Hockey at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's hockey
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
CityGold Coast
Dates5 – 14 April 2018
Teams10
Venue(s)Gold Coast Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions Australia (6th title)
Runner-up New Zealand
Third place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored117 (4.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)England Sam Ward (9 goals)
2014 (previous) (next) 2022

The men's field hockey event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Gold Coast Hockey Centre from 5 to 14 April 2018.[1] Australia won the gold medal after defeating New Zealand 2–0 in the final, continuing their dominance in the event with a sixth consecutive gold medal, having won the men's tournament every time it has been held.

Umpires

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Twelve umpires for the men's event were appointed by the International Hockey Federation.[2]

  • Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
  • Tim Bond (NZL)
  • Ben de Young (AUS)
  • Jamie Hooper (WAL)
  • Deepak Joshi (IND)
  • Tyler Klenk (CAN)
  • Eric Koh (MAS)
  • Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
  • Sean Rapaport (RSA)
  • David Sweetman (SCO)
  • Paul Walker (ENG)
  • Deon Nel (RSA)

Results

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All times are local (UTC+10)

Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia (H) 4 4 0 0 16 2 +14 12 Advance to Semi-finals
2  New Zealand 4 3 0 1 18 6 +12 9
3  Scotland 4 1 0 3 7 14 −7 3 5th–6th place match
4  Canada 4 1 0 3 3 12 −9 3 7th–8th place match
5  South Africa 4 1 0 3 4 14 −10 3 9th–10th place match
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
(H) Hosts

5 April 2018 (2018-04-05)
21:30
South Africa  2–4  Scotland
Heyns field hockey ball 37'
Drummond field hockey ball 43'
Report Harwood field hockey ball 6'
Bain field hockey ball 13'46'
Forsyth field hockey ball 14'
Umpires:
Eric Koh (MAS)
Jamie Hooper (GBR)

6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)
11:30
New Zealand  6–2  Canada
Russell field hockey ball 28'
Woods field hockey ball 31'
Muir field hockey ball 41'
Lett field hockey ball 42'
Jenness field hockey ball 42'
Inglis field hockey ball 60'
Report Kirkpatrick field hockey ball 47'
Johnston field hockey ball 58'
Umpires:
Hong Zhen Lim (SGP)
Paul Walker (GBR)

7 April 2018 (2018-04-07)
11:30
Canada  1–0  Scotland
Sarmento field hockey ball 11' Report
Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Paul Walker (ENG)
7 April 2018 (2018-04-07)
16:30
Australia  4–0  South Africa
Mitton field hockey ball 30'39'
Hayward field hockey ball 43'
Kleinschmidt field hockey ball 50'
Report
Umpires:
Anbananthan Rawi (MAS)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)

8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)
16:30
New Zealand  6–0  South Africa
Russell field hockey ball 4'25'
J. Panchia field hockey ball 26'
Woods field hockey ball 27'
Muir field hockey ball 50'
Ross field hockey ball 53'
Report
Umpires:
Jamie Hooper (WAL)
Paul Walker (ENG)
8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)
21:30
Australia  6–1  Scotland
Zalewski field hockey ball 2'
Beale field hockey ball 2'
Wickham field hockey ball 13'
Wotherspoon field hockey ball 15'
Ogilvie field hockey ball 20'
Kleinschmidt field hockey ball 43'
Report Harwood field hockey ball 23'
Umpires:
Eric Koh (MAS)
Anbananthan Rawi (MAS)

10 April 2018 (2018-04-10)
11:30
New Zealand  5–2  Scotland
Russell field hockey ball 3'30'34'
J. Panchia field hockey ball 4'
Inglis field hockey ball 50'
Report Forsyth field hockey ball 20'53'
Umpires:
Anbananthan Rawi (MAS)
Deepak Joshi (IND)
10 April 2018 (2018-04-10)
16:30
Australia  4–0  Canada
Wotherspoon field hockey ball 12'14'
Hayward field hockey ball 15'
Mitton field hockey ball 54'
Report
Umpires:
David Sweetman (SCO)
Tim Bond (NZL)

11 April 2018 (2018-04-11)
16:30
Australia  2–1  New Zealand
Whetton field hockey ball 20'
Mitton field hockey ball 57'
Report Bennett field hockey ball 59'
Umpires:
David Sweetman (SCO)
Hong Zhen Lim (SGP)
11 April 2018 (2018-04-11)
21:30
Canada  0–2  South Africa
Report Julius field hockey ball 31'
Rosenberg field hockey ball 60'
Umpires:
Jamie Hooper (WAL)
Tim Bond (NZL)

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 4 3 1 0 12 9 +3 10 Advance to Semi-finals
2  England 4 2 1 1 15 8 +7 7
3  Malaysia 4 1 1 2 5 10 −5 4 5th–6th place match
4  Pakistan 4 0 4 0 6 6 0 4 7th–8th place match
5  Wales 4 0 1 3 6 11 −5 1 9th–10th place match
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.


