Crowdfunding, parents support keep hockey dreams alive for NZ, Swiss players
Published on: Dec. 2, 2025, 12:53 p.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
Unlike India, field hockey is an amateur sport in nations like Switzerland and New Zealand, where junior players rely largely on crowdfunding and parental support to pursue their dreams.With little or no government funding for junior programmes, the Under-21 Swiss and Kiwi players had to raise the money themselves to participate in the ongoing FIH Junior World Cup in Chennai and Madurai.In our Swiss federation, we try to do everything to promote hockey because ice hockey is more popular in Switzerland.
