Canada men's national field hockey team
Nickname(s) | Red Caribou | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Association | Field Hockey Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Confederation | PAHF (Americas) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head Coach | Peter Milkovich | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Bartel Berkhout | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manager | Mark Wittig | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Captain | Keegan Pereira Balraj Panesar John Smythe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Most caps | Ken Pereira (348)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top scorer | Scott Tupper (126)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FIH ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current | 20 1 (16 May 2024)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 8 (first in 1964) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | 10th (1976, 1984, 2000, 2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 6 (first in 1978) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | 8th (1998) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pan American Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 15 (first in 1967) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | 1st (1983, 1987, 1999, 2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pan American Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 6 (first in 2000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | 1st (2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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The Canadian men's national field hockey team represents Canada in international men's field hockey since 1964, when it played in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Tournament history
Summer Olympics
Summer Olympics record | |||||||||
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Year | Host | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
1908 to 1960 | did not participate | ||||||||
1964 | Tokyo, Japan | 13th | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 25 | Squad |
1968 | Mexico City, Mexico | did not participate | |||||||
1972 | Munich, Germany | ||||||||
1976 | Montreal, Canada | 10th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | Squad |
1980 | Moscow, Soviet Union | did not participate | |||||||
1984 | Los Angeles, United States | 10th | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 20 | Squad |
1988 | Seoul, South Korea | 11th | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | Squad |
1992 | Barcelona, Spain | did not qualify | |||||||
1996 | Atlanta, United States | ||||||||
2000 | Sydney, Australia | 10th | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | Squad |
2004 | Athens, Greece | did not qualify | |||||||
2008 | Beijing, China | 10th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 20 | Squad |
2012 | London, Great Britain | did not qualify | |||||||
2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 11th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 22 | Squad |
2020 | Tokyo, Japan | 12th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 27 | Squad |
2024 | Paris, France | did not qualify | |||||||
Total | 10th place | 50 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 61 | 159 |
World Cup
FIH World Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad |
1971 | did not participate | ||||||||
1973 | |||||||||
1975 | did not qualify | ||||||||
1978 | 11th place game | 11th | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | Squad |
1982 | did not qualify | ||||||||
1986 | 9th place game | 10th | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | Squad |
1990 | 11th place game | 11th | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | Squad |
1994 | did not qualify | ||||||||
1998 | 7th place game | 8th | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | Squad |
2002 | did not qualify | ||||||||
2006 | |||||||||
2010 | 11th place game | 11th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 30 | Squad |
2014 | did not qualify | ||||||||
2018 | Cross-over | 11th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | Squad |
2023 | did not qualify | ||||||||
Total | Best: 8th | 6/15 | 39 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 55 | 107 |
Pan American Games
| Pan American Cup
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Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games record | ||||||||||
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Year | Host | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | |
1998 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 7th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | Squad | |
2002 | Manchester, England | 6th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | Squad | |
2006 | Melbourne, Australia | 9th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | Squad | |
