Canada men's national field hockey team

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Canada
Canada
Nickname(s)Red Caribou
AssociationField Hockey Canada
ConfederationPAHF (Americas)
Head CoachPasha Gademan
Assistant coach(es)André Henning
Craig Sieben
ManagerKelly Vanry
CaptainScott Tupper
Top scorerScott Tupper (126)[1]
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 11 Steady (23 December 2021)[2]
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)

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[edit]

Summer Olympics[edit]

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 stage 13th 7 1 0 6 5 25 Squad
Mexico 1968 Did not participate
West Germany 1972
Canada 1976 9th place game 10th 6 1 0 5 6 14 Squad
Soviet Union 1980 Did not participate
United States 1984 9th place game 10th 7 1 1 5 8 20 Squad
South Korea 1988 11th place game 11th 7 1 2 4 6 15 Squad
Spain 1992 Did not qualify
United States 1996
Australia 2000 9th place game 10th 7 1 3 3 10 16 Squad
Greece 2004 Did not qualify
China 2008 9th place game 10th 6 1 1 4 10 20 Squad
United Kingdom 2012 Did not qualify
Brazil 2016 Group stage 11th 5 0 1 4 7 22 Squad
Japan 2020 Group stage 12th 5 0 1 4 9 27 Squad
Total Best: 10th 8/24 50 6 9 35 61 159

World Cup[edit]

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 game 11th 8 2 2 4 15 19 Squad
India 1982 Did not qualify
England 1986 9th place game 10th 7 1 1 5 6 16 Squad
Pakistan 1990 11th place game 11th 7 1 1 5 6 11 Squad
Australia 1994 Did not qualify
Netherlands 1998 7th place game 8th 7 1 3 3 16 18 Squad
Malaysia 2002 Did not qualify
Germany 2006
India 2010 11th place game 11th 6 1 0 5 9 30 Squad
Netherlands 2014 Did not qualify
India 2018 Cross-over 11th 4 0 1 3 3 13 Squad
India 2023 To be determined
Total Best: 8th 6/14 39 6 8 25 55 107

Commonwealth Games[edit]

Commonwealth Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Malaysia 1998 Group stage 7th 4 1 2 1 11 6
England 2002 5th place game 6th 5 0 1 4 7 14
Australia 2006 9th place game 9th 5 1 0 4 5 16
India 2010 7th place game 7th 5 2 2 1 8 8
Scotland 2014 5th place game 6th 5 1 0 4 8 16
Australia 2018 7th place game 8th 5 1 0 4 4 15
Total Best: 6th 6/6 29 6 5 18 43 75

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup[edit]

Sultan Azlan
Shah Cup
record
Year Position
1995 4th
1999 4th
2000 7th
2007 8th
2008 5th
2014 5th
2015 5th
2016 6th
2019 4th
2020 Cancelled
Best result: 4th place

Defunct competitions[edit]

Team[edit]

2020 Olympic squad[edit]

Canada's team roster of 16 athletes was named on June 28, 2021.[3] Before the expansion of each roster, the alternates were Taylor Curran and Brandon Pereira.[4]

Head coach: Netherlands Pasha Gademan[5]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps GoalsClub
1 MF Floris Van Son (1992-02-05)5 February 1992 (aged 29) 35 7 Netherlands AMVJ
3 DF Brandon Pereira (1996-04-30)30 April 1996 (aged 25) 61 0 Canada United Brothers
4 DF Scott Tupper (Captain) (1986-12-16)16 December 1986 (aged 34) 315 126 Canada West Vancouver
7 MF Gabriel Ho-Garcia (1993-05-19)19 May 1993 (aged 28) 133 19 Canada Burnaby Lakers
8 MF Oliver Scholfield (1993-09-11)11 September 1993 (aged 27) 71 16 Canada Vancouver Hawks
10 FW Keegan Pereira (1991-09-08)8 September 1991 (aged 29) 182 36 Canada India Club
13 MF Brendan Guraliuk (2000-05-14)14 May 2000 (aged 21) 7 0 Canada UBC
16 DF Gordon Johnston (1993-01-30)30 January 1993 (aged 28) 179 51 Canada Vancouver Hawks
17 DF Brenden Bissett (1993-01-28)28 January 1993 (aged 28) 139 11 Canada Vancouver Hawks
18 FW Jamie Wallace (1999-09-14)14 September 1999 (aged 21) 46 13 Canada UBC
19 FW Mark Pearson (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 34) 277 67 Canada West Vancouver
20 FW Fin Boothroyd (1999-03-09)9 March 1999 (aged 22) 23 4 Canada West Vancouver
21 FW Matthew Sarmento (1991-06-23)23 June 1991 (aged 30) 121 26 Canada Vancouver Hawks
22 DF John Smythe (1989-08-31)31 August 1989 (aged 31) 121 3 Canada Vancouver Hawks
24 DF James Kirkpatrick (1991-03-29)29 March 1991 (aged 30) 100 9 Canada West Vancouver
27 MF Sukhi Panesar (1993-12-26)26 December 1993 (aged 27) 151 7 Canada United Brothers
29 MF Taylor Curran (1992-05-19)19 May 1992 (aged 29) 185 7 Canada West Vancouver
31 GK Antoni Kindler (1988-05-16)16 May 1988 (aged 33) 97 0 Canada West Vancouver

Famous players[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Captain Scott Tupper retires from Men's National Team Program". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  3. ^ Awad, Brandi (28 June 2021). "Team Canada's squad of 16 set for field hockey at Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Sixteen Athletes Chosen to Represent Canada in Tokyo". www.fieldhockey.ca/. Field Hockey Canada. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Team Roster Canada" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

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