# Hockey at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

The men's field hockey event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Gold Coast Hockey Centre from 5 to 14 April 2018. Australia won the gold medal after defeating New Zealand 2–0 in the final, continuing their dominance in the event with a sixth consecutive gold medal, having won the men's tournament every time it has been held.

## Umpires

Twelve umpires for the men's event were appointed by the International Hockey Federation.
* Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
* Tim Bond (NZL)
* Ben de Young (AUS)
* Jamie Hooper (WAL)
* Deepak Joshi (IND)
* Tyler Klenk (CAN)
* Eric Koh (MAS)
* Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
* Sean Rapaport (RSA)
* David Sweetman (SCO)
* Paul Walker (ENG)
* Deon Nel (RSA)

## Results

All times are local (UTC+10)

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 12 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | New Zealand | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 9 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Scotland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 | 5th–6th place match |
| 4 | Canada | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 | 7th–8th place match |
| 5 | South Africa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 3 | 9th–10th place match |
* 5 April 2018 (2018-04-05) 21:30 v
| South Africa | 2–4 | Scotland |
| Heyns 37' Drummond 43' | Report | Harwood 6' Bain 13', 46' Forsyth 14' |
* Umpires: Eric Koh (MAS) Jamie Hooper (GBR)
* 6 April 2018 (2018-04-06) 11:30 v
| New Zealand | 6–2 | Canada |
| Russell 28' Woods 31' Muir 41' Lett 42' Jenness 42' Inglis 60' | Report | Kirkpatrick 47' Johnston 58' |
* Umpires: Hong Zhen Lim (SGP) Paul Walker (GBR)
* 7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 11:30 v
| Canada | 1–0 | Scotland |
| Sarmento 11' | Report | |
* Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Paul Walker (ENG)
* 7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 16:30 v
| Australia | 4–0 | South Africa |
| Mitton 30', 39' Hayward 43' Kleinschmidt 50' | Report | |
* Umpires: Anbananthan Rawi (MAS) Tyler Klenk (CAN)
* 8 April 2018 (2018-04-08) 16:30 v
| New Zealand | 6–0 | South Africa |
| Russell 4', 25' J. Panchia 26' Woods 27' Muir 50' Ross 53' | Report | |
* Umpires: Jamie Hooper (WAL) Paul Walker (ENG)
* 8 April 2018 (2018-04-08) 21:30 v
| Australia | 6–1 | Scotland |
| Zalewski 2' Beale 2' Wickham 13' Wotherspoon 15' Ogilvie 20' Kleinschmidt 43' | Report | Harwood 23' |
* Umpires: Eric Koh (MAS) Anbananthan Rawi (MAS)
* 10 April 2018 (2018-04-10) 11:30 v
| New Zealand | 5–2 | Scotland |
| Russell 3', 30', 34' J. Panchia 4' Inglis 50' | Report | Forsyth 20', 53' |
* Umpires: Anbananthan Rawi (MAS) Deepak Joshi (IND)
* 10 April 2018 (2018-04-10) 16:30 v
| Australia | 4–0 | Canada |
| Wotherspoon 12', 14' Hayward 15' Mitton 54' | Report | |
* Umpires: David Sweetman (SCO) Tim Bond (NZL)
* 11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) 16:30 v
| Australia | 2–1 | New Zealand |
| Whetton 20' Mitton 57' | Report | Bennett 59' |
* Umpires: David Sweetman (SCO) Hong Zhen Lim (SGP)
* 11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) 21:30 v
| Canada | 0–2 | South Africa |
| | Report | Julius 31' Rosenberg 60' |
* Umpires: Jamie Hooper (WAL) Tim Bond (NZL)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | England | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 7 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Malaysia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | 5th–6th place match |
| 4 | Pakistan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 7th–8th place match |
| 5 | Wales | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 1 | 9th–10th place match |
* 5 April 2018 (2018-04-05) 19:30 v
| Pakistan | 1–1 | Wales |
| Ali 39' | Report | Shipperley 33' |
* Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) David Sweetman (GBR)
* 6 April 2018 (2018-04-06) 09:30 v
| England | 7–0 | Malaysia |
| Ward 14', 20' Goodfield 21' Gleghorne 27', 53' Martin 49' Roper 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Ben de Young (AUS)
* 7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 09:30 v
| Malaysia | 3–0 | Wales |
| Fitri 19' van Huizen 36' Faizal 55' | Report | |
* Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Sean Rapaport (RSA)
* 7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 14:30 v
| India | 2–2 | Pakistan |
| D. Singh 13' H. Singh 20' | Report | Md. Irfan Jr 39' Ali 60' |
* Umpires: Lim Hong Zhen (SGP) David Sweetman (SCO)
* 8 April 2018 (2018-04-08) 14:30 v
| England | 2–2 | Pakistan |
| Gleghorne 34' Ward 51' | Report | Md. Arslan 33' Ali 57' |
* Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Sam Rapaport (RSA)
* 8 April 2018 (2018-04-08) 19:30 v
| India | 4–3 | Wales |
| D. Singh 16' Mand. Singh 28' H. Singh 57' Sunil 59' | Report | Furlong 17', 45', 58' |
* Umpires: David Sweetman (SCO) Tyler Klenk (CAN)
* 10 April 2018 (2018-04-10) 09:30 v
| India | 2–1 | Malaysia |
| H. Singh 3', 44' | Report | Saari 16' |
* Umpires: Lim Hong Zhen (SGP) Tyler Klenk (CAN)
* 10 April 2018 (2018-04-10) 14:30 v
| England | 3–2 | Wales |
| Ward 38', 49', 57' | Report | Hawker 26' Francis 30+' |
* Umpires: Eric Koh (MAS) Ben de Young (AUS)
* 11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) 14:30 v
| Malaysia | 1–1 | Pakistan |
| Ramadan 39' | Report | Shafqat 9' |
* Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Tyler Klenk (CAN)
* 11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) 19:30 v
| India | 4–3 | England |
| Manp. Singh 33' R.P. Singh 51' Kumar 59' Mand. Singh 60' | Report | Condon 17' Ansell 52' Ward 56' |
* Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

