The prizes will be handed out at the five-star Lalit Hotel with awards for best player, goalkeeper, rising star, coaches and umpires in the men’s and women’s games during 2016 being acknowledged.

FIH President Narinder Batra promised the ceremony will be a great chance to raise the profile of the sport.

"These awards are an important opportunity to generate more followers around the globe by raising the profiles of hockey’s athletes, coaches and officials," he said.

"By creating hockey heroes who appeal to all sports fans, not just hockey fanatics, it is hoped that these stars will become household names as hockey’s profile continues to grow.

"This is essential to our strategy’s overarching goal to make hockey a global game that inspires the next generation."

Several medallists from last year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are among those who have been shortlisted for an award.

Argentina won gold in the men’s competition and Gonzalo Peillat and Pedro Ibarra, who both scored in the final against Belgium, are up for the FIH Player of the Year award, while Juan Vivaldi has been nominated in the goalkeeper category.

In the women’s prizes, Great Britain’s Alex Danson and Kate Richardson-Walsh are candidates for Player of the Year with Maddie Hinch, a star in the team’s penalty shoot-out win during the final at Rio 2016, shortlisted for Goalkeeper of the Year.

Lily Owsley, the scorer of Britain’s first goal against the Dutch in the final, is among the names bidding for Rising Star of the Year, given to a player aged under-23.

A full list of nominees can be found here.