Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

Men's hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Tournament details
Host countryEngland
CityBirmingham
Dates29 July – 8 August 2022
Teams10 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)University of Birmingham Hockey and Squash Centre
Final positions
Champions Australia (7th title)
Runner-up India
Third place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored188 (6.96 per match)
Top scorer(s)England Nick Bandurak (11 goals)
2018 (previous) (next) 2026

The men's field hockey tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was held at the University of Birmingham Hockey and Squash Centre between 29 July and 8 August 2022.[1][2]

Qualification

England qualified as host nation, Australia qualified as defending champions, and the other teams qualified by FIH Men's World Ranking.[3][4]

Means of qualification Date Location Quotas Qualified
Host Nation 1  England
2018 Commonwealth Games 5–14 April 2018 Australia Gold Coast 1  Australia
FIH World Rankings 1 February 2022 8  India
 New Zealand
 Malaysia[a]
 Canada
 South Africa
 Wales
 Pakistan
 Scotland
 Ghana
TOTAL 10
Scheduling issues
  1. ^ The Malaysian Hockey Confederation withdrew from the Commonwealth Games in order to optimise preparation for the 2022 Asian Games, where the winning team will qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3][5] At the time, the Asian Games were scheduled to take place in September 2022.[6]

Competition format

In March 2022, ten teams were drawn into two groups;[7] the top two performing teams in each group advance to the semi-finals, whilst the remaining teams are sent to lower classification matches to determine their final ranking.

Umpires

  • Steve Rogers (AUS)
  • Tyler Klenk (CAN)
  • Bruce Bale (ENG)
  • Dan Barstow (ENG)
  • Nick Bennett (ENG)
  • Deepak Joshi (IND)
  • Peter Kabaso (KEN)
  • Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
  • Tim Bond (NZL)
  • David Tomlinson (NZL)
  • Sean Rapaport (RSA)
  • Fraser Bell (SCO)

Group stage

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 4 4 0 0 29 2 +27 12 Semi-finals
2  South Africa 4 2 1 1 11 12 −1 7
3  New Zealand 4 1 1 2 14 17 −3 4 Fifth place match
4  Pakistan 4 1 1 2 6 15 −9 4 Seventh place match
5  Scotland 4 0 1 3 11 25 −14 1 Ninth place match
Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
29 July 2022
21:00
New Zealand  5–5  Scotland
Russell field hockey ball 26'
Lane field hockey ball 43'
Smith field hockey ball 47'
Inglis field hockey ball 49'
Hiha field hockey ball 51'
Report Harwood field hockey ball 6'
Mackenzie field hockey ball 17'
J. Golden field hockey ball 20'28'
C. Golden field hockey ball 24'
Umpires:
Tyler Klenk (CAN)
Peter Kabaso (KEN)

30 July 2022
09:00
South Africa  2–2  Pakistan
Beauchamp field hockey ball 14'
Guise-Brown field hockey ball 54'
Report R. Ali field hockey ball 25'
Hakeem field hockey ball 60'
Umpires:
Nick Bennett (ENG)
Bruce Bale (ENG)

31 July 2022
09:00
New Zealand  4–1  Pakistan
Inglis field hockey ball 17'18'
Thomas field hockey ball 43'
Lane field hockey ball 60'
Report G. Ali field hockey ball 26'
Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)
31 July 2022
11:00
Australia  12–0  Scotland
Govers field hockey ball 9'
Brand field hockey ball 13'32'
Hayward field hockey ball 13'25'37'53'
Wickham field hockey ball 16'18'
Simmonds field hockey ball 33'
Ephraums field hockey ball 35'50'
Report
Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Bruce Bale (ENG)

