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Germany tops FIH rankings after world title win over Spain
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Germany tops FIH rankings after world title win over Spain

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire From a news agency Outcome reported
  • Germany moved to the top of the men’s FIH rankings after beating Spain 1-0 in the World Cup final in Belgium for its second consecutive title.
  • Belgium dropped to second after finishing seventh, while Spain rose to sixth following its runner-up finish.
  • Australia ranked third and Argentina fourth after winning the bronze medal, with only 289 points separating the top seven teams.

Germany has taken the top spot in the men’s International Hockey Federation rankings after winning its second consecutive world title with a 1-0 victory over Spain in the final.

The championship was Germany’s fourth, following titles in 2002, 2006 and 2023. Its latest win lifted it to 3,720 points, moving it ahead of Belgium, which fell to second with 3,692 points after finishing seventh at the tournament hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands.

Spain’s silver medal placed it sixth on 3,473 points. The result marked the team’s third World Cup runner-up finish, after its silver medals in 1971 and 1998. Spain also won bronze in 2006.

Australia moved into third with 3,583 points after beating England in the match for fifth place. Argentina climbed to fourth, on 3,512 points, after defeating the Netherlands 2-1 for the bronze medal, its first World Cup medal. The Netherlands, three-time world champion and Olympic champion in Paris, dropped to fifth with 3,481 points.

India remained the highest-ranked Asian team in eighth place. New Zealand ranked ninth and France completed the top 10. The FIH said only 289 points separated Germany in first from England in seventh.

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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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