Mark Knowles named hockey Player of the Year

Mark Knowles named hockey Player of the Year

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Mark Knowles named hockey Player of the Year

Mark Knowles on 15 January, 2015 was named the 2014 World Player of the Year, for his performances at the 2014 Hockey World Cup, by the International Hockey Federation.

Mark Knowles is the Australian field hockey player and the central defender who led the team to the 2014 World Cup title and Commonwealth Games. He got the maximum number of votes defeating England's Ashley Jackson, team-mate Eddie Ockenden, and two Netherlands players Robbert Kemperman and skipper Robert van der Horst.

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From India; PR Sreejesh and Akashdeep Singh were nominated for the Goalkeeper and Rising Star of the Year categories but they lost out to Dutch custodian Jaap Stockmaan and Argentine drag-flicker Gonzalo Peillat, respectively.

Other Major Awardees

Stockmaan
- Won the 'Most Valuable Player' of the Hockey India League (HIL), playing for Punjab Warriors and was hugely consistent for his team, who won the 2014 Hockey World League final and finished runner's up at the World Cup.

International Hockey Federation Award 2014

The Awards comprised six categories in the search for the very best players in the world during 2014. A shortlist was compiled for each category by an expert panel of hockey professionals. And then the voting began.

There was a massive response as fans, players and other stakeholders all cast their votes.

FIH Player of the Year Awards

The FIH Player of the Year Awards are awarded annually by the International Hockey Federation to the male and female field hockey players adjudged to be the best in the world. The awards were established in 1998 and have been awarded annually ever since. In 2001 the FIH Young Player of the Year award was created, to be awarded to the best young field hockey player of the year

List of Players awarded with the honour in the respective years

Year

Name of the Player

Country

1998

Stephan Veen

NED

1999

Jay Stacy

AUS

2000

Stephan Veen

NED

2001

Florian Kunz

GER

2002

Michael Green

GER

2003

Teun de Nooijer

NED

2004

Jamie Dwyer

AUS

2005

Teun de Nooijer

NED

2006

Teun de Nooijer

NED

2007

Jamie Dwyer

AUS

2008

Pol Amat

ESP

2009

Jamie Dwyer

AUS

2010

Jamie Dwyer

AUS

2011

Jamie Dwyer

AUS

2012

Moritz Frste

GER

2013

Tobias Hauke

GER