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World Masters Hockey (WMH)

Top level fieldhockey for seniors

World Masters Hockey is often abbreviated to Masters and/or Masters Hockey and is the term for a division of Fieldhockey where senior hockey players (men and women) compete on international level from the senior age of 35. The organization responsible is officially known as World Masters Hockey Ltd. WMH organizes both outdoor and indoor Field Hockey World Championship and Continental Championship tournaments for senior teams. "Senior" refers to that all players are aged 35 and above. National teams represent their countries, with a subset division where mixed teams featuring players from multiple nationalities can compete.

Governing Body

WMH Ltd. is the exclusive governing body for Masters Hockey, officially recognized by the FIH (International Hockey Federation) as the sole authority for organizing and managing all official Masters Hockey tournaments worldwide. The organization was formed as a result of the merger between the International Masters Hockey Association (IMHA) and the World Grand Masters Association (WGMA), following a request from FIH in 2012 to unify these bodies into a single entity. FIH supports this unification, seeing it as a strategic move to strengthen the global hockey brand, enhance its commercial prospects, and streamline the natural progression from Junior to Senior to Masters Hockey.

How countries relate to the organization

Counties have a Masters subsidiary, often affiliated with its National Hockey Association (as example in the Netherlands the FIH has affiliate KNHB which has two Clubs organizing the Masters Hockey in their name: "Masters Hockey Nederland - MHN" and "Nederlandse Hockey Club de Zestiplussers - NHC60+", they handle the representing organization and team selection.

Championships around the world

The WMH invites countries "Masters" representatives to organise World and Continental Championships and other events. They follow a bid procedure after which the WMH grands the organization to the best bid. Since there can enroll over 230 teams for a World Championship often the Championship is shared over two or more countries which can be on different continents as well as on different dates. The same applies to Continental tournaments The WMH officials govern the tournaments for which there are very strict rules, following the FIH rules as much as possible.

Age groups

Teams are grouped in 5 year age differences, starting from 35 all the way up to over 80. So 35-39 is an age group, so is 40-44, 45-49, etc. The age of a player for his/her group allocation is calculated by the year in which the tournament takes place minus the contender's year of birth. Example: Tournament in (June) 2026, player is born in 1963, age is 63 (even when he/she is born in december), Age group is 60-64.

Volunteers

The events are governed by large groups of volunteers residing under the organizing country and the WMH, paying for most of the expenses themselves. Players also absorb the costs for participation, travel and hotels, occasionally helped by minor sponsoring.

Match results data

All countries, players and matches are tagged and in the Data tracking system called Altisurt providing a live match result as well as a backlog to statistics of previous matches and players.

Teams

Teams in fieldhockey matches can consist in either 2 goalkeepers and 16 fieldplayers or 1 goalkeeper and 15 fieldplayers.

Tournaments 2024

World Championship 2024 Cape Town https://samastershockey.co.za/masters-world-cup-2024/ World Championship 2024 Auckland https://www.aucklandnz.com/events/hockey-world-masters-cup

References