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Austria men's national field hockey team

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Austria
Austria
Nickname(s)Goldjungs
AssociationAustrian Hockey Federation (Österreichischer Hockeyverband)
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Head CoachRobin Rösch
Assistant coach(es)Kai de Jager
Tomasz Szmidt
ManagerHarald Horschinegg
CaptainXaver Hasun
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 19 Steady (13 August 2024)[1]
Highest18 (July 2018)
Lowest41 (2004)
Olympic Games
Appearances3 (first in 1928)
Best result7th (1952)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances6 (first in 1970)
Best result7th (2009, 2017)

The Austria men's national field hockey team represents Austria in men's international field hockey.[2]

Austria mainly competes in the Men's EuroHockey Championship II where they finished second twice. They also have qualified five times for the European championship where they finished seventh in 2009 and 2017. They have never qualified for the World Cup but they have played in three Olympic Games, their last appearance was in 1952.

Competitive record

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Summer Olympics

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Summer Olympics record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Squad
United Kingdom 1908 did not participate
Belgium 1920
Netherlands 1928 Group stage 9th 4 0 0 4 1 14 Squad
United States 1932 did not participate
Germany 1936
United Kingdom 1948 Group stage 8th 3 0 2 1 2 10 Squad
Finland 1952 Quarter-finals 7th 4 2 0 2 5 7 Squad
Australia 1956
until
South Korea 1988
did not participate
Spain 1992
until
France 2024
did not qualify
Total Best: 7th 3/24 11 2 2 7 8 31

European championships

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Hockey World League and FIH Series

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Hockey World League and FIH Series record
Season Position Round Pld W D * L GF GA
2012–13 22nd Round 1 3 1 1 1 6 6
Round 2 5 1 2 2 14 13
2014–15 19th Round 1 2 1 1 0 7 2
Round 2 6 3 1 2 13 9
Semifinal 5 0 1 4 3 17
2016–17 25th Round 1 3 3 0 0 26 8
Round 2 6 3 2 1 19 11
2018–19 Open 4 4 0 0 29 3
Finals 5 2 0 3 10 6
Total Best: 19th 3rd round 39 18 8 13 127 75

FIH Hockey Nations Cup

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Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup record
Season Position Round Pld W D * L GF GA
2023–24 8th Preliminary round 6 2 1 3 12 18
Total 8th 1/1 6 2 1 3 12 18
*Draws include matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.

Players

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Current squad

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The following 18 players were named on 13 August 2023 for the 2023 EuroHockey Championship from 19 to 27 August 2023 in Mönchengladbach, Germany.[3]

Head coach: Germany Robin Rösch

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) CapsClub
3 DF Oliver Binder (1996-07-12) 12 July 1996 (age 28) 63 Germany Hamburger Polo Club
4 FW Fülöp Losonci (2002-03-01) 1 March 2002 (age 22) 22 Germany Harvestehuder THC
5 MF Peter Kaltenböck (1997-01-20) 20 January 1997 (age 27) 25 Austria Post SV
8 FW Alexander Bele (1992-05-06) 6 May 1992 (age 32) 104 Austria Arminen
9 FW Michael Körper (1986-12-03) 3 December 1986 (age 37) 168 Germany Harvestehuder THC
11 FW Nikolas Wellan (2000-11-11) 11 November 2000 (age 23) 27 Austria HC Wien
12 FW Josef Winkler (2003-09-10) 10 September 2003 (age 21) 9 Austria HC Wien
13 DF Benjamin Stanzl (1988-01-13) 13 January 1988 (age 36) 160 Austria Post SV
19 MF Moritz Zotter (2006-08-14) 14 August 2006 (age 18) 3 Germany UHC Hamburg
20 FW Franz Lindengrün (1995-09-26) 26 September 1995 (age 29) 47 Austria HC Wien
21 MF Benjamin Kölbl (2002-05-11) 11 May 2002 (age 22) 26 Germany Hamburger Polo Club
23 MF Fabian Unterkircher (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 (age 26) 54 Netherlands Den Bosch
24 MF Leon Thörnblom (1995-09-03) 3 September 1995 (age 29) 88 Germany Hamburger Polo Club
27 DF Xaver Hasun (Captain) (1993-06-27) 27 June 1993 (age 31) 129 Germany Harvestehuder THC
29 DF Oliver Kern (1999-08-10) 10 August 1999 (age 25) 40 Austria AHTC
30 DF Mateusz Nyckowiak (2004-01-24) 24 January 2004 (age 20) 8 Austria Post SV
32 GK Mateusz Szymczyk (1988-12-05) 5 December 1988 (age 35) 108 Austria Arminen
33 GK Jakob Kastner (2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 (age 24) 2 Austria Post SV

Recent call-ups

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

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club Latest call-up
MF Bastian Valas (2000-11-02) 2 November 2000 (age 23) 18 Austria Post SV v.  Chile, 30 July 2023
GK Laurenzo Rizzi (1998-05-22) 22 May 1998 (age 26) 4 Belgium Pingouin v.  Chile, 30 July 2023
Tobias Mimmler (2002-09-09) 9 September 2002 (age 22) 1 Austria Post SV v.  Chile, 27 July 2023
MF Moritz Frey (2001-01-06) 6 January 2001 (age 23) 13 Germany Harvestehuder THC v.  Ireland, 15 July 2023
MF Daniel Fröhlich (1991-04-22) 22 April 1991 (age 33) 117 Austria Arminen v.  Ireland, 14 July 2023
DF Tobias Mayer (1996-06-03) 3 June 1996 (age 28) 25 Austria WAC v.  Italy, 1 July 2023

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Austria Hockey". austria-hockey.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Herren-EM: Österreich unter den TOP 8". www.hockey.at (in German). Austrian Hockey Federation. 13 August 2023.
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