Australia men's national field hockey team

The Australia men's national field hockey team (nicknamed the Kookaburras) is one of the nation's most successful top-level sporting teams. They are the only Australian team in any sport to receive medals at six straight Summer Olympic Games (1992–2012). The Kookaburras placed in the top four in every Olympics between 1980 and 2012; in 2016, the Kookaburras placed sixth.[3] They also won the Hockey World Cup in 1986, 2010 and 2014.

Australia
Nickname(s)The Kookaburras
AssociationHockey Australia
ConfederationOHF (Oceania)
Head CoachColin Batch
Assistant coach(es)Robert Hammond
Anthony Potter
ManagerMelissa Gey
CaptainEddie Ockenden
Aran Zalewski
Most capsEddie Ockenden (366)
Top scorerJamie Dwyer (244)
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 1 (4 April 2022)[1]
Highest1 (2005, 2010–2011, 2014 – January 2017, December 2017 – July 2018, June 2019 – January 2020)
Lowest3 (2003)
First international
New Zealand  5–4  Australia
(Palmerston North, New Zealand; 27 September 1922)[2]
Biggest win
Australia  35–0  Papua New Guinea
(Buderim, Australia; 11 September 2007)
Biggest defeat
Australia  1–12  India
(Melbourne, Australia; 17 August 1935)
Olympic Games
Appearances16 (first in 1956)
Best result1st (2004)
World Cup
Appearances13 (first in 1971)
Best result1st (1986, 2010, 2014)
Oceania Cup
Appearances11 (first in 1999)
Best result1st (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 4 5
World Cup 3 2 5
Oceania Cup 11 0 0
Champions Trophy 15 10 5
Commonwealth Games 6 0 0
Hockey World League 2 0 0
Total 38 16 15
Olympic Games
2004 AthensTeam
1968 Mexico CityTeam
1976 MontrealTeam
1992 BarcelonaTeam
2020 TokyoTeam
1964 TokyoTeam
1996 AtlantaTeam
2000 SydneyTeam
2008 BeijingTeam
2012 LondonTeam
World Cup
1986 London
2010 New Delhi
2014 The Hague
2002 Kuala Lumpur
2006 Mönchengladbach
1978 Buenos Aires
1982 Bombay
1990 Lahore
1994 Sydney
2018 Bhubaneswar
Oceania Cup
1999 Brisbane
2001 Melbourne
2003 Christchurch–Wellington
2005 Suva
2007 Buderim
2009 Invercargill
2011 Hobart
2013 Stratford
2015 Stratford
2017 Sydney
2019 Rockhampton
Champions Trophy
1983 Karachi
1984 Karachi
1985 Perth
1989 Berlin
1990 Melbourne
1993 Kuala Lumpur
1999 Brisbane
2005 Chennai
2008 Rotterdam
2009 Melbourne
2010 Mönchengladbach
2011 Auckland
2012 Melbourne
2016 London
2018 Breda
1978 Lahore
1981 Karachi
1982 Amstelveen
1986 Lahore
1992 Karachi
1995 Berlin
1997 Adelaide
2001 Rotterdam
2003 Amstelveen
2007 Kuala Lumpur
1980 Karachi
1987 Amstelveen
1988 Lahore
1998 Lahore
2014 Bhubaneswar
Commonwealth Games
1998 Kuala LumpurTeam
2002 ManchesterTeam
2006 MelbourneTeam
2010 New DelhiTeam
2014 GlasgowTeam
2018 Gold CoastTeam
Hockey World League
2014–15 RaipurTeam
2014–15 BhubaneswarTeam

The Kookaburras' inability to win an Olympic gold medal despite their perennial competitiveness, led many in the Australian hockey community to speak of a "curse" afflicting the team,[4] finally broken in 2004 with the win in Athens. However, they failed to win Gold after that after losses in subsequent Olympics including a loss to Belgium in the Gold Medal Match of 2020 Tokyo Olympics - the Kookaburras instead won the silver medal.[5]

History

Australia's first men's team competed in an international match in 1922.[6]

