Hockey at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

The men's field hockey event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Gold Coast Hockey Centre from 5 to 14 April 2018.^[1] Australia won the gold medal after defeating New Zealand 2–0 in the final, continuing their dominance in the event with a sixth consecutive gold medal, having won the men's tournament every time it has been held.

2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's hockey

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Gold Coast
Dates	5 – 14 April 2018
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Gold Coast Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	Australia (6th title)
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	117 (4.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sam Ward (9 goals)
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Umpires

Twelve umpires for the men's event were appointed by the International Hockey Federation.^[2]

• Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
• Tim Bond (NZL)
• Ben de Young (AUS)
• Jamie Hooper (WAL)
• Deepak Joshi (IND)
• Tyler Klenk (CAN)
• Eric Koh (MAS)
• Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
• Sean Rapaport (RSA)
• David Sweetman (SCO)
• Paul Walker (ENG)
• Deon Nel (RSA)

Results

All times are local (UTC+10)

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	4	4	0	0	16	2	+14	12	Advance to Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	4	3	0	1	18	6	+12	9
3	Scotland	4	1	0	3	7	14	−7	3	5th–6th place match
4	Canada	4	1	0	3	3	12	−9	3	7th–8th place match
5	South Africa	4	1	0	3	4	14	−10	3	9th–10th place match

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
(H) Hosts

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5 April 2018 (2018-04-05) 21:30 v South Africa  2–4  Scotland Heyns  37' Drummond  43' Report Harwood  6' Bain  13', 46' Forsyth  14' Umpires: Eric Koh (MAS) Jamie Hooper (GBR)

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6 April 2018 (2018-04-06) 11:30 v New Zealand  6–2  Canada Russell  28' Woods  31' Muir  41' Lett  42' Jenness  42' Inglis  60' Report Kirkpatrick  47' Johnston  58' Umpires: Hong Zhen Lim (SGP) Paul Walker (GBR)

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7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 11:30 v Canada  1–0  Scotland Sarmento  11' Report Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Paul Walker (ENG)

7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 16:30 v Australia  4–0  South Africa Mitton  30', 39' Hayward  43' Kleinschmidt  50' Report Umpires: Anbananthan Rawi (MAS) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

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8 April 2018 (2018-04-08) 16:30 v New Zealand  6–0  South Africa Russell  4', 25' J. Panchia  26' Woods  27' Muir  50' Ross  53' Report Umpires: Jamie Hooper (WAL) Paul Walker (ENG)

8 April 2018 (2018-04-08) 21:30 v Australia  6–1  Scotland Zalewski  2' Beale  2' Wickham  13' Wotherspoon  15' Ogilvie  20' Kleinschmidt  43' Report Harwood  23' Umpires: Eric Koh (MAS) Anbananthan Rawi (MAS)

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10 April 2018 (2018-04-10) 11:30 v New Zealand  5–2  Scotland Russell  3', 30', 34' J. Panchia  4' Inglis  50' Report Forsyth  20', 53' Umpires: Anbananthan Rawi (MAS) Deepak Joshi (IND)

10 April 2018 (2018-04-10) 16:30 v Australia  4–0  Canada Wotherspoon  12', 14' Hayward  15' Mitton  54' Report Umpires: David Sweetman (SCO) Tim Bond (NZL)

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11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) 16:30 v Australia  2–1  New Zealand Whetton  20' Mitton  57' Report Bennett  59' Umpires: David Sweetman (SCO) Hong Zhen Lim (SGP)

11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) 21:30 v Canada  0–2  South Africa Report Julius  31' Rosenberg  60' Umpires: Jamie Hooper (WAL) Tim Bond (NZL)

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	4	3	1	0	12	9	+3	10	Advance to Semi-finals
2	England	4	2	1	1	15	8	+7	7
3	Malaysia	4	1	1	2	5	10	−5	4	5th–6th place match
4	Pakistan	4	0	4	0	6	6	0	4	7th–8th place match
5	Wales	4	0	1	3	6	11	−5	1	9th–10th place match

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.

5 April 2018 (2018-04-05) 19:30 v Pakistan  1–1  Wales Ali  39' Report Shipperley  33' Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) David Sweetman (GBR)

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6 April 2018 (2018-04-06) 09:30 v England  7–0  Malaysia Ward  14', 20' Goodfield  21' Gleghorne  27', 53' Martin  49' Roper  59' Report Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Ben de Young (AUS)

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7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 09:30 v Malaysia  3–0  Wales Fitri  19' van Huizen  36' Faizal  55' Report Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Sean Rapaport (RSA)

7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 14:30 v India  2–2  Pakistan D. Singh  13' H. Singh  20' Report Md. Irfan Jr  39' Ali  60' Umpires: Lim Hong Zhen (SGP) David Sweetman (SCO)

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8 April 2018 (2018-04-08) 14:30 v England  2–2  Pakistan Gleghorne 34' Ward 51' Report Md. Arslan 33' Ali 57' Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Sam Rapaport (RSA)