1 August 2022
14:00
Scotland  4–5  South Africa
McConnell field hockey ball 33'
Forsyth field hockey ball 35'
C. Golden field hockey ball 38'
Walker field hockey ball 43'
Report D. Cassiem field hockey ball 2'
Spooner field hockey ball 24'
Ntuli field hockey ball 43'
Guise-Brown field hockey ball 56'
Paton field hockey ball 60'
Umpires:
Nick Bennett (ENG)
Steve Rogers (AUS)
1 August 2022
19:00
New Zealand  2–7  Australia
Inglis field hockey ball 17'
Smith field hockey ball 44'
Report Anderson field hockey ball 8'
Govers field hockey ball 22'24'
Whetton field hockey ball 27'
Ephraums field hockey ball 37'
Zalewski field hockey ball 44'48'
Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

3 August 2022
19:00
Pakistan  3–2  Scotland
Hakeem field hockey ball 22'
Shahid field hockey ball 23'
Khan field hockey ball 55'
Report C. Golden field hockey ball 9'
Walker field hockey ball 38'
Umpires:
Tyler Klenk (CAN)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
3 August 2022
21:00
South Africa  0–3  Australia
Report Whetton field hockey ball 4'
Zalewski field hockey ball 8'
Govers field hockey ball 55'
Umpires:
Fraser Bell (SCO)
Bruce Bale (ENG)

4 August 2022
19:00
South Africa  4–3  New Zealand
Guise-Brown field hockey ball 3'18'
Horne field hockey ball 7'
Beauchamp field hockey ball 53'
Report Lane field hockey ball 9'
Smith field hockey ball 39'
Inglis field hockey ball 47'
Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Bruce Bale (ENG)
4 August 2022
21:00
Australia  7–0  Pakistan
Govers field hockey ball 12'
Hayward field hockey ball 19'40'
Wickham field hockey ball 42'48'
Anderson field hockey ball 53'
Ephramus field hockey ball 59'
Report
Umpires:
Peter Kabaso (KEN)
David Tomlinson (NZL)

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 4 3 1 0 27 5 +22 10 Semi-finals
2  England (H) 4 3 1 0 25 8 +17 10
3  Wales 4 2 0 2 14 10 +4 6 Fifth place match
4  Canada 4 0 1 3 4 25 −21 1 Seventh place match
5  Ghana 4 0 1 3 2 24 −22 1 Ninth place match
Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
(H) Hosts
29 July 2022
19:00
England  6–0  Ghana
Bandurak field hockey ball 8'30'45'
Roper field hockey ball 27'
Calnan field hockey ball 39'
Condon field hockey ball 51'
Report
Umpires:
Tim Bond (NZL)
Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

30 July 2022
11:00
Canada  1–5  Wales
Sarmento field hockey ball 59' Report Furlong field hockey ball 8'12'14'49'
Griffiths field hockey ball 45'
Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Fraser Bell (SCO)

31 July 2022
14:00
England  4–2  Wales
Ward field hockey ball 2'
Bandurak field hockey ball 41'57'
Roper field hockey ball 53'
Report Prosser field hockey ball 19'
Carson field hockey ball 52'
Umpires:
Steve Rogers (AUS)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
31 July 2022
16:00
India  11–0  Ghana
Abhishek field hockey ball 2'
Harmanpreet field hockey ball 10'36'54'
Shamsher field hockey ball 14'
Akashdeep field hockey ball 20'
Jugraj field hockey ball 22'45'
Nilakanta field hockey ball 39'
Varun field hockey ball 40'
Mandeep field hockey ball 48'
Report
Umpires:
Fraser Bell (SCO)
Tim Bond (NZL)

1 August 2022
16:00
England  4–4  India
Ansell field hockey ball 42'
Bandurak field hockey ball 47'53'
Roper field hockey ball 51'
Report Lalit field hockey ball 3'
Mandeep field hockey ball 13'22'
Harmanpreet field hockey ball 46'
Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
1 August 2022
19:00
Ghana  1–1  Canada
Kwofie field hockey ball 19' Report Pereira field hockey ball 60'
Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Peter Kabaso (KEN)

