Poland men's national field hockey team

Poland

Association	Polish field hockey association (Polski Związek Hokeja na Trawie)
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Head Coach	Dariusz Rachwalski
Assistant coach(es)	Piotr Mazany
Manager	Robert Grzeszczak
Captain	Jacek Kurowski
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	28 (13 August 2024)
Highest	16 (2004)
Lowest	28 (March – July 2023)
Olympic Games
Appearances	5 (first in 1952)
Best result	4th (1980)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1975)
Best result	8th (1982, 1986)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances	13 (first in 1970)
Best result	5th (1974, 1978, 1987)

Poland men's national field hockey team represents Poland in international field hockey and is controlled by the Polish field hockey association, or in Polish: Polski Związek Hokeja na Trawie, also known as PZHT.

Tournament record

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1908	did not participate
1920
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952	5th place game	6th	5	2	1	2	6	13	Squad
1956	did not participate
1960	Group stage	12th	4	1	1	2	3	12	Squad
1964	did not participate
1968
1972	11th place game	11th	8	3	2	3	19	16	Squad
1976	did not participate
1980	3rd place game	4th	6	2	1	3	20	17	Squad
1984	did not participate
1988
1992	did not qualify
1996
2000	12th place game	12th	7	1	2	4	16	20	Squad
2004	did not qualify
2008
2012
2016
2020
Total	Best: 4th	5/24	30	9	7	14	64	78	–

Friendship Games

Field hockey at the Friendship Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1984	Final	2nd	3	1	1	1	3	6	squad
Total	Best: 2nd	2/8	3	1	1	1	3	6	–

World Cup

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
1971	did not participate
1973
1975	9th place game	10th	7	2	1	4	12	18	Squad
1978	9th place game	9th	8	3	1	4	17	25	Squad
1982	7th place game	8th	7	2	0	5	9	17	Squad
1986	7th place game	8th	7	2	1	4	10	17	Squad
1990	did not qualify
1994
1998	11th place game	12th	7	0	1	6	10	32	Squad
2002	15th place game	15th	9	2	1	6	13	21	Squad
2006	did not qualify
2010
2014
2018
2023
Total	Best: 8th	6/15	45	11	5	29	71	130	–

European Championships

EuroHockey Championship

EuroHockey Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1970	7th place game	7th	6	2	2	2	7	7
1974	5th place game	5th	6	4	0	2	15	13
1978	5th place game	5th	7	3	2	2	14	8
1983	9th place game	9th	7	2	1	4	7	14
1987	5th place game	5th	7	4	0	3	14	13
1991	7th place game	8th	7	1	1	5	7	24
1995	5th place game	6th	7	3	1	3	14	16
1999	9th place game	9th	7	3	0	4	22	20
2003	7th place game	8th	7	2	1	4	9	16
2005	7th place game	7th	5	1	1	3	8	8
2007	did not qualify
2009	Group stage	8th	5	0	0	5	7	28
2011	did not qualify
2013	Group stage	7th	5	1	0	4	9	26
2015	did not qualify
2017	Group stage	8th	5	0	1	4	6	23
2019	did not qualify
2021
2023
Total	Best: 5th	13/19	81	26	10	45	139	216

EuroHockey Championship II

EuroHockey Championship II record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2007	Final	1st	5	4	0	1	23	9
2011	Final	2nd	5	3	1	1	12	4
2015	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	13	4
2019	3rd place match	4th	5	1	1	3	6	8
2021	3rd place match	4th	5	2	1	2	9	8
Total	5/9	2 titles	25	15	3	7	63	33

EuroHockey Championship III

EuroHockey Championship III record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2023	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	45	1
Total	1/1	1 title	5	5	0	0	45	1

Hockey World League

Hockey World League record
Season	Position	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
2012–13	27th of 33	Round 1	3	3	0	0	10	2
		Round 2	5	1	1	3	16	21
2014–15	17th of 35	Round 2	6	5	0	1	29	11
		Semifinal	5	1	0	4	6	15
2016–17	29th of 36	Round 2	6	1	0	5	7	16
Total	17th (1x)	3/3	25	11	1	13	68	65

FIH Hockey Nations Cup

Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup record
Season	Position	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
2023–24	9th	Preliminary round	4	1	0	3	5	8
Total	9th	1/1	4	1	0	3	5	8

*Draws include knockout matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.

Current squad

The following 18 players were named on 13 October 2021 for the 2021 European World Cup Qualifier in Cardiff, Wales.

Head coach: Dariusz Rachwalski

Caps updated as of 24 October 2021, after the match against Italy.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Mateusz Popiołkowski	(1994-04-21) 21 April 1994	37	Grunwald Poznań
2		Mikołaj Głowacki	(1999-03-18) 18 March 1999	17	Grunwald Poznań
4		Tomasz Bembenek	(2000-01-17) 17 January 2000	13	Pomorzanin Toruń
5		Joseph Hillyer	(1993-05-09) 9 May 1993	26	Hampstead & Westminster
7		Gracjan Jarzyński	(2001-04-01) 1 April 2001	13	Schwarz-Weiß Neuss
8		Mikołaj Gumny	(1994-11-22) 22 November 1994	79	Grunwald Poznań
9		Jacek Kurowski (Captain)	(1998-04-17) 17 April 1998	50	Grunwald Poznań
10		Maksymilian Koperski	(1999-07-23) 23 July 1999	19	Großflottbeker THGC
12	GK	Maciej Pacanowski	(1992-09-21) 21 September 1992	61	Start Gniezno
13		Bartosz Zaworski	(2001-07-04) 4 July 2001	10	Schwarz-Weiß Neuss
14		Robert Pawlak	(2003-05-10) 10 May 2003	13	Politechnika Poznańska
20		Szymon Cyprych	(2003-08-28) 28 August 2003	3	Warta Poznań
21		Jakub Chumeńczuk	(2000-11-24) 24 November 2000	13	Gąsawa
22		Wojciech Rutkowski	(2000-08-27) 27 August 2000	13	Pomorzanin Toruń
23		Eryk Bembenek	(2001-11-25) 25 November 2001	5	Grunwald Poznań
24		Mateusz Nowakowski	(1998-02-23) 23 February 1998	21	AZS AWF Poznań
27		Michał Lange	(2000-10-15) 15 October 2000	13	Grunwald Poznań
31		Michał Wachowiak	(1991-09-16) 16 September 1991	9	Warta Poznań

See also

• Poland women's national field hockey team

External links

• Official website