8 April 2018 (2018-04-08) 19:30 v India  4–3  Wales D. Singh  16' Mand. Singh  28' H. Singh  57' Sunil  59' Report Furlong  17', 45', 58' Umpires: David Sweetman (SCO) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

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10 April 2018 (2018-04-10) 09:30 v India  2–1  Malaysia H. Singh  3', 44' Report Saari  16' Umpires: Lim Hong Zhen (SGP) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

10 April 2018 (2018-04-10) 14:30 v England  3–2  Wales Ward  38', 49', 57' Report Hawker  26' Francis  30+' Umpires: Eric Koh (MAS) Ben de Young (AUS)

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11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) 14:30 v Malaysia  1–1  Pakistan Ramadan  39' Report Shafqat  9' Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) 19:30 v India  4–3  England Manp. Singh  33' R.P. Singh  51' Kumar  59' Mand. Singh  60' Report Condon  17' Ansell  52' Ward  56' Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

Classification matches

Ninth and tenth place

13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) 08:30 v South Africa  2–3  Wales Crowe  19' Cassiem  46' Report Furlong  27' Carson  27', 59' Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

Seventh and eighth place

13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) 10:45 v Canada  1–3  Pakistan Kirkpatrick  12' Report Md. Arslan  34' Ali  40' Md. Irfan Jr.  57' Umpires: Eric Koh (MAS) Tim Bond (NZ)

Fifth and sixth place

13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) 16:15 v Scotland  1–2  Malaysia Forsyth  11' Report Shahril  21' Amirol  39' Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Paul Walker (ENG)

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Gold-medal match
	13 April 2018
	Australia	2
					14 April 2018
	England	1
					Australia	2
	13 April 2018
					New Zealand	0
	New Zealand	3
	India	2
					Bronze-medal match
					14 April 2018
					England	2
					India	1

Semi-finals

13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) 19:30 v Australia  2–1  England Mitton  1', 49' Report Sloan  37' Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) David Sweetman (SCO)

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13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) 21:45 v India  2–3  New Zealand H. Singh  30', 56' Report Inglis  7' Jenness  13' Child  40' Umpires: Lim Hong Zhen (SGP) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

Bronze-medal match

14 April 2018 (2018-04-14) 19:00 v England  2–1  India Ward  7', 43' Report Kumar  27' Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) David Sweetman (SCO)

Gold-medal match

14 April 2018 (2018-04-14) 21:15 v Australia  2–0  New Zealand Kleinschmidt  21' Dawson  28' Report Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)

Statistics

Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Australia (H)	6	6	0	0	20	3	+17	18	Gold Medal
	New Zealand	6	4	0	2	21	10	+11	12	Silver Medal
	England	6	3	1	2	18	11	+7	10	Bronze Medal
4	India	6	3	1	2	15	14	+1	10	Fourth place
5	Malaysia	5	2	1	2	7	11	−4	7	Eliminated in group stage
6	Scotland	5	1	0	4	8	16	−8	3
7	Pakistan	5	1	4	0	9	7	+2	7
8	Canada	5	1	0	4	4	15	−11	3
9	Wales	5	1	1	3	9	13	−4	4
10	South Africa	5	1	0	4	6	17	−11	3

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 117 goals scored in 27 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.

9 goals

• Samuel Ward

6 goals

• Trent Mitton
• Harmanpreet Singh
• Kane Russell

4 goals

• Ali Mubashar
• Alan Forsyth
• Gareth Furlong

3 goals

• Aaron Kleinschmidt
• Dylan Wotherspoon
• Mark Gleghorne
• Hugo Inglis

2 goals

• Jeremy Hayward
• James Kirkpatrick
• Varun Kumar
• Dilpreet Singh
• Mandeep Singh
• Faizal Saari
• Stephen Jenness
• George Muir
• Jared Panchia
• Nic Woods
• Mohammad Irfan Jr.
• Arslan Qadir
• Kenneth Bain
• Robert Harwood
• Tom Carson

1 goal

• Daniel Beale
• Matthew Dawson
• Flynn Ogilvie
• Jacob Whetton
• Tom Wickham
• Aran Zalewski
• Gordon Johnston
• Matthew Sarmento
• Liam Ansell
• David Condon
• David Goodfield
• Harry Martin
• Phil Roper
• Ian Sloan
• Manpreet Singh
• Rupinder Pal Singh
• S.V. Sunil
• Amirol Arshad
• Ramadan Rosli
• Shahril Saabah
• Fitri Saari
• Joel van Huizen
• Cory Bennett
• Marcus Child
• Dane Lett
• Nick Ross
• Shafqat Rasool
• Dayaan Cassiem
• Ryan Crowe
• Timothy Drummond
• Gareth Heyns
• Ryan Julius
• Reza Rosenberg
• Benjamin Francis
• Luke Hawker
• Rupert Shipperley

Source: FIH