Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

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]

Men's hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Tournament details
Host countryEngland
CityBirmingham
Dates29 July – 8 August 2022
Teams10 (from 5 confederations)
VenueUniversity of Birmingham Hockey and Squash Centre
Final positions
Champions Australia (7th title)
Runner-up India
Third place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored188 (6.96 per match)
Top scorerEngland Nick Bandurak (11 goals)
2018 (previous) (next) 2030

Qualification

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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 N/a N/a 1  England
2018 Commonwealth Games 5–14 April 2018 Australia Gold Coast 1  Australia
FIH World Rankings 1 February 2022 N/a 8  India
 New Zealand
 Malaysia[a]
 Canada
 South Africa
 Wales
 Pakistan
 Scotland
 Ghana
TOTAL10
Scheduling issues
  1. 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

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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

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  • 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

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Pool A

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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
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.





Pool B

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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
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





Classification matches

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Ninth place match

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Seventh place match

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Fifth place match

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Medal round

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
6 August
 
 
 Australia3
 
8 August
 
 England2
 
 Australia7
 
6 August
 
 India0
 
 India3
 
 
 South Africa2
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
8 August
 
 
 England6
 
 
 South Africa3

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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Pos. Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  India
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  England
4  South Africa
5  New Zealand
6  Wales
7  Pakistan
8  Canada
9  Scotland
10  Ghana

Goalscorers

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There 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

Source: FIH

References

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  1. "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  2. Competition Schedule | Hockey (PDF). BOCCG. pp. 22, 23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 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.
  7. "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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