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Confederation | EHF (Europe) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head Coach | Zak Jones (Interim) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Kwan Browne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manager | Andy Halliday | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Appearances | 18 (first in 1920 ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | 1st (1920, 1988) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Great Britain men's national field hockey team represents the United Kingdom in some international field hockey tournaments such as the Summer Olympics and the FIH Pro League. [2] The team won gold at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. The team won the 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.
In most other competitions, including the Hockey World Cup, the Commonwealth Games and some editions of the Hockey Champions Trophy, the four home nations compete in their own right: England, Ireland (includes both the Republic and Northern Ireland), Scotland and Wales.
The team was established in 1920 as Great Britain and Ireland, before the independence of most of Ireland as the Irish Free State. They only played one tournament under that name: the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, when they won the gold medal. Before 1920 there was only one field hockey tournament at the Olympics, in 1908, when England won the gold, Ireland the silver, and Scotland and Wales the bronze medals.
Great Britain Hockey and the British Olympic Association have confirmed the 16 players (+4 reserves) selected to represent Team GB in the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan. [3] [4]
Caps and goals (for both England and Great Britain) updated as of 1 August 2021, after Great Britain v India.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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20 | GK | Ollie Payne | 6 April 1999 | 17 | 0 | Holcombe |
5 | DF | David Ames (Vice-captain) | 25 June 1989 | 117 | 4 | Oranje-Rood |
6 | DF | Jacob Draper | 24 July 1998 | 72 | 2 | Beerschot |
16 | DF | Adam Dixon (Captain) | 11 September 1986 | 290 | 22 | Beeston |
18 | DF | Brendan Creed | 3 January 1993 | 93 | 1 | Beerschot |
27 | DF | Liam Sanford | 14 March 1996 | 75 | 0 | Old Georgians |
11 | MF | Ian Sloan | 19 November 1993 | 118 | 5 | Wimbledon |
25 | MF | Jack Waller | 28 January 1997 | 61 | 2 | Gantoise |
26 | MF | James Gall | 20 May 1995 | 94 | 5 | Surbiton |
29 | MF | Tom Sorsby | 28 October 1996 | 45 | 0 | Surbiton |
32 | MF | Zach Wallace | 29 September 1999 | 61 | 8 | HGC |
8 | FW | Rupert Shipperley | 21 November 1992 | 93 | 15 | Hampstead & Westminster |
10 | FW | Chris Griffiths | 3 September 1990 | 118 | 26 | Old Georgians |
13 | FW | Sam Ward | 24 December 1990 | 141 | 83 | Old Georgians |
15 | FW | Phil Roper | 24 January 1992 | 161 | 39 | Oranje-Rood |
21 | FW | Liam Ansell | 12 November 1993 | 60 | 21 | Wimbledon |
7 | FW | Alan Forsyth P-ACCREDITED RESERVE | 5 April 1992 | 189 | 101 | HGC |
9 | MF | Harry Martin P-ACCREDITED RESERVE | 23 October 1992 | 238 | 18 | Rotterdam |
1 | GK | George Pinner TRAVELLING RESERVE | 18 January 1987 | 195 | 0 | Old Georgians |
31 | FW | Will Calnan TRAVELLING RESERVE | 17 April 1996 | 43 | 5 | Hampstead & Westminster |
1 February 2020Match 1 | Australia | 4–4 (3–1 p) | Great Britain | Australia |
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2 February 2020Match 2 | Australia | 5–1 | Great Britain | Australia |
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8 February 2020Match 3 | New Zealand | 1–1 (3–1 p) | Great Britain | New Zealand |
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9 February 2020Match 4 | New Zealand | 0–3 | Great Britain | New Zealand |
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27 October 2020Match 5 | Netherlands | 1–0 | Great Britain | Amstelveen, Netherlands |
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29 October 2020Match 6 | Netherlands | 3–1 | Great Britain | Amstelveen, Netherlands |
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31 October 2020Match 7 | Belgium | 3–2 | Great Britain | Brussels, Belgium |
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1 November 2020Match 8 | Belgium | 2–1 | Great Britain | Brussels, Belgium |
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12 May 2021Match 9 | Great Britain | 5–3 | Germany | London, England |
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13 May 2021Match 10 | Great Britain | 3–1 | Germany | London, England |
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23 May 2021Match 12 | Great Britain | 2–0 | Spain | London, England |
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24 July 2021Group B | Great Britain | 3–1 | South Africa | Tokyo, Japan |
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26 July 2021Group B | Great Britain | 3–1 | Canada | Tokyo, Japan |
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27 July 2021Group B | Germany | 5–1 | Great Britain | Tokyo, Japan |
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29 July 2021Group B | Netherlands | 2–2 | Great Britain | Tokyo, Japan |
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30 July 2021Group B | Belgium | 2–2 | Great Britain | Tokyo, Japan |
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1 August 2021Quarter-finals | India | 3–1 | Great Britain | Tokyo, Japan |
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