# 2020–21 Men's FIH Pro League

The 2020–21 Men's FIH Pro League was the second season of the Pro League, the premier men's field hockey national team league series. The tournament started in January 2020 and finished in June 2021.

## Format changes

The home and away principle was kept but this principle was split over two consecutive seasons from this season onwards and worked according to the following example:
* in season 2020-21, Team A hosted Team B twice within a couple of days
* in season 2021-22:, Team B will host Team A twice within a couple of days

## COVID-19 pandemic interruption

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, Hockey Australia decided to suspend all international travels for its national teams until further notice in early March. Later Hockey New Zealand took the same decision.
Once declared as a pandemic on 11 March, the FIH and all participating National Associations involved in the competition decided to put all the matches scheduled until 15 April on hold. Furthermore, it was agreed that the current edition is maintained, no matches will be played after the Olympic Games and depending on the evolution of the situation and the decisions of the public authorities, every match which can be organized between late April and before the Olympics, shall be played. On 19 March, it was announced by the FIH that all the matches scheduled to play until 17 May were put on hold. On 24 April, the league was extended until June 2021. The restart for September 2020, was announced on 9 July. Because not all matches are due to be played before the end of the season, the final ranking will be determined by points percentage instead of total points.
On 28 May, it was announced that despite the efforts of the involved federations, the matches set to play before the announcing date were going to be the last of the edition.

## Teams

Nine teams competed in a round-robin tournament, being played from January to June.
* Argentina (4)
* Australia (1)
* Belgium (2)
* Germany (6)
* Great Britain (7)
* India (5)
* Netherlands (3)
* New Zealand (9)
* Spain (8)

## Results
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | SOW | SOL | L | GF | GA | GD | PCT |
| 1 | Belgium (C) | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 26 | +14 | .762 |
| 2 | Australia | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 23 | +13 | .667 |
| 3 | Germany | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 23 | +3 | .633 |
| 4 | India | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 17 | +5 | .625 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 29 | +3 | .583 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 0 | .417 |
| 7 | Argentina | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 35 | −9 | .306 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 34 | −16 | .267 |
| 9 | Spain | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 36 | −13 | .250 |
All times are local.