3 August 2022
14:00
Canada  0–8  India
Report Harmanpreet field hockey ball 7'56'
Amit field hockey ball 10'
Lalit field hockey ball 20'
Gurjant field hockey ball 27'
Akashdeep field hockey ball 37'60'
Mandeep field hockey ball 58'
Umpires:
Peter Kabaso (KEN)
Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
3 August 2022
16:00
Wales  6–1  Ghana
Furlong field hockey ball 26'38'44'
Francis field hockey ball 48'
Kyriakides field hockey ball 58'
Dolan-Gray field hockey ball 58'
Report Kwofie field hockey ball 21'
Umpires:
Tim Bond (NZL)
Nick Bennett (ENG)

4 August 2022
14:00
India  4–1  Wales
Harmanpreet field hockey ball 18'19'41'
Gurjant field hockey ball 49'
Report Furlong field hockey ball 55'
Umpires:
Nick Bennett (ENG)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)
4 August 2022
16:00
Canada  2–11  England
Guraliuk field hockey ball 11'56' Report Roper field hockey ball 2'45'
Bandurak field hockey ball 16'38'50'59'
Ansell field hockey ball 19'
Wallace field hockey ball 24'44'
Rushmere field hockey ball 54'
Ward field hockey ball 55'
Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Steve Rogers (AUS)

Classification matches

Ninth place match

6 August 2022
09:00
Scotland  7–2  Ghana
Walker field hockey ball 7'
C. Golden field hockey ball 19'
J. Golden field hockey ball 36'51'
Harwood field hockey ball 46'
Duke field hockey ball 47'
Morton field hockey ball 53'
Report Ankomah field hockey ball 33'
Tettey field hockey ball 54'
Umpires:
Peter Kabaso (KEN)
Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

Seventh place match

6 August 2022
11:15
Pakistan  4–3  Canada
Rana field hockey ball 24'
Ali field hockey ball 25'
Umar Bhutta field hockey ball 52'
Shahid field hockey ball 60'
Report Sarmento field hockey ball 26'58'
Pereira field hockey ball 30'
Umpires:
Fraser Bell (SCO)
Tim Bond (NZL)

Fifth place match

7 August 2022
18:00
New Zealand  2–1  Wales
Woods field hockey ball 7'
Findlay field hockey ball 41'
Report Furlong field hockey ball 24'
Umpires:
Bruce Bale (ENG)
Nick Bennett (ENG)

Medal round

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
6 August
 
 
 Australia3
 
8 August
 
 England2
 
 Australia7
 
6 August
 
 India0
 
 India3
 
 
 South Africa2
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
8 August
 
 
 England6
 
 
 South Africa3

Semi-finals

6 August 2022
18:00
India  3–2  South Africa
Abhishek field hockey ball 20'
Mandeep field hockey ball 28'
Jugraj field hockey ball 58'
Report Julius field hockey ball 33'
M. Cassiem field hockey ball 59'
Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Steve Rogers (AUS)

6 August 2022
20:15
Australia  3–2  England
Govers field hockey ball 27'
Anderson field hockey ball 44'
Beale field hockey ball 50'
Report Roper field hockey ball 12'
Wallace field hockey ball 19'
Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
David Tomlinson (NZL)

Bronze medal match

8 August 2022
09:00
England  6–3  South Africa
Smith field hockey ball 19'
Ansell field hockey ball 24'
Ward field hockey ball 25'
Roper field hockey ball 40'50'
Wallace field hockey ball 59'
Report Guise-Brown field hockey ball 18'
M. Cassiem field hockey ball 22'
Ntuli field hockey ball 30'
Umpires:
Tyler Klenk (CAN)
Steve Rogers (AUS)

Gold medal match

8 August 2022
12:30
Australia  7–0  India
Govers field hockey ball 9'
Ephraums field hockey ball 14'42'
Anderson field hockey ball 22'27'
Wickham field hockey ball 26'
Ogilvie field hockey ball 46'
Report
Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
David Tomlinson (NZL)

Final position

Pos. Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  India
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  England
4  South Africa
5  New Zealand
6  Wales
7  Pakistan
8  Canada
9  Scotland
10  Ghana

Goalscorers

There were 188 goals scored in 27 matches, for an average of 6.96 goals per match.

11 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

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