The first major competition won by the national team was the 1983 World Championships held in Karachi.[7]

Participations

Australia's first men's team competed at the Olympics in field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[7]

Australia did not medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics[8] or the 1988 Summer Olympics.[9] At the 1992 Summer Olympics, Australia earned a silver medal, losing gold to Germany.[10] At the 1996 Summer Olympics, Australia finished third, earning a bronze medal.[11]

The team won their first Olympic gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Barry Dancer coached the side.[12]

Should Australia win the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics they will become the first national team in field hockey history to hold all four international titles available to them simultaneously. They would hold titles in the 2012 Olympics, 2010 World Cup, 2011 Champions Trophy and their continental championship (2011 Oceania Cup) at the same time. Along with those four titles Australia also holds the Commonwealth Games title from the 2010 championships.

  • Australia at the 2008 Olympics
  • Australia at the 2012 Olympics

Tournament records
Olympic Games[13]
Year Host city Position
1908 London, United Kingdom –
1920 Antwerp, Belgium –
1928 Amsterdam, Netherlands –
1932 Los Angeles, United States –
1936 Berlin, Germany –
1948 London, United Kingdom –
1952 Helsinki, Finland –
1956 Melbourne, Australia 5th
1960 Rome, Italy 6th
1964 Tokyo, Japan 3rd
1968 Mexico City, Mexico 2nd
1972 Munich, Germany 5th
1976 Montreal, Canada 2nd
1980 Moscow, Soviet Union N/A
1984 Los Angeles, United States 4th
1988 Seoul, South Korea 4th
1992 Barcelona, Spain 2nd
1996 Atlanta, United States 3rd
2000 Sydney, Australia 3rd
2004 Athens, Greece 1st
2008 Beijing, China 3rd
2012 London, United Kingdom 3rd
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6th
2020 Tokyo, Japan 2nd
2024 Paris, France TBD
2028 Los Angeles, United States TBD
2032 Brisbane, Australia TBD
World Cup[14]
Year Host city Position
1971 Barcelona, Spain 8th
1973 Amsterdam, Netherlands –
1975 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5th
1978 Buenos Aires, Argentina 3rd
1982 Bombay, India 3rd
1986 London, England 1st
1990 Lahore, Pakistan 3rd
1994 Sydney, Australia 3rd
1998 Utrecht, Netherlands 4th
2002 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2nd
2006 Mönchengladbach, Germany 2nd
2010 New Delhi, India 1st
2014 The Hague, Netherlands 1st
2018 Bhubaneswar, India 3rd
2023 Bhubaneswar, India
Rourkela, India		 TBD
Champions Trophy[15]
Year Host city Position
1978 Lahore, Pakistan 2nd
1980 Karachi, Pakistan 3rd
1981 Karachi, Pakistan 2nd
1982 Amstelveen, Netherlands 2nd
1983 Karachi, Pakistan 1st
1984 Karachi, Pakistan 1st
1985 Perth, Australia 1st
1986 Lahore, Pakistan 2nd
1987 Amstelveen, Netherlands 3rd
1988 Lahore, Pakistan 3rd
1989 Berlin, West Germany 1st
1990 Melbourne, Australia 1st
1991 Berlin, Germany 4th
1992 Karachi, Pakistan 2nd
1993 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1st
1994 Lahore, Pakistan 4th
1995 Berlin, Germany 2nd
1996 Madras, India 6th
1997 Adelaide, Australia 2nd
1998 Lahore, Pakistan 3rd
1999 Brisbane, Australia 1st
2000 Amstelveen, Netherlands 5th
2001 Rotterdam, Netherlands 2nd
2002 Cologne, Germany 5th
2003 Amstelveen, Netherlands 2nd
2004 Lahore, Pakistan –
2005 Chennai, India 1st
2006 Terrassa, Spain 4th
2007 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2nd
2008 Rotterdam, Netherlands 1st
2009 Melbourne, Australia 1st
2010 Mönchengladbach, Germany 1st
2011 Auckland, New Zealand 1st
2012 Melbourne, Australia 1st
2014 Bhubaneswar, India 3rd
2016 London, United Kingdom 1st
2018 Breda, Netherlands 1st
World League[16]
Year Round Host city Position
2012–13 Semifinal Rotterdam, Netherlands 2nd
Final New Delhi, India 4th
2014–15 Semifinal Antwerp, Belgium 1st
Final Raipur, India 1st
2016–17 Semifinal Johannesburg, South Africa 3rd
Final Bhubaneswar, India 1st
Commonwealth Games[17]
Year Host city Position
1998 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1st
2002 Manchester, England 1st
2006 Melbourne, Australia 1st
2010 New Delhi, India 1st
2014 Glasgow, Scotland 1st
2018 Gold Coast, Australia 1st
Pro League[18]
Year Host city Position
2019 Amstelveen, Netherlands 1st
2020–21 N/A 2nd
Oceania Cup[19]
Year Host city Position
1999 Brisbane, Australia 1st
2001 Melbourne, Australia 1st
2003 Christchurch & Wellington, New Zealand 1st
2005 Suva, Fiji 1st
2007 Buderim, Australia 1st
2009 Invercargill, New Zealand 1st
2011 Hobart, Australia 1st
2013 Stratford, New Zealand 1st
2015 Stratford, New Zealand 1st
2017 Sydney, Australia 1st
2019 Rockhampton, Australia 1st
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup[20]
Year Host city Position
1983 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1st
1985 Ipoh, Malaysia –
1987 Ipoh, Malaysia –
1991 Ipoh, Malaysia –
1994 Penang, Malaysia 3rd
1995 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia –
1996 Ipoh, Malaysia 2nd
1998 Ipoh, Malaysia 1st
1999 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia –
2000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia –
2001 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3rd
2003 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia –
2004 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1st
2005 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1st
2006 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2nd
2007 Ipoh, Malaysia 1st
2008 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia –
2009 Ipoh, Malaysia –
2010 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3rd
2011 Ipoh, Malaysia 1st
2012 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia –
2013 Ipoh, Malaysia 1st
2014 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1st
2015 Ipoh, Malaysia 2nd
2016 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1st
2017 Ipoh, Malaysia 2nd
2018 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1st

