# 2022 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup

The 2022 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup was the first edition of the Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup, the annual qualification tournament for the Men's FIH Pro League organised by the International Hockey Federation. The tournament was held at the NWU Astro in Potchefstroom, South Africa from 28 November to 4 December 2022.
South Africa beat Ireland in the final and as the winners were promoted to the 2023–24 Men's FIH Pro League.

## Teams

The eight highest ranked teams not participating in the Men's FIH Pro League participated in the tournament:
* Canada
* France
* Ireland
* Japan
* South Korea
* Malaysia
* Pakistan
* South Africa

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ireland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | South Africa (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | France | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 1 | |
| 4 | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 1 | |
* 28 November 2022 11:00
| France | 1–2 | Ireland |
| Charlet 26' | Report | Duncan 22' O'Donoghue 45' |
* Umpires: Gabriel Labate (ARG) Zeke Newman (AUS)
* 28 November 2022 15:00
| South Africa | 6–2 | Pakistan |
| Dlungwana 9' M. Cassiem 26' Mvimbi 28' Kok 41' D. Cassiem 46' Horne 57' | Report | Khan 14' Liaqat 51' |
* Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)
* 29 November 2022 11:00
| Ireland | 3–1 | Pakistan |
| Empey 18' Walker 32' O'Donoghue 50' | Report | Shahid 17' |
* Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)
* 29 November 2022 15:00
| South Africa | 2–1 | France |
| Kok 13' Horne 47' | Report | Sellier 12' |
* Umpires: Benjamin Peters (USA) Bevan Nichol (NZL)
* 1 December 2022 11:00
| France | 3–3 | Pakistan |
| Van Straaten 12' Jouin 36' Charlet 58' | Report | Rana 9' Hakeem 28' Ahmad 60' |
* Umpires: Gabriel Labate (ARG) Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)
* 1 December 2022 15:00
| Ireland | 1–0 | South Africa |
| O'Donoghue 8' | Report | |
* Umpires: Aziz Adimah (GHA) Benjamin Peters (USA)

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Malaysia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 0 | |
* 28 November 2022 09:00
| Canada | 0–3 | Japan |
| | Report | Nagayoshi 23', 35' Takade 29' |
* Umpires: Aziz Adimah (GHA) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)
* 28 November 2022 13:00
| Malaysia | 0–1 | South Korea |
| | Report | Jang 5' |
* Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
* 29 November 2022 09:00
| South Korea | 3–1 | Japan |
| Jang 15', 45' Kim S. 18' | Report | Niwa 29' |
* Umpires: Gabriel Labate (ARG) Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)
* 29 November 2022 13:00
| Canada | 2–3 | Malaysia |
| Davis 19' Johnston 40' | Report | Ashari 33' Azrai 50', 57' |
* Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Tim Meissner (GER)
* 1 December 2022 09:00
| South Korea | 6–2 | Canada |
| Jang 27', 35' Jeon 38' Lee J. 48' Kim H. 52' Seo 57' | Report | Johnston 17', 59' |
* Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)
* 1 December 2022 13:00
| Malaysia | 5–1 | Japan |
| Hassan 2', 39' Aminudin 23' Saari 34' Hamsani 40' | Report | Kawabe 5' |
* Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Zeke Newman (AUS)

## Classification round
### Bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 3 December | 3 December |
| France | 7 |
| France | 7 | 4 December | 4 December |
| Canada | 1 | 4 December | 4 December |
| Canada | 1 | France (p.s.o.) | 2 (4) |
| 3 December | 3 December | | France (p.s.o.) | 2 (4) |
| 3 December | 3 December | Japan | 2 (2) |
| Japan | 3 | Japan | 2 (2) |
| Pakistan | 1 | | |
| Pakistan | 1 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 4 December | 4 December |
| | | Canada | 4 |
| | | Pakistan | 5 |

### 5–8th place semifinals

* 3 December 2022 09:00
| France | 7–1 | Canada |
| Charlet 15', 27' Rogeau 30', 32', 43' Jouin 37' Delemazure 55' | Report | Sarmento 47' |
* Umpires: Aziz Adimah (GHA) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
* 3 December 2022 11:15
| Japan | 3–1 | Pakistan |
| Nagayoshi 27' Kawabe 47' Fukuda 54' | Report | Rooman 48' |
* Umpires: Benjamin Peters (USA) Bevan Nichol (NZL)

