Great Britain men's national field hockey team

Summary

The Great Britain men's national field hockey team represents the United Kingdom in some international field hockey tournaments such as the Summer Olympics and the FIH Pro League.[2] The team won gold at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. The team won the 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

Great Britain
AssociationGreat Britain Hockey
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Head CoachZak Jones (Interim) [1]
Assistant coach(es)Kwan Browne
ManagerAndy Halliday
Home
Away
Olympic Games
Appearances18 (first in 1920)
Best result1st (1920, 1988)

In most other competitions, including the Hockey World Cup, the Commonwealth Games and some editions of the Hockey Champions Trophy, the four home nations compete in their own right: England, Ireland (includes both the Republic and Northern Ireland), Scotland and Wales.

The team was established in 1920 as Great Britain and Ireland, before the independence of most of Ireland as the Irish Free State. They only played one tournament under that name: the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, when they won the gold medal. Before 1920 there was only one field hockey tournament at the Olympics, in 1908, when England won the gold, Ireland the silver, and Scotland and Wales the bronze medals.

Honours edit

Summer Olympics edit

FIH Pro League edit

Champions Trophy edit

Hockey World League edit

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup edit

Players edit

Current squad edit

Great Britain Hockey and the British Olympic Association have confirmed the 16 players (+4 reserves) selected to represent Team GB in the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan.[3][4]

Caps and goals (for both England and Great Britain) updated as of 1 August 2021, after Great Britain v India.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
20 1GK   Ollie Payne (1999-04-06) 6 April 1999 (age 25) 17 0   Holcombe

5 2DF   David Ames (Vice-captain) (1989-06-25) 25 June 1989 (age 34) 117 4   Oranje-Rood
6 2DF   Jacob Draper (1998-07-24) 24 July 1998 (age 25) 72 2   Beerschot
16 2DF   Adam Dixon (Captain) (1986-09-11) 11 September 1986 (age 37) 290 22   Beeston
18 2DF   Brendan Creed (1993-01-03) 3 January 1993 (age 31) 93 1   Beerschot
27 2DF   Liam Sanford (1996-03-14) 14 March 1996 (age 28) 75 0   Old Georgians

11 3MF   Ian Sloan (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 (age 30) 118 5   Wimbledon
25 3MF   Jack Waller (1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 27) 61 2   Gantoise
26 3MF   James Gall (1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 28) 94 5   Surbiton
29 3MF   Tom Sorsby (1996-10-28) 28 October 1996 (age 27) 45 0   Surbiton
32 3MF   Zach Wallace (1999-09-29) 29 September 1999 (age 24) 61 8   HGC

8 4FW   Rupert Shipperley (1992-11-21) 21 November 1992 (age 31) 93 15   Hampstead & Westminster
10 4FW   Chris Griffiths (1990-09-03) 3 September 1990 (age 33) 118 26   Old Georgians
13 4FW   Sam Ward (1990-12-24) 24 December 1990 (age 33) 141 83   Old Georgians
15 4FW   Phil Roper (1992-01-24) 24 January 1992 (age 32) 161 39   Oranje-Rood
21 4FW   Liam Ansell (1993-11-12) 12 November 1993 (age 30) 60 21   Wimbledon

7 4FW   Alan Forsyth P-ACCREDITED RESERVE (1992-04-05) 5 April 1992 (age 32) 189 101   HGC
9 3MF   Harry Martin P-ACCREDITED RESERVE (1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 (age 31) 238 18   Rotterdam
1 1GK   George Pinner TRAVELLING RESERVE (1987-01-18) 18 January 1987 (age 37) 195 0   Old Georgians
31 4FW   Will Calnan TRAVELLING RESERVE (1996-04-17) 17 April 1996 (age 27) 43 5   Hampstead & Westminster

Notable former players edit

Coaches edit

Fixtures & Results edit

2020-21 Fixtures & Results edit

2020-21 Men's FIH Pro League edit

1 February 2020 Match 1 Australia   4–4
(3–1 p)
  Great Britain Australia
Report
2 February 2020 Match 2 Australia   5–1   Great Britain Australia
Report
8 February 2020 Match 3 New Zealand   1–1
(3–1 p)
  Great Britain New Zealand
Report
9 February 2020 Match 4 New Zealand   0–3   Great Britain New Zealand
Report
27 October 2020 Match 5 Netherlands   1–0   Great Britain Amstelveen, Netherlands
Report
29 October 2020 Match 6 Netherlands   3–1   Great Britain Amstelveen, Netherlands
Report
31 October 2020 Match 7 Belgium   3–2   Great Britain Brussels, Belgium
Report
1 November 2020 Match 8 Belgium   2–1   Great Britain Brussels, Belgium
Report
12 May 2021 Match 9 Great Britain   5–3   Germany London, England
Report
13 May 2021 Match 10 Great Britain   3–1   Germany London, England
Report
22 May 2021 Match 11 Great Britain   2–2
(1–3 p)
  Spain London, England
Report
23 May 2021 Match 12 Great Britain   2–0   Spain London, England
Report

2020 Summer Olympics edit

24 July 2021 Group B Great Britain   3–1   South Africa Tokyo, Japan
Report
26 July 2021 Group B Great Britain   3–1   Canada Tokyo, Japan
Report
27 July 2021 Group B Germany   5–1   Great Britain Tokyo, Japan
Report
29 July 2021 Group B Netherlands   2–2   Great Britain Tokyo, Japan
Report
30 July 2021 Group B Belgium   2–2   Great Britain Tokyo, Japan
Report
1 August 2021 Quarter-finals India   3–1   Great Britain Tokyo, Japan
Report

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Danny Kerry Steps Down as England & GB Men's Head Coach | England Hockey". 7 January 2022.
  2. ^ "London 2012 Profile". Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Great Britain Squads Announced for Tokyo Olympics | Great Britain Hockey". 17 June 2021.
  4. ^ https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/1175/reports/teams [bare URL PDF]

External links edit

  • Official website  
  • FIH Profile