5 April 2018 (2018-04-05)
19:30
Pakistan  1–1  Wales
Ali field hockey ball 39' Report Shipperley field hockey ball 33'
Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
David Sweetman (GBR)

6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)
09:30
England  7–0  Malaysia
Ward field hockey ball 14'20'
Goodfield field hockey ball 21'
Gleghorne field hockey ball 27'53'
Martin field hockey ball 49'
Roper field hockey ball 59'
Report
Umpires:
Tim Bond (NZL)
Ben de Young (AUS)

7 April 2018 (2018-04-07)
09:30
Malaysia  3–0  Wales
Fitri field hockey ball 19'
van Huizen field hockey ball 36'
Faizal field hockey ball 55'
Report
Umpires:
Tim Bond (NZL)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
7 April 2018 (2018-04-07)
14:30
India  2–2  Pakistan
D. Singh field hockey ball 13'
H. Singh field hockey ball 20'
Report Md. Irfan Jr field hockey ball 39'
Ali field hockey ball 60'
Umpires:
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
David Sweetman (SCO)

8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)
14:30
England  2–2  Pakistan
Gleghornefield hockey ball 34'
Wardfield hockey ball 51'
Report Md. Arslanfield hockey ball 33'
Alifield hockey ball 57'
Umpires:
Ben de Young (AUS)
Sam Rapaport (RSA)
8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)
19:30
India  4–3  Wales
D. Singh field hockey ball 16'
Mand. Singh field hockey ball 28'
H. Singh field hockey ball 57'
Sunil field hockey ball 59'
Report Furlong field hockey ball 17'45'58'
Umpires:
David Sweetman (SCO)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)

10 April 2018 (2018-04-10)
09:30
India  2–1  Malaysia
H. Singh field hockey ball 3'44' Report Saari field hockey ball 16'
Umpires:
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)
10 April 2018 (2018-04-10)
14:30
England  3–2  Wales
Ward field hockey ball 38'49'57' Report Hawker field hockey ball 26'
Francis field hockey ball 30+'
Umpires:
Eric Koh (MAS)
Ben de Young (AUS)

11 April 2018 (2018-04-11)
14:30
Malaysia  1–1  Pakistan
Ramadan field hockey ball 39' Report Shafqat field hockey ball 9'
Umpires:
Paul Walker (ENG)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)
11 April 2018 (2018-04-11)
19:30
India  4–3  England
Manp. Singh field hockey ball 33'
R.P. Singh field hockey ball 51'
Kumar field hockey ball 59'
Mand. Singh field hockey ball 60'
Report Condon field hockey ball 17'
Ansell field hockey ball 52'
Ward field hockey ball 56'
Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

Classification matches

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Ninth and tenth place

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13 April 2018 (2018-04-13)
08:30
South Africa  2–3  Wales
Crowe field hockey ball 19'
Cassiem field hockey ball 46'
Report Furlong field hockey ball 27'
Carson field hockey ball 27'59'
Umpires:
Ben de Young (AUS)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)

Seventh and eighth place

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13 April 2018 (2018-04-13)
10:45
Canada  1–3  Pakistan
Kirkpatrick field hockey ball 12' Report Md. Arslan field hockey ball 34'
Ali field hockey ball 40'
Md. Irfan Jr. field hockey ball 57'
Umpires:
Eric Koh (MAS)
Tim Bond (NZ)

Fifth and sixth place

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13 April 2018 (2018-04-13)
16:15
Scotland  1–2  Malaysia
Forsyth field hockey ball 11' Report Shahril field hockey ball 21'
Amirol field hockey ball 39'
Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Paul Walker (ENG)

Medal round

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Semi-finalsGold-medal match
 
      
 
13 April 2018
 
 
 Australia2
 
14 April 2018
 
 England1
 
 Australia2
 
13 April 2018
 
 New Zealand0
 
 New Zealand3
 
 
 India2
 
Bronze-medal match
 
 
14 April 2018
 
 
 England2
 
 
 India1

Semi-finals

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13 April 2018 (2018-04-13)
19:30
Australia  2–1  England
Mitton field hockey ball 1'49' Report Sloan field hockey ball 37'
Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
David Sweetman (SCO)

13 April 2018 (2018-04-13)
21:45
India  2–3  New Zealand
H. Singh field hockey ball 30'56' Report Inglis field hockey ball 7'
Jenness field hockey ball 13'
Child field hockey ball 40'
Umpires:
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

Bronze-medal match

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14 April 2018 (2018-04-14)
19:00
England  2–1  India
Ward field hockey ball 7'43' Report Kumar field hockey ball 27'
Umpires:
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
David Sweetman (SCO)

Gold-medal match

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14 April 2018 (2018-04-14)
21:15
Australia  2–0  New Zealand
Kleinschmidt field hockey ball 21'
Dawson field hockey ball 28'
Report
Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)

Statistics

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Final standings

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As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia (H) 6 6 0 0 20 3 +17 18 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand 6 4 0 2 21 10 +11 12 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  England 6 3 1 2 18 11 +7 10 Bronze Medal
4  India 6 3 1 2 15 14 +1 10 Fourth place
5  Malaysia 5 2 1 2 7 11 −4 7 Eliminated in
group stage
6  Scotland 5 1 0 4 8 16 −8 3
7  Pakistan 5 1 4 0 9 7 +2 7
8  Canada 5 1 0 4 4 15 −11 3
9  Wales 5 1 1 3 9 13 −4 4
10  South Africa 5 1 0 4 6 17 −11 3
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

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There were 117 goals scored in 27 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.

9 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

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  1. ^ "Hockey". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  2. ^ Officials