Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Field hockey
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Field hockey ; at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	University of Birmingham Hockey and Squash Centre
Dates	29 July – 8 August 2022
Competitors	360 from 11 nations
	← 2018

Field hockey was among the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England. This was the seventh staging of hockey at the Commonwealth Games since its debut in 1998, and the second staging within England specifically.

The tournaments took place between 29 July and 8 August 2022.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

The competition schedule was as follows:^[1]^[2]

G	Group stage	CM	Classification matches	½	Semi-finals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Gold medal match

Date Event	Fri 29			Sat 30			Sun 31			Mon 1			Tue 2		Wed 3			Thu 4			Fri 5		Sat 6		Sun 7			Mon 8
Session →	M	A	E	M	A	E	M	A	E	M	A	E	M	A	M	A	E	M	A	E	M	E	M	E	M		A	M	A
Men			G	G			G				G					G			G				CM	½			CM	B	F
Women	G				G				G	G			G		G			G			CM	½			CM	B	F

Detailed fixtures were released on 9 March 2022.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Venue

The tournaments were held at the University of Birmingham Hockey and Squash Centre,^[6] where the squash competition also took place.^[7]

Qualification

Ten nations from at least four CGF regions qualified for each tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games:^[8]^[9]

The host nation.
The defending champions (unless already qualified as host country).
The highest-ranked nations in the FIH World Rankings as of 1 February 2022, excluding those already qualified.

Men

Means of qualification	Date	Location	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	—	—	1	England
2018 Commonwealth Games	5–14 April 2018	Gold Coast	1	Australia
FIH World Rankings	1 February 2022	—	8	India New Zealand ~~Malaysia~~^[a] Canada South Africa Wales Pakistan Scotland Ghana
TOTAL			10

Women

Means of qualification	Date	Location	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	—	—	1	England
2018 Commonwealth Games	5–14 April 2018	Gold Coast	1	New Zealand
FIH World Rankings	1 February 2022	—	8	Australia India Canada South Africa Scotland ~~Malaysia~~^[b] Wales Ghana Kenya
TOTAL			10

Scheduling issues

^ The Malaysian Hockey Confederation withdrew from the Commonwealth Games in order to optimise preparation for the 2022 Asian Games, where the winning team will qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[8]^[10] At the time, the Asian Games were scheduled to take place in September 2022.^[11]
^ The Malaysian Hockey Confederation withdrew from the Commonwealth Games in order to optimise preparation for the 2022 Asian Games, where the winning team will qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[8]^[12] At the time, the Asian Games were scheduled to take place in September 2022.^[13]

Men's tournament

Group stage

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	4	0	0	29	2	+27	12	Semi-finals
2	South Africa	4	2	1	1	11	12	−1	7	Semi-finals
3	New Zealand	4	1	1	2	14	17	−3	4	Fifth place match
4	Pakistan	4	1	1	2	6	15	−9	4	Seventh place match
5	Scotland	4	0	1	3	11	25	−14	1	Ninth place match

Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	4	3	1	0	27	5	+22	10	Semi-finals
2	England (H)	4	3	1	0	25	8	+17	10	Semi-finals
3	Wales	4	2	0	2	14	10	+4	6	Fifth place match
4	Canada	4	0	1	3	4	25	−21	1	Seventh place match
5	Ghana	4	0	1	3	2	24	−22	1	Ninth place match

Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
(H) Hosts

Medal round

Semi-finals		Gold medal match

6 August

Australia	3
		8 August
England	2
		Australia	7
6 August
		India	0
India	3

South Africa	2
		Bronze medal match

		8 August

		England	6

		South Africa	3

Women's tournament

Group stage

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England (H)	4	4	0	21	1	+20	12	Semi-finals
2	India	4	3	1	12	6	+6	9	Semi-finals
3	Canada	4	2	2	14	5	+9	6	Fifth place match
4	Wales	4	1	3	5	12	−7	3	Seventh place match
5	Ghana	4	0	4	1	29	−28	0	Ninth place match

Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
(H) Hosts

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	4	0	16	0	+16	12	Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	4	3	1	21	2	+19	9	Semi-finals
3	Scotland	4	2	2	15	5	+10	6	Fifth place match
4	South Africa	4	1	3	18	13	+5	3	Seventh place match
5	Kenya	4	0	4	0	50	−50	0	Ninth place match

Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.