## Classification matches
### Ninth and tenth place

* 13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) 08:30 v
| South Africa | 2–3 | Wales |
| Crowe 19' Cassiem 46' | Report | Furlong 27' Carson 27', 59' |
* Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

### Seventh and eighth place

* 13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) 10:45 v
| Canada | 1–3 | Pakistan |
| Kirkpatrick 12' | Report | Md. Arslan 34' Ali 40' Md. Irfan Jr. 57' |
* Umpires: Eric Koh (MAS) Tim Bond (NZ)

### Fifth and sixth place

* 13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) 16:15 v
| Scotland | 1–2 | Malaysia |
| Forsyth 11' | Report | Shahril 21' Amirol 39' |
* Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Paul Walker (ENG)

## Medal round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold-medal match | Gold-medal match |
| 13 April 2018 | 13 April 2018 |
| Australia | 2 |
| Australia | 2 | 14 April 2018 | 14 April 2018 |
| England | 1 | 14 April 2018 | 14 April 2018 |
| England | 1 | Australia | 2 |
| 13 April 2018 | 13 April 2018 | | Australia | 2 |
| 13 April 2018 | 13 April 2018 | New Zealand | 0 |
| New Zealand | 3 | New Zealand | 0 |
| India | 2 | | |
| India | 2 | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match |
| | | 14 April 2018 | 14 April 2018 |
| | | England | 2 |
| | | India | 1 |

### Semi-finals

* 13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) 19:30 v
| Australia | 2–1 | England |
| Mitton 1', 49' | Report | Sloan 37' |
* Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) David Sweetman (SCO)
* 13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) 21:45 v
| India | 2–3 | New Zealand |
| H. Singh 30', 56' | Report | Inglis 7' Jenness 13' Child 40' |
* Umpires: Lim Hong Zhen (SGP) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

### Bronze-medal match

* 14 April 2018 (2018-04-14) 19:00 v
| England | 2–1 | India |
| Ward 7', 43' | Report | Kumar 27' |
* Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) David Sweetman (SCO)

### Gold-medal match

* 14 April 2018 (2018-04-14) 21:15 v
| Australia | 2–0 | New Zealand |
| Kleinschmidt 21' Dawson 28' | Report | |
* Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)

## Statistics
### Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Australia (H) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 18 | Gold Medal |
| | New Zealand | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 12 | Silver Medal |
| | England | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 10 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | India | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 10 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Malaysia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 7 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Scotland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Pakistan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 7 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | Canada | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 9 | Wales | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |

### Goalscorers

There were 117 goals scored in 27 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.
9 goals
* Samuel Ward
6 goals
* Trent Mitton
* Harmanpreet Singh
* Kane Russell
4 goals
* Ali Mubashar
* Alan Forsyth
* Gareth Furlong
3 goals
* Aaron Kleinschmidt
* Dylan Wotherspoon
* Mark Gleghorne
* Hugo Inglis
2 goals
* Jeremy Hayward
* James Kirkpatrick
* Varun Kumar
* Dilpreet Singh
* Mandeep Singh
* Faizal Saari
* Stephen Jenness
* George Muir
* Jared Panchia
* Nic Woods
* Mohammad Irfan Jr.
* Arslan Qadir
* Kenneth Bain
* Robert Harwood
* Tom Carson
1 goal
* Daniel Beale
* Matthew Dawson
* Flynn Ogilvie
* Jacob Whetton
* Tom Wickham
* Aran Zalewski
* Gordon Johnston
* Matthew Sarmento
* Liam Ansell
* David Condon
* David Goodfield
* Harry Martin
* Phil Roper
* Iain Sloan
* Manpreet Singh
* Rupinder Pal Singh
* S.V. Sunil
* Amirol Arshad
* Ramadan Rosli
* Shahril Saabah
* Fitri Saari
* Joel van Huizen
* Cory Bennett
* Marcus Child
* Dane Lett
* Nick Ross
* Shafqat Rasool
* Dayaan Cassiem
* Ryan Crowe
* Timothy Drummond
* Gareth Heyns
* Ryan Julius
* Reza Rosenberg
* Benjamin Francis
* Luke Hawker
* Rupert Shipperley
Source: FIH