England men's national field hockey team

England

Association	England Hockey
Head Coach	Zak Jones
Assistant coach(es)	Kwandwane Browne Mark Hickman Robert van der Horst
Manager	Paul Gannon
Most caps	Barry Middleton (432)
Top scorer	Ashley Jackson (137)
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	8 (5 November 2025)
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (first in 1908)
Best result	1st (1908)
World Cup
Appearances	14 (first in 1973)
Best result	2nd (1986)
EuroHockey Championships
Appearances	20 (first in 1970)
Best result	1st (2009)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 0 World Cup 0 1 0 EuroHockey Championship 1 2 7 Commonwealth Games 0 0 4 Champions Trophy 0 1 0 World League 0 0 1 Total 2 4 12 Olympic Games 1908 London Team World Cup 1986 London EuroHockey Championship 2009 Amstelveen 1987 Moscow 2023 Mönchengladbach 1978 Hannover 1991 Paris 1995 Dublin 1999 Padua 2003 Barcelona 2011 Mönchengladbach 2017 Amstelveen Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team 2014 Glasgow Team 2018 Gold Coast Team 2022 Birmingham Team Champions Trophy 2010 Mönchengladbach World League 2012–13 New Delhi Team

The England men's national field hockey team competes in most major international tournaments except the Olympic Games. England's only appearance at the Olympics was at London 1908 when they won gold; since then English players have competed at the Olympics as part of the combined Great Britain national field hockey team.

England's best finish in the Hockey World Cup was as runners-up to champions Australia in 1986, which was also held in London. They won the bronze medal at the inaugural Commonwealth Games hockey tournament in 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, as well as in 2014 in Glasgow and in Birmingham in 2022.

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1908	Final	1st	3	3	0	0	24	3	Squad
1920 until now	Part of Great Britain
Total	1 title	1/1	3	3	0	0	24	3	–

World Cup

FIH World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
1971	did not participate
1973	5th place game	6th	7	2	2	3	10	11	N/A
1975	5th place game	6th	7	3	1	3	19	17
1978	7th place game	7th	8	2	3	3	11	10
1982	9th place game	9th	7	3	1	3	10	15
1986	Final	2nd	7	5	0	2	13	8
1990	5th place game	5th	7	4	1	2	12	7
1994	5th place game	6th	7	3	2	2	7	5
1998	5th place game	6th	7	3	0	4	18	21	Squad
2002	7th place game	7th	9	5	0	4	19	11	Squad
2006	5th place game	5th	7	4	0	3	15	13	Squad
2010	3rd place game	4th	7	4	0	3	21	20	Squad
2014	3rd place game	4th	7	3	1	3	8	12	Squad
2018	3rd place game	4th	7	3	1	3	12	23	Squad
2023	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	2	0	11	2	Squad
2026	TBD
Total	Best: 2nd	14/15	98	46	14	38	186	175	–

European Championships

EuroHockey Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1970	5th place game	6th	7	4	0	3	10	7
1974	3rd place game	4th	7	5	0	2	12	10
1978	3rd place game	3rd	7	5	1	1	19	7
1983	5th place game	5th	7	3	2	2	20	10
1987	Final	2nd	7	6	1	0	24	2
1991	3rd place game	3rd	7	4	1	2	14	8
1995	3rd place game	3rd	7	4	2	1	18	11
1999	3rd place game	3rd	7	5	1	1	27	11
2003	3rd place game	3rd	7	3	2	2	16	15
2005	5th place game	6th	5	1	2	2	8	8
2007	Relegation pool	5th	5	2	2	1	17	6
2009	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	24	10
2011	3rd place game	3rd	5	3	0	2	17	11
2013	3rd place game	4th	5	1	1	3	10	12
2015	3rd place game	4th	5	2	1	2	18	9
2017	3rd place game	3rd	5	3	0	2	16	10
2019	Relegation pool	5th	5	2	2	1	9	7
2021	3rd place game	4th	5	3	0	2	17	9
2023	Final	2nd	5	2	1	2	11	9
2025	Relegation pool	6th	5	2	1	2	16	6
2027	Qualified
Total	1 title	21/21	118	64	21	33	320	179

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1998	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	3rd	6	2	3	1	12	10	Squad
2002	Manchester, England	5th	5	3	0	2	13	8	Squad
2006	Melbourne, Australia	4th	6	3	0	3	14	14	Squad
2010	Delhi, India	4th	6	3	3	0	18	11	Squad
2014	Glasgow, Scotland	3rd	6	3	1	2	22	12	Squad
2018	Gold Coast, Australia	3rd	6	3	1	2	18	11	Squad
2022	Birmingham, England	3rd	6	4	1	1	33	14	Squad
Total		7/7	41	21	9	11	130	80

