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

Association	England Hockey
Head Coach	Paul Revington
Assistant coach(es)	Mark Hickman Zak Jones Craig Sieben
Manager	Paul Gannon
Captain	David Ames
Most caps	Barry Middleton (432)
Top scorer	Ashley Jackson (137)
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	3 1 (13 August 2024)[1]
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (first in 1908)
Best result	1st (1908)
World Cup
Appearances	14 (first in 1973)
Best result	2nd (1986)
EuroHockey Championships
Appearances	18 (first in 1970)
Best result	1st (2009)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 0 World Cup 0 1 0 EuroHockey Championship 1 2 7 Commonwealth Games 0 0 4 Champions Trophy 0 1 0 World League 0 0 1 Total 2 4 12 Olympic Games 1908 London Team World Cup 1986 London EuroHockey Championship 2009 Amstelveen 1987 Moscow 2023 Mönchengladbach 1978 Hannover 1991 Paris 1995 Dublin 1999 Padua 2003 Barcelona 2011 Mönchengladbach 2017 Amstelveen Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team 2014 Glasgow Team 2018 Gold Coast Team 2022 Birmingham Team Champions Trophy 2010 Mönchengladbach World League 2012–13 New Delhi Team

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 and in Birmingham in 2022.

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1908	Final	1st	3	3	0	0	24	3	Squad
1920 until now	Part of Great Britain
Total	1 title	1/1	3	3	0	0	24	3	–

World Cup

FIH World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
1971	did not participate
1973	5th place game	6th	7	2	2	3	10	11	N/A
1975	5th place game	6th	7	3	1	3	19	17
1978	7th place game	7th	8	2	3	3	11	10
1982	9th place game	9th	7	3	1	3	10	15
1986	Final	2nd	7	5	0	2	13	8
1990	5th place game	5th	7	4	1	2	12	7
1994	5th place game	6th	7	3	2	2	7	5
1998	5th place game	6th	7	3	0	4	18	21	Squad
2002	7th place game	7th	9	5	0	4	19	11	Squad
2006	5th place game	5th	7	4	0	3	15	13	Squad
2010	3rd place game	4th	7	4	0	3	21	20	Squad
2014	3rd place game	4th	7	3	1	3	8	12	Squad
2018	3rd place game	4th	7	3	1	3	12	23	Squad
2023	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	2	0	11	2	Squad
Total	Best: 2nd	14/15	98	46	14	38	186	175	–

European Championships

EuroHockey Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1970	5th place game	6th	7	4	0	3	10	7
1974	3rd place game	4th	7	5	0	2	12	10
1978	3rd place game	3rd	7	5	1	1	19	7
1983	5th place game	5th	7	3	2	2	20	10
1987	Final	2nd	7	6	1	0	24	2
1991	3rd place game	3rd	7	4	1	2	14	8
1995	3rd place game	3rd	7	4	2	1	18	11
1999	3rd place game	3rd	7	5	1	1	27	11
2003	3rd place game	3rd	7	3	2	2	16	15
2005	5th place game	6th	5	1	2	2	8	8
2007	Relegation pool	5th	5	2	2	1	17	6
2009	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	24	10
2011	3rd place game	3rd	5	3	0	2	17	11
2013	3rd place game	4th	5	1	1	3	10	12
2015	3rd place game	4th	5	2	1	2	18	9
2017	3rd place game	3rd	5	3	0	2	16	10
2019	Relegation pool	5th	5	2	2	1	9	7
2021	3rd place game	4th	5	3	0	2	17	9
2023	Final	2nd	5	2	1	2	11	9
Total	1 title	19/19	113	62	20	31	304	173

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1998	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	3rd	6	2	3	1	12	10	Squad
2002	Manchester, England	5th	5	3	0	2	13	8	Squad
2006	Melbourne, Australia	4th	6	3	0	3	14	14	Squad
2010	Delhi, India	4th	6	3	3	0	18	11	Squad
2014	Glasgow, Scotland	3rd	6	3	1	2	22	12	Squad
2018	Gold Coast, Australia	3rd	6	3	1	2	18	11	Squad
2022	Birmingham, England	3rd	6	4	1	1	33	14	Squad
2026	Victoria, Australia	to be determined
Total		7/7	41	21	9	11	130	80

FIH Pro League

FIH Pro League record
Season	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
2021–22	6th	16	7	2	7	40	41	Squad
Total	Best: 6th	16	7	2	7	40	41

