Canada men's national field hockey team

Canada
Nickname(s)	Red Caribou
Association	Field Hockey Canada
Confederation	PAHF (Americas)
Head Coach	Peter Milkovich
Assistant coach(es)	Bartel Berkhout
Manager	Mark Wittig
Captain	Keegan Pereira; Balraj Panesar; John Smythe
Most caps	Ken Pereira (348)
Top scorer	Scott Tupper (126)
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	20 (13 August 2024)
Olympic Games
Appearances	8 (first in 1964)
Best result	10th (1976, 1984, 2000, 2008)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1978)
Best result	8th (1998)
Pan American Games
Appearances	15 (first in 1967)
Best result	1st (1983, 1987, 1999, 2007)
Pan American Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 2000)
Best result	1st (2009)
Medal record
Pan American Games
Pan American Cup

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

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1908 to 1960		did not participate
1964	Tokyo, Japan	13th	7	1	0	6	5	25	Squad
1968	Mexico City, Mexico	did not participate
1972	Munich, Germany	did not participate
1976	Montreal, Canada	10th	6	1	0	5	6	14	Squad
1980	Moscow, Soviet Union	did not participate
1984	Los Angeles, United States	10th	7	1	1	5	8	20	Squad
1988	Seoul, South Korea	11th	7	1	2	4	6	15	Squad
1992	Barcelona, Spain	did not qualify
1996	Atlanta, United States	did not qualify
2000	Sydney, Australia	10th	7	1	3	3	10	16	Squad
2004	Athens, Greece	did not qualify
2008	Beijing, China	10th	6	1	1	4	10	20	Squad
2012	London, Great Britain	did not qualify
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	11th	5	0	1	4	7	22	Squad
2020	Tokyo, Japan	12th	5	0	1	4	9	27	Squad
2024	Paris, France	did not qualify
Total		10th place	50	6	9	35	61	159

World Cup

FIH World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1971	did not participate
1973	did not participate
1975	did not qualify
1978	11th place game	11th	8	2	2	4	15	19	Squad
1982	did not qualify
1986	9th place game	10th	7	1	1	5	6	16	Squad
1990	11th place game	11th	7	1	1	5	6	11	Squad
1994	did not qualify
1998	7th place game	8th	7	1	3	3	16	18	Squad
2002	did not qualify
2006	did not qualify
2010	11th place game	11th	6	1	0	5	9	30	Squad
2014	did not qualify
2018	Cross-over	11th	4	0	1	3	3	13	Squad
2023	did not qualify
Total	Best: 8th	6/15	39	6	8	25	55	107

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1967	Winnipeg, Canada	4th	9	5	2	2	14	7
1971	Cali, Colombia	3rd	9	6	0	3	16	5
1975	Mexico City, Mexico	2nd	8	5	2	1	20	6
1979	San Juan, Puerto Rico	2nd	6	5	0	1	33	6
1983	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	6	6	0	0	25	4
1987	Indianapolis, United States	1st	6	5	1	0	42	5
1991	Havana, Cuba	2nd	6	5	0	1	33	5
1995	Mar del Plata, Argentina	2nd	7	4	2	1	31	4
1999	Winnipeg, Canada	1st	7	6	1	0	29	5
2003	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	2nd	5	4	0	1	10	5
2007	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	5	3	2	0	12	7
2011	Guadalajara, Mexico	2nd	5	4	0	1	25	7
2015	Toronto, Canada	2nd	6	4	1	1	21	5
2019	Lima, Peru	2nd	6	5	0	1	33	10
2023	Santiago, Chile	3rd	5	4	1	0	12	4
2027	Barranquilla, Colombia	to be determined
Total		1st place	96	71	12	13	356	85

Pan American Cup

Pan American Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2000	Final	2nd	6	4	1	1	32	6
2004	Final	2nd	6	5	0	1	29	5
2009	Final	1st	5	4	1	0	26	11
2013	Final	2nd	5	3	1	1	9	8
2017	Final	2nd	5	3	1	1	13	3
2022	3rd place game	3rd	6	4	0	2	26	11
Total	1 title	6/6	33	23	4	6	135	44

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1998	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	7th	4	1	2	1	11	6	Squad
2002	Manchester, England	6th	5	0	1	4	7	14	Squad
2006	Melbourne, Australia	9th	5	1	0	4	5	16	Squad
2010	Delhi, India	7th	5	2	2	1	8	8	Squad
2014	Glasgow, Scotland	6th	5	1	0	4	8	16	Squad
2018	Gold Coast, Australia	8th	5	1	0	4	4	15	Squad
2022	Birmingham, England	8th	5	0	1	4	7	29	Squad
Total		7/7	34	6	6	22	50	104

Hockey Nations Cup

FIH Hockey Nations Cup
Year	Round
2022	8th
2023–24	5th

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

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
2024	6th
Best result: 4th place

