Indian men's hockey team has climbed to third spot in Hockey Rankings.

The Indian men's hockey team has climbed back in the top-three in the latest FIH world rankings, after more than a year since dropping out in May 2022.

The elevation happened due to its undefeated run in the Asian Champions Trophy 2023 in Chennai last month. 

The Indians have won six and drawn one of their seven matches.

With 2771.35 points in their bag, India is now only behind Netherlands (3095.90 points) and Belgium (2917.87 points).

Ranked fourth before the start of the Asian Champions Trophy, India leapfrogged England who are now fourth with 2763.50 points.

This is only the second time that India has been third in the world rankings. The last time India were ranked third was after their historic bronze medal winning run at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, ending a 41-year-old medal drought at the quadrennial event.

Germany (2689) and Australia (2544) hold on to the fifth and sixth positions, respectively, while Argentina (2350) climbed up one spot to seventh ahead of Spain (2347).

Following their runner-up finish, Malaysia maintained their ninth spot in the men’s world rankings.

In the women’s rankings, the Netherlands (3422) are crowned at the top spot and remain well clear of the chasing pack, continuing their dominance with a record-extending 12th EuroHockey Championship title. 

Australia (2818) and Argentina (2767) stay in the second and third places, respectively.

However, Belgium (2609) had a great campaign at the EuroHockey Championships, winning the silver medal that propels them ahead of Germany (2574) as the two teams occupy the fourth and fifth spots in the world rankings.

Indian women (2325) have climbed one spot to the seventh position, at the expense of Spain (2173), who finished sixth in the EuroHockey Championships.

New Zealand (2001) and Japan (1900) continue to hold their ninth and 10th spots, with China (1894) marginally behind Japan in the 11th spot.

Both the Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams will next be in action at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou next month.