Defunct competitions

Champions Trophy Champions Trophy record Year Position Pld W D * L GF GA 1978 Participated as Great Britain 1980 1981 6th 5 0 2 3 10 15 1982 until 1994 did not participate or participated as Great Britain 1995 6th 6 0 3 3 5 9 1996 did not participate 1997 1998 1999 5th 6 2 0 4 9 16 2000 Participated as Great Britain 2001 5th 6 1 1 4 14 20 2002 until 2008 did not participate or participated as Great Britain 2009 6th 6 1 1 4 13 18 2010 2nd 6 2 1 3 15 20 2011 Participated as Great Britain 2012 8th 6 1 1 4 8 14 2014 7th 6 3 1 2 16 10 2016 Participated as Great Britain 2018 did not participate Total Best: 2nd 47 10 10 27 90 122

Champions Challenge I Champions Challenge I record Year Position Pld W D L GF GA 2001 did not participate 2003 5th 6 2 0 4 9 18 2005 4th 6 2 1 3 18 19 2007 4th 6 2 0 4 19 19 2009 until 2014 did not participate Total Best: 4th 18 6 1 11 46 56 World League FIH Hockey World League record Season Position Round Pld W D * L GF GA 2012–13 3rd Semi-final 6 3 2 1 15 10 Final 6 5 1 0 15 6 2014–15 Participated as Great Britain 2016–17 8th Semi-final 7 5 1 1 27 13 Final 5 1 1 3 7 10 Total Best: 3rd Final 24 14 5 5 64 39

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

Players

Current squad

The squad for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.^[3][4]

Head coach: Paul Revington

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
2	MF	Nick Park	(1999-04-08) 8 April 1999 (age 25)	8	Surbiton
3	DF	Jack Waller	(1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 27)	30	Wimbledon
5	DF	David Ames	(1989-06-25) 25 June 1989 (age 35)	52	Holcombe
7	MF	Zachary Wallace (Captain)	(1999-09-29) 29 September 1999 (age 25)	35	HGC
9	MF	Harry Martin	(1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 (age 32)	133	HC Rotterdam
13	FW	Sam Ward	(1990-12-24) 24 December 1990 (age 33)	84	Old Georgians
14	DF	James Albery	(1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 (age 29)	27	Old Georgians
15	MF	Phil Roper	(1992-01-24) 24 January 1992 (age 32)	106	Holcombe
16	GK	James Mazarelo	(2001-02-04) 4 February 2001 (age 23)	5	Surbiton
17	MF	Stuart Rushmere	(2000-09-09) 9 September 2000 (age 24)	16	Surbiton
19	MF	David Goodfield	(1993-06-15) 15 June 1993 (age 31)	65	Surbiton
20	GK	Ollie Payne	(1999-04-06) 6 April 1999 (age 25)	23	Holcombe
21	FW	Liam Ansell	(1993-11-12) 12 November 1993 (age 31)	47	Wimbledon
22	MF	David Condon	(1991-07-06) 6 July 1991 (age 33)	134	Wimbledon
23	FW	Nick Bandurak	(1992-12-14) 14 December 1992 (age 31)	20	Holcombe
27	DF	Liam Sanford	(1996-03-14) 14 March 1996 (age 28)	53	Old Georgians
29	MF	Tom Sorsby	(1996-10-28) 28 October 1996 (age 28)	29	Surbiton
31	MF	Will Calnan	(1996-04-17) 17 April 1996 (age 28)	37	Hampstead & Westminster

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Sam Taylor	(2001-07-12) 12 July 2001 (age 23)	8	0	University of Exeter	v.  France, 21 May 2022
MF	James Gall	(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 29)	106	5	Surbiton	v.  Belgium, 19 June 2022
MF	Jack Turner	(1997-03-26) 26 March 1997 (age 27)	15	0	Wimbledon	v.  Belgium, 19 June 2022
MF	Duncan Scott	(1998-08-31) 31 August 1998 (age 26)	9	2	Wimbledon	v.  Belgium, 19 June 2022
MF	Tim Nurse	(1999-05-11) 11 May 1999 (age 25)	7	0	Surbiton	v.  Belgium, 18 June 2022
MF	Peter Scott	(1997-01-19) 19 January 1997 (age 27)	13	0	Wimbledon	v.  Netherlands, 5 June 2022
MF	Matthew Ramshaw	(1999-12-29) 29 December 1999 (age 24)	5	2	Hampstead & Westminster	v.  Netherlands, 5 June 2022
MF	James Oates	(1998-04-18) 18 April 1998 (age 26)	9	1	Hampstead & Westminster	v.  Netherlands, 4 June 2022

See also

• England women's national field hockey team
• Great Britain men's national field hockey team
• Great Britain women's national field hockey team

References

1. "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
2. "England Hockey official website". Retrieved 20 November 2014.
3. "Squad announced for Men's World Cup 2023". www.englandhockey.co.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
4. "Team Roster England". tms.fih.ch. 13 January 2023. p. 5. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

External links

• Official website
• FIH profile