### Seventh and eighth place

* 4 December 2022 08:30
| Canada | 4–5 | Pakistan |
| Davis 10' Scholfield 29' Johnston 48' Tardif 53' | Report | Ahmad 3' Murtaza 7' Shahid 46' Rana 54' Bashir 58' |
* Umpires: Aziz Adimah (GHA) Ayden Shrives (RSA)

### Fifth and sixth place

* 4 December 2022 10:45
| France | 2–2 | Japan |
| Charlet 7' T. Clément 15' | Report | Fukuda 31' Nagayoshi 46' |
| Penalties |||
| T. Clément Jouin Tynevez Baumgarten | 4–2 | Yamasaki Niwa Fukuda S. Tanaka |
* Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Benjamin Peters (USA)

## Final round
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 3 December | 3 December |
| Ireland | 3 |
| Ireland | 3 | 4 December | 4 December |
| Malaysia | 0 | 4 December | 4 December |
| Malaysia | 0 | Ireland | 3 |
| 3 December | 3 December | | Ireland | 3 |
| 3 December | 3 December | South Africa | 4 |
| South Korea | 1 (2) | South Africa | 4 |
| South Africa (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | | |
| South Africa (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 4 December | 4 December |
| | | Malaysia | 0 |
| | | South Korea | 4 |

### Semi-finals

* 3 December 2022 13:30
| Ireland | 3–0 | Malaysia |
| Walker 41' Duncan 43', 52' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Tim Meissner (GER)
* 3 December 2022 15:45
| South Korea | 1–1 | South Africa |
| Jang 52' | Report | Kok 31' |
| Penalties |||
| Lee J. Hwang Ji Lee H. Jung | 2–3 | D. Cassiem Sherwood Julius Dlungwana M. Cassiem |
* Umpires: Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS) Zeke Newman (AUS)

### Third and fourth place

* 4 December 2022 13:00
| Malaysia | 0–4 | South Korea |
| | Report | Seo 22' Lee N. 26' Hwang 39' Jang 59' |
* Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Bevan Nichol (NZL)

### Final

* 4 December 2022 15:15
| Ireland | 3–4 | South Africa |
| O'Donoghue 19', 36' McKee 45' | Report | D. Cassiem 4', 29' Kok 31' M. Cassiem 49' |
* Umpires: Gabriel Labate (ARG) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)

## Goalscorers

There were 93 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.65 goals per match.
7 goals
* Jang Jong-hyun
5 goals
* Victor Charlet
* Shane O'Donoghue
4 goals
* Gordon Johnston
* Ken Nagayoshi
* Tevin Kok
3 goals
* Blaise Rogeau
* Jeremy Duncan
* Dayaan Cassiem
2 goals
* Sean Davis
* Noé Jouin
* Benjamin Walker
* Kentaro Fukuda
* Kosei Kawabe
* Abu Kamal Azrai
* Najib Hassan
* Arbaz Ahmad
* Abdul Rana
* Rooman Khan
* Hannan Shahid
* Mustapha Cassiem
* Keenan Horne
* Seo In-woo
1 goal
* Matthew Sarmento
* Oliver Scholfield
* Christopher Tardif
* Timothée Clément
* Brieuc Delemazure
* Corentin Sellier
* Pieter van Straaten
* Conor Empey
* John McKee
* Takuma Niwa
* Taiki Takade
* Firhan Ashari
* Ashran Hamsani
* Muhamad Aminudin
* Faizal Saari
* Afraz Hakeem
* Usama Bashir
* Arshad Liaqat
* Muhammad Murtaza
* Tyson Dlungwana
* Samkelo Mvimbi
* Hwang Tae-il
* Jeon Byung-jin
* Kim Hyeon-hong
* Kim Sung-hyun
* Lee Jung-jun
* Lee Nam-yong
Source: FIH

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | South Africa |
| | Ireland |
| | South Korea |
| 4 | Malaysia |
| 5 | France |
| 6 | Japan |
| 7 | Pakistan |
| 8 | Canada |
* Qualified for the 2023–24 Men's FIH Pro League

## Awards

The awards were announced on 4 December 2022.
| Award | Player |
| Player of the tournament | Dayaan Cassiem |
| Goalkeeper of the tournament | Kim Jae-hyeon |
| Young player of the tournament | Corentin Sellier |