Hockey is the third most viewed sport in the world after Football and Cricket. Hockey is a team sport in which a team of players attempt to score goals by pushing, hitting or flicking the ball in to an opposing team's goal by using stick. It has 2-2.3 billion fans from Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia. International Hockey Federation (FIH) is the global governing body.Hockey has regular International tournaments for both men and women. These include the annual champion trophies, Hockey World Cups, the Commonwealth games, Olympics games and the World Cups for the joiners.
It is most commonly know simply as hockey but the name field hockey is used in countries in which hockey is generally reserved for another form of hockey such as ice hockey and street hockey. The original Hockey World Cup was held in 1971 which was won by Pakistan and was played on turf with 11players per side. Pakistan has won it 4 times (1971, 1978, 1982 & 1994), followed by the Netherlands 3times and Germany 2times, India and Australia has also won it. 
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