2023–24 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup

The 2023–24 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup was the second 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 from 31 May to 9 June 2024 at Gniezno, Poland.^[1]

2023–24 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Poland
City	Gniezno
Dates	31 May – 9 June 2024
Teams	9 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (1st title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	118 (4.92 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Victor Charlet Faizal Saari (7 goals)
Best player	Nic Woods
Best young player	Hannan Shahid
Best goalkeeper	Arthur Thieffry
← 2022 (previous) (next) 2024–25 →

New Zealand won the tournament and were promoted to the 2024–25 Men's FIH Pro League.^[2] The New Zealand withdrew, 2 October 2024, and were replaced by Ireland.^[3][4]

Teams

The nine highest ranked teams not participating in the Men's FIH Pro League participated in the tournament. The Polish team had not qualified for this FIH Hockey Nations Cup, so the tournament was exceptionally be played with nine teams:^[1]

•  Austria
•  Canada
•  France
•  Malaysia
•  New Zealand
•  Pakistan
•  Poland
•  South Africa
•  South Korea

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).^[1]

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	4	4	0	0	13	5	+8	12	Semi-finals
2	South Africa	4	2	0	2	8	7	+1	6
3	Austria	4	2	0	2	7	12	−5	6
4	South Korea	4	1	0	3	7	8	−1	3
5	Poland (H)	4	1	0	3	5	8	−3	3

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[5]
(H) Hosts

31 May 2024 16:30 South Africa  3–4  Austria Ntuli  4' Guise-Brown  6', 33' Report Kaiser  7' Losonci  20' Scholz  26', 32' Umpires: Paul van den Assum (NED) Michael Dutrieux (BEL)

31 May 2024 19:00 New Zealand  4–2  Poland Read  9' Smith  16' Elmes  38' Child  53' Report Jarzembowski  23' Koperski  33' Umpires: Titus Ngolia (KEN) Benjamin Peters (USA)

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1 June 2024 16:30 New Zealand  3–0  Austria Elmes  7', 40' Morrison  41' Report Umpires: Haroon Rashid (PAK) Federico Silva (ARG)

1 June 2024 19:00 South Korea  0–1  Poland Report Głowacki  24' Umpires: Federico Silva (ARG) Paul van den Assum (NED)

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3 June 2024 16:30 South Korea  5–1  Austria Kim Sung-y.  11' Park C.  22' Oh S.  41' Rim  49' Kong  50' Report Frey  55' Umpires: Titus Ngolia (KEN) Federico Silva (ARG)

3 June 2024 19:00 South Africa  1–2  New Zealand Guise-Brown  34' Report Inglis  11' Boyde  32' Umpires: Harry Collinson (ENG) Munashe Mashoko (ZIM)

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4 June 2024 15:30 New Zealand  4–2  South Korea Boyde  5' Russell  23' Smith  31' Houlbrooke  46' Report Park C.  26', 52' Umpires: Michael Dutrieux (BEL) Haroon Rashid (PAK)

4 June 2024 18:00 Poland  1–2  South Africa Jarzembowski  46' Report Ntuli  17' Sherwood  55' Umpires: Paul van den Assum (NED) Benjamin Peters (USA)

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6 June 2024 15:30 South Africa  2–0  South Korea Horne  38' Julius  41' Report Umpires: Federico Silva (ARG) Michael Dutrieux (BEL)

6 June 2024 18:00 Austria  2–1  Poland Losonci  31' Scholz  35' Report Hołosyniuk  20' Umpires: Haroon Rashid (PAK) Harry Collinson (ENG)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	13	6	+7	9	Semi-finals
2	Pakistan	3	1	1	1	17	11	+6	4
3	Malaysia	3	1	1	1	9	9	0	4
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	3	16	−13	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.^[5]

31 May 2024 11:30 Malaysia  4–4  Pakistan Fitri  4', 42' Azrai  7' Faizal  11' Report Rehman  32' Khan  43' Shahid  52' Mahmood  60' Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Harry Collinson (ENG)

31 May 2024 14:00 France  4–0  Canada Baumgarten  25' Curty  48' Charlet  53' Rogeau  54' Report Umpires: Federico Silva (ARG) Erik Etsebeth (RSA)

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3 June 2024[note 1] 11:30 Pakistan  8–1  Canada Rana  7', 27', 58', 60' Ali  36', 60' Rehman  51' Shahid  53' Report Davis  2' Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Erik Etsebeth (RSA)

3 June 2024[note 1] 14:00 France  3–1  Malaysia Clément  5' Goyet  43' Tynevez  60+' Report Faizal  28' Umpires: Benjamin Peters (USA) Michael Dutrieux (BEL)

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5 June 2024 15:30 Malaysia  4–2  Canada Fitri  2' Azrai  6' Cholan  22' Abdu Rauf  42' Report Dhillon  41' Sidhu  51' Umpires: Titus Ngolia (KEN) Tim Bond (NZL)

5 June 2024 18:00 Pakistan  5–6  France Mahmood  26' Yaqoob  29' Rana  46' Rehman  52' Shahid  56' Report Charlet  7', 25', 39', 59' Rogeau  14' Baumgarten  23' Umpires: Harry Collinson (ENG) Erik Etsebeth (RSA)

