International Hockey Federation
URI(s)
Variants
- Fédération Internationale de Hockey sur Gazon
- FIH
Additional Information
Associated Locale
- Lausanne
Field of Activity
Field hockey
Indoor field hockey
Additional Related Forms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Indoor hockey rules 1984, 1984
- found: BL database, 30 May 2007(hdg.: International Hockey Federation)
- found: International Hockey Frederation WWW site, viewed April 9, 2014:the history of hockey page (The International Hockey Federation, the world governing body for the sport, was founded in Paris in 1924 under the initiative of Paul Léautey, who called together representatives from seven National Federations to form the sport's international governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Hockey sur Gazon. The founding members, which represented both men's and women's hockey in their countries, were Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Spain and Switzerland. Merged with International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA) in 1982, headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland) - http://www.fih.ch/en/fih/history
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Change Notes
- 2007-05-30: new
- 2014-04-16: revised
Alternate Formats