2022 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup

2022 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Potchefstroom
Dates	28 November – 4 December
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	NWU Astro
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (1st title)
Runner-up	Ireland
Third place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	93 (4.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jang Jong-hyun (7 goals)
Best player	Dayaan Cassiem
Best young player	Corentin Sellier
Best goalkeeper	Kim Jaeh-yeon
(next) 2023–24 →

The 2022 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup was the first edition of the Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup, the annual qualification tournament for the Men's FIH Pro League organised by the International Hockey Federation. The tournament was held at the NWU Astro in Potchefstroom, South Africa from 28 November to 4 December 2022. ^[1]

South Africa beat Ireland in the final and as the winners were promoted to the 2023–24 Men's FIH Pro League. ^{[2] [3]}

Teams

The eight highest ranked teams not participating in the Men's FIH Pro League participated in the tournament: ^[2]

•   Canada
•   France
•   Ireland
•   Japan
•   South Korea
•   Malaysia
•   Pakistan
•   South Africa

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2). ^[4]

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9	Semi-finals
2	South Africa (H)	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
3	France	3	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1
4	Pakistan	3	0	1	2	6	12	−6	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored. ^[5]
(H) Hosts

28 November 2022 11:00 France   1–2   Ireland Charlet  26' Report Duncan  22' O'Donoghue  45' Umpires: Gabriel Labate (ARG) Zeke Newman (AUS)

28 November 2022 15:00 South Africa   6–2   Pakistan Dlungwana  9' M. Cassiem  26' Mvimbi  28' Kok  41' D. Cassiem  46' Horne  57' Report Khan  14' Liaqat  51' Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)

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29 November 2022 11:00 Ireland   3–1   Pakistan Empey  18' Walker  32' O'Donoghue  50' Report Shahid  17' Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)

29 November 2022 15:00 South Africa   2–1   France Kok  13' Horne  47' Report Sellier  12' Umpires: Benjamin Peters (USA) Bevan Nichol (NZL)

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1 December 2022 11:00 France   3–3   Pakistan Van Straaten  12' Jouin  36' Charlet  58' Report Rana  9' Hakeem  28' Ahmad  60' Umpires: Gabriel Labate (ARG) Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)

1 December 2022 15:00 Ireland   1–0   South Africa O'Donoghue  8' Report Umpires: Aziz Adimah (GHA) Benjamin Peters (USA)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9	Semi-finals
2	Malaysia	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	4	12	−8	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored. ^[5]

28 November 2022 09:00 Canada   0–3   Japan Report Nagayoshi  23', 35' Takade  29' Umpires: Aziz Adimah (GHA) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)

28 November 2022 13:00 Malaysia   0–1   South Korea Report Jang  5' Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

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29 November 2022 09:00 South Korea   3–1   Japan Jang  15', 45' Kim S.  18' Report Niwa  29' Umpires: Gabriel Labate (ARG) Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)

29 November 2022 13:00 Canada   2–3   Malaysia Davis  19' Johnston  40' Report Ashari  33' Azrai  50', 57' Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Tim Meissner (GER)

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1 December 2022 09:00 South Korea   6–2   Canada Jang  27', 35' Jeon  38' Lee J.  48' Kim H.  52' Seo  57' Report Johnston  17', 59' Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)

1 December 2022 13:00 Malaysia   5–1   Japan Hassan  2', 39' Aminudin  23' Saari  34' Hamsani  40' Report Kawabe  5' Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Zeke Newman (AUS)

Classification round

Bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	3 December
	France	7
					4 December
	Canada	1
					France (p.s.o.)	2 (4)
	3 December
					Japan	2 (2)
	Japan	3
	Pakistan	1
					Seventh place
					4 December
					Canada	4
					Pakistan	5

5–8th place semifinals

3 December 2022 09:00 France   7–1   Canada Charlet  15', 27' Rogeau  30', 32', 43' Jouin  37' Delemazure  55' Report Sarmento  47' Umpires: Aziz Adimah (GHA) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

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3 December 2022 11:15 Japan   3–1   Pakistan Nagayoshi  27' Kawabe  47' Fukuda  54' Report Rooman  48' Umpires: Benjamin Peters (USA) Bevan Nichol (NZL)

