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 country	England
City	Birmingham
Dates	29 July – 8 August 2022
Teams	10 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	University of Birmingham Hockey and Squash Centre
Final positions
Champions	Australia (7th title)
Runner-up	India
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	188 (6.96 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nick Bandurak (11 goals)
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Qualification

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	—	—	1	England
2018 Commonwealth Games	5–14 April 2018	Gold Coast	1	Australia
FIH World Rankings	1 February 2022	—	8	India  New Zealand  Malaysia[a]  Canada  South Africa  Wales  Pakistan  Scotland  Ghana
TOTAL			10

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

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

• 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

Pool A

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.

29 July 2022 21:00 New Zealand  5–5  Scotland Russell  26' Lane  43' Smith  47' Inglis  49' Hiha  51' Report Harwood  6' Mackenzie  17' J. Golden  20', 28' C. Golden  24' Umpires: Tyler Klenk (CAN) Peter Kabaso (KEN)

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30 July 2022 09:00 South Africa  2–2  Pakistan Beauchamp  14' Guise-Brown  54' Report R. Ali  25' Hakeem  60' Umpires: Nick Bennett (ENG) Bruce Bale (ENG)

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31 July 2022 09:00 New Zealand  4–1  Pakistan Inglis  17', 18' Thomas  43' Lane  60' Report G. Ali  26' Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

31 July 2022 11:00 Australia  12–0  Scotland Govers  9' Brand  13', 32' Hayward  13', 25', 37', 53' Wickham  16', 18' Simmonds  33' Ephraums  35', 50' Report Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Bruce Bale (ENG)

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1 August 2022 14:00 Scotland  4–5  South Africa McConnell  33' Forsyth  35' C. Golden  38' Walker  43' Report D. Cassiem  2' Spooner  24' Ntuli  43' Guise-Brown  56' Paton  60' Umpires: Nick Bennett (ENG) Steve Rogers (AUS)

1 August 2022 19:00 New Zealand  2–7  Australia Inglis  17' Smith  44' Report Anderson  8' Govers  22', 24' Whetton  27' Ephraums  37' Zalewski  44', 48' Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

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3 August 2022 19:00 Pakistan  3–2  Scotland Hakeem  22' Shahid  23' Khan  55' Report C. Golden  9' Walker  38' Umpires: Tyler Klenk (CAN) Sean Rapaport (RSA)

3 August 2022 21:00 South Africa  0–3  Australia Report Whetton  4' Zalewski  8' Govers  55' Umpires: Fraser Bell (SCO) Bruce Bale (ENG)

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4 August 2022 19:00 South Africa  4–3  New Zealand Guise-Brown  3', 18' Horne  7' Beauchamp  53' Report Lane  9' Smith  39' Inglis  47' Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Bruce Bale (ENG)

4 August 2022 21:00 Australia  7–0  Pakistan Govers  12' Hayward  19', 40' Wickham  42', 48' Anderson  53' Ephramus  59' Report Umpires: Peter Kabaso (KEN) David Tomlinson (NZL)

Pool B

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

29 July 2022 19:00 England  6–0  Ghana Bandurak  8', 30', 45' Roper  27' Calnan  39' Condon  51' Report Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

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30 July 2022 11:00 Canada  1–5  Wales Sarmento  59' Report Furlong  8', 12', 14', 49' Griffiths  45' Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Fraser Bell (SCO)

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31 July 2022 14:00 England  4–2  Wales Ward  2' Bandurak  41', 57' Roper  53' Report Prosser  19' Carson  52' Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Sean Rapaport (RSA)

31 July 2022 16:00 India  11–0  Ghana Abhishek  2' Harmanpreet  10', 36', 54' Shamsher  14' Akashdeep  20' Jugraj  22', 45' Nilakanta  39' Varun  40' Mandeep  48' Report Umpires: Fraser Bell (SCO) Tim Bond (NZL)

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1 August 2022 16:00 England  4–4  India Ansell  42' Bandurak  47', 53' Roper  51' Report Lalit  3' Mandeep  13', 22' Harmanpreet  46' Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Sean Rapaport (RSA)

1 August 2022 19:00 Ghana  1–1  Canada Kwofie  19' Report Pereira  60' Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Peter Kabaso (KEN)

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3 August 2022 14:00 Canada  0–8  India Report Harmanpreet  7', 56' Amit  10' Lalit  20' Gurjant  27' Akashdeep  37', 60' Mandeep  58' Umpires: Peter Kabaso (KEN) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

3 August 2022 16:00 Wales  6–1  Ghana Furlong  26', 38', 44' Francis  48' Kyriakides  58' Dolan-Gray  58' Report Kwofie  21' Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Nick Bennett (ENG)

