Canada men's national field hockey team

Canada
Nickname(s)	Red Caribou
Association	Field Hockey Canada
Confederation	PAHF (Americas)
Head Coach	Pasha Gademan
Assistant coach(es)	André Henning
Captain	Scott Tupper
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	20 1 (16 May 2024)
Highest	10 (2010, December 2018 – present)
Lowest	17 (2004)
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	14 (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	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1908 until 1960	Did not participate
1964	Group stage	13th	7	1	0	6	5	25	Squad
1968	Did not participate
1972	Did not participate
1976	9th place game	10th	6	1	0	5	6	14	Squad
1980	Did not participate
1984	9th place game	10th	7	1	1	5	8	20	Squad
1988	11th place game	11th	7	1	2	4	6	15	Squad
1992	Did not qualify
1996	Did not qualify
2000	9th place game	10th	7	1	3	3	10	16	Squad
2004	Did not qualify
2008	9th place game	10th	6	1	1	4	10	20	Squad
2012	Did not qualify
2016	Group stage	11th	5	0	1	4	7	22	Squad
2020	Qualified
Total	Best: 10th	8/24	45	6	8	31	52	132

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	To be determined
Total	Best: 8th	6/14	39	6	8	25	55	107

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1967	3rd place game	4th	9	5	2	2	14	7
1971	3rd place game	3rd	9	6	0	3	16	5
1975	Final	2nd	8	5	2	1	20	6
1979	Final	2nd	6	5	0	1	33	6
1983	Final	1st	6	6	0	0	25	4
1987	Final	1st	6	5	1	0	42	5
1991	Final	2nd	6	5	0	1	33	5
1995	Final	2nd	7	4	2	1	31	4
1999	Final	1st	7	6	1	0	29	5
2003	Final	2nd	5	4	0	1	10	5
2007	Final	1st	5	3	2	0	12	7
2011	Final	2nd	5	4	0	1	25	7
2015	Final	2nd	6	4	1	1	21	5
2019	Final	2nd	6	5	0	1	33	10
2023	To be determined
Total	4 titles	14/14	91	67	11	13	344	81

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	Qualified
Total	1 title	6/6	27	19	4	4	109	33

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1998	Group stage	7th	4	1	2	1	11	6
2002	5th place game	6th	5	0	1	4	7	14
2006	9th place game	9th	5	1	0	4	5	16
2010	7th place game	7th	5	2	2	1	8	8
2014	5th place game	6th	5	1	0	4	8	16
2018	7th place game	8th	5	1	0	4	4	15
Total	Best: 6th	6/6	29	6	5	18	43	75

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
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 22 players were named for the test matches against France and Belgium in Belgium.^[2]

Head coach: Pasha Gademan

Caps updated as of 29 January 2020, after the match against Argentina.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
12	GK	David Vandenbossche	(1994-06-04) 4 June 1994 (age 30)	1	Gantoise
25	GK	Zach Coombs	(2001-04-24) 24 April 2001 (age 23)	0	Chelsea Phoenix FHC

3	DF	Brandon Pereira	(1996-04-30) 30 April 1996 (age 28)	60	United Brothers
4	DF	Scott Tupper (Captain)	(1986-12-16) 16 December 1986 (age 37)	312	West Vancouver
11	DF	Balraj Panesar	(1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 28)	72	UBC Thunderbirds
16	DF	Gordon Johnston	(1993-01-30) 30 January 1993 (age 31)	176	Vancouver Hawks
22	DF	John Smythe	(1989-08-31) 31 August 1989 (age 34)	118	Vancouver Hawks
26	DF	Sam Cabral	(1999-02-23) 23 February 1999 (age 25)	4	UBC Thunderbirds

2	MF	Harbir Sidhu	(1997-08-14) 14 August 1997 (age 26)	6
7	MF	Gabriel Ho-Garcia	(1993-05-19) 19 May 1993 (age 31)	131	Almere
13	MF	Brendan Guraliuk	(2000-05-14) 14 May 2000 (age 24)	4	UBC Thunderbirds
17	MF	Brenden Bissett	(1993-01-28) 28 January 1993 (age 31)	136	Vancouver Hawks
27	MF	Sukhi Panesar	(1993-12-26) 26 December 1993 (age 30)	148	Beeston

1	FW	Floris van Son	(1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 32)	33	HIC
8	FW	Oliver Scholfield	(1993-09-11) 11 September 1993 (age 30)	69	Vancouver Hawks
10	FW	Keegan Pereira	(1991-09-08) 8 September 1991 (age 32)	179
18	FW	Jamie Wallace	(1999-09-14) 14 September 1999 (age 24)	43	Almere
19	FW	Mark Pearson	(1987-06-18) 18 June 1987 (age 37)	274	West Vancouver
20	FW	Fin Boothroyd	(1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 25)	20	UBC Thunderbirds
21	FW	Matthew Sarmento	(1991-06-23) 23 June 1991 (age 33)	119	Vancouver Hawks
23	FW	Iain Smythe	(1985-06-02) 2 June 1985 (age 39)	203	Vancouver Hawks
24	FW	James Kirkpatrick	(1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 (age 33)	97	West Vancouver

Famous players

References

^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
^ @FieldHockeyCan (March 29, 2021). "BACK ON TOUR: The Men's National Team are embarking on their first tour in over 12 months. They will be training and playing test matches all week in Belgium. Follow along on our social media for photos and results. GO CANADA GO! #fieldhockeycanada #teamcanada #roadtotokyo" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

[FIH_World_Rankings-1] "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.

[2] @FieldHockeyCan (March 29, 2021). "BACK ON TOUR: The Men's National Team are embarking on their first tour in over 12 months. They will be training and playing test matches all week in Belgium. Follow along on our social media for photos and results. GO CANADA GO! #fieldhockeycanada #teamcanada #roadtotokyo" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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