Hockey at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's hockey
Tournament details
Host countryEngland
CityManchester
Dates27 July – 4 August
Teams8
Venue(s)Belle Vue Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions Australia (2nd title)
Runner-up New Zealand
Third place Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored135 (6.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Hayden Shaw (13 goals)
1998 (previous) (next) 2006

The second edition of the Men's Hockey Tournament at the Commonwealth Games took place during the 2002 Commonwealth Games at the Belle Vue Hockey Centre in Manchester, England. The event started on Saturday July 27 and ended on Sunday August 4, 2002.

Participating nations

Pool 1 Pool 2

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 30 3 +27 9 Semi-finals
2  New Zealand 3 2 0 1 19 8 +11 6 Quarter-finals
3  South Africa 3 1 0 2 13 10 +3 3
4  Barbados 3 0 0 3 2 43 −41 0
Source: Planet Field Hockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
27 July 2002
09:00
Australia  6–1  New Zealand
Smith field hockey ball 21'
Victory field hockey ball 33'62'
Elder field hockey ball 47'59'
Livermore field hockey ball 66'
Report Shaw field hockey ball 20'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
27 July 2002
11:00
South Africa  10–1  Barbados
King field hockey ball 3'
E. Smith field hockey ball 8'
Cullen field hockey ball 19'50'
Nicol field hockey ball 20'34'62'
Fulton field hockey ball 25'
Abrahams field hockey ball 41'
Jackson field hockey ball 66'
Report Murray field hockey ball 42'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

28 July 2002
13:00
South Africa  1–4  Australia
King field hockey ball 63' Report Smith field hockey ball 21'
Dwyer field hockey ball 41'
Victory field hockey ball 43'
Taylor field hockey ball 45'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
28 July 2002
15:00
New Zealand  13–0  Barbados
Shaw field hockey ball 5'13'35+'
Archibald field hockey ball 13'37'39'40'
Smith field hockey ball 20'
Burrows field hockey ball 28'
Parag field hockey ball 33'
Patel field hockey ball 43'
Kosoof field hockey ball 51'
McIndoe field hockey ball 62'
Report
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

30 July 2002
16:00
Australia  20–1  Barbados
Taylor field hockey ball 2'
Victory field hockey ball 14'42'52'65'
McCann field hockey ball 17'34'37'38'
Webster field hockey ball 21'
Elder field hockey ball 25'27'60'
Dwyer field hockey ball 26'32'65'
Smith field hockey ball 44'68'
Hopkins field hockey ball 49'
Livermore field hockey ball 60'
Report Bailey field hockey ball 51'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
30 July 2002
18:00
New Zealand  5–2  South Africa
Shaw field hockey ball 15'42'54'67'
Towns field hockey ball 24'
Report Nicol field hockey ball 35'
E. Smith field hockey ball 60'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Pakistan 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 9 Semi-finals
2  England 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Quarter-finals
3  Canada 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
4  Wales 3 0 1 2 1 9 −8 1
Source: Planet Field Hockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
27 July 2002
13:00
Canada  1–1  Wales
Fernandes field hockey ball 58' Report Organ field hockey ball 50'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
27 July 2002
15:30
England  0–3  Pakistan
Report Abbas field hockey ball 16'20'38'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

28 July 2002
17:30
Canada  1–2  England
Short field hockey ball 46' Report Wyatt field hockey ball 42'
Mathews field hockey ball 68'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
28 July 2002
19:30
Pakistan  3–0  Wales
Ashraf field hockey ball 12'41'
Nadeem field hockey ball 37'
Report
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

30 July 2002
11:00
Pakistan  2–0  Canada
Saqlain field hockey ball 21'
Abbas field hockey ball 62'
Report
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
30 July 2002
13:00
England  5–0  Wales
Mathews field hockey ball 9'
Pearn field hockey ball 17'
Parnham field hockey ball 43'49'
Wyatt field hockey ball 69'
Report
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

Classification round

Seventh and eighth place

2 August 2002
10:00
Barbados  0–7  Wales
Report Organ field hockey ball 6'29'58'
Hoskin field hockey ball 38'
Westerman field hockey ball 38'42'
Edwards field hockey ball 70'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

First to sixth place classification

 
CrossoversSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
2 August 2002
 
 
 Australia3
 
31 July 2002
 
 South Africa1
 
 England0
 
4 August 2002
 
 South Africa1
 
 Australia5
 
 
 New Zealand2
 
 
2 August 2002
 
 
 Pakistan1
 
31 July 2002
 
 New Zealand7 Third Place
 
 New Zealand3
 
4 August 2002
 
 Canada2
 
 Pakistan10
 
 
 South Africa2
 
Quarter-finals
31 July 2002
16:00
England  0–1  South Africa
Report E. Smith field hockey ball 29'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

31 July 2002
18:30
New Zealand  3–2  Canada
Shaw field hockey ball 12'39'65' Report Fernandes field hockey ball 6'
Kahlon field hockey ball 30'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
Fifth and sixth place
2 August 2002
12:30
England  6–3  Canada
Hall field hockey ball 10'25'62'64'
Waugh field hockey ball 54'
Pearn field hockey ball 61'
Report Pereira field hockey ball 2'46'
Fernandes field hockey ball 59'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
Semi-finals
2 August 2002
16:00
Pakistan  1–7  New Zealand
Nadeem field hockey ball 44' Report Parag field hockey ball 1'
Hari field hockey ball 3'
Hopping field hockey ball 21'
Burrows field hockey ball 46'63'68'
Shaw field hockey ball 60'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

2 August 2002
18:30
Australia  3–1  South Africa
Smith field hockey ball 12'
George field hockey ball 46'
McCann field hockey ball 68'
Report King field hockey ball 31'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
Third and fourth place
4 August 2002
13:00
Pakistan  10–2  South Africa
Abbas field hockey ball 11'33'34'42'48'
Nadeem field hockey ball 14'
Khan field hockey ball 53'
Jawad field hockey ball 59'
Ali field hockey ball 60'
Shabbir field hockey ball 68'
Report Clark field hockey ball 25'
E. Smith field hockey ball 28'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
Final
4 August 2002
15:30
Australia  5–2  New Zealand
Elder field hockey ball 20'
Dwyer field hockey ball 25'32'50'
Victory field hockey ball 27'
Report Burrows field hockey ball 44'
Shaw field hockey ball 57'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

Statistics

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia 5 5 0 0 38 6 +32 15 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand 6 4 0 2 31 16 +15 12 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Pakistan 5 4 0 1 19 9 +10 12 Bronze Medal
4  South Africa 6 2 0 4 17 23 −6 6 Fourth place
5  England 5 3 0 2 13 8 +5 9 Eliminated in
crossovers
6  Canada 5 0 1 4 7 14 −7 1
7  Wales 4 1 1 2 8 9 −1 4 Eliminated in
group stage
8  Barbados 4 0 0 4 2 50 −48 0

Goalscorers

There were 135 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.75 goals per match.

13 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Awards

 2002 Men's Hockey Commonwealth Games winners 

Australia
Second title
Top Goalscorer
New Zealand Shaw

References