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4 August 2022 14:00 India  4–1  Wales Harmanpreet  18', 19', 41' Gurjant  49' Report Furlong  55' Umpires: Nick Bennett (ENG) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

4 August 2022 16:00 Canada  2–11  England Guraliuk  11', 56' Report Roper  2', 45' Bandurak  16', 38', 50', 59' Ansell  19' Wallace  24', 44' Rushmere  54' Ward  55' Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Steve Rogers (AUS)

Classification matches

Ninth place match

6 August 2022 09:00 Scotland  7–2  Ghana Walker  7' C. Golden  19' J. Golden  36', 51' Harwood  46' Duke  47' Morton  53' Report Ankomah  33' Tettey  54' Umpires: Peter Kabaso (KEN) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

Seventh place match

6 August 2022 11:15 Pakistan  4–3  Canada Rana  24' Ali  25' Umar Bhutta  52' Shahid  60' Report Sarmento  26', 58' Pereira  30' Umpires: Fraser Bell (SCO) Tim Bond (NZL)

Fifth place match

7 August 2022 18:00 New Zealand  2–1  Wales Woods  7' Findlay  41' Report Furlong  24' Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Nick Bennett (ENG)

Medal round

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	6 August
	Australia	3
					8 August
	England	2
					Australia	7
	6 August
					India	0
	India	3
	South Africa	2
					Bronze medal match
					8 August
					England	6
					South Africa	3

Semi-finals

6 August 2022 18:00 India  3–2  South Africa Abhishek  20' Mandeep  28' Jugraj  58' Report Julius  33' M. Cassiem  59' Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Steve Rogers (AUS)

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6 August 2022 20:15 Australia  3–2  England Govers  27' Anderson  44' Beale  50' Report Roper  12' Wallace  19' Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) David Tomlinson (NZL)

Bronze medal match

8 August 2022 09:00 England  6–3  South Africa Smith  19' Ansell  24' Ward  25' Roper  40', 50' Wallace  59' Report Guise-Brown  18' M. Cassiem  22' Ntuli  30' Umpires: Tyler Klenk (CAN) Steve Rogers (AUS)

Gold medal match

8 August 2022 12:30 Australia  7–0  India Govers  9' Ephraums  14', 42' Anderson  22', 27' Wickham  26' Ogilvie  46' Report Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) David Tomlinson (NZL)

Final position

Pos.	Team
	Australia
	India
	England
4	South Africa
5	New Zealand
6	Wales
7	Pakistan
8	Canada
9	Scotland
10	Ghana

Goalscorers

There were 188 goals scored in 27 matches, for an average of 6.96 goals per match.

11 goals

• Nick Bandurak

9 goals

• Harmanpreet Singh
• Gareth Furlong

8 goals

• Phil Roper

7 goals

• Blake Govers

6 goals

• Nathan Ephraums
• Jeremy Hayward

5 goals

• Jacob Anderson
• Tom Wickham
• Mandeep Singh
• Hugo Inglis
• Matthew Guise-Brown

4 goals

• Zachary Wallace
• Cameron Golden
• Jamie Golden

3 goals

• Aran Zalewski
• Matthew Sarmento
• Liam Ansell
• Sam Ward
• Akashdeep Singh
• Jugraj Singh
• Sam Lane
• Jake Smith
• Struan Walker

2 goals

• Tim Brand
• Jacob Whetton
• Brendan Guraliuk
• Keegan Pereira
• Benjamin Kwofie
• Abhishek
• Gurjant Singh
• Lalit Upadhyay
• Afraz Hakeem
• Ghazanfar Ali
• Hannan Shahid
• Rob Harwood
• Connor Beauchamp
• Mustaphaa Cassiem
• Nqobile Ntuli

1 goal

• Daniel Beale
• Flynn Ogilvie
• Joshua Simmonds
• Will Calnan
• David Condon
• Stuart Rushmere
• Rhys Smith
• Emmanuel Ankomah
• Francis Tettey
• Varun Kumar
• Amit Rohidas
• Nilakanta Sharma
• Shamsher Singh
• Sean Findlay
• Sam Hiha
• Kane Russell
• Dylan Thomas
• Nic Woods
• Muhammad Umar Bhutta
• Rizwan Ali
• Waheed Rana
• Rooman Khan
• Callum Duke
• Alan Forsyth
• Andrew McConnell
• Callum Mackenzie
• Lee Morton
• Dayaan Cassiem
• Keenan Horne
• Ryan Julius
• Taine Paton
• Nicholas Spooner
• James Carson
• Owain Dolan-Gray
• Benjamin Francis
• Gareth Griffiths
• Daniel Kyriakides
• Lewis Prosser

Source: FIH