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2025–26 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup

The 2025–26 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup was the fourth edition of the Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup, the annual qualification tournament for the Men's FIH Pro League organised by the International Hockey Federation. The tournament was held at the Hartleyvale Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa from 11 to 20 June 2026.[1][2]

2025–26 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
CityCape Town
Dates11–20 June
Teams9 (from 4 confederations)
VenueHartleyvale Stadium
Final positions
Champions France (1st title)
Runner-up South Africa
Third place New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored116 (4.83 per match)
Top scorerFrance Victor Charlet (8 goals)
Best playerFrance Corentin Sellier
Best young playerFrance Malo Martinache
Best goalkeeperSouth Africa Cullin de Jager
← 2024–25 (previous) (next) 2026–27 →

France won their first title with a finals win over South Africa.[3] New Zealand won the bronze medal by defeating Japan 3–1.[4]

Qualified teams

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In addition to the host nation, teams qualified for the event through three pathways, the 2024–25 editions of the FIH Pro League, Nations Cup and Nations Cup 2.

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
30 November 2024 – 29 June 2025 2024–25 FIH Pro League Various 1  Ireland
17–23 February 2025 FIH Nations Cup 2 Muscat, Oman 2  Scotland
 United StatesA
15–21 June 2025 FIH Nations Cup Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5  France
 Japan
 Malaysia
 New Zealand
 South Korea
 WalesA
16 March 2026 Host Nation 1  South Africa
Total 9
^A – Wales withdrew and were replaced by United States to the 2025–26 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup.[5]

Squads

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 France

Head Coach: Belgium John-John Dohmen

 Ireland

Head Coach: Mark Tumilty

 Japan

Head Coach: Yoshihiro Anai

  1. Koji Yamasaki
  2. Shota Yamada
  3. Seren Tanaka
  4. Naru Kimura
  5. Jun Watanabe
  6. Taiki Takade
  7. Kosei Kawabe
  8. Kazumasa Matsumoto
  9. Yuma Nagai
  10. Manabu Yamashita
  11. Raiki Fujishima (C)
  12. Hiro Saito
  13. Tsubasa Tanaka
  14. Ryoma Ooka
  15. Kazuki Nakai
  16. Kaito Tanaka
  17. Yusuke Kawamura
  18. Takumi Kitagawa (GK)
  19. Takashi Yoshikawa (GK)
  20. Hyota Yamada
 Malaysia

Head Coach: South Africa Brendon Carolan

 New Zealand

Head Coach: South Africa Greg Nicol

  1. Dominic Dixon (GK)
  2. Scott Boyde
  3. Dane Lett
  4. Charlie Morrison
  5. Samuel Lane (C)
  6. Aidan Sarikaya
  7. Nicholas Woods
  8. Kane Russell
  9. Dylan Thomas
  10. Bradley Rothwell
  11. Finn Ward
  12. George Baker
  13. Jonty Elmes
  14. Malachi Buschl
  15. Ryan Parr
  16. Isaac Houlbrooke
  17. Benjamin Culhane
  18. James Hickson
  19. Matthew Reutsch (GK)
  20. Timothy Neild
 Scotland

Head Coach: Neil Allan[6]

  1. Tommy Alexander (GK)
  2. Ollie Wilson
  3. Andrew McAllister
  4. Ali Douglas
  5. Jacob Tweedie
  6. Rob Field (C)
  7. Andrew McConnell
  8. Struan Walker
  9. Euan Gilmour
  10. Jamie Golden
  11. David Nairn
  12. Calum Douglas (GK)
  13. Jamie Croll
  14. Keir Robb
  15. Thomas Austin
  16. Callum Mackenzie
  17. Alasdair Richmond
  18. Iain McFadden
  19. Cameron Golden
  20. Jedd Campbell
 South Africa

Head Coach: Devon van der Merwe[7]

 South Korea

Head Coach: Min Tae-seok

 United States

Head Coach: Allan Law[8]

Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+2).

Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 4 4 0 0 17 5 +12 12 Semi-finals
2  Japan 4 2 1 1 8 7 +1 7
3  Malaysia 4 2 0 2 9 12 −3 6 5–8th classification
4  Scotland 4 1 0 3 6 9 −3 3
5  South Korea 4 0 1 3 6 13 −7 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[9]

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 3 0 0 10 3 +7 9 Semi-finals
2  South Africa (H) 3 1 1 1 9 7 +2 4
3  Ireland 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4 5–8th classification
4  United States 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[9]
(H) Hosts

Fifth to eighth place Classification

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
19 June
 
 
 Malaysia4
 
20 June
 
 United States2
 
 Malaysia4
 
19 June
 
 Scotland2
 
 Ireland4 (7)
 
 
 Scotland (p.s.o.)4 (8)
 
Seventh place
 
 
20 June
 
 
 United States1
 
 
 Ireland5

5–8th place semi-finals

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Seventh place game

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Fifth place game

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First to fourth place Classification

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
19 June
 
 
 New Zealand2 (0)
 
20 June
 
 South Africa (p.s.o.)2 (2)
 
 South Africa1
 
19 June
 
 France2
 
 France4
 
 
 Japan3
 
Third place
 
 
20 June
 
 
 New Zealand3
 
 
 Japan1

Semi-finals

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Third place game

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Final

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Statistics

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Final standings

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Pos Team Promotion
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France Promoted to the 2026–27 Pro League
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Africa (H)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  New Zealand
4  Japan
5  Malaysia
6  Scotland
7  Ireland
8  United States
9  South Korea
Source: FIH
(H) Host

Awards

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The awards were announced on 20 June 2026.[4]

AwardPlayer
Player of the tournamentFrance Corentin Sellier
Goalkeeper of the tournamentSouth Africa Cullin de Jager
Best young playerFrance Malo Martinache

Goalscorers

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There were 116 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.83 goals per match.

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "New Zealand and South Africa to host FIH Hockey Nations Cup 2025-26". International Hockey Federation. 16 February 2026. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "South Africa to Host FIH Hockey Men's Nations Cup 2026 in Cape Town". SA Hockey Association. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "South Africa Fall Just Short as France Claim FIH Nations Cup Title at Sold-Out Hartleyvale". SA Hockey Association. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
  4. 1 2 "France triumph in Nations Cup to secure FIH Pro League spot". International Hockey Federation. 21 June 2026. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "Uruguay (women) and USA (men) join FIH Hockey Nations Cup for the first time". International Hockey Federation. 16 May 2026. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Scotland men's squad selected for FIH Nations Cup". Scottish Hockey. 8 May 2026. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "South Africa Name Men's Squad for Home FIH Hockey Nations Cup in Cape Town | SA Hockey Association". Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "2026 FIH Hockey Nations Cup - USMNT". www.usafieldhockey.com. 4 May 2026. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  9. 1 2 "FIH Top Tier Tournament Regulations" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 21 October 2021.
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