### Fixtures

* 18 January 2020 19:00
| India | 5–2 | Netherlands |
| Gurjant 1' Rupinder 12', 46' Mandeep 34' Lalit 36' | Report | Janssen 14' Hertzberger 28' |
* Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
* 19 January 2020 17:00
| India | 3–3 | Netherlands |
| Lalit 25' Mandeep 51' Rupinder 55' | Report | Van der Weerden 23' Hertzberger 26' Kellerman 27' |
| Penalties |||
| Harmanpreet Vivek Rupinder Gurjant Akashdeep | 3–1 | Hertzberger Schuurman Brinkman Pruyser |
* Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) Sean Rapaport (RSA)
* 24 January 2020 11:00
| Spain | 2–2 | Germany |
| Alegre 11' Quemada 38' | Report | Rühr 3', 57' |
| Penalties |||
| Iglesias Oliva Lleonart Alegre Romeu | 3–4 | Rühr Hauke Wellen Fuchs |
* Estadio Betero, Valencia Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Jonas van 't Hek (NED)
* 25 January 2020 13:00
| Spain | 1–5 | Germany |
| Miralles 45' | Report | Rühr 13' Oruz 32' Miltkau 56' Windfeder 59' Staib 60' |
* Estadio Betero, Valencia Umpires: Jonas van 't Hek (NED) Bruce Bale (ENG)
* 25 January 2020 18:30
| Australia | 2–2 | Belgium |
| Hayward 49' Craig 51' | Report | Briels 18' Denayer 59' |
| Penalties |||
| Brand Ogilvie Craig Swann | 2–4 | Van Aubel De Sloover Gougnard Wegnez A. Van Doren |
* Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre, Sydney Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Simon Taylor (NZL)
* 26 January 2020 17:30
| Australia | 2–4 | Belgium |
| Sharp 42' Hayward 60' | Report | Hendrickx 13', 25' Plennevaux 56' E. Stockbroekx 58' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre, Sydney Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Simon Taylor (NZL)
* 31 January 2020 11:00
| Spain | 3–4 | Netherlands |
| Romeu 5', 37', 58' | Report | Janssen 2', 48', 50' De Geus 15' |
* Estadio Betero, Valencia Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Sean Rapaport (RSA)
* 1 February 2020 13:00
| Spain | 2–4 | Netherlands |
| Miralles 44' Sánchez 59' | Report | Janssen 27' Brinkman 36' Van der Weerden 45' Kellerman 50' |
* Estadio Betero, Valencia Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Christian Blasch (GER)
* 1 February 2020 16:00
| Australia | 4–4 | Great Britain |
| Ockenden 19' Wickham 29' Zalewski 56' Mitton 59' | Report | Jackson 20' Wallace 31' Shipperley 44' Ansell 45' |
| Penalties |||
| Swann Whetton Harvie Ogilvie | 3–1 | Forsyth Sorsby Roper Wallace |
* Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre, Sydney Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 1 February 2020 19:30
| New Zealand | 2–6 | Belgium |
| Muir 17', 41' | Report | Denayer 3', 5' Boon 7', 52' Dockier 19' De Kerpel 41' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
* 2 February 2020 15:00
| Australia | 5–1 | Great Britain |
| Wotherspoon 14' Sharp 19' Craig 29' Brand 45' Mitton 55' | Report | Taylor 18' |
* Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre, Sydney Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 2 February 2020 17:30
| New Zealand | 1–3 | Belgium |
| Tarrant 34' | Report | Hendrickx 19' Dockier 24' Cosyns 53' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 7 February 2020 20:30
| Argentina | 3–4 | Spain |
| Casella 5', 26' Tolini 41' | Report | Iglesias 13' Quemada 29', 59' Ruiz 55' |
* CeNARD, Buenos Aires Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Federico García (URU)
* 8 February 2020 17:00
| New Zealand | 1–1 | Great Britain |
| Jenness 43' | Report | Griffiths 56' |
| Penalties |||
| Jenness S. Child Thomas Edwards | 3–1 | Calnan Ansell Griffiths Ames |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland Umpires: Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP) Steve Rogers (AUS)
* 8 February 2020 17:00
| India | 2–1 | Belgium |
| Mandeep 2' Ramandeep 46' | Report | Boccard 33' |
* Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Coen van Bunge (NED)
* 8 February 2020 20:30
| Argentina | 5–1 | Spain |
| Ferreiro 9' Vila 32' Tolini 38' Martínez 42', 46' | Report | Quemada 22' |
* CeNARD, Buenos Aires Umpires: Federico García (URU) Bruce Bale (ENG)
* 9 February 2020 15:00
| New Zealand | 0–3 | Great Britain |
| | Report | Dixon 14', 55' Ansell 50' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP)
* 9 February 2020 17:00
| India | 2–3 | Belgium |
| Vivek 15' Amit 17' | Report | Hendrickx 3' De Kerpel 17' Plennevaux 26' |
* Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
* 15 February 2020 18:00
| Argentina | 2–2 | Netherlands |
| Martínez 12' Tolini 51' | Report | Pruyser 5' Bakker 12' |
| Penalties |||
| Keenan Domene Ferreiro Mazzilli | 1–3 | Hertzberger Schuurman De Geus |
