On the occasion of the first meeting of the FIH Executive Board this year, held in Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, FIH President Tayyab Ikram met Princess Takamado and said: “I am very honoured to have met Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado. I congratulated her on the qualification of both the Japanese women’s and men’s national hockey teams for the upcoming FIH Hockey World Cup 2026, which will take place in Belgium and the Netherlands in August of this year. I also took this opportunity to present her with World Cup tickets.”

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is delighted to inform the global hockey community that LA28 Olympic tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning April 9. 

Each year on 6 April, the world comes together to celebrate the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP), a powerful reminder of sport’s unique ability to unite, inspire, and transform lives — and the global hockey family continues to remain at the forefront of the movement.