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The FIH was founded on January 7, 1924 in Paris by Paul Léautey, who became the first president, in response to field hockey's omission from the programme of the 1924 Summer Olympics.

First members complete to join the seven 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.

And the one organization formed to manage the world competitions of FIH Hockey World Cup, to become the biggest cup of the sport of field hockey.

Another game, organise by the International Hockey Federation is the Indoor Hockey World Cup started from the year 2003 at the Leipzig, Germany.