2010 | Delhi, India | 7th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | Squad | |
2014 | Glasgow, Scotland | 6th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 16 | Squad | |
2018 | Gold Coast, Australia | 8th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | Squad | |
2022 | Birmingham, England | 8th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 29 | Squad | |
Total | 7/7 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 50 | 104 |
Hockey Nations Cup
FIH Hockey Nations Cup | |||||||
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Year | Round | ||||||
2022 | 8th |
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup record | |
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Year | Position |
1995 | 4th |
1999 | 4th |
2000 | 7th |
2007 | 8th |
2008 | 5th |
2014 | 5th |
2015 | 5th |
2016 | 6th |
2019 | 4th |
2020 | Cancelled |
2024 | 6th |
Best result: 4th place |
Defunct competitions
Hockey World League
| Champions Challenge I
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Team
Current squad
The following 18 players were named on 4 November 2022 for the 2022 FIH Hockey Nations Cup in Potchefstroom, South Africa from 28 November to 4 December 2022.[4]
Caps updated as of 4 December 2022, after the match against Pakistan.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club | |
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28 | GK | Tristan Burgoyne | (1994-04-28) 28 April 1994 (age 30) | 9 | ||
32 | GK | Zachary Coombs | (2001-04-24) 24 April 2001 (age 23) | 7 | West Vancouver | |
4 | DF | Roopkanwar Dhillon | (2001-10-05) 5 October 2001 (age 22) | 10 | ||
14 | DF | Manveer Jhamat | (2001-11-14) 14 November 2001 (age 22) | 10 | ||
16 | DF | Gordon Johnston | (1993-01-30) 30 January 1993 (age 31) | 198 | ||
26 | DF | Sam Cabral | (1999-02-23) 23 February 1999 (age 25) | 17 | UBC Thunderbirds | |
29 | DF | Taylor Curran | (1992-05-19) 19 May 1992 (age 32) | 204 | West Vancouver | |
33 | DF | Thomson Harris | (1998-08-15) 15 August 1998 (age 25) | 5 | ||
5 | MF | Devohn Noronha-Teixeira | (1989-02-09) 9 February 1989 (age 35) | 113 | ||
8 | MF | Oliver Scholfield | (1993-09-11) 11 September 1993 (age 30) | 95 | ||
17 | MF | Brenden Bissett | (1993-01-28) 28 January 1993 (age 31) | 156 | ||
23 | MF | Chris Tardif | (2000-08-03) 3 August 2000 (age 23) | 12 | Vancouver Hawks | |
25 | MF | Harbir Sidhu | (1997-08-14) 14 August 1997 (age 26) | 17 | India Club | |
2 | FW | Matthew Barnett | (1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 (age 25) | 12 | ||
9 | FW | Gurpreet Singh | (1994-11-30) 30 November 1994 (age 29) | 10 | ||
13 | FW | Brendan Guraliuk | (2000-05-14) 14 May 2000 (age 24) | 31 | ||
15 | FW | Sean Davis | (2000-07-15) 15 July 2000 (age 23) | 5 | ||
21 | FW | Matthew Sarmento | (1991-06-23) 23 June 1991 (age 32) | 144 | Vancouver Hawks |
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club | Latest call-up | |
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GK | Ethan McTavish | (2000-05-01) 1 May 2000 (age 24) | 4 | West Vancouver | 2022 Commonwealth Games | |
GK | Antoni Kindler | (1988-05-16) 16 May 1988 (age 36) | 112 | 2022 Pan American Cup | ||
DF | John Smythe | (1989-08-31) 31 August 1989 (age 34) | 134 | 2022 Commonwealth Games | ||
DF | Balraj Panesar | (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 28) | 85 | East Grinstead | 2022 Commonwealth Games | |
DF | Alexander Bird | (2003-05-13) 13 May 2003 (age 21) | 5 | 2022 Commonwealth Games | ||
DF | James Kirkpatrick | (1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 (age 33) | 114 | West Vancouver | 2022 Pan American Cup | |
MF | Keegan Pereira | (1991-09-08) 8 September 1991 (age 32) | 200 | 2022 Commonwealth Games | ||
MF | Floris van Son | (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 32) | 52 | Hurley | 2022 Commonwealth Games | |
MF | Sukhi Panesar | (1993-12-26) 26 December 1993 (age 30) | 164 | 2022 Pan American Cup | ||
FW | Fin Boothroyd | (1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 25) | 41 | East Grinstead | 2022 Commonwealth Games | |
FW | Gavin Bains | (1998-10-18) 18 October 1998 (age 25) | 6 | India Club | 2022 Commonwealth Games | |
FW | Iain Smythe | (1985-06-02) 2 June 1985 (age 38) | 205 | 2022 Pan American Cup |
Famous players
- Patrick Burrows
- David Bissett
- Alan Brahmst
- Pat Caruso
- Paul Chohan
- Ken Goodwin
- Ravi Kahlon
- Ken Pereira
- Reg Plummer
- Trevor Porritt
- Ross Rutledge
- Nick Sandhu
- Lee Wright
See also
References
- ^ "All-Time Cap Leaders". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. May 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ "Captain Scott Tupper retires from Men's National Team Program". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Men's National Team Nations Cup Roster Announcement". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 4 November 2022.
External links
- Official website
- FIH profile
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