Poland men's national field hockey team

Poland

Association	Polish field hockey association (Polski Związek Hokeja na Trawie)
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Head Coach	Dariusz Rachwalski
Assistant coach(es)	Tin Matković
Manager	Patryk Karamuz
Captain	Jacek Kurowski
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	24 1 (19 December 2025)
Highest	16 (2004)
Lowest	28 (March – July 2023)
Olympic Games
Appearances	5 (first in 1952)
Best result	4th (1980)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1975)
Best result	8th (1982, 1986)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances	14 (first in 1970)
Best result	5th (1974, 1978, 1987)

Poland men's national field hockey team represents Poland in international field hockey and is controlled by the Polish field hockey association, or in Polish: Polski Związek Hokeja na Trawie, also known as PZHT.

Tournament record

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1908	did not participate
1920
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952	5th place game	6th	5	2	1	2	6	13	Squad
1956	did not participate
1960	Group stage	12th	4	1	1	2	3	12	Squad
1964	did not participate
1968
1972	11th place game	11th	8	3	2	3	19	16	Squad
1976	did not participate
1980	3rd place game	4th	6	2	1	3	20	17	Squad
1984	did not participate
1988
1992	did not qualify
1996
2000	12th place game	12th	7	1	2	4	16	20	Squad
2004	did not qualify
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Total	Best: 4th	5/25	30	9	7	14	64	78	–

Friendship Games

Field hockey at the Friendship Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1984	Final	2nd	3	1	1	1	3	6	squad
Total	Best: 2nd	2/8	3	1	1	1	3	6	–

World Cup

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
1971	did not participate
1973
1975	9th place game	10th	7	2	1	4	12	18	Squad
1978	9th place game	9th	8	3	1	4	17	25	Squad
1982	7th place game	8th	7	2	0	5	9	17	Squad
1986	7th place game	8th	7	2	1	4	10	17	Squad
1990	did not qualify
1994
1998	11th place game	12th	7	0	1	6	10	32	Squad
2002	15th place game	15th	9	2	1	6	13	21	Squad
2006	did not qualify
2010
2014
2018
2023
Total	Best: 8th	6/15	45	11	5	29	71	130	–

European Championships

EuroHockey Championship

EuroHockey Championship record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1970	Brussels, Belgium	7th	6	2	2	2	7	7	—N/a
1974	Madrid, Spain	5th	6	4	0	2	15	13
1978	Hanover, West Germany	5th	7	3	2	2	14	8
1983	Amstelveen, Netherlands	9th	7	2	1	4	7	14
1987	Moscow, Soviet Union	5th	7	4	0	3	14	13
1991	Paris, France	8th	7	1	1	5	7	24
1995	Dublin, Ireland	6th	7	3	1	3	14	16
1999	Padua, Italy	9th	7	3	0	4	22	20
2003	Barcelona, Spain	8th	7	2	1	4	9	16
2005	Leipzig, Germany	7th	5	1	1	3	8	8	Squad
2007	Manchester, England	did not qualify
2009	Amstelveen, Netherlands	8th	5	0	0	5	7	28	Squad
2011	Mönchengladbach, Germany	did not qualify
2013	Boom, Belgium	7th	5	1	0	4	9	26	Squad
2015	London, England	did not qualify
2017	Amstelveen, Netherlands	8th	5	0	1	4	6	23	Squad
2019	Antwerp, Belgium	did not qualify
2021	Amstelveen, Netherlands
2023	Mönchengladbach, Germany
2025		7th	5	1	0	4	5	27	Squad
2027	London, England	qualified
Total		5th place	86	27	10	49	144	243

EuroHockey Championship II

EuroHockey Championship II record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2007	Final	1st	5	4	0	1	23	9
2011	Final	2nd	5	3	1	1	12	4
2015	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	13	4
2019	3rd place match	4th	5	1	1	3	6	8
2021	3rd place match	4th	5	2	1	2	9	8
Total	5/11	2 titles	25	15	3	7	63	33

EuroHockey Championship III

EuroHockey Championship III record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2023	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	45	1
Total	1/11	1 title	5	5	0	0	45	1

Hockey World League

Hockey World League record
Season	Position	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
2012–13	27th of 33	Round 1	3	3	0	0	10	2
		Round 2	5	1	1	3	16	21
2014–15	17th of 35	Round 2	6	5	0	1	29	11
		Semifinal	5	1	0	4	6	15
2016–17	29th of 36	Round 2	6	1	0	5	7	16
Total	17th (1x)	3/3	25	11	1	13	68	65

FIH Hockey Nations Cup

Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup record
Season	Position	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
2023–24	9th	Preliminary round	4	1	0	3	5	8
Total	9th	1/1	4	1	0	3	5	8

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

Current squad

The following 18 players were named on 5 August 2025 for the 2025 EuroHockey Championship from 8 to 16 August 2025 in Mönchengladbach, Germany.

Caps updated as of 20 July 2025, after the match against Ireland.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Mateusz Popiołkowski	(1994-04-21) 21 April 1994	67	Politechnika Poznańska
2		Mikołaj Głowacki	(1999-03-18) 18 March 1999	47	Grunwald Poznań
4		Tomasz Bembenek	(2000-01-17) 17 January 2000	45	DTV Hannover
7		Gracjan Jarzyński	(2001-04-01) 1 April 2001	45	Harvestehuder THC
8		Mikołaj Gumny	(1994-11-22) 22 November 1994	102	Warta Poznań
9		Jacek Kurowski (Captain)	(1998-04-17) 17 April 1998	80	TSV Mannheim
10	DF	Maksymilian Koperski	(1999-07-23) 23 July 1999	51	Oranje-Rood
11		Damian Jarzembowski	(1997-02-02) 2 February 1997	26	Grunwald Poznań
12	GK	Maciej Pacanowski	(1992-09-21) 21 September 1992	74	Start Gniezno
14		Robert Pawlak	(2003-05-10) 10 May 2003	40	Politechnika Poznańska
16		Jakub Janicki	(1996-09-09) 9 September 1996	86	Gąsawa
17		Patryk Pawlak	(1996-11-19) 19 November 1996	62	AZS AWF Poznań
21		Jakub Chumeńczuk	(2000-11-24) 24 November 2000	32	Klipper THC
22		Wojciech Rutkowski	(2000-08-27) 27 August 2000	32	Pomorzanin Toruń
23		Eryk Bembenek	(2001-11-25) 25 November 2001	40	DTV Hannover
24		Mateusz Nowakowski	(1998-02-23) 23 February 1998	51	DTV Hannover
26		Michał Kasprzyk	(1993-08-22) 22 August 1993	84	Pomorzanin Toruń
27		Michał Lange	(2000-10-15) 15 October 2000	40	Grunwald Poznań
28		Jakub Hołosyniuk	(2004-03-03) 3 March 2004	28	Politechnika Poznańska

Recent call-ups

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
	Karol Gumny	(2006-06-24) 24 June 2006	8	Politechnika Poznańska	v. Ireland, 20 July 2025
GK	Maksymilian Pawlak	(2005-02-18) 18 February 2005	2	DHC Hannover	v. Ireland, 20 July 2025
	Aleks Marcinkowski	(2005-03-19) 19 March 2005	7	AZS AWF Poznań	2024–25 FIH Hockey Nations Cup 2
	Emil Witczak	(2005-11-07) 7 November 2005	5	AZS AWF Poznań	2024–25 FIH Hockey Nations Cup 2
	Michał Wachowiak	(1991-09-16) 16 September 1991	24	Warta Poznań	v. Scotland, 9 August 2024

See also

• Poland women's national field hockey team

External links

• Official website
• FIH profile