FIH Pro League

FIH Pro League record
Season	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
2021–22	6th	16	7	2	7	40	41	Squad
2024–25	7th	16	5	5	6	41	36	Squad
Total	Best: 6th	32	12	7	13	81	77

Defunct competitions

Champions Trophy

Champions Trophy record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1978	Participated as part of Great Britain
1980
1981	6th	5	0	2	3	10	15
1982 until 1994	did not participate or participated as part of Great Britain
1995	6th	6	0	3	3	5	9
1996	did not participate
1997
1998
1999	5th	6	2	0	4	9	16
2000	Participated as part of Great Britain
2001	5th	6	1	1	4	14	20
2002 until 2008	did not participate or participated as part of Great Britain
2009	6th	6	1	1	4	13	18
2010	2nd	6	2	1	3	15	20
2011	Participated as part of Great Britain
2012	8th	6	1	1	4	8	14
2014	7th	6	3	1	2	16	10
2016	Participated as part of Great Britain
2018	did not participate
Total	Best: 2nd	47	10	10	27	90	122

Champions Challenge I

Champions Challenge I record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2001	did not participate
2003	5th	6	2	0	4	9	18
2005	4th	6	2	1	3	18	19
2007	4th	6	2	0	4	19	19
2009 until 2014	did not participate
Total	Best: 4th	18	6	1	11	46	56

World League

FIH Hockey World League record
Season	Position	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
2012–13	3rd	Semi-final	6	3	2	1	15	10
		Final	6	5	1	0	15	6
2014–15	Participated as Great Britain
2016–17	8th	Semi-final	7	5	1	1	27	13
		Final	5	1	1	3	7	10
Total	Best: 3rd	Final	24	14	5	5	64	39

*Draws include matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.

Players

Current squad

On 22 July 2025, the following 18 players were called up for the 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach, Germany from 8 to 16 August 2025.

Head coach: Zak Jones

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
16	GK	James Mazarelo	(2001-02-04) 4 February 2001	5	Surbiton
32	GK	James Carleton	(2005-01-18) 18 January 2005	1	Exeter University
2	DF	Nick Park	(1999-04-08) 8 April 1999	8	Surbiton
3	DF	Jack Waller	(1997-01-28) 28 January 1997	30	Pinoké
14	DF	James Albery	(1995-10-02) 2 October 1995	27	Old Georgians
27	DF	Liam Sanford	(1996-03-14) 14 March 1996	53	Old Georgians
30	DF	Conor Williamson	(2001-12-20) 20 December 2001	38	Surbiton
33	DF	Sam Hooper	(1998-08-06) 6 August 1998	9	Wimbledon
47	DF	Ben Fox	(2001-09-15) 15 September 2001	10	Wimbledon
5	MF	Tom Sorsby	(1996-10-28) 28 October 1996	29	Den Bosch
7	MF	Zachary Wallace (Captain)	(1999-09-29) 29 September 1999	35	Bloemendaal
8	MF	Jacob Payton	(2002-06-10) 10 June 2002	13	Surbiton
15	MF	Phil Roper	(1992-01-24) 24 January 1992	106	Old Georgians
17	MF	Stuart Rushmere	(2000-09-09) 9 September 2000	16	Surbiton
18	MF	Tim Nurse	(1999-05-11) 11 May 1999	7	Surbiton
19	MF	David Goodfield	(1993-06-15) 15 June 1993	65	Surbiton
12	MF	James Gall	(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995	106	Surbiton
13	FW	Sam Ward	(1990-12-24) 24 December 1990	84	Old Georgians

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Ollie Payne	(1999-04-06) 6 April 1999	81	Holcombe	v. India, 25 February 2025
DF	Sam Taylor	(2001-07-12) 12 July 2001	14	University of Exeter	v. Netherlands, 18 June 2025
MF	Stuart Rushmere	(2000-09-09) 9 September 2000	57	Surbiton	v. Belgium, 29 June 2025
MF	James Oates	(1998-04-18) 18 April 1998	38	Hampstead & Westminster	v. Belgium, 29 June 2025
MF	Rohan Bhuhi	(2000-04-04) 4 April 2000	17	Holcombe	v. Belgium, 29 June 2025
MF	David Condon	(1991-07-06) 6 July 1991	219	Wimbledon	v. Australia, 21 June 2025
MF	Jack Turner	(1997-03-26) 26 March 1997	24	Wimbledon	v. Germany, 15 June 2025
FW	Will Calnan	(1996-04-17) 17 April 1996	119	Hampstead & Westminster	v. Belgium, 29 June 2025
FW	Henry Croft	(2001-04-13) 13 April 2001	9	Old Georgians	v. Belgium, 29 June 2025

See also

• England women's national field hockey team
• Great Britain men's national field hockey team
• Great Britain women's national field hockey team

External links

• Official website
• FIH profile