# Canada men's national field hockey team

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 | Host | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 1908 to 1960 | 1908 to 1960 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1964 | Tokyo, Japan | 13th | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 25 | Squad |
| 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1972 | Munich, Germany | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1976 | Montreal, Canada | 10th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | Squad |
| 1980 | Moscow, Soviet Union | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1984 | Los Angeles, United States | 10th | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 20 | Squad |
| 1988 | Seoul, South Korea | 11th | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | Squad |
| 1992 | Barcelona, Spain | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1996 | Atlanta, United States | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2000 | Sydney, Australia | 10th | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | Squad |
| 2004 | Athens, Greece | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2008 | Beijing, China | 10th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 20 | Squad |
| 2012 | London, Great Britain | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 11th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 22 | Squad |
| 2020 | Tokyo, Japan | 12th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 27 | Squad |
| 2024 | Paris, France | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2028 | Los Angeles, United States | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| 2032 | Brisbane, Australia | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| Total | Total | 10th place | 50 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 61 | 159 | |

### World Cup

FIH World Cup record :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 1971 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1973 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1975 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1978 | 11th place game | 11th | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | Squad |
| 1982 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1998 | 7th place game | 8th | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | Squad |
| 2002 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2006 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2010 | 11th place game | 11th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 30 | Squad |
| 2014 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2018 | Cross-over | 11th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | Squad |
| 2023 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| Total | Best: 8th | 6/15 | 39 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 55 | 107 | |

### Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record :
| Year | Host | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 1998 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 7th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | Squad |
| 2002 | Manchester, England | 6th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | Squad |
| 2006 | Melbourne, Australia | 9th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | Squad |
| 2010 | Delhi, India | 7th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | Squad |
| 2014 | Glasgow, Scotland | 6th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 16 | Squad |
| 2018 | Gold Coast, Australia | 8th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | Squad |
| 2022 | Birmingham, England | 8th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 29 | Squad |
| Total | Total | 7/7 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 50 | 104 | |

### Hockey Nations Cup

FIH Hockey Nations Cup :
| Year | Round |
| 2022 | 8th |
| 2023–24 | 5th |

### 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 |
| 2024 | 6th |
| Best result: 4th place ||

### Defunct competitions
## Team
### Current squad

The following 18 players were named on 4 November 2022 for the 2022 FIH Hockey Nations Cup in Potchefstroom, South Africa from 28 November to 4 December 2022.
Caps updated as of 4 December 2022, after the match against Pakistan.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
| 28 | GK | Tristan Burgoyne | (1994-04-28) 28 April 1994 (age 30) | 9 | |
| 32 | GK | Zachary Coombs | (2001-04-24) 24 April 2001 (age 23) | 7 | West Vancouver |
| 4 | DF | Roopkanwar Dhillon | (2001-10-05) 5 October 2001 (age 23) | 10 | |
| 14 | DF | Manveer Jhamat | (2001-11-14) 14 November 2001 (age 23) | 10 | |
| 16 | DF | Gordon Johnston | (1993-01-30) 30 January 1993 (age 31) | 198 | |
| 26 | DF | Sam Cabral | (1999-02-23) 23 February 1999 (age 25) | 17 | UBC Thunderbirds |
| 29 | DF | Taylor Curran | (1992-05-19) 19 May 1992 (age 32) | 204 | West Vancouver |
| 33 | DF | Thomson Harris | (1998-08-15) 15 August 1998 (age 26) | 5 | |
| 5 | MF | Devohn Noronha-Teixeira | (1989-02-09) 9 February 1989 (age 35) | 113 | |
| 8 | MF | Oliver Scholfield | (1993-09-11) 11 September 1993 (age 31) | 95 | |
| 17 | MF | Brenden Bissett | (1993-01-28) 28 January 1993 (age 31) | 156 | |
| 23 | MF | Chris Tardif | (2000-08-03) 3 August 2000 (age 24) | 12 | Vancouver Hawks |
| 25 | MF | Harbir Sidhu | (1997-08-14) 14 August 1997 (age 27) | 17 | India Club |
| 2 | FW | Matthew Barnett | (1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 (age 25) | 12 | |
| 9 | FW | Gurpreet Singh | (1994-11-30) 30 November 1994 (age 30) | 10 | |
| 13 | FW | Brendan Guraliuk | (2000-05-14) 14 May 2000 (age 24) | 31 | |
| 15 | FW | Sean Davis | (2000-07-15) 15 July 2000 (age 24) | 5 | |
| 21 | FW | Matthew Sarmento | (1991-06-23) 23 June 1991 (age 33) | 144 | Vancouver Hawks |

### Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club | Latest call-up |
| GK | Ethan McTavish | (2000-05-01) 1 May 2000 (age 24) | 4 | West Vancouver | 2022 Commonwealth Games |
| GK | Antoni Kindler | (1988-05-16) 16 May 1988 (age 36) | 112 | | 2022 Pan American Cup |
| DF | John Smythe | (1989-08-31) 31 August 1989 (age 35) | 134 | | 2022 Commonwealth Games |
| DF | Balraj Panesar | (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 28) | 85 | East Grinstead | 2022 Commonwealth Games |
| DF | Alexander Bird | (2003-05-13) 13 May 2003 (age 21) | 5 | | 2022 Commonwealth Games |
| DF | James Kirkpatrick | (1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 (age 33) | 114 | West Vancouver | 2022 Pan American Cup |
| MF | Keegan Pereira | (1991-09-08) 8 September 1991 (age 33) | 200 | | 2022 Commonwealth Games |
| MF | Floris van Son | (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 32) | 52 | Hurley | 2022 Commonwealth Games |
| MF | Sukhi Panesar | (1993-12-26) 26 December 1993 (age 31) | 164 | | 2022 Pan American Cup |
| FW | Fin Boothroyd | (1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 25) | 41 | East Grinstead | 2022 Commonwealth Games |
| FW | Gavin Bains | (1998-10-18) 18 October 1998 (age 26) | 6 | India Club | 2022 Commonwealth Games |
| FW | Iain Smythe | (1985-06-02) 2 June 1985 (age 39) | 205 | | 2022 Pan American Cup |

### Famous players

* Patrick Burrows
* David Bissett
* Alan Brahmst
* Pat Caruso
* Paul Chohan
* Ken Goodwin
* Ravi Kahlon
* Ken Pereira
* Reg Plummer
* Trevor Porritt
* Ross Rutledge
* Nick Sandhu
* Lee Wright