Pakistan has climbed two places in world hockey rankings after reaching the final of the recently-concluded 8th Asia Cup in Malaysia.

According to the latest rankings issued by the International Hockey Federation (FIH), Germany has retained its top spot followed by Australia, Spain, Netherlands and Korea. Besides Pakistan, China has also improved its position by moving to 13th from previous 16th spot.

Pakistan were placed at a poor eighth spot after the Beijing Olympic Games last year but has climbed up to sixth spot. South Korea, which grabbed the title in the Asia Cup, is now ranked fifth in the world.

Other Asia Cup participants dropped a couple of places as well. India went down from the 10th to the 12th position while Japan dropped from 11th to 14th and Malaysia slipped to 16th from its previous 15th ranking.