These days, most matches are played on synthetic or artificial pitches. The pitch is only slightly smaller than a football pitch measuring 91.4m (100 yards) long and 58m (60 yards) wide. The long ...

A 3G pitch is not as dense as a sand filled or a sand-dressed pitch. The pile is also considerably longer. As the diameter of a hockey ball is much smaller than a football, a hockey ball sinks further ...

According to turf supplier GreenFields, irrigating the pitch for one hockey match requires an average of 6000 liters (roughly ...