By Tariq Ali

The sixth edition of the FIH Hockey Pro League started in Hangzhou, China for the women's event and in Amsterdam, Netherlands for the men's teams.

The following teams have been participating in the season 2024-25
Men's teams
Argentina, Australia, Belgium, England, Germany, India, Ireland, Netherlands and Spain
Women's teams
Argentina, Australia, Belgium, China, England, Germany, India, Netherlands and Spain

For Men's Team
Final standings of the previous seasons
2019      1 Australia 2 Belgium 3 Netherlands 4 Great Britain 5 Argentina 6 Germany 7 Spain 8 New Zealand
2020-21 1 Belgium 2 Australia 3 Germany 4 India 5 Netherlands 6 Great Britain 7 Argentina 8 New Zealand 9 Spain
2021-22 1 Netherlands 2 Belgium 3 India 4 Germany 5 Argentina 6 England 7 Spain 8 France 9 South Africa
2022-23 1 Netherlands 2 Great Britain 3 Belgium 4 India 5 Spain 6 Germany 7 Australia 8 Argentina 9 New Zealand
2023-24 1 Australia 2 Netherlands 3 Great Britain 4 Argentina 5 Belgium 6 Germany 7 India 8 Spain 9 Ireland

Statistics for the men's hockey
Matches played 60 Goals scored 308 (Av. 5.13) in 2019
Matches played 60 Goals scored 248 ( Av. 4.96) in 2020-21
Matches played 72 Goals scored 376 (Av. 5.22) in 2021-22
Matches played 72 Goals scored 348 (Av. 4.84) in 2022-23
Matches played 72 Goals scored 341 (Av. 4.74) in 2023-24

For Women's Team
Final standings of the previous seasons
2019      1 Netherlands 2 Argentina 3 Australia 4 Germany 5 Belgium 6 New Zealand 7 China 8 Great Britain 9 United States
2020-21 1 Netherlands 2 Argentina 3 Great Britain 4 Germany 5 Australia 6 New Zealand 7 Belgium 8 China 9 United
2021-22 1 Argentina 2 Netherlands 3 India 4 Belgium 5 Spain 6 Germany 7 England 8 china 9 United States
2022-23 1 Netherlands 2 Argentina 3 Australia 4 Belgium 5 Germany 6 Great Britain 7 China 8 New Zealand 9 United States
2023-24 1 Netherlands 2 Argentina 3 Australia 4 Belgium 5 Germany 6 Great Britain 7 China 8 New Zealand 9 United States

Statistics
Matches played 76 Goals scored 266 (Av. 3.5) in 2019
Matches played 40 Goals scored 156 ( Av. 3.9) in 2020-21
Matches played 70 Goals scored 264 (Av. 3.77) in 2021-22
Matches played 72 Goals scored 271 (Av. 3.76) in 2022-23
Matches played 72 Goals scored 277 (Av. 3.65) in 2023-24