| Dates | 19 January – 30 June | ||
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| Teams | 8 (from 3 confederations) | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Australia (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Belgium | ||
| Third place |  Netherlands | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 60 | ||
| Goals scored | 308 (5.13 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Blake Govers (12 goals) | ||
| Best player | Aran Zalewski | ||
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The 2019 Men's FIH Pro League was the first season of the Pro League, the premier men's field hockey national team league series. The tournament started in January 2019 and finished in June 2019 in Amstelveen, Netherlands.[1]
Australia defeated Belgium 3–2 in the final to win the first FIH Pro League title. The Netherlands won the third-place match against Great Britain 5–3.[2]
The competition also served as a qualifier for the 2020 Summer Olympics with the four best teams qualifying for the FIH Olympic Qualifiers taking place in October and November 2019.
Nine teams competed in a round-robin tournament with home and away matches, played from January to June, with the top four teams advancing to the final at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands.[3] In July 2017, Hockey India decided to withdraw the men's national team from the competition as they estimated the chances of qualifying for the Summer Olympics to be higher when participating in the Hockey Series. Hockey India also cited lack of clarity in the ranking system.[4][5] The International Hockey Federation subsequently invited Spain instead.[6] Pakistan was suspended on 23 January 2019 after they could not play their first three games.[7]
Belgium (1) Australia (2) Netherlands (3)
Argentina (4)
Germany (6)
Great Britain (7)
New Zealand (8)
Spain (9)
Pakistan| Pos | Team | Pld | W | SOW | SOL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Australia
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14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 32 | Advance to Semi-finals[a] |
| 2 | Belgium
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14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 28 | |
| 3 | Netherlands
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14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 23 | |
| 4 | Great Britain
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14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 22 | |
| 5 | Argentina
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14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 22 | |
| 6 | Germany
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14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 20 | |
| 7 | Spain
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14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 16 | |
| 8 | New Zealand
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14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 4 | |
| 9 | Pakistan[b]
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Suspended |
All times are local.[9]
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| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 28 June | ||||||
| Australia | 6 | |||||
| 30 June | ||||||
| Great Britain | 1 | |||||
| Australia | 3 | |||||
| 28 June | ||||||
| Belgium | 2 | |||||
| Belgium | 3 | |||||
| Netherlands | 1 | |||||
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| 30 June | ||||||
| Great Britain | 3 | |||||
| Netherlands | 5 | |||||
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | SOW | SOL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final standing |
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| 1 | Australia
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16 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 38 | Gold Medal |
| 2 | Belgium
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16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 31 | Silver Medal |
| 3 | Netherlands
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16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 26 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Great Britain
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16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 22 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Argentina
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14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 22 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Germany
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14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 20 | |
| 7 | Spain
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14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 16 | |
| 8 | New Zealand
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14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 4 |
| Player of the League | Top Goalscorer | Goalkeeper of the Grand Final | Goal of the Grand Final |
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| Aran Zalewski
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Blake Govers
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Tyler Lovell
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Tom Boon
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There were 308 goals scored in 60 matches, for an average of 5.13 goals per match.
12 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
Martín Ferreiro Ignacio Ortiz Lucas Vila Daniel Beale Tom Craig Trent Mitton Tom Wickham Florent van Aubel Thomas Briels Florian Fuchs Tom Grambusch Niklas Wellen Lukas Windfeder Adam Dixon Zachary Wallace Thierry Brinkman Jip Janssen Stephen Jenness Sam Lane Kane Russell Nic Woods Xavi Lleonart Josep Romeu2 goals
1 goal
Juan Catán Federico Fernández Juan Martín López Lucas Martínez Lucas Toscani Jake Harvie Eddie Ockenden Jack Welch Corey Weyer Dylan Wotherspoon Gauthier Boccard Simon Gougnard Loïck Luypaert Mats Grambusch Johannes Große Malte Hellwig Timur Oruz Moritz Röthlander David Condon Mark Gleghorne Ashley Jackson Luke Taylor Henry Weir Billy Bakker Lars Balk Roel Bovendeert Bob de Voogd Hayden Phillips Aidan Sarikaya Blair Tarrant Dylan Thomas Mackenzie Wilcox Diego Arana Marc Miralles Viçens Ruiz Ricardo Sánchez Marc SerrahimaSource: FIH
