# Hockey at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

The second edition of the Men's Hockey Tournament at the Commonwealth Games took place during the 2002 Commonwealth Games at the Belle Vue Hockey Centre in Manchester, England. The event started on Saturday July 27 and ended on Sunday August 4, 2002.

## Participating nations

| Pool 1 | Pool 2 |
| Australia  Barbados  New Zealand  South Africa | Canada  England  Pakistan  Wales |

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | +27 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Barbados | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 43 | −41 | 0 | |
* 27 July 2002 09:00
| Australia | 6–1 | New Zealand |
| Smith 21' Victory 33', 62' Elder 47', 59' Livermore 66' | Report | Shaw 20' |
* Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
* 27 July 2002 11:00
| South Africa | 10–1 | Barbados |
| King 3' E. Smith 8' Cullen 19', 50' Nicol 20', 34', 62' Fulton 25' Abrahams 41' Jackson 66' | Report | Murray 42' |
* Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
* 28 July 2002 13:00
| South Africa | 1–4 | Australia |
| King 63' | Report | Smith 21' Dwyer 41' Victory 43' Taylor 45' |
* Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
* 28 July 2002 15:00
| New Zealand | 13–0 | Barbados |
| Shaw 5', 13', 35+' Archibald 13', 37', 39', 40' Smith 20' Burrows 28' Parag 33' Patel 43' Kosoof 51' McIndoe 62' | Report | |
* Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
* 30 July 2002 16:00
| Australia | 20–1 | Barbados |
| Taylor 2' Victory 14', 42', 52', 65' McCann 17', 34', 37', 38' Webster 21' Elder 25', 27', 60' Dwyer 26', 32', 65' Smith 44', 68' Hopkins 49' Livermore 60' | Report | Bailey 51' |
* Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
* 30 July 2002 18:00
| New Zealand | 5–2 | South Africa |
| Shaw 15', 42', 54', 67' Towns 24' | Report | Nicol 35' E. Smith 60' |
* Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Wales | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 | |
* 27 July 2002 13:00
| Canada | 1–1 | Wales |
| Fernandes 58' | Report | Organ 50' |
* Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
* 27 July 2002 15:30
| England | 0–3 | Pakistan |
| | Report | Abbas 16', 20', 38' |
* Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
* 28 July 2002 17:30
| Canada | 1–2 | England |
| Short 46' | Report | Wyatt 42' Mathews 68' |
* Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
* 28 July 2002 19:30
| Pakistan | 3–0 | Wales |
| Ashraf 12', 41' Nadeem 37' | Report | |
* Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
* 30 July 2002 11:00
| Pakistan | 2–0 | Canada |
| Saqlain 21' Abbas 62' | Report | |
* Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
* 30 July 2002 13:00
| England | 5–0 | Wales |
| Mathews 9' Pearn 17' Parnham 43', 49' Wyatt 69' | Report | |
* Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

### Classification round
#### Seventh and eighth place

* 2 August 2002 10:00
| Barbados | 0–7 | Wales |
| | Report | Organ 6', 29', 58' Hoskin 38' Westerman 38', 42' Edwards 70' |
* Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

#### First to sixth place classification

| Crossovers | Crossovers | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| | | 2 August 2002 | 2 August 2002 | | |
| | | Australia | 3 | |
| 31 July 2002 | 31 July 2002 | | Australia | 3 | |
| 31 July 2002 | 31 July 2002 | South Africa | 1 | |
| England | 0 | South Africa | 1 | |
| England | 0 | | | | 4 August 2002 | 4 August 2002 |
| South Africa | 1 | | | | 4 August 2002 | 4 August 2002 |
| South Africa | 1 | | | | Australia | 5 |
| | | | | | New Zealand | 2 |
| | | 2 August 2002 | 2 August 2002 | | | |
| | | Pakistan | 1 | | | |
| 31 July 2002 | 31 July 2002 | | Pakistan | 1 | | |
| 31 July 2002 | 31 July 2002 | New Zealand | 7 | | Third Place | Third Place |
| New Zealand | 3 | New Zealand | 7 | | Third Place | Third Place |
| New Zealand | 3 | | | | 4 August 2002 | 4 August 2002 |
| Canada | 2 | | | | 4 August 2002 | 4 August 2002 |
| Canada | 2 | | | | Pakistan | 10 |
| | | | | | South Africa | 2 |

##### Quarter-finals

* 31 July 2002 16:00
| England | 0–1 | South Africa |
| | Report | E. Smith 29' |
* Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
* 31 July 2002 18:30
| New Zealand | 3–2 | Canada |
| Shaw 12', 39', 65' | Report | Fernandes 6' Kahlon 30' |
* Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 2 August 2002 12:30
| England | 6–3 | Canada |
| Hall 10', 25', 62', 64' Waugh 54' Pearn 61' | Report | Pereira 2', 46' Fernandes 59' |
* Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

##### Semi-finals

* 2 August 2002 16:00
| Pakistan | 1–7 | New Zealand |
| Nