Canada men's national field hockey team

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.

Canada
Canada
Nickname(s)Red Caribou
AssociationField Hockey Canada
ConfederationPAHF (Americas)
Head CoachPeter Milkovich
Assistant coach(es)Bartel Berkhout
ManagerMark Wittig
CaptainKeegan Pereira
Balraj Panesar
John Smythe
Most capsKen Pereira (348)[1]
Top scorerScott Tupper (126)[2]
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 17 Decrease 1 (14 October 2023)[3]
Olympic Games
Appearances8 (first in 1964)
Best result10th (1976, 1984, 2000, 2008)
World Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1978)
Best result8th (1998)
Pan American Games
Appearances14 (first in 1967)
Best result1st (1983, 1987, 1999, 2007)
Pan American Cup
Appearances6 (first in 2000)
Best result1st (2009)

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad
United Kingdom 1908
until
Italy 1960
did not participate
Japan 1964 Group stage13th7106525Squad
Mexico 1968 did not participate
West Germany 1972
Canada 1976 9th place game10th6105614Squad
Soviet Union 1980 did not participate
United States 1984 9th place game10th7115820Squad
South Korea 1988 11th place game11th7124615Squad
Spain 1992 did not qualify
United States 1996
Australia 2000 9th place game10th71331016Squad
Greece 2004 did not qualify
China 2008 9th place game10th61141020Squad
United Kingdom 2012 did not qualify
Brazil 2016 Group stage11th5014722Squad
Japan 2020 Group stage12th5014927Squad
TotalBest: 10th8/2450693561159

World Cup

FIH World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad
Spain 1971 did not participate
Netherlands 1973
Malaysia 1975 did not qualify
Argentina 1978 11th place game11th82241519Squad
India 1982 did not qualify
England 1986 9th place game10th7115616Squad
Pakistan 1990 11th place game11th7115611Squad
Australia 1994 did not qualify
Netherlands 1998 7th place game8th71331618Squad
Malaysia 2002 did not qualify
Germany 2006
India 2010 11th place game11th6105930Squad
Netherlands 2014 did not qualify
India 2018 Cross-over11th4013313Squad
India 2023 did not qualify
TotalBest: 8th6/1539682555107

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year Host Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
1998 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 7th4121116Squad
2002 England Manchester, England 6th5014714Squad
2006 Australia Melbourne, Australia 9th5104516Squad
2010 India Delhi, India 7th522188Squad
2014 Scotland Glasgow, Scotland 6th5104816Squad
2018 Australia Gold Coast, Australia 8th5104415Squad
2022 England Birmingham, England 8th5014729Squad
2026 Australia Victoria, Australia to be determined
Total7/734662250104

Hockey Nations Cup

FIH Hockey Nations Cup
Year Round
South Africa 20228th

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Sultan Azlan
Shah Cup
record
Year Position
19954th
19994th
20007th
20078th
20085th
20145th
20155th
20166th
20194th
2020Cancelled
Best result: 4th place

Defunct competitions

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) CapsClub
28 GK Tristan Burgoyne (1994-04-28) 28 April 1994 9
32 GK Zachary Coombs (2001-04-24) 24 April 2001 7 Canada West Vancouver

4 DF Roopkanwar Dhillon (2001-10-05) 5 October 2001 10
14 DF Manveer Jhamat (2001-11-14) 14 November 2001 10
16 DF Gordon Johnston (1993-01-30) 30 January 1993 198
26 DF Sam Cabral (1999-02-23) 23 February 1999 17 Canada UBC Thunderbirds
29 DF Taylor Curran (1992-05-19) 19 May 1992 204 Canada West Vancouver
33 DF Thomson Harris (1998-08-15) 15 August 1998 5

5 MF Devohn Noronha-Teixeira (1989-02-09) 9 February 1989 113
8 MF Oliver Scholfield (1993-09-11) 11 September 1993 95
17 MF Brenden Bissett (1993-01-28) 28 January 1993 156
23 MF Chris Tardif (2000-08-03) 3 August 2000 12 Canada Vancouver Hawks
25 MF Harbir Sidhu (1997-08-14) 14 August 1997 17 Canada India Club

2 FW Matthew Barnett (1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 12
9 FW Gurpreet Singh (1994-11-30) 30 November 1994 10
13 FW Brendan Guraliuk (2000-05-14) 14 May 2000 31
15 FW Sean Davis (2000-07-15) 15 July 2000 5
21 FW Matthew Sarmento (1991-06-23) 23 June 1991 144 Canada 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
GK Ethan McTavish (2000-05-01) 1 May 2000 4 Canada West Vancouver 2022 Commonwealth Games
GK Antoni Kindler (1988-05-16) 16 May 1988 112 2022 Pan American Cup

DF John Smythe (1989-08-31) 31 August 1989 134 2022 Commonwealth Games
DF Balraj Panesar (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 85 England East Grinstead 2022 Commonwealth Games
DF Alexander Bird (2003-05-13) 13 May 2003 5 2022 Commonwealth Games
DF James Kirkpatrick (1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 114 Canada West Vancouver 2022 Pan American Cup

MF Keegan Pereira (1991-09-08) 8 September 1991 200 2022 Commonwealth Games
MF Floris van Son (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 52 Netherlands Hurley 2022 Commonwealth Games
MF Sukhi Panesar (1993-12-26) 26 December 1993 164 2022 Pan American Cup

FW Fin Boothroyd (1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 41 England East Grinstead 2022 Commonwealth Games
FW Gavin Bains (1998-10-18) 18 October 1998 6 Canada India Club 2022 Commonwealth Games
FW Iain Smythe (1985-06-02) 2 June 1985 205 2022 Pan American Cup

Famous players

See also

References

  1. "All-Time Cap Leaders". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. May 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  2. "Captain Scott Tupper retires from Men's National Team Program". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. "Men's National Team Nations Cup Roster Announcement". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 4 November 2022.
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