Team

Current squad

The following players represented Australia in the second test match against Malaysia.[21]

All caps and goals current as of 28 March 2022, after the match against Malaysia.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
18 1GK Benjamin Rennie (1990-09-28) 28 September 1990 2 0 Perth Thundersticks
30 1GK Andrew Charter (1987-03-30) 30 March 1987 195 0 Canberra Chill
10 2DF Joshua Beltz (1995-04-24) 24 April 1995 56 4 Tassie Tigers
14 2DF Dylan Martin (1998-01-12) 12 January 1998 16 0 NSW Pride
15 2DF Joshua Simmonds (1995-10-04) 4 October 1995 35 2 HC Melbourne
16 2DF Timothy Howard (1996-06-23) 23 June 1996 77 1 Brisbane Blaze
26 2DF James Collins (2000-02-25) 25 February 2000 4 0 Perth Thundersticks
32 2DF Jeremy Hayward (1993-03-03) 3 March 1993 174 77 Tassie Tigers
11 3MF Edward Ockenden (C) (1987-04-03) 3 April 1987 384 71 Tassie Tigers
12 3MF Jacob Whetton (1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 221 66 Brisbane Blaze
17 3MF Aran Zalewski (C) (1991-03-21) 21 March 1991 202 26 Perth Thundersticks
20 3MF Ky Willott (2001-03-15) 15 March 2001 4 2 NSW Pride
22 3MF Flynn Ogilvie (1993-09-17) 17 September 1993 127 23 NSW Pride
5 4FW Thomas Wickham (1990-05-26) 26 May 1990 69 33 Perth Thundersticks
7 4FW Nathan Ephraums (1999-06-09) 9 June 1999 12 5 HC Melbourne
9 4FW Jacob Anderson (1997-03-22) 22 March 1997 29 11 Brisbane Blaze
19 4FW Craig Marais (2002-05-28) 28 May 2002 4 0 HC Melbourne
21 4FW Jack Welch (1997-10-26) 26 October 1997 13 5 Tassie Tigers

