Honorary Awards

Super Fair Play Trophy Rene G. Frank

This Trophy was created by the FIH to preserve the memory of Mr. René G. Frank who was both the FIH Secretary General (1950-1966) and President (1966-1983). It was presented to the FIH in Brussels in 1984 by the Association Royale Belge de Hockey during the celebrations of the 60th Anniversary of the FIH.

The Trophy is awarded every two years in conjunction with the Congress, to a team or an individual that showed the greatest spirit of sportsmanship during a period of two or four years. Men, Women, Senior and Junior teams as well as individuals may aspire to this Trophy.

1984

Canadian Women’s Field Hockey Association

1986

Pakistan Hockey Federation

1988

Polish Hockey Association

1990

Indian Team at the World Cup Lahore

1992

Unified Men’s and Women’s teams (CEI)

1994

Deutscher Hockey Bund

1996

Federacion Cubana de Hockey

1998

Hockey Association of Zimbabwe

2001

Lithuania Hockey Federation

2002

United States Field Hockey Association Women’s National Team

2004

Argentina Hockey Federation Men’s National Team

2006

Chilean Hockey Federation

2008

New Zealand Hockey

2010

Belgium Men's National Team

2012

Singapore Hockey Association

2014

South African Hockey Association

2016

Laura Pigretti

2018

China Women's Hockey Team

2020

Sam Ward, GBR

2022

Kazakhstan Hockey Federation