Hockey at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

The men's field hockey event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Gold Coast Hockey Centre from 5 to 14 April 2018.[1] Australia won the gold medal after defeating New Zealand 2–0 in the final, continuing their dominance in the event with a sixth consecutive gold medal, having won the men's tournament every time it has been held.

2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's hockey
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
CityGold Coast
Dates5 – 14 April 2018
Teams10
Venue(s)Gold Coast Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions Australia (6th title)
Runner-up New Zealand
Third place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored117 (4.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)England Sam Ward (9 goals)
2014 (previous) (next) 2022

Umpires

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Twelve umpires for the men's event were appointed by the International Hockey Federation.[2]

  • Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
  • Tim Bond (NZL)
  • Ben de Young (AUS)
  • Jamie Hooper (WAL)
  • Deepak Joshi (IND)
  • Tyler Klenk (CAN)
  • Eric Koh (MAS)
  • Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
  • Sean Rapaport (RSA)
  • David Sweetman (SCO)
  • Paul Walker (ENG)
  • Deon Nel (RSA)

Results

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All times are local (UTC+10)

Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Australia (H) 4 4 0 0 16 2 +14 12 Advance to Semi-finals
2   New Zealand 4 3 0 1 18 6 +12 9
3   Scotland 4 1 0 3 7 14 −7 3 5th–6th place match
4   Canada 4 1 0 3 3 12 −9 3 7th–8th place match
5   South Africa 4 1 0 3 4 14 −10 3 9th–10th place match
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
(H) Hosts

5 April 2018 (2018-04-05)
21:30
South Africa   2–4   Scotland
Heyns   37'
Drummond   43'
Report Harwood   6'
Bain   13'46'
Forsyth   14'
Umpires:
Eric Koh (MAS)
Jamie Hooper (GBR)

6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)
11:30
New Zealand   6–2   Canada
Russell   28'
Woods   31'
Muir   41'
Lett   42'
Jenness   42'
Inglis   60'
Report Kirkpatrick   47'
Johnston   58'
Umpires:
Hong Zhen Lim (SGP)
Paul Walker (GBR)

7 April 2018 (2018-04-07)
11:30
Canada   1–0   Scotland
Sarmento   11' Report
Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Paul Walker (ENG)
7 April 2018 (2018-04-07)
16:30
Australia   4–0   South Africa
Mitton   30'39'
Hayward   43'
Kleinschmidt   50'
Report
Umpires:
Anbananthan Rawi (MAS)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)

8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)
16:30
New Zealand   6–0   South Africa
Russell   4'25'
J. Panchia   26'
Woods   27'
Muir   50'
Ross   53'
Report
Umpires:
Jamie Hooper (WAL)
Paul Walker (ENG)
8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)
21:30
Australia   6–1   Scotland
Zalewski   2'
Beale   2'
Wickham   13'
Wotherspoon   15'
Ogilvie   20'
Kleinschmidt   43'
Report Harwood   23'
Umpires:
Eric Koh (MAS)
Anbananthan Rawi (MAS)

10 April 2018 (2018-04-10)
11:30
New Zealand   5–2   Scotland
Russell   3'30'34'
J. Panchia   4'
Inglis   50'
Report Forsyth   20'53'
Umpires:
Anbananthan Rawi (MAS)
Deepak Joshi (IND)
10 April 2018 (2018-04-10)
16:30
Australia   4–0   Canada
Wotherspoon   12'14'
Hayward   15'
Mitton   54'
Report
Umpires:
David Sweetman (SCO)
Tim Bond (NZL)

11 April 2018 (2018-04-11)
16:30
Australia   2–1   New Zealand
Whetton   20'
Mitton   57'
Report Bennett   59'
Umpires:
David Sweetman (SCO)
Hong Zhen Lim (SGP)
11 April 2018 (2018-04-11)
21:30
Canada   0–2   South Africa
Report Julius   31'
Rosenberg   60'
Umpires:
Jamie Hooper (WAL)
Tim Bond (NZL)

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   India 4 3 1 0 12 9 +3 10 Advance to Semi-finals
2   England 4 2 1 1 15 8 +7 7
3   Malaysia 4 1 1 2 5 10 −5 4 5th–6th place match
4   Pakistan 4 0 4 0 6 6 0 4 7th–8th place match
5   Wales 4 0 1 3 6 11 −5 1 9th–10th place match
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.