The remainder of the 2022 national squad is as follows:[22]

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Johan Durst (1991-03-18) 18 March 1991 5 0 HC Melbourne v.  Malaysia; 26 April 2022
DF Corey Weyer (1996-03-28) 28 March 1996 43 3 Brisbane Blaze v.  Argentina; 7 March 2020
DF Jake Harvie (1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 75 4 Perth Thundersticks v.  Malaysia; 26 April 2022
DF Matthew Dawson (1994-04-27) 27 April 1994 154 12 NSW Pride v.  Belgium; 5 August 2021
MF Lachlan Sharp (1997-07-02) 2 July 1997 60 13 NSW Pride v.  Belgium; 5 August 2021
MF Thomas Craig (1995-09-03) 3 September 1995 102 30 NSW Pride v.  Japan; 24 July 2021
MF Daniel Beale (1993-02-12) 12 February 1993 194 30 Brisbane Blaze v.  Malaysia; 26 April 2022
FW Blake Govers (1996-07-06) 6 July 1996 113 99 NSW Pride v.  Malaysia; 26 April 2022
FW Timothy Brand (1998-11-29) 29 November 1998 53 23 NSW Pride v.  Belgium; 5 August 2021

Notable players

Results

2022 Fixtures & Results
2022 Statistics
Pld W WD LD L GF GA GD Pts
44000180+1812

Malaysia Test Series
23 April 2022 Match 1 Australia  3–0  Malaysia Perth, Australia
16:00 Wickham  1'
Govers  19'
Hayward  30'		 Report Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium
24 April 2022 Match 1 Australia  7–0  Malaysia Perth, Australia
16:00 Welch  5', 29'
Ephraums  11'
Simmonds  27'
Govers  34', 51'
Anderson  59'		 Report Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium
26 April 2022 Match 1 Australia  5–0  Malaysia Perth, Australia
18:30 Hayward  11', 37', 42'
Harvie  13'
Whetton  55'		 Report Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium
28 April 2022 Match 1 Australia  3–0  Malaysia Perth, Australia
12:00 Hayward  32'
Willott  42', 53'		 Report Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium

Trans–Tasman Series
10 May 2022 Match 1 New Zealand  v  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
20:00 Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium
12 May 2022 Match 2 New Zealand  v  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
20:00 Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium
14 May 2022 Match 3 New Zealand  v  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
16:30 Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium
15 May 2022 Match 4 New Zealand  v  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
16:30 Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium

XXII Commonwealth Games
31 July 2022 Pool A Australia  v  Scotland Birmingham, England
11:00 Report Stadium: University of Birmingham Hockey and Squash Centre
1 August 2022 Pool A New Zealand  v  Australia Birmingham, England
21:00 Report Stadium: University of Birmingham Hockey and Squash Centre
3 August 2022 Pool A South Africa  v  Australia Birmingham, England
21:00 Report Stadium: University of Birmingham Hockey and Squash Centre
4 August 2022 Pool A Australia  v  Pakistan Birmingham, England
21:00 Report Stadium: University of Birmingham Hockey and Squash Centre

Goalscorers
2022 Goalscoring Table
Pos. Player FG PC PS Total
1 Jeremy Hayward 0 5 0 5
2 Blake Govers 1 2 0 3
3 Jack Welch 2 0 0 2
Ky Willott 0 2 0
5 Jacob Anderson 0 1 0 1
Nathan Ephraums 1 0 0
Jake Harvie 1 0 0
Joshua Simmonds 0 1 0
Jacob Whetton 1 0 0
Thomas Wickham 1 0 0
Total 7 11 0 18

Family

Barry Dancer/Brent Dancer and Ric Charlesworth/Jonathan Charlesworth are two pairs of father as coach and son as player while both were affiliated with the national team in those positions.[12][23]

Recognition

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