Medal round

Semi-finals		Gold medal match

5 August

England	0 (2)
		7 August
New Zealand	0 (0)
		England	2
5 August
		Australia	1
Australia	1 (3)

India	1 (0)
		Bronze medal match

		7 August

		New Zealand	1 (1)

		India	1 (2)

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (England)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	1	1	0	2
2	England*	1	0	1	2
3	India	0	1	1	2
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Australia Jake Harvie Tom Wickham Matt Dawson Nathan Ephraums Johan Durst Jacob Anderson Joshua Beltz Eddie Ockenden Jacob Whetton Blake Govers Joshua Simmonds Tim Howard Aran Zalewski Flynn Ogilvie Daniel Beale Tim Brand Andrew Charter Jeremy Hayward	India Jarmanpreet Singh Abhishek Surender Kumar Manpreet Singh Hardik Singh Gurjant Singh Mandeep Singh Krishan Pathak Harmanpreet Singh Lalit Upadhyay P. R. Sreejesh Nilakanta Sharma Shamsher Singh Varun Kumar Akashdeep Singh Amit Rohidas Jugraj Singh Vivek Prasad	England Jack Waller Zachary Wallace Chris Griffiths Ian Sloan Sam Ward James Albery Phil Roper James Mazarelo Stuart Rushmere Brendan Creed David Goodfield Ollie Payne Liam Ansell David Condon Nick Bandurak Tom Sorsby Rhys Smith Will Calnan
Women details	England Maddie Hinch Laura Unsworth Anna Toman Hannah Martin Holly Hunt Lily Walker Elena Rayer Tessa Howard Isabelle Petter Giselle Ansley Hollie Pearne-Webb Fiona Crackles Sophie Hamilton Shona McCallin Sabbie Heesh Lily Owsley Flora Peel Grace Balsdon	Australia Claire Colwill Ambrosia Malone Amy Lawton Penny Squibb Aleisha Power Georgia Wilson Shanea Tonkin Madison Fitzpatrick Greta Hayes Stephanie Kershaw Kaitlin Nobbs Jane Claxton Jocelyn Bartram Karri Somerville Renee Taylor Mariah Williams Rebecca Greiner Grace Stewart	India Gurjit Kaur Deep Grace Ekka Monika Malik Sonika Tandi Sharmila Devi Nikki Pradhan Savita Punia Rajani Etimarpu Sangita Kumari Nisha Warsi Vandana Katariya Udita Duhan Lalremsiami Jyoti Navneet Kaur Sushila Chanu Salima Tete Neha Goyal

References

^ ^a ^b "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b Competition Schedule | Hockey (PDF). BOCCG. pp. 22, 23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
^ "Hockey | Men's Match Schedule" (PDF). BOCCG. 9 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ "Hockey | Women's Match Schedule" (PDF). BOCCG. 9 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ "Birmingham 2022 unveils match schedules for hockey". University of Birmingham. 9 March 2022. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ "University welcomes Birmingham's Commonwealth Games bid success". University of Birmingham. 21 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
^ "Venues | UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM HOCKEY AND SQUASH CENTRE". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Gilmour, Rod (2 March 2022). "Hockey nations confirmed for 2022 Commonwealth Games". The Hockey Paper. 1touch Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
^ Athlete Allocation System | Hockey (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / FIH. 29 April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
^ Qualification System - Games of the XXXIII Olympiad - Paris 2024 | Hockey (PDF). IOC / FIH. 7 April 2022. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ "OCA Press Release on Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 and Shantou Asian Youth Games 2021". OCA. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ Qualification System - Games of the XXXIII Olympiad - Paris 2024 | Hockey (PDF). IOC / FIH. 7 April 2022. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ "OCA Press Release on Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 and Shantou Asian Youth Games 2021". OCA. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

External links

[agm-12] The Malaysian Hockey Confederation withdrew from the Commonwealth Games in order to optimise preparation for the 2022 Asian Games, where the winning team will qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[8]^[10] At the time, the Asian Games were scheduled to take place in September 2022.^[11]

[agw-15] The Malaysian Hockey Confederation withdrew from the Commonwealth Games in order to optimise preparation for the 2022 Asian Games, where the winning team will qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[8]^[12] At the time, the Asian Games were scheduled to take place in September 2022.^[13]

[fhschedule-1] "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.

[schedulepdf-2] Competition Schedule | Hockey (PDF). BOCCG. pp. 22, 23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.

[3] "Hockey | Men's Match Schedule" (PDF). BOCCG. 9 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[4] "Hockey | Women's Match Schedule" (PDF). BOCCG. 9 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[5] "Birmingham 2022 unveils match schedules for hockey". University of Birmingham. 9 March 2022. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[6] "University welcomes Birmingham's Commonwealth Games bid success". University of Birmingham. 21 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.

[7] "Venues | UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM HOCKEY AND SQUASH CENTRE". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.

[thp-8] Gilmour, Rod (2 March 2022). "Hockey nations confirmed for 2022 Commonwealth Games". The Hockey Paper. 1touch Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.

[9] Athlete Allocation System | Hockey (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / FIH. 29 April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022.

[10] Qualification System - Games of the XXXIII Olympiad - Paris 2024 | Hockey (PDF). IOC / FIH. 7 April 2022. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[11] "OCA Press Release on Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 and Shantou Asian Youth Games 2021". OCA. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[13] Qualification System - Games of the XXXIII Olympiad - Paris 2024 | Hockey (PDF). IOC / FIH. 7 April 2022. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[14] "OCA Press Release on Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 and Shantou Asian Youth Games 2021". OCA. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

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