The International Hockey Federation (FIH) today announced the nominations for their fifth annual FIH Player of the Year Awards.

The nominations are:

Young Player of the Year
Floris Evers NED
Alex Fabregas ESP
Till Kriwet GER
Matias Paredes ARG
Grant Schubert AUS
Gagan Ajit Singh IND
Jugraj Singh IND
Prabjot Singh IND
Taeke Taekema NED
Eduard Tubau ESP

Senior Player of the Year
Sohail Abbas PAK
Waseem Ahmad PAK
Pablo Amat ESP
Chauhan Devesh IND
Troy Elder AUS
Brent Livermore AUS
Jorge Lombi ARG
Teun de Nooijer NED
Xavier Ribas ESP
Dilip Tirkey IND

The international selection panel for this year’s men’s awards is made up as follows:

Coaches:
Ric Charlesworth, FIH Master Coach (AUS)
Paul Lissek, FIH Master Coach (GER)

Journalists:
Bruce Hamilton (AUS)
Sardar Khan (PAK)
S. Thyagarajan (IND)
Pat Rowley (ENG)

FIH moderator:
Tony von Ondarza (VEN)

FIH President, Mrs Els van Breda Vriesman commented, 'With every nomination a worthy winner, I’m sure that this year’s Player of the Year awards will again provoke intense discussion amongst the hockey community. Whoever the winners, I’m sure that the international panel will draw from their unquestionable expertise to acclaim four excellent ambassadors for our sport.'

The women’s nominations will be announced on 4 December, in order to take into consideration performances during the BDO Hockey Champions Trophy in Sydney Australia.

All winners will be determined by a secret ballot amongst the panel members . Both the men’s and women’s winners will be announced on 5 December 2003 at the OneWorld Sport, Parramatta, Sydney.