Fifth to eight place classification

Bracket

	Crossover				Fifth place
	8 June
	Austria	1 (1)
					9 June
	Canada (p.s.o.)	1 (3)
					Canada	2
	8 June
					South Korea	1
	Malaysia	3
	South Korea	4
					Seventh place
					9 June
					Austria	4
					Malaysia	5

Crossover

8 June 2024 10:30 Austria  1–1  Canada Hackl  54' Report Loh  38' Penalties Unterkircher Losonci Winkler Valas 1–3 Sidhu Guraliuk Harris Dhillon Sidhu Loh Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Munashe Mashoko (ZIM)

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8 June 2024 13:00 Malaysia  3–4  South Korea Faizal  16', 30' Azrai  35' Report Kim Sung-y.  26' Seo  28' Lim D.  38' Rim  47' Umpires: Benjamin Peters (USA) Erik Etsebeth (RSA)

Seventh and eighth place

9 June 2024 10:30 Austria  4–5  Malaysia Losonci  21' Scholz  34', 51' Kucera  49' Report Azrai  2' Faizal  18', 32', 33' Fitri  23' Umpires: Munashe Mashoko (ZIM) Titus Ngolia (KEN)

Fifth and sixth place

9 June 2024 13:00 Canada  2–1  South Korea Nicholson  5' Harris  7' Report Park C.  52' Umpires: Erik Etsebeth (RSA) Haroon Rashid (PAK)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 June
	New Zealand	2
					9 June
	Pakistan	1
					New Zealand (p.s.o.)	1 (4)
	8 June
					France	1 (3)
	France	2
	South Africa	1
					Third place
					9 June
					Pakistan	3
					South Africa	4

Semi-finals

8 June 2024 15:30 France  2–1  South Africa Baumgarten  54' Charlet  60' Report Ntuli  16' Umpires: Michael Dutrieux (BEL) Harry Collinson (ENG)

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8 June 2024 18:00 New Zealand  2–1  Pakistan Russell  2' Smith  11' Report Rana  55' Umpires: Paul van den Assum (NED) Federico Silva (ARG)

Third and fourth place

9 June 2024 15:30 Pakistan  3–4  South Africa Mahmood  28' Rehman  35' Shahid  59' Report Mvimbi  20' M. Cassiem  34', 58' Horne  51' Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Paul van den Assum (NED)

Final

9 June 2024 18:00 New Zealand  1–1  France Elmes  53' Report Charlet  57' Penalties Findlay Boyde Woods Houlbrooke Russell 4–3 Montecot Delemazure Clément Tynevez Lockwood Umpires: Federico Silva (ARG) Michael Dutrieux (BEL)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Promotion
1	New Zealand[a]	2024–25 Men's FIH Pro League
2	France
3	South Africa
4	Pakistan
5	Canada
6	South Korea
7	Malaysia
8	Austria
9	Poland (H)

Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers

There were 118 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.92 goals per match.

7 goals

• Victor Charlet
• Faizal Saari

6 goals

• Waheed Rana

5 goals

• Maximilian Scholz

4 goals

• Abu Kamal Azrai
• Fitri Saari
• Jonty Elmes
• Hannan Shahid
• Park Cheoleon

3 goals

• Fülöp Losonci
• Gaspard Baumgarten
• Jacob Smith
• Abu Mahmood
• Abdul Rehman
• Matthew Guise-Brown
• Nqobile Ntuli

2 goals

• Blaise Rogeau
• Scott Boyde
• Kane Russell
• Ghazanfar Ali
• Damian Jarzembowski
• Mustapha Cassiem
• Keenan Horne
• Kim Sung-yeob
• Rim Jin-kang

1 goal

• Moritz Frey
• Florian Hackl
• Julian Kaiser
• Arthur Kucera
• Sean Davis
• Roopkanwar Dhillon
• Thomson Harris
• Hudson Loh
• Jude Nicholson
• Maansarovar Sidhu
• Timothée Clément
• Eliot Curty
• François Goyet
• Etienne Tynevez
• Muhajir Abdu Rauf
• Syed Cholan
• Simon Child
• Isaac Houlbrooke
• Hugo Inglis
• Joseph Morrison
• Brad Read
• Abdul Rehman
• Sufyan Khan
• Murtaza Yaqoob
• Mikołaj Głowacki
• Jakub Hołosyniuk
• Maksymilian Koperski
• Ryan Julius
• Samkelo Mvimbi
• Bradley Sherwood
• Kong Yoon-ho
• Lim Do-hyun
• Oh Se-yong
• Seo In-woo

Source: FIH

Awards

The awards were announced on 9 June 2024.^[2]

Award	Player
Player of the tournament	Nic Woods
Goalkeeper of the tournament	Arthur Thieffry
Best junior player	Hannan Shahid

See also

• 2023–24 Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup
• 2023–24 Men's FIH Pro League

Notes

1. The matches, originally scheduled for 2 June, were postponed to 3 June due to heavy rain.^[6]

1. New Zealand withdrew and were replaced by Ireland to the 2024–25 Men's FIH Pro League.^[7][8]