Defunct competitions

Hockey World League

Hockey World League record
Season	Position	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2012–13	18th	Round 2	5	3	0	2	16	13
2014–15	8th	Round 2	6	4	0	2	17	7
		Semifinal	7	2	1	4	7	22
		Final	5	0	0	5	6	26
2016–17	10th	Round 2	6	5	0	1	26	7
2016–17	10th	Semifinal	7	3	1	3	20	16
Total	Best: 8th	Final	36	17	2	17	92	91

Champions Challenge I

Champions Challenge I record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2001 until 2007	did not participate
2009	8th	5	1	0	4	6	13
2011	8th	6	1	0	5	10	20
2012	6th	6	1	1	4	12	20
2014	2nd	6	2	2	2	14	17
Total	Best: 2nd	23	5	3	15	42	70

Team

Current squad

The following 18 players were named on 4 November 2022 for the 2022 FIH Hockey Nations Cup in Potchefstroom, South Africa from 28 November to 4 December 2022.^[4]

Caps updated as of 4 December 2022, after the match against Pakistan.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
28	GK	Tristan Burgoyne	(1994-04-28) 28 April 1994 (age 30)	9
32	GK	Zachary Coombs	(2001-04-24) 24 April 2001 (age 23)	7	West Vancouver

4	DF	Roopkanwar Dhillon	(2001-10-05) 5 October 2001 (age 23)	10
14	DF	Manveer Jhamat	(2001-11-14) 14 November 2001 (age 23)	10
16	DF	Gordon Johnston	(1993-01-30) 30 January 1993 (age 31)	198
26	DF	Sam Cabral	(1999-02-23) 23 February 1999 (age 25)	17	UBC Thunderbirds
29	DF	Taylor Curran	(1992-05-19) 19 May 1992 (age 32)	204	West Vancouver
33	DF	Thomson Harris	(1998-08-15) 15 August 1998 (age 26)	5

5	MF	Devohn Noronha-Teixeira	(1989-02-09) 9 February 1989 (age 35)	113
8	MF	Oliver Scholfield	(1993-09-11) 11 September 1993 (age 31)	95
17	MF	Brenden Bissett	(1993-01-28) 28 January 1993 (age 31)	156
23	MF	Chris Tardif	(2000-08-03) 3 August 2000 (age 24)	12	Vancouver Hawks
25	MF	Harbir Sidhu	(1997-08-14) 14 August 1997 (age 27)	17	India Club

2	FW	Matthew Barnett	(1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 (age 25)	12
9	FW	Gurpreet Singh	(1994-11-30) 30 November 1994 (age 29)	10
13	FW	Brendan Guraliuk	(2000-05-14) 14 May 2000 (age 24)	31
15	FW	Sean Davis	(2000-07-15) 15 July 2000 (age 24)	5
21	FW	Matthew Sarmento	(1991-06-23) 23 June 1991 (age 33)	144	Vancouver Hawks

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Ethan McTavish	(2000-05-01) 1 May 2000 (age 24)	4	West Vancouver	2022 Commonwealth Games
GK	Antoni Kindler	(1988-05-16) 16 May 1988 (age 36)	112		2022 Pan American Cup

DF	John Smythe	(1989-08-31) 31 August 1989 (age 35)	134		2022 Commonwealth Games
DF	Balraj Panesar	(1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 28)	85	East Grinstead	2022 Commonwealth Games
DF	Alexander Bird	(2003-05-13) 13 May 2003 (age 21)	5		2022 Commonwealth Games
DF	James Kirkpatrick	(1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 (age 33)	114	West Vancouver	2022 Pan American Cup

MF	Keegan Pereira	(1991-09-08) 8 September 1991 (age 33)	200		2022 Commonwealth Games
MF	Floris van Son	(1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 32)	52	Hurley	2022 Commonwealth Games
MF	Sukhi Panesar	(1993-12-26) 26 December 1993 (age 30)	164		2022 Pan American Cup

FW	Fin Boothroyd	(1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 25)	41	East Grinstead	2022 Commonwealth Games
FW	Gavin Bains	(1998-10-18) 18 October 1998 (age 26)	6	India Club	2022 Commonwealth Games
FW	Iain Smythe	(1985-06-02) 2 June 1985 (age 39)	205		2022 Pan American Cup

Famous players

References

^ "All-Time Cap Leaders". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. May 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^ "Captain Scott Tupper retires from Men's National Team Program". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
^ "Men's National Team Nations Cup Roster Announcement". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 4 November 2022.

External links

[1] "All-Time Cap Leaders". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. May 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

[2] "Captain Scott Tupper retires from Men's National Team Program". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

[FIH_World_Rankings-3] "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.

[4] "Men's National Team Nations Cup Roster Announcement". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 4 November 2022.

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