Trusted & chosen

11 Olympic Games including Paris 2024 (Poligras & AstroTurf)

12 World Cups (including 2018, 2022, 2023, 2026)

3 Asian Games (including 2022)

4 Commonwealth Games

70% of 2020/21 FIH Pro League matches

Global partnerships with:

• FIH (International Hockey Association)

• Asian Hockey Federation

• USA Field Hockey

• German Hockey Federation (Deutscher Hockey-Bund)

• Catalonia Hockey Federation

Major hockey stadiums and elite training venues around the world choose Poligras:

Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney

Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, England

Warsteiner HockeyPark, Mönchengladbach

Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Delhi

National Olympic Center, Beijing

Harvard University, USA

CENARD, Buenos Aires

Wagener Stadium, Amsterdam (1986, 2022 World Cup)

1980: Moscow Olympics, Poligras as official supplier

Following AstroTurf’s nylon turf at Montreal, Poligras made its Olympic debut at Moscow. Poligras has been first installed in Switzerland in 1974 and these early turfs were made from polypropylene.

Poligras was an official supplier to the Moscow Olympics, and 42 years later we are still in at the top of the game, having provided turfs for Tokyo 2002, the 7th Olympic games to trust Poligras.

Poligras wasn’t the only ‘hockey debut’ at Moscow. The Moscow Olympics is very significant for hockey because it was the first Olympics with a women’s competition. The competition was a fairytale for Zimbabwe who won gold in a round robin format.

During this period there was a step-change in turf technology. Hockey began to see the visual potential of the surface, with our Sydney 2000 Poligras turf introducing colour for the first time

In 2003, Poligras turbo-charged the game by introducing turf made from polyethylene fibers. These fibers were more durable but crucially softer. This softness meant the ball sat on the surface better giving the players more control and allowing the ball to be moved at higher speeds.

This innovation matched the arrival of ‘Turf-Natives’ who replaced the grass generation. These players led by 5 x player of the year Jamie Dwyer, took the game to new levels. With an enhanced turf, composite sticks added more power and skills such as the drag flick and tomahawk become match winners.

Poligras went blue for London 2012 and hockey has never looked back. Colour had become common on the outside but now hockey stepped over the line and embraced the full visual potential of turf.

The Poligras London Blue developed by Polytan was designed to broaden the appeal of the game, to be electrifying for players and fans and to provide greater visibility for TV audiences. The game wanted, and needed, to be noticed, and now the turf literally stood out like a beacon.

600,000 fans watched hockey at London 2012 and the world suddenly saw how amazing hockey was.

Poligras reinvented turfs again in 2014 with new texturized turf technology. This change in fibre shape removed the grain and any resistance to ball movement.

Ball control was now limitless, the skills could now be fully fluid, 360 degrees and 3D. This turf innovation was the launch pad as the Turf-Natives added more rocket fuel to the game with greater control, creativity and speed.

The technology also had huge environmental benefits as it held the water better meaning up to 50% less water was required for match play.

The Poligras Platinum turf used for Rio 2016 was a performance and environmental breakthrough. The standard of hockey was remarkable.

For the Tokyo Olympics, Polytan created Poligras Tokyo GT, the world’s first climate positive hockey turf. Made from 60% sugar cane this revolutionary hockey turf provides a huge reduction in CO2 emissions.

Following a further two years R&D we are able to increase the sugarcane content to 80% for the Paris turf. This, plus other carbon saving technologies and green energy means the Poligras Paris GT zero is the world’s first carbon zero turf. The Paris turf saves 73 tonnes of CO2 compared to a conventional turf.

The hockey community has long known that turfs, with their maximum utilisation for thousands of players, are a positive environmental solution. It is therefore not surprising that the Poligras Tokyo GT turf was hockey’s #1 turf, with over 50 installed in all major hockey countries. The Paris turf will continue this green success.

The global hockey community is embracing the environmental challenge and is ensuring the sport makes a positive contribution.