Hockey at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's hockey
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Gold Coast
Dates	5 – 14 April 2018
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Gold Coast Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	Australia (6th title)
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	117 (4.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sam Ward (9 goals)
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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

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

All times are local (UTC+10)

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	4	4	0	16	2	+14	12	Advance to Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	4	3	1	18	6	+12	9	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Scotland	4	1	3	7	14	−7	3	5th–6th place match
4	Canada	4	1	3	3	12	−9	3	7th–8th place match
5	South Africa	4	1	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
21:30

South Africa	2–4	Scotland
Heyns 37' Drummond 43'	Report	Harwood 6' Bain 13', 46' Forsyth 14'

Umpires:
Eric Koh (MAS)
Jamie Hooper (GBR)

6 April 2018
11:30

New Zealand	6–2	Canada
Russell 28' Woods 31' Muir 41' Lett 42' Jenness 42' Inglis 60'	Report	Kirkpatrick 47' Johnston 58'

Umpires:
Hong Zhen Lim (SGP)
Paul Walker (GBR)

7 April 2018
11:30

Canada	1–0	Scotland
Sarmento 11'	Report

Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Paul Walker (ENG)

7 April 2018
16:30

Australia	4–0	South Africa
Mitton 30', 39' Hayward 43' Kleinschmidt 50'	Report

Umpires:
Anbananthan Rawi (MAS)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)

8 April 2018
16:30

New Zealand	6–0	South Africa
Russell 4', 25' J. Panchia 26' Woods 27' Muir 50' Ross 53'	Report

Umpires:
Jamie Hooper (WAL)
Paul Walker (ENG)

8 April 2018
21:30

Australia	6–1	Scotland
Zalewski 2' Beale 2' Wickham 13' Wotherspoon 15' Ogilvie 20' Kleinschmidt 43'	Report	Harwood 23'

Umpires:
Eric Koh (MAS)
Anbananthan Rawi (MAS)

10 April 2018
11:30

New Zealand	5–2	Scotland
Russell 3', 30', 34' J. Panchia 4' Inglis 50'	Report	Forsyth 20', 53'

Umpires:
Anbananthan Rawi (MAS)
Deepak Joshi (IND)

10 April 2018
16:30

Australia	4–0	Canada
Wotherspoon 12', 14' Hayward 15' Mitton 54'	Report

Umpires:
David Sweetman (SCO)
Tim Bond (NZL)

11 April 2018
16:30

Australia	2–1	New Zealand
Whetton 20' Mitton 57'	Report	Bennett 59'

Umpires:
David Sweetman (SCO)
Hong Zhen Lim (SGP)

11 April 2018
21:30

Canada	0–2	South Africa
	Report	Julius 31' Rosenberg 60'

Umpires:
Jamie Hooper (WAL)
Tim Bond (NZL)

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to Semi-finals
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
19:30

Pakistan	1–1	Wales
Ali 39'	Report	Shipperley 33'

Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
David Sweetman (GBR)

6 April 2018
09:30

England	7–0	Malaysia
Ward 14', 20' Goodfield 21' Gleghorne 27', 53' Martin 49' Roper 59'	Report

Umpires:
Tim Bond (NZL)
Ben de Young (AUS)

7 April 2018
09:30

Malaysia	3–0	Wales
Fitri 19' van Huizen 36' Faizal 55'	Report

Umpires:
Tim Bond (NZL)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)

7 April 2018
14:30

India	2–2	Pakistan
D. Singh 13' H. Singh 20'	Report	Md. Irfan Jr 39' Ali 60'

Umpires:
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
David Sweetman (SCO)

8 April 2018
14:30

England	2–2	Pakistan
Gleghorne 34' Ward 51'	Report	Md. Arslan 33' Ali 57'

Umpires:
Ben de Young (AUS)
Sam Rapaport (RSA)

8 April 2018
19:30

India	4–3	Wales
D. Singh 16' Mand. Singh 28' H. Singh 57' Sunil 59'	Report	Furlong 17', 45', 58'

Umpires:
David Sweetman (SCO)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)

10 April 2018
09:30

India	2–1	Malaysia
H. Singh 3', 44'	Report	Saari 16'

Umpires:
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)

10 April 2018
14:30

England	3–2	Wales
Ward 38', 49', 57'	Report	Hawker 26' Francis 30+'

Umpires:
Eric Koh (MAS)
Ben de Young (AUS)

11 April 2018
14:30

Malaysia	1–1	Pakistan
Ramadan 39'	Report	Shafqat 9'

Umpires:
Paul Walker (ENG)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)

11 April 2018
19:30

India	4–3	England
Manp. Singh 33' R.P. Singh 51' Kumar 59' Mand. Singh 60'	Report	Condon 17' Ansell 52' Ward 56'

Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

Classification matches

Ninth and tenth place

13 April 2018
08:30

South Africa	2–3	Wales
Crowe 19' Cassiem 46'	Report	Furlong 27' Carson 27', 59'

Umpires:
Ben de Young (AUS)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)

Seventh and eighth place

13 April 2018
10:45

Canada	1–3	Pakistan
Kirkpatrick 12'	Report	Md. Arslan 34' Ali 40' Md. Irfan Jr. 57'

Umpires:
Eric Koh (MAS)
Tim Bond (NZ)

Fifth and sixth place

13 April 2018
16:15

Scotland	1–2	Malaysia
Forsyth 11'	Report	Shahril 21' Amirol 39'

Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Paul Walker (ENG)

Medal round

Semi-finals		Gold-medal match

13 April 2018

Australia	2
		14 April 2018
England	1
		Australia	2
13 April 2018
		New Zealand	0
New Zealand	3

India	2
		Bronze-medal match

		14 April 2018

		England	2

		India	1

Semi-finals

13 April 2018
19:30

Australia	2–1	England
Mitton 1', 49'	Report	Sloan 37'

Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
David Sweetman (SCO)

13 April 2018
21:45

India	2–3	New Zealand
H. Singh 30', 56'	Report	Inglis 7' Jenness 13' Child 40'

Umpires:
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

Bronze-medal match

14 April 2018
19:00

England	2–1	India
Ward 7', 43'	Report	Kumar 27'

Umpires:
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
David Sweetman (SCO)

Gold-medal match

14 April 2018
21:15

Australia	2–0	New Zealand
Kleinschmidt 21' Dawson 28'	Report

Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)

Statistics

Final standings

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
	Australia (H)	6	6	0	0	20	3	+17	18	Gold Medal
	New Zealand	6	4	0	2	21	10	+11	12	Silver Medal
	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

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

9 goals

Samuel Ward

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

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

[1] "Hockey". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2017.

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