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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Field_hockeyField hockey - Wikipedia

    Field hockey. Field hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalkeeper. Teams must move a hockey ball around a field by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting circle and then into the goal.

  2. umpire. field hockey, outdoor game played by two opposing teams of 11 players each who use sticks curved at the striking end to hit a small, hard ball into their opponent’s goal. It is called field hockey to distinguish it from the similar game played on ice. Hockey is believed to date from the earliest civilizations.

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  3. www.wikiwand.com › en › Field_hockeyField hockey - Wikiwand

    Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalkeeper. Teams must move a hockey ball around a field by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting circle and then into the goal. The match is won by the team that scores the most goals. Matches are played on grass ...

  4. Aug 20, 2016 · Dating back to the Greek classical era, field hockey remains one of the world’s oldest team sports. Hurling, the sport played during the Greek classical era, closely resembled the modern sport ...

  5. Field Hockey. Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world. Its official name and the one by which it is usually known is simply hockey. [1] [2] However in some countries [3] and in some encyclopedic references by way of distinguishing it from other sports with the same name it is formally known as Field ...

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