England men's national field hockey team

The England men's national field hockey team[2] competes in most major international tournaments except the Olympic Games. England's only appearance at the Olympics was at London 1908 when they won gold; since then English players have competed at the Olympics as part of the combined Great Britain national field hockey team.

England
AssociationEngland Hockey
CoachDanny Kerry
Assistant coach(es)Kwan Browne
Jon Bleby
Tim Pitt
ManagerAndy Halliday
CaptainAdam Dixon
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 7 (21 December 2020)[1]
Highest4 (2010–2013, November 2015 – June 2016)
Lowest11 (2005)
Olympic Games
Appearances1 (first in 1908)
Best result1st (1908)
World Cup
Appearances13 (first in 1973)
Best result2nd (1986)
EuroHockey Championships
Appearances18 (first in 1970)
Best result1st (2009)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Cup 0 1 0
EuroHockey Championship 1 1 7
Commonwealth Games 0 0 3
Champions Trophy 0 1 0
World League 0 0 1
Total 2 3 11
Olympic Games
1908 LondonTeam
World Cup
1986 London
EuroHockey Championship
2009 Amstelveen
1987 Moscow
1978 Hannover
1991 Paris
1995 Dublin
1999 Padua
2003 Barcelona
2011 Mönchengladbach
2017 Amstelveen
Commonwealth Games
1998 Kuala LumpurTeam
2014 GlasgowTeam
2018 Gold CoastTeam
Champions Trophy
2010 Mönchengladbach
World League
2012–13 New DehliTeam

England's best finish in the Hockey World Cup was as runners-up to champions Australia in 1986, which was also held in London. They won the bronze medal at the inaugural Commonwealth Games hockey tournament in 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, as well as in 2014 in Glasgow.

Competitive record

Summer Olympics
Summer Olympics record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
1908 Final1st3300243Squad
1920
until now		 Part of Great Britain
Total1 title1/13300243–

World Cup
FIH World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Squad
1971 Did not participate
1973 5th place game6th72231011N/A
1975 5th place game6th73131917
1978 7th place game7th82331110
1982 9th place game9th73131015
1986 Final2nd7502138
1990 5th place game5th7412127
1994 5th place game6th732275
1998 5th place game6th73041821Squad
2002 7th place game7th95041911Squad
2006 5th place game5th74031513Squad
2010 3rd place game4th74032120Squad
2014 3rd place game4th7313812Squad
2018 3rd place game4th73131223Squad
2023 To be determined
TotalBest: 2nd13/1494441238175173–

European Championships
EuroHockey Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA
1970 5th place game6th7403107
1974 3rd place game4th75021210
1978 3rd place game3rd7511197
1983 5th place game5th73222010
1987 Final2nd7610242
1991 3rd place game3rd7412148
1995 3rd place game3rd74211811
1999 3rd place game3rd75112711
2003 3rd place game3rd73221615
2005 5th place game6th512288
2007 Relegation pool5th5221176
2009 Final1st54102410
2011 3rd place game3rd53021711
2013 3rd place game4th51131012
2015 3rd place game4th5212189
2017 3rd place game3rd53021610
2019 Relegation pool5th522197
2021 Qualified
2023 To be determined
Total1 title18/18103581827279154

Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA
1998 3rd place game3rd62311210
2002 5th place game5th5302138
2006 3rd place game4th63031414
2010 3rd place game4th63301811
2014 3rd place game3rd63122212
2018 3rd place game3rd63121811
TotalBest: 3rd6/635178109766

Defunct competitions
*Draws include matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.

