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Field
hockey
in
India
refers
to
two
teams,
the
India
men's
national
field
hockey
team
and
the
India
women's
national
field
hockey
team.
In
June
2018,
the
Chief
Minister
of
Indian
state
Odisha
wrote
a
letter
to
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
urging
him
to
declare
field
hockey
as
the
national
sports
of
India.
The
state
government
of
Odisha
has
been
supporting
India's
national
field
hockey
team
from
February
2018
till
next
five
years.
The
Indian
Olympic
Association
appointed
a
new
five-member
national
selection
committee.
This
panel
will
work
in
conjunction
with
the
International
Hockey
Federation
in
managing
field
hockey
in
India.
The
panel
was
headed
by
Aslam
Sher
Khan,
a
former
MP
and
former
hockey
captain
and
includes
Ashok
Kumar,
Ajit
Pal
Singh,
Zafar
Iqbal
and
Dhanraj
Pillay.
Aslam
Sher
Khan
has
now
been
replaced
by
Ajit
Pal
Singh
as
the
chairman
of
the
national
selection
committee.
Aslam
Sher
Khan
was
highly
displeased
by
this
decision,
though
he
remained
as
a
selector.
On
30
April
2008,
in
an
interview
with
India
Today,
Khan
indicated
the
impact
of
the
2007
film
about
the
National
Women's
Hockey
Team,
Chak
De
India,
on
his
future
strategy
by
stating
that
he
wants
to
create
a
'Chak
De'
effect
within
Indian
hockey.
Indian
Men's
Hockey
Team
never
won
the
Champions
trophy.
The
2018
Edition
of
Champions
Trophy
will
be
the
last
of
its
kind.
Second
Place
Years:
(2016,
2018)
Third
Place
Years:
(1982)
Fourth
Place
Years:
(1983,
1996,
2002,
2003,
2004,
2012,
2014).
The
Indian
Hockey
Team
is
the
national
men's
hockey
team
of
India.
It
was
the
first
non-European
team
to
be
a
part
of
the
International
Hockey
Federation.
In
1928,
the
team
won
its
first
Olympic
gold
medal.
From
1928
to
1956,
was
the
golden
period
for
the
Indian
Hockey
team.
The
Indian
men's
team
remained
unbeaten
in
the
Olympics,
gaining
six
gold
medals
in
a
row.
The
Indian
team
has
won
a
total
of
eight
gold,
one
silver
and
two
bronze
medals
in
Olympics.
On
9
March
2008,
India
lost
2–0
to
Britain
at
Santiago,
Chile
in
the
final
of
one
of
the
three
qualifying
tournaments
for
the
Beijing
Olympics.
With
only
the
winner
advancing
to
the
12-team
event,
the
Indian
men's
team
was
eliminated
from
the
Beijing
Olympics
competition.
This
is
the
first
time
that
the
Indian
men's
team
did
not
participate
in
the
Olympics
since
1928.
India
finished
in
12th
place
(Last)
in
the
2012
London
Olympics.
Field
hockey
in
India
refers
to
two
teams,
the
India
men's
national
field
hockey
team
and
the
India
women's
national
field
hockey
team.
In
June
2018,
the
Chief
Minister
of
Indian
state
Odisha
wrote
a
letter
to
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
urging
him