Star Indian drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh was on Tuesday named for the Men’s Player of the Year honors, while PR Sreejesh and Savita Punia were selected in the shortlist for the best men’s and women’s goalkeepers for the FIH Hockey Stars Awards 2021-22.
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India’s vice-captain Harmanpreet was named for the FIH Men’s Player of the Year award along with two Belgian players Arthur de Slover and Tom Boon, Germany’s Niklas Wellen and Netherlands’ Thierry Brinkmann. There is no Indian in the list of nominees for the FIH Women’s Player of the Year Award.
Harmanpreet also won the coveted award last year when Indian players and coaches won all the honors following their historic Olympic Games performance in Tokyo, where the men’s team won bronze for the first time in 41 years while the women’s side won bronze. Was lost – medal match.
Men’s team coaches Graham Reid, Sreejesh and Savita also won last year.
Last year (2020-21) there was an uproar, especially from men’s Olympic champions Belgium, due to the prevalence of awards by Indians in all five categories.
Reid and Janke Shopman were named in the respective Men’s and Women’s Coach of the Year award lists, while Mumtaz Khan and Sanjay were named in the Men’s and Women’s Rising Player of the Year list.
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) said players, coaches, media and fans can register their votes online for nominations in the women’s and men’s categories for Player of the Year, Goalkeeper, Rising Star and Coach of the Year, which will take place on Tuesday. 6 September). ) till 30 September only.
Winners in all categories will be announced in early October.
Additionally, there will be an award for Umpire of the Year in the men’s and women’s categories, which will be selected by the FIH Officials Committee.
The new voting process involves an expert group whose votes will be counted for 40 per cent of the total result. The votes of the national associations are represented by the captains and coaches of their respective national teams, with a further 20 percent count. Fans and other players (20%) as well as media (20%) would make up the remaining 40%.
The final shortlist was established entirely by an expert group consisting of players, former players, coaches and officials selected by each of their Continental Federations. Before establishing the final shortlist, the expert group received a long list of players and coaches based on the performance data registered during the respective period.
Players perform in FIH Hockey Pro League, FIH Hockey Women World The Cup, the FIH Hockey Junior World Cup and the Continental Championship (Senior Division) were considered in the nominations of the players.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0zMP4Eif1k" width="942″ height="530″ frameborder="0" allow fullscreen="allow fullscreen" ></iframe> <p><strong>List of Awards:</strong></p> <p><strong>FIH Player of the Year Award:</strong></p> <p>Female: Felice Albers (NED), Mar e Jose Granato (ARG), Fr d Rick Matala (NED), Augustina Gorzelny (ARG), Georgina Oliva (ESP). </p> <p>Men: Arthur de Slover (BEL), Harmanpreet Singh (IND), Niklas Wellen (GER), Thierry Brinkman (NED), Tom Boone (BEL).</p> <p><strong>FIH Goalkeeper of the Year Award:</strong></p> <p>Female: Savita (IND), Josine Koning (NED), Bel en Susie (ARG), Jocelyn Bartram (AUS), Phumella Munde (RSA). </p> <p>Men: Lou C van Doren (BEL), PR Sreejesh (IND), Piramin Bloc (NED), Arthur Thiefrey (FRA), Alexander Stadler (GER).</p> <p><strong>FIH Rising Star of the Year Award:</strong></p> <p>Female: Charlotte Engelbert (BEL), Luna Focke (NED), Mumtaz Khan (IND), Zip Dickey (NED), Amy Lawton (AUS). Anjay (IND), Pau Kunil (ESP), Rizwan Ali (PAK)</p> <p><strong>FIH Coach of the Year Award:</strong></p> <p>Women: Janneke Schopmann (Team India), Jamilen M Leers (Team Netherlands), Katrina Powell (Team Australia), Raul Ehren (Team Belgium), Adrian Locke (Team Spain).</p> <p>Men: Jeroen Delmy (Team Netherlands), Michel van den Heuvel (Team Belgium), Graham Reid (Team India), Gareth Ewing (Team South Africa), Frederic Soeze (Team France).</p> <p>allLatest sports news And today’s fresh news Here