Association | Gibraltar Hockey | ||
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Confederation | EHF (Europe) | ||
Head Coach | Christian Zammit | ||
Assistant coach(es) | Dominic Hernandez | ||
Manager | Nathan Stagno | ||
Captain | Carl Ramagge | ||
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FIH ranking | |||
Current | 45 (19 December 2024) [1] | ||
Highest | 43 (2012) | ||
Lowest | 73 (April 2017 – July 2017) | ||
EuroHockey Championship | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 1978 ) | ||
Best result | 12th (1978) |
The Gibraltar men's national field hockey team represents Gibraltar in international men's field hockey and is controlled by Gibraltar Hockey. [2]
Gibraltar has never qualified for the Summer Olympics or the World Cup. They have however participated once in the European championship, in 1978 where they finished 12th out of 12.
EuroHockey Nations Championship record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
1970 | did not participate | |||||||
1974 | ||||||||
1978 | 11th place game | 12th | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
1983 until 2023 | did not qualify | |||||||
Total | 12th place | 1/19 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
EuroHockey Championships record | ||||||||||
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Year | Level | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | P/R | |
2005 | III | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 12 | ||
2007 | III | did not participate | ||||||||
2009 | IV | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9 | ||
2011 | III | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 17 | ||
2013 | III | 5th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 14 | ||
2015 | III | did not participate | ||||||||
2017 | IV | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 5 | ||
2019 | III | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | ||
2021 | III | Withdrew | ||||||||
2023 | III | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 16 | ||
Total | Highest: III | 35 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 151 | 81 | – |
Hockey World League & FIH Series record | ||||||||
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Season | Position | Round | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
2012–13 | Unranked | Round 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
2014–15 | did not participate | |||||||
2016–17 | ||||||||
2018–19 | — | Open | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
Total | – | 1st Round | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 26 |
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