Players

Current squad

This is the squad of 18 players selected for the 2019 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship from 16 to 25 August 2019, in Antwerp, Belgium.[3]

Caps and goals (including appearances for Great Britain) updated after the match v Scotland. on 25 August 2019.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK George Pinner (1987-01-18) 18 January 1987 188 0 Old Georgians
2 1GK Harry Gibson (1993-03-25) 25 March 1993 74 0 Surbiton
4 2DF Ollie Willars (1990-06-25) 25 June 1990 134 3 Beeston
5 2DF David Ames (Vice-captain) (1989-06-25) 25 June 1989 87 4 None
6 2DF Henry Weir (1990-02-13) 13 February 1990 179 6 Wimbledon
11 2DF Ian Sloan (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 99 5 Wimbledon
18 2DF Brendan Creed (1993-01-03) 3 January 1993 74 0 Surbiton
25 2DF Jack Waller (1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 36 0 Wimbledon
7 3MF Ashley Jackson (1987-08-27) 27 August 1987 246 136 Old Georgians
9 3MF Harry Martin (1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 220 17 Hampstead & Westminster
16 3MF Adam Dixon (Captain) (1986-09-11) 11 September 1986 263 19 Beeston
26 3MF James Gall (1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 70 3 Surbiton
29 3MF Tom Sorsby (1996-10-28) 28 October 1996 18 0 Surbiton
32 3MF Zach Wallace (1999-09-29) 29 September 1999 37 5 Surbiton
10 4FW Chris Griffiths (1990-09-03) 3 September 1990 98 22 Old Georgians
13 4FW Sam Ward (1990-12-24) 24 December 1990 122 69 Old Georgians
15 4FW Phil Roper (1992-01-24) 24 January 1992 136 33 Wimbledon
31 4FW Will Calnan (1996-04-17) 17 April 1996 28 5 Hampstead & Westminster

Other players in Central Programme Squad
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
3 2DF Luke Taylor (1994-09-15) 15 September 1994 31 9 Surbiton
27 2DF Liam Sanford (1996-03-14) 14 March 1996 53 0 Old Georgians
22 3MF David Condon (1991-07-06) 6 July 1991 176 26 Wimbledon
30 3MF Rhys Smith (1997-03-13) 13 March 1997 11 0 Wimbledon
21 4FW Liam Ansell (1993-11-12) 12 November 1993 39 10 Wimbledon

Results

Test Match
16 October 2018 France  3–4  England France
Report

2018 4 Nations Men's Tournament Valencia
29 October 2018 Match 1 England  1–2  Ireland Valencia, Spain
Report
30 October 2018 Match 2 England  1–2  Netherlands Valencia, Spain
Report
1 November 2018 Match 3 Spain  2–1  England Valencia, Spain
Report
3 November 2018 Semi-Final Spain  3–0  England Valencia, Spain
Report
4 November 2018 3rd/4th Place England  2–2  Ireland Valencia, Spain
Report

2018 Odisha Hockey World Cup
30 November 2018 Pool B England  2–2  China Bhubaneswar, India
Gleghorne  14'
Ansell  48'		 Report Guo X.  5'
Du  59'
4 December 2018 Pool B England  0–3  Australia Bhubaneswar, India
Report Whetton  47'
Govers  50'
Weyer  56'
7 December 2018 Pool B Ireland  2–4  England Bhubaneswar, India
Cargo  35'
O'Donoghue  37'		 Report Condon  15'
Ansell  37'
Gall  38'
Gleghorne  60+'
10 December 2018 Crossover England  2–0  New Zealand Bhubaneswar, India
Report
12 December 2018 Quarter-Final Argentina  2–3  England Bhubaneswar, India
Report
15 December 2018 Semi-Final England  0–6  Belgium Bhubaneswar, India
Report
16 December 2018 3rd/4th Place England  1–8  Australia Bhubaneswar, India
Report

2019 4 Nations Invitational Tournament
1 August 2019 Match 1 England  3–3  Ireland Barcelona, Spain
Report
2 August 2019 Match 2 Spain  4–2  England Barcelona, Spain
Report
4 August 2019 Match 3 England  3–3  Malaysia Barcelona, Spain
Report

2019 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship
17 August 2019 Pool A England  2-2  Wales Antwerp, Belgium
Report
18 August 2019 Pool A England  0-2  Belgium Antwerp, Belgium
Report
20 August 2019 Pool A Spain  2-2  England Antwerp, Belgium
Report
22 August 2019 Pool C England  2-1  Ireland Antwerp, Belgium
Report
24 August 2019 Pool C England  3-0  Scotland Antwerp, Belgium
Report

See also

References
  1. "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. "England Hockey official website". Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. "England squads named for upcoming EuroHockey Championships". www.englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
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