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]
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | England | ||
| City | Birmingham | ||
| Dates | 29 July – 8 August 2022 | ||
| Teams | 10 (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 played | 27 | ||
| Goals scored | 188 (6.96 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Nick Bandurak (11 goals) | ||
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Qualification
editEngland 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 |
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| Host Nation | — | — | 1 | England
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| 2018 Commonwealth Games | 5–14 April 2018 | Gold Coast
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1 | Australia
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| FIH World Rankings | 1 February 2022 | — | 8 | India New Zealand Malaysia Canada South Africa Wales Pakistan Scotland Ghana
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| TOTAL | 10 | |||
- Scheduling issues
- ^ 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
editIn 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
edit- 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
editPool A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Australia
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | +27 | 12 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | South Africa
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 7 | |
| 3 | New Zealand
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 4 | Fifth place match |
| 4 | Pakistan
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 4 | Seventh place match |
| 5 | Scotland
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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.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
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Pool B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | India
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | +22 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | England (H)
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 10 | |
| 3 | Wales
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 6 | Fifth place match |
| 4 | Canada
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25 | −21 | 1 | Seventh place match |
| 5 | Ghana
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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
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
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Classification matches
editNinth place match
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Seventh place match
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Fifth place match
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Medal round
editBracket
edit| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 6 August | ||||||
| Australia | 3 | |||||
| 8 August | ||||||
| England | 2 | |||||
| Australia | 7 | |||||
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| India | 0 | |||||
| India | 3 | |||||
| South Africa | 2 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
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| England | 6 | |||||
| South Africa | 3 | |||||
Semi-finals
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Bronze medal match
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Gold medal match
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Final position
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| 4 | South Africa
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| 5 | New Zealand
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| 6 | Wales
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| 7 | Pakistan
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| 8 | Canada
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| 9 | Scotland
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| 10 | Ghana
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Goalscorers
editThere 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
Daniel Beale- Flynn Ogilvie
- Joshua Simmonds
Will Calnan- David Condon
- Stuart Rushmere
- Rhys Smith
Emmanuel Ankomah- Francis Tettey
Varun Kumar- Amit Rohidas
- Nilakanta Sharma
- Shamsher Singh
Sean Findlay- Sam Hiha
- Kane Russell
- Dylan Thomas
- Nic Woods
Muhammad Umar Bhutta- Rizwan Ali
- Waheed Rana
- Rooman Khan
Callum Duke- Alan Forsyth
- Andrew McConnell
- Callum Mackenzie
- Lee Morton
Dayaan Cassiem- Keenan Horne
- Ryan Julius
- Taine Paton
- Nicholas Spooner
James Carson- Owain Dolan-Gray
- Benjamin Francis
- Gareth Griffiths
- Daniel Kyriakides
- Lewis Prosser
Source: FIH
References
edit- ^ "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ Competition Schedule | Hockey (PDF). BOCCG. pp. 22, 23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ a b Gilmour, Rod (2 March 2022). "Hockey nations confirmed for 2022 Commonwealth Games". The Hockey Paper. 1touch Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ Athlete Allocation System | Hockey (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / FIH. 29 April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ Qualification System - Games of the XXXIII Olympiad - Paris 2024 | Hockey (PDF). IOC / FIH. 7 April 2022. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "OCA Press Release on Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 and Shantou Asian Youth Games 2021". OCA. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Birmingham 2022 unveils match schedules for hockey". University of Birmingham. 9 March 2022. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.