* CeNARD, Buenos Aires Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
* 15 February 2020 19:30
| New Zealand | 1–4 | Spain |
| Russell 42' | Report | Oliva 12' Beltrán 23', 42' Quemada 51' |
* Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub, Christchurch Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 16 February 2020 17:30
| New Zealand | 3–2 | Spain |
| Russell 16', 56' Edwards 38' | Report | Iglesias 44' Quemada 60' |
* Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub, Christchurch Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 16 February 2020 18:00
| Argentina | 2–2 | Netherlands |
| Vila 3' Mazzilli 21' | Report | Pruyser 30' Kemperman 56' |
| Penalties |||
| Ortiz Vila Rey Martínez Mazzilli | 3–4 | Hertzberger Van Ass De Geus Van Dam Pruyser |
* CeNARD, Buenos Aires Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Steve Rogers (AUS)
* 21 February 2020 19:00
| India | 3–4 | Australia |
| Raj 36', 47' Rupinder 52' | Report | Wotherspoon 6' Wickham 18' Sharp 41' Anderson 42' |
* Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Coen van Bunge (NED)
* 22 February 2020 19:00
| India | 2–2 | Australia |
| Rupinder 25' Harmanpreet 27' | Report | Mitton 23' Zalewski 46' |
| Penalties |||
| Harmanpreet Vivek Lalit | 3–1 | Beale Brand Ephraums Harvie |
* Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) Coen van Bunge (NED)
* 28 February 2020 17:30
| New Zealand | 5–3 | Argentina |
| Lane 5' Thomas 32' J. Panchia 48' Bennett 51' Newman 55' | Report | Casella 9' Tolini 33', 49' |
* Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub, Christchurch Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Steve Rogers (AUS)
* 1 March 2020 15:00
| New Zealand | 2–3 | Argentina |
| Lane 20', 49' | Report | Tolini 5' Ortiz 37' Casella 44' |
* Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub, Christchurch Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Steve Rogers (AUS)
* 6 March 2020 20:30
| Australia | 3–3 | Argentina |
| Hayward 4' Wickham 8' Welch 52' | Report | Ferreiro 11' Tolini 20' Martínez 39' |
| Penalties |||
| Ogilvie Wickham Simmonds Swann | 1–3 | Ibarra Vila Ortiz |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Peter Wright (RSA)
* 7 March 2020 18:30
| Australia | 5–1 | Argentina |
| Simmonds 10' Govers 24', 30' Wickham 44' Mitton 49' | Report | Tolini 57' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Peter Wright (RSA)
* 22 September 2020 18:00
| Germany | 1–6 | Belgium |
| Windfeder 44' | Report | Boccard 26' Hendrickx 33', 60' Ghislain 34' De Kerpel 36' Kina 57' |
* Düsseldorfer HC, Düsseldorf Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Marcin Grochal (POL)
* 23 September 2020 18:00
| Germany | 1–1 | Belgium |
| Fuchs 24' | Report | Luypaert 49' |
| Penalties |||
| Rühr Hauke Grambusch Große | 1–0 | Wegnez Denayer Cosyns A. Van Doren De Sloover |
* Düsseldorfer HC, Düsseldorf Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Martin Madden (SCO)
* 27 October 2020 19:00
| Netherlands | 1–0 | Great Britain |
| Wortelboer 30' | Report | |
* Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Coen van Bunge (NED)
* 29 October 2020 19:00
| Netherlands | 3–1 | Great Britain |
| Van der Weerden 9' Hertzberger 47', 48' | Report | Roper 30' |
* Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Jonas van 't Hek (NED)
* 31 October 2020 16:30
| Belgium | 3–2 | Great Britain |
| Hendrickx 27' Boon 33' Dohmen 59' | Report | Roper 30' Waller 42' |
* Royal Uccle Sport, Brussels Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Coen van Bunge (NED)
* 1 November 2020 16:30
| Belgium | 2–1 | Great Britain |
| Dohmen 18' Hendrickx 30' | Report | Condon 10' |
* Royal Uccle Sport, Brussels Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Jonas van 't Hek (NED)
* 4 November 2020 18:00
| Belgium | 4–4 | Netherlands |
| Hendrickx 8', 51' Plennevaux 36' Van Aubel 50' | Report | Hertzberger 8' Brinkman 13' Janssen 37' Bakker 52' |
| Penalties |||
| Gougnard Van Aubel Cosyns | 3–1 | Croon Pruyser Hertzberger Van Ass |
* Royal Uccle Sport, Brussels Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Laurine Delforge (BEL)
* 5 February 2021 11:00
| Spain | 2–3 | Belgium |
| Alegre 15' Lleonart 44' | Report | Dockier 8', 51' Briels 14' |
* Estadio Betero, Valencia Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
* 6 February 2021 13:00
| Spain | 0–2 | Belgium |
| | Report | Gougnard 10' Hendrickx 18' |
* Estadio Betero, Valencia Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
* 6 March 2021 16:30
| Netherlands | 2–4 | Germany |
| Janssen 7' Hertzberger 58' | Report | Staib 18', 53' Kaufmann 25' Miltkau 39' |
* Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Coen van Bunge (NED)
* 7 March 2021 16:30
| Netherlands | 1–3 | Germany |
| Van Ass 38' | Report | Weigand 11', 51' Grambusch 59' |
* Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Jonas van 't Hek (NED)
* 3 April 2021 14:30
| Argentina | 2–3 | Germany |
| Tolini 12', 32' | Report | Rühr 8' Gill 29' Staib 56' |
* CeNARD, Buenos Aires Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
* 4 April 2021 14:30
| Argentina | 0–3 | Germany |
| | Report | Rühr 25' Zwicker 38' Staib 46' |
* CeNARD, Buenos Aires Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Diego Barbas (ARG)
* 10 April 2021 17:00
| Argentina | 2–2 | India |
| Ferreiro 28', 30' | Report | Harmanpreet 21', 60' |
| Penalties |||
| Keenan Martínez Vila Ferreiro Ortiz | 2–3 | Harmanpreet Lalit Rupinder Shamsher Dilpreet |
* CeNARD, Buenos Aires Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
* 11 April 2021 17:00
| Argentina | 0–3 | India |
| | Report | Harmanpreet 11' Lalit 25' Mandeep 58' |
* CeNARD, Buenos Aires Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Irene Presenqui (ARG)
* 12 May 2021 17:30
| Great Britain | 5–3 | Germany |
| Ansell 9' Creed 13' Roper 20' Griffiths 24' Martin 32' | Report | Röthlander 1' Prinz 20' Dösch 28' |
* Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Paul Walker (ENG)
* 13 May 2021 17:30
| Great Britain | 3–1 | Germany |
| Griffiths 24' Forsyth 29' Shipperley 54' | Report | Wellen 58' |
* Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Martin Madden (SCO)
* 22 May 2021 13:00
| Great Britain | 2–2 | Spain |
| Ansell 24' Shipperley 60' | Report | Iglesias 6' Basterra 9' |
| Penalties |||
| Ansell Dixon Forsyth Wallace | 1–3 | Miralles Alegre Lleonart |
* Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London Umpires: Hannah Harrison (ENG) Dan Barstow (ENG)
* 23 May 2021 12:00
| Great Britain | 2–0 | Spain |
| Shipperley 28', 41' | Report | |
* Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Hannah Harrison (ENG)
* 30 May 2021 16:30
| Belgium | 0–4 | Netherlands |
| | Report | Bovendeert 18' Pruyser 29' Van Ass 35' Brinkman 38' |
* Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Jonas van 't Hek (NED)
* 26 June 2021 12:30
| Australia | 7–3 | New Zealand |
| Ogilvie 11' Mitton 17' Hayward 20', 40' Govers 38' Whetton 52' Brand 56' | Report | Lane 21' Jenness 34' Wilson 41' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Peter Wright (RSA)
* 27 June 2021 12:30
| Australia | 2–0 | New Zealand |
| Ephraums 11' Govers 40' | Report | |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Adam Kearns (AUS)
| Great Britain | Cancelled | India |
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| Great Britain | Cancelled | India |
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| Great Britain | Cancelled | Argentina |
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| Spain | Cancelled | Australia |
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| Great Britain | Cancelled | Argentina |
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| Spain | Cancelled | Australia |
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| Spain | Cancelled | India |
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| Spain | Cancelled | India |
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| Netherlands | Cancelled | New Zealand |
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| Netherlands | Cancelled | New Zealand |
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| Germany | Cancelled | New Zealand |
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| Germany | Cancelled | New Zealand |
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| Germany | Cancelled | India |
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| Belgium | Cancelled | Argentina |
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| Germany | Cancelled | India |
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| Belgium | Cancelled | Argentina |
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| Netherlands | Cancelled | Australia |
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| Netherlands | Cancelled | Australia |
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| Germany | Cancelled | Australia |
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| India | Cancelled | New Zealand |
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| Germany | Cancelled | Australia |
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| India | Cancelled | New Zealand |
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## Goalscorers

