Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

Men's hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Tournament details
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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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	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

^ 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	Semi-finals
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 26' Lane 43' Smith 47' Inglis 49' Hiha 51'	Report	Harwood 6' Mackenzie 17' J. Golden 20', 28' C. Golden 24'

Umpires:
Tyler Klenk (CAN)
Peter Kabaso (KEN)

30 July 2022
09:00

South Africa	2–2	Pakistan
Beauchamp 14' Guise-Brown 54'	Report	R. Ali 25' Hakeem 60'

Umpires:
Nick Bennett (ENG)
Bruce Bale (ENG)

31 July 2022
09:00

New Zealand	4–1	Pakistan
Inglis 17', 18' Thomas 43' Lane 60'	Report	G. Ali 26'

Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)

31 July 2022
11:00

Australia	12–0	Scotland
Govers 9' Brand 13', 32' Hayward 13', 25', 37', 53' Wickham 16', 18' Simmonds 33' Ephraums 35', 50'	Report

Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Bruce Bale (ENG)

1 August 2022
14:00

Scotland	4–5	South Africa
McConnell 33' Forsyth 35' C. Golden 38' Walker 43'	Report	D. Cassiem 2' Spooner 24' Ntuli 43' Guise-Brown 56' Paton 60'

Umpires:
Nick Bennett (ENG)
Steve Rogers (AUS)

1 August 2022
19:00

New Zealand	2–7	Australia
Inglis 17' Smith 44'	Report	Anderson 8' Govers 22', 24' Whetton 27' Ephraums 37' Zalewski 44', 48'

Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

3 August 2022
19:00

Pakistan	3–2	Scotland
Hakeem 22' Shahid 23' Khan 55'	Report	C. Golden 9' Walker 38'

Umpires:
Tyler Klenk (CAN)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)

3 August 2022
21:00

South Africa	0–3	Australia
	Report	Whetton 4' Zalewski 8' Govers 55'

Umpires:
Fraser Bell (SCO)
Bruce Bale (ENG)

4 August 2022
19:00

South Africa	4–3	New Zealand
Guise-Brown 3', 18' Horne 7' Beauchamp 53'	Report	Lane 9' Smith 39' Inglis 47'

Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Bruce Bale (ENG)

4 August 2022
21:00

Australia	7–0	Pakistan
Govers 12' Hayward 19', 40' Wickham 42', 48' Anderson 53' Ephramus 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	Semi-finals
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 8', 30', 45' Roper 27' Calnan 39' Condon 51'	Report

Umpires:
Tim Bond (NZL)
Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

30 July 2022
11:00

Canada	1–5	Wales
Sarmento 59'	Report	Furlong 8', 12', 14', 49' Griffiths 45'

Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Fraser Bell (SCO)

31 July 2022
14:00

England	4–2	Wales
Ward 2' Bandurak 41', 57' Roper 53'	Report	Prosser 19' Carson 52'

Umpires:
Steve Rogers (AUS)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)

31 July 2022
16:00

India	11–0	Ghana
Abhishek 2' Harmanpreet 10', 36', 54' Shamsher 14' Akashdeep 20' Jugraj 22', 45' Nilakanta 39' Varun 40' Mandeep 48'	Report

Umpires:
Fraser Bell (SCO)
Tim Bond (NZL)

1 August 2022
16:00

England	4–4	India
Ansell 42' Bandurak 47', 53' Roper 51'	Report	Lalit 3' Mandeep 13', 22' Harmanpreet 46'

Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)

1 August 2022
19:00

Ghana	1–1	Canada
Kwofie 19'	Report	Pereira 60'

Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Peter Kabaso (KEN)

3 August 2022
14:00

Canada	0–8	India
	Report	Harmanpreet 7', 56' Amit 10' Lalit 20' Gurjant 27' Akashdeep 37', 60' Mandeep 58'

Umpires:
Peter Kabaso (KEN)
Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

3 August 2022
16:00

Wales	6–1	Ghana
Furlong 26', 38', 44' Francis 48' Kyriakides 58' Dolan-Gray 58'	Report	Kwofie 21'

Umpires:
Tim Bond (NZL)
Nick Bennett (ENG)

4 August 2022
14:00

India	4–1	Wales
Harmanpreet 18', 19', 41' Gurjant 49'	Report	Furlong 55'

Umpires:
Nick Bennett (ENG)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)

4 August 2022
16:00

Canada	2–11	England
Guraliuk 11', 56'	Report	Roper 2', 45' Bandurak 16', 38', 50', 59' Ansell 19' Wallace 24', 44' Rushmere 54' Ward 55'

Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Steve Rogers (AUS)

Classification matches

Ninth place match

6 August 2022
09:00

Scotland	7–2	Ghana
Walker 7' C. Golden 19' J. Golden 36', 51' Harwood 46' Duke 47' Morton 53'	Report	Ankomah 33' Tettey 54'

Umpires:
Peter Kabaso (KEN)
Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

Seventh place match

6 August 2022
11:15

Pakistan	4–3	Canada
Rana 24' Ali 25' Umar Bhutta 52' Shahid 60'	Report	Sarmento 26', 58' Pereira 30'

Umpires:
Fraser Bell (SCO)
Tim Bond (NZL)

Fifth place match

7 August 2022
18:00

New Zealand	2–1	Wales
Woods 7' Findlay 41'	Report	Furlong 24'

Umpires:
Bruce Bale (ENG)
Nick Bennett (ENG)

Medal round

Bracket

Semi-finals		Gold medal match

6 August

Australia	3
		8 August
England	2
		Australia	7
6 August
		India	0
India	3

South Africa	2
		Bronze medal match

		8 August

		England	6

		South Africa	3

Semi-finals

6 August 2022
18:00

India	3–2	South Africa
Abhishek 20' Mandeep 28' Jugraj 58'	Report	Julius 33' M. Cassiem 59'

Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Steve Rogers (AUS)

6 August 2022
20:15

Australia	3–2	England
Govers 27' Anderson 44' Beale 50'	Report	Roper 12' Wallace 19'

Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
David Tomlinson (NZL)

Bronze medal match

8 August 2022
09:00

England	6–3	South Africa
Smith 19' Ansell 24' Ward 25' Roper 40', 50' Wallace 59'	Report	Guise-Brown 18' M. Cassiem 22' Ntuli 30'

Umpires:
Tyler Klenk (CAN)
Steve Rogers (AUS)

Gold medal match

8 August 2022
12:30

Australia	7–0	India
Govers 9' Ephraums 14', 42' Anderson 22', 27' Wickham 26' Ogilvie 46'	Report

Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
David Tomlinson (NZL)

Final position

Pos.	Team
	Australia
	India
	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

Nick Bandurak

9 goals

8 goals

Phil Roper

7 goals

Blake Govers

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

^ "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.

External links

FIH 2022 Commonwealth Games (M)

[agm-7] 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]

[fhschedule-1] "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[schedulepdf-2] Competition Schedule | Hockey (PDF). BOCCG. pp. 22, 23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[thp-3] 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.

[4] Athlete Allocation System | Hockey (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / FIH. 29 April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[5] 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.

[6] "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.

[8] "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.

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