Hockey at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

The second edition of the Men's Hockey Tournament at the Commonwealth Games took place during the 2002 Commonwealth Games at the Belle Vue Hockey Centre in Manchester, England. The event started on Saturday July 27 and ended on Sunday August 4, 2002.

2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's hockey

Tournament details
Host country	England
City	Manchester
Dates	27 July – 4 August
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Belle Vue Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	135 (6.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hayden Shaw (13 goals)
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Participating nations

Pool 1	Pool 2
Australia  Barbados  New Zealand  South Africa	Canada  England  Pakistan  Wales

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	30	3	+27	9	Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	3	2	0	1	19	8	+11	6	Quarter-finals
3	South Africa	3	1	0	2	13	10	+3	3
4	Barbados	3	0	0	3	2	43	−41	0

Source: Planet Field Hockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

27 July 2002 09:00 Australia  6–1  New Zealand Smith  21' Victory  33', 62' Elder  47', 59' Livermore  66' Report Shaw  20' Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

27 July 2002 11:00 South Africa  10–1  Barbados King  3' E. Smith  8' Cullen  19', 50' Nicol  20', 34', 62' Fulton  25' Abrahams  41' Jackson  66' Report Murray  42' Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

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28 July 2002 13:00 South Africa  1–4  Australia King  63' Report Smith  21' Dwyer  41' Victory  43' Taylor  45' Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

28 July 2002 15:00 New Zealand  13–0  Barbados Shaw  5', 13', 35+' Archibald  13', 37', 39', 40' Smith  20' Burrows  28' Parag  33' Patel  43' Kosoof  51' McIndoe  62' Report Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

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30 July 2002 16:00 Australia  20–1  Barbados Taylor  2' Victory  14', 42', 52', 65' McCann  17', 34', 37', 38' Webster  21' Elder  25', 27', 60' Dwyer  26', 32', 65' Smith  44', 68' Hopkins  49' Livermore  60' Report Bailey  51' Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

30 July 2002 18:00 New Zealand  5–2  South Africa Shaw  15', 42', 54', 67' Towns  24' Report Nicol  35' E. Smith  60' Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Semi-finals
2	England	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6	Quarter-finals
3	Canada	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1
4	Wales	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1

Source: Planet Field Hockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

27 July 2002 13:00 Canada  1–1  Wales Fernandes  58' Report Organ  50' Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

27 July 2002 15:30 England  0–3  Pakistan Report Abbas  16', 20', 38' Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

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28 July 2002 17:30 Canada  1–2  England Short  46' Report Wyatt  42' Mathews  68' Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

28 July 2002 19:30 Pakistan  3–0  Wales Ashraf  12', 41' Nadeem  37' Report Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

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30 July 2002 11:00 Pakistan  2–0  Canada Saqlain  21' Abbas  62' Report Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

30 July 2002 13:00 England  5–0  Wales Mathews  9' Pearn  17' Parnham  43', 49' Wyatt  69' Report Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

Classification round

Seventh and eighth place

2 August 2002 10:00 Barbados  0–7  Wales Report Organ  6', 29', 58' Hoskin  38' Westerman  38', 42' Edwards  70' Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

First to sixth place classification

	Crossovers				Semi-finals				Final
					2 August 2002
					Australia	3
	31 July 2002
					South Africa	1
	England	0
									4 August 2002
	South Africa	1
									Australia	5
									New Zealand	2
					2 August 2002
					Pakistan	1
	31 July 2002
					New Zealand	7			Third Place
	New Zealand	3
									4 August 2002
	Canada	2
									Pakistan	10
									South Africa	2

Quarter-finals

31 July 2002 16:00 England  0–1  South Africa Report E. Smith  29' Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

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31 July 2002 18:30 New Zealand  3–2  Canada Shaw  12', 39', 65' Report Fernandes  6' Kahlon  30' Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

Fifth and sixth place

2 August 2002 12:30 England  6–3  Canada Hall  10', 25', 62', 64' Waugh  54' Pearn  61' Report Pereira  2', 46' Fernandes  59' Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

Semi-finals

2 August 2002 16:00 Pakistan  1–7  New Zealand Nadeem  44' Report Parag  1' Hari  3' Hopping  21' Burrows  46', 63', 68' Shaw  60' Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

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2 August 2002 18:30 Australia  3–1  South Africa Smith  12' George  46' McCann  68' Report King  31' Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

Third and fourth place

4 August 2002 13:00 Pakistan  10–2  South Africa Abbas  11', 33', 34', 42', 48' Nadeem  14' Khan  53' Jawad  59' Ali  60' Shabbir  68' Report Clark  25' E. Smith  28' Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

Final

4 August 2002 15:30 Australia  5–2  New Zealand Elder  20' Dwyer  25', 32', 50' Victory  27' Report Burrows  44' Shaw  57' Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Australia	5	5	0	0	38	6	+32	15	Gold Medal
	New Zealand	6	4	0	2	31	16	+15	12	Silver Medal
	Pakistan	5	4	0	1	19	9	+10	12	Bronze Medal
4	South Africa	6	2	0	4	17	23	−6	6	Fourth place
5	England	5	3	0	2	13	8	+5	9	Eliminated in crossovers
6	Canada	5	0	1	4	7	14	−7	1
7	Wales	4	1	1	2	8	9	−1	4	Eliminated in group stage
8	Barbados	4	0	0	4	2	50	−48	0

Source: Planet Field Hockey

Goalscorers

There were 135 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.75 goals per match.

13 goals

• Hayden Shaw

9 goals

• Sohail Abbas

8 goals

• Craig Victory

7 goals

• Jamie Dwyer

6 goals

• Troy Elder

5 goals

• Michael McCann
• Matthew Smith
• Phil Burrows

4 goals

• Daniel Hall
• Ryan Archibald
• Gregory Nicol
• Emile Smith
• Simon Organ

3 goals

• Wayne Fernandes
• Muhammad Nadeem
• Justin King

2 goals

• Brent Livermore
• Benjamin Taylor
• Kenneth Pereira
• David Mathews
• Craig Parnham
• Mark Pearn
• Jonathan Wyatt
• Umesh Parag
• Kamran Ashraf
• Michael Cullen
• James Westerman

1 goal

• Bevan George
• Aaron Hopkins
• Scott Webster
• Roger Bailey
• Mark Murray
• Ravi Kahlon
• Robert Short
• William Waugh
• Bevan Hari
• Blair Hopping
• David Kosoof
• Wayne McIndoe
• Mitesh Patel
• Darren Smith
• Simon Towns
• Ghazanfar Ali
• Kashif Jawad
• Mudassar Ali Khan
• Muhammad Saqlain
• Muhammad Shabbir
• Clyde Abrahams
• Gregg Clark
• Craig Fulton
• Craig Jackson
• Paul Edwards
• Mark Hoskin

Awards

2002 Men's Hockey Commonwealth Games winners
Australia Second title

Top Goalscorer
Shaw

References

• Fieldhockey Canada
• BBC SPORT - Commonwealth Games 2002 - Hockey