The Indian men's and women's hockey teams remained static at sixth and 10th positions in the latest rankings released by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The Indian men's team was at the sixth spot since the beginning of this year and maintained its position throughout 2017. India's third place finish at the recently-concluded Men's Hockey World League Final in Bhubaneswar though helped them reduce the gap with fifth place Germany significantly, they failed to topple them. Meanwhile, the Indian women's team, who started the year at the 12th spot, jumped up two places to 10th. Their Asia Cup win last month helped them gain two positions, leapfrogging Spain and Japan.