Both the men’s and women’s national hockey teams have attained the FIH international ranking for the first time since 2007 when the men’s senior team participated in the 2008 Olympics qualifiers.
This latest development comes after both national teams qualified for the African Hockey championship to be held in Ghana in 2022.
Ranked in the 91st and 76th positions globally respectively, the men’s and women’s teams lie bottom of their respective categories which are led by Belgium for the men’s and Netherlands in the women’s category.
In Africa, South Africa is the highest ranked team in both categories while last Sunday’s opponents Kenya are ranked 52nd for the men and 40th for the women globally.