There were 248 goals scored in 50 matches, for an average of 4.96 goals per match.
11 goals
* Alexander Hendrickx
10 goals
* Leandro Tolini
7 goals
* Jip Janssen
6 goals
* Jeroen Hertzberger
* Pau Quemada
5 goals
* Jeremy Hayward
* Trent Mitton
* Christopher Rühr
* Constantin Staib
* Rupert Shipperley
* Rupinder Pal Singh
4 goals
* Maico Casella
* Martín Ferreiro
* Lucas Martínez
* Blake Govers
* Tom Wickham
* Sébastien Dockier
* Liam Ansell
* Harmanpreet Singh
* Mandeep Singh
* Sam Lane
3 goals
* Lachlan Sharp
* Tom Boon
* Félix Denayer
* Nicolas De Kerpel
* Maxime Plennevaux
* Chris Griffiths
* Phil Roper
* Lalit Upadhyay
* Thierry Brinkman
* Mirco Pruyser
* Mink van der Weerden
* Kane Russell
* Álvaro Iglesias
* Josep Romeu
2 goals
* Lucas Vila
* Tim Brand
* Tom Craig
* Dylan Wotherspoon
* Aran Zalewski
* Gauthier Boccard
* Thomas Briels
* John-John Dohmen
* Marco Miltkau
* Justus Weigand
* Lukas Windfeder
* Adam Dixon
* Raj Kumar Pal
* Seve van Ass
* Billy Bakker
* Bjorn Kellerman
* Stephen Jenness
* George Muir
* David Alegre
* Albert Beltrán
* Marc Miralles
1 goal
* Agustín Mazzilli
* Ignacio Ortiz
* Nathan Ephraums
* Jacob Anderson
* Eddie Ockenden
* Flynn Ogilvie
* Joshua Simmonds
* Jack Welch
* Jake Whetton
* Florent Van Aubel
* Tanguy Cosyns
* William Ghislain
* Simon Gougnard
* Antoine Kina
* Loïck Luypaert
* Emmanuel Stockbroekx
* Paul Dösch
* Florian Fuchs
* Luis Gill
* Mats Grambusch
* Paul-Philipp Kaufmann
* Timur Oruz
* Thies Prinz
* Moritz Röthlander
* Niklas Wellen
* Martin Zwicker
* David Condon
* Brendan Creed
* Alan Forsyth
* Ashley Jackson
* Harry Martin
* Luke Taylor
* Zach Wallace
* Jack Waller
* Vivek Prasad
* Amit Rohidas
* Gurjant Singh
* Ramandeep Singh
* Roel Bovendeert
* Jonas de Geus
* Robbert Kemperman
* Floris Wortelboer
* Cory Bennett
* Steve Edwards
* Dominic Newman
* Jared Panchia
* Blair Tarrant
* Dylan Thomas
* Nick Wilson
* José Basterra
* Xavi Lleonart
* Roc Oliva
* Viçens Ruiz
* Ricardo Sánchez
Source: FIH