5 April 2018 (2018-04-05)
19:30
Pakistan   1–1   Wales
Ali   39' Report Shipperley   33'
Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
David Sweetman (GBR)

6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)
09:30
England   7–0   Malaysia
Ward   14'20'
Goodfield   21'
Gleghorne   27'53'
Martin   49'
Roper   59'
Report
Umpires:
Tim Bond (NZL)
Ben de Young (AUS)

7 April 2018 (2018-04-07)
09:30
Malaysia   3–0   Wales
Fitri   19'
van Huizen   36'
Faizal   55'
Report
Umpires:
Tim Bond (NZL)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
7 April 2018 (2018-04-07)
14:30
India   2–2   Pakistan
D. Singh   13'
H. Singh   20'
Report Md. Irfan Jr   39'
Ali   60'
Umpires:
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
David Sweetman (SCO)

8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)
14:30
England   2–2   Pakistan
Gleghorne  34'
Ward  51'
Report Md. Arslan  33'
Ali  57'
Umpires:
Ben de Young (AUS)
Sam Rapaport (RSA)
8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)
19:30
India   4–3   Wales
D. Singh   16'
Mand. Singh   28'
H. Singh   57'
Sunil   59'
Report Furlong   17'45'58'
Umpires:
David Sweetman (SCO)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)

10 April 2018 (2018-04-10)
09:30
India   2–1   Malaysia
H. Singh   3'44' Report Saari   16'
Umpires:
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)
10 April 2018 (2018-04-10)
14:30
England   3–2   Wales
Ward   38'49'57' Report Hawker   26'
Francis   30+'
Umpires:
Eric Koh (MAS)
Ben de Young (AUS)

11 April 2018 (2018-04-11)
14:30
Malaysia   1–1   Pakistan
Ramadan   39' Report Shafqat   9'
Umpires:
Paul Walker (ENG)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)
11 April 2018 (2018-04-11)
19:30
India   4–3   England
Manp. Singh   33'
R.P. Singh   51'
Kumar   59'
Mand. Singh   60'
Report Condon   17'
Ansell   52'
Ward   56'
Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

Classification matches

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Ninth and tenth place

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13 April 2018 (2018-04-13)
08:30
South Africa   2–3   Wales
Crowe   19'
Cassiem   46'
Report Furlong   27'
Carson   27'59'
Umpires:
Ben de Young (AUS)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)

Seventh and eighth place

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13 April 2018 (2018-04-13)
10:45
Canada   1–3   Pakistan
Kirkpatrick   12' Report Md. Arslan   34'
Ali   40'
Md. Irfan Jr.   57'
Umpires:
Eric Koh (MAS)
Tim Bond (NZ)

Fifth and sixth place

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13 April 2018 (2018-04-13)
16:15
Scotland   1–2   Malaysia
Forsyth   11' Report Shahril   21'
Amirol   39'
Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Paul Walker (ENG)

Medal round

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Semi-finalsGold-medal match
 
      
 
13 April 2018
 
 
  Australia2
 
14 April 2018
 
  England1
 
  Australia2
 
13 April 2018
 
  New Zealand0
 
  New Zealand3
 
 
  India2
 
Bronze-medal match
 
 
14 April 2018
 
 
  England2
 
 
  India1

Semi-finals

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13 April 2018 (2018-04-13)
19:30
Australia   2–1   England
Mitton   1'49' Report Sloan   37'
Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
David Sweetman (SCO)

13 April 2018 (2018-04-13)
21:45
India   2–3   New Zealand
H. Singh   30'56' Report Inglis   7'
Jenness   13'
Child   40'
Umpires:
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

Bronze-medal match

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14 April 2018 (2018-04-14)
19:00
England   2–1   India
Ward   7'43' Report Kumar   27'
Umpires:
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
David Sweetman (SCO)

Gold-medal match

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14 April 2018 (2018-04-14)
21:15
Australia   2–0   New Zealand
Kleinschmidt   21'
Dawson   28'
Report
Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)

Statistics

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Final standings

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As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
    Australia (H) 6 6 0 0 20 3 +17 18 Gold Medal
    New Zealand 6 4 0 2 21 10 +11 12 Silver Medal
    England 6 3 1 2 18 11 +7 10 Bronze Medal
4   India 6 3 1 2 15 14 +1 10 Fourth place
5   Malaysia 5 2 1 2 7 11 −4 7 Eliminated in
group stage
6   Scotland 5 1 0 4 8 16 −8 3
7   Pakistan 5 1 4 0 9 7 +2 7
8   Canada 5 1 0 4 4 15 −11 3
9   Wales 5 1 1 3 9 13 −4 4
10   South Africa 5 1 0 4 6 17 −11 3
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

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There were 117 goals scored in 27 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.

9 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

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  1. ^ "Hockey". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  2. ^ Officials