Seventh and eighth place

4 December 2022 08:30 Canada   4–5   Pakistan Davis  10' Scholfield  29' Johnston  48' Tardif  53' Report Ahmad  3' Murtaza  7' Shahid  46' Rana  54' Bashir  58' Umpires: Aziz Adimah (GHA) Ayden Shrives (RSA)

Fifth and sixth place

4 December 2022 10:45 France   2–2   Japan Charlet  7' T. Clément  15' Report Fukuda  31' Nagayoshi  46' Penalties T. Clément Jouin Tynevez Baumgarten 4–2 Yamasaki Niwa Fukuda S. Tanaka Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Benjamin Peters (USA)

Final round

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 December
	Ireland	3
					4 December
	Malaysia	0
					Ireland	3
	3 December
					South Africa	4
	South Korea	1 (2)
	South Africa (p.s.o.)	1 (3)
					Third place
					4 December
					Malaysia	0
					South Korea	4

Semi-finals

3 December 2022 13:30 Ireland   3–0   Malaysia Walker  41' Duncan  43', 52' Report Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Tim Meissner (GER)

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3 December 2022 15:45 South Korea   1–1   South Africa Jang  52' Report Kok  31' Penalties Lee J. Hwang Ji Lee H. Jung 2–3 D. Cassiem Sherwood Julius Dlungwana M. Cassiem Umpires: Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS) Zeke Newman (AUS)

Third and fourth place

4 December 2022 13:00 Malaysia   0–4   South Korea Report Seo  22' Lee N.  26' Hwang  39' Jang  59' Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Bevan Nichol (NZL)

Final

4 December 2022 15:15 Ireland   3–4   South Africa O'Donoghue  19', 36' McKee  45' Report D. Cassiem  4', 29' Kok  31' M. Cassiem  49' Umpires: Gabriel Labate (ARG) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)

Goalscorers

There were 93 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.65 goals per match.

7 goals

• Jang Jong-hyun

5 goals

• Victor Charlet
• Shane O'Donoghue

4 goals

• Gordon Johnston
• Ken Nagayoshi
• Tevin Kok

3 goals

• Blaise Rogeau
• Jeremy Duncan
• Dayaan Cassiem

2 goals

• Sean Davis
• Noé Jouin
• Benjamin Walker
• Kentaro Fukuda
• Kosei Kawabe
• Abu Kamal Azrai
• Najib Hassan
• Arbaz Ahmad
• Abdul Rana
• Rooman Khan
• Hannan Shahid
• Mustapha Cassiem
• Keenan Horne
• Seo In-woo

1 goal

• Matthew Sarmento
• Oliver Scholfield
• Christopher Tardif
• Timothée Clément
• Brieuc Delemazure
• Corentin Sellier
• Pieter van Straaten
• Conor Empey
• John McKee
• Takuma Niwa
• Taiki Takade
• Firhan Ashari
• Ashran Hamsani
• Muhamad Aminudin
• Faizal Saari
• Afraz Hakeem
• Usama Bashir
• Arshad Liaqat
• Muhammad Murtaza
• Tyson Dlungwana
• Samkelo Mvimbi
• Hwang Tae-il
• Jeon Byung-jin
• Kim Hyeon-hong
• Kim Sung-hyun
• Lee Jung-jun
• Lee Nam-yong

Source: FIH

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Africa
	Ireland
	South Korea
4	Malaysia
5	France
6	Japan
7	Pakistan
8	Canada

Qualified for the 2023–24 Men's FIH Pro League

Awards

The awards were announced on 4 December 2022. ^[3]

Award	Player
Player of the tournament	Dayaan Cassiem
Goalkeeper of the tournament	Kim Jae-hyeon
Young player of the tournament	Corentin Sellier

See also

• 2022 Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup
• 2022–23 Men's FIH Pro League

References

1. "South Africa to host inaugural Men's Nations Cup! – South African Hockey Association". SAHockey. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
2. "South Africa to host inaugural Men's Nations Cup!". International Hockey Federation. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
3. "Captain Cassiem inspires South Africa to the title in the inaugural FIH Hockey Men's Nations Cup". International Hockey Federation. 4 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
4. "FIH Hockey Nations Cup: pools and match schedules revealed - South African Hockey Association". www.sahockey.co.za. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
5. "FIH Top Tier Tournament Regulations" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 21 October 2021.