The Executive Board of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Board met in New Delh, Indiai on 14 and 15 March 2010 at the end of a very good Hero Honda FIH World Cup. The Board was very pleased with the World Cup tournament.
The main agenda item of these fruitful meetings was on a new structure of the Executive Board to be presented at the next FIH Congress to be held in November 2010 in Montreux, Switzerland. The agreed structure calls for a reduction in the size of the Executive Board in order to focus on the strategy policy and direction of the FIH.
The Board also adopted the FIH Strategic Plan 2010 – 2016 and the five strategic priorities, i.e.
- To triple FIH gross revenues in the period 2010 – 2016
- To raise the profile of the FIH and of hockey worldwide
- To enhance and rationalise the international competition schedule
- To close the performance gap between top level playing nations and the rest by raising the world-wide level of play
- To strengthen governance and coordination structures for the FIH and for hockey
The discussion on establishing a World Series competition as of 2012 progressed and proposals from committees of the FIH will be presented to the Executive Board at the next meeting in July 2010.
The Board also agreed in principle to allocate one tournament for men or women per year to India for the next four years and the FIH hopes to attract commercial and Television interest in these events.
The Board received reports from all FIH committees and Continental groups on the ongoing work within the FIH and as it relates to the new strategic plan.
