 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Kunyange zvazvo mukombe wepasi rose wekutanga wevarume weHockey wakaitwa muBarcelona muna 1971, pakanga paine hurongwa hwekuronga mukombe wepasi rose kutanga muna 1938. Ipapo, FIH yakaronga kugamuchira Mukombe weNyika muAmsterdam, sechinotsiva mutambo weOlympic hockey, uyo wakanzurwa nokuti kwakanga kusina nzvimbo dzokugara dzakakwana muHelsinki, uko mitambo yeOlympic ya1940 yakaitirwa muAmsterdam.dzaifanira kuitwa. Mutambo uyu waizoitwa kubva musi wa 2 kusvika musi wa 13 Chivabvu, muOlympic Stadium muAmsterdam uye masangano e, pakati pevamwe, British India mukundi anoteedzana wemitambo mitatu yapfuura yeOlympic, Afghanistan, Japan, Argentina, New Zealand nenyika zhinji dzeEurope dzakazivisa kutora chikamu. Makwikwi evakadzi aizotora kubva musi wa 8 kusvika musi wa 12 Chivabvu uye nyika ina dzaizotora chikamu: Netherlands, Germany, South Africa neAustralia. Mwedzi mishomanana pashure pokutanga kweHondo Yenyika II muna January, mutambo wacho wakaregwa. 