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Junior FIH, Fédération Internationale de Hockey.
The International Hockey Federation (Fédération Internationale de Hockey sur
Gazon, or FIH) is the global governing body for the sport of field hockey, which
is known simply as hockey in many countries.
The FIH was founded in January 7, 1924 in Paris by Paul Léautey, who became the
first president, in response to hockey's omission from the programme of the 1924
Summer Olympics. The 7 founding members were Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia,
France, Hungary, Spain and Switzerland. The FIH soon grew to have many members
and achieve international recognition. In 1982, the FIH merged with the IFWHA
(International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations), which had been
founded in 1927 by Australia, Denmark, England, Ireland, Scotland, South Africa,
the United States and Wales.
The FIH works in cooperation with regional governing bodies, African Hockey
Federation, Asian Hockey Federation, European Hockey Federation, Oceania Hockey
Federation and Pan American Hockey Federation to promote and develop the sport.
The organisation is based in Lausanne since 2005, having moved from Brussels.
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