1128 |
| 11 | Korea | 1101 |
| 12 | USA | 1024 |
| 13 | Belgium | 995 |
| 14 | Japan | 968 |
| 15 | South Africa | 843 |
| 16 | Chile | 815 |
| 17 | Italy | 766 |
| 18 | Scotland | 548 |
| 19 | Czech Republic | 484 |
| 20 | Belarus | 454 |
| 21 | Canada | 453 |
| 22 | Malaysia | 439 |
| 23 | Poland | 436 |
| 24 | Uruguay | 389 |
| 25 | Russia | 386 |
For Indoor Hockey Rankings of both men & women, move on to the next page!
