Austria men's national field hockey team

The Austria men's national field hockey team represents Austria in men's international field hockey.[2]

Austria
Austria
Nickname(s)Goldjungs
AssociationAustrian Hockey Federation (Österreichischer Hockeyverband)
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Head CoachRobin Rösch
Assistant coach(es)Kai de Jager
Tomasz Szmidt
ManagerHarald Horschinegg
CaptainXaver Hasun
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 20 Decrease 1 (12 March 2024)[1]
Highest18 (July 2018)
Lowest41 (2004)
Olympic Games
Appearances3 (first in 1928)
Best result7th (1952)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances6 (first in 1970)
Best result7th (2009, 2017)

Austria mainly competes in the Men's EuroHockey Championship II where they finished second twice. They also have qualified five times for the European championship where they finished seventh in 2009 and 2017. They have never qualified for the World Cup but they have played in three Olympic Games, their last appearance was in 1952.

Competitive record edit

Summer Olympics edit

Summer Olympics record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Squad
  1908 did not participate
  1920
  1928 Group stage 9th 4 0 0 4 1 14 Squad
  1932 did not participate
  1936
  1948 Group stage 8th 3 0 2 1 2 10 Squad
  1952 Quarter-finals 7th 4 2 0 2 5 7 Squad
  1956
until
  1988
did not participate
  1992
until
  2024
did not qualify
Total Best: 7th 3/24 11 2 2 7 8 31

European championships edit

Hockey World League and FIH Series edit

Hockey World League and FIH Series record
Season Position Round Pld W D * L GF GA
2012–13 22nd Round 1 3 1 1 1 6 6
Round 2 5 1 2 2 14 13
2014–15 19th Round 1 2 1 1 0 7 2
Round 2 6 3 1 2 13 9
Semifinal 5 0 1 4 3 17
2016–17 25th Round 1 3 3 0 0 26 8
Round 2 6 3 2 1 19 11
2018–19 Open 4 4 0 0 29 3
Finals 5 2 0 3 10 6
Total Best: 19th 3rd round 39 18 8 13 127 75
*Draws include matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.

Players edit

Current squad edit

The following 18 players were named on 13 August 2023 for the 2023 EuroHockey Championship from 19 to 27 August 2023 in Mönchengladbach, Germany.[3]

Head coach:   Robin Rösch

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) CapsClub
3 DF Oliver Binder (1996-07-12) 12 July 1996 (age 27) 63   Hamburger Polo Club
4 FW Fülöp Losonci (2002-03-01) 1 March 2002 (age 22) 22   Harvestehuder THC
5 MF Peter Kaltenböck (1997-01-20) 20 January 1997 (age 27) 25   Post SV
8 FW Alexander Bele (1992-05-06) 6 May 1992 (age 31) 104   Arminen
9 FW Michael Körper (1986-12-03) 3 December 1986 (age 37) 168   Harvestehuder THC
11 FW Nikolas Wellan (2000-11-11) 11 November 2000 (age 23) 27   HC Wien
12 FW Josef Winkler (2003-09-10) 10 September 2003 (age 20) 9   HC Wien
13 DF Benjamin Stanzl (1988-01-13) 13 January 1988 (age 36) 160   Post SV
19 MF Moritz Zotter (2006-08-14) 14 August 2006 (age 17) 3   UHC Hamburg
20 FW Franz Lindengrün (1995-09-26) 26 September 1995 (age 28) 47   HC Wien
21 MF Benjamin Kölbl (2002-05-11) 11 May 2002 (age 21) 26   Hamburger Polo Club
23 MF Fabian Unterkircher (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 (age 25) 54   Den Bosch
24 MF Leon Thörnblom (1995-09-03) 3 September 1995 (age 28) 88   Hamburger Polo Club
27 DF Xaver Hasun (Captain) (1993-06-27) 27 June 1993 (age 30) 129   Harvestehuder THC
29 DF Oliver Kern (1999-08-10) 10 August 1999 (age 24) 40   AHTC
30 DF Mateusz Nyckowiak (2004-01-24) 24 January 2004 (age 20) 8   Post SV
32 GK Mateusz Szymczyk (1988-12-05) 5 December 1988 (age 35) 108   Arminen
33 GK Jakob Kastner (2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 (age 24) 2   Post SV

Recent call-ups edit

The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club Latest call-up
MF Bastian Valas (2000-11-02) 2 November 2000 (age 23) 18   Post SV v.   Chile, 30 July 2023
GK Laurenzo Rizzi (1998-05-22) 22 May 1998 (age 25) 4   Pingouin v.   Chile, 30 July 2023
Tobias Mimmler (2002-09-09) 9 September 2002 (age 21) 1   Post SV v.   Chile, 27 July 2023
MF Moritz Frey (2001-01-06) 6 January 2001 (age 23) 13   Harvestehuder THC v.   Ireland, 15 July 2023
MF Daniel Fröhlich (1991-04-22) 22 April 1991 (age 32) 117   Arminen v.   Ireland, 14 July 2023
DF Tobias Mayer (1996-06-03) 3 June 1996 (age 27) 25   WAC v.   Italy, 1 July 2023

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Austria Hockey". austria-hockey.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Herren-EM: Österreich unter den TOP 8". www.hockey.at (in German). Austrian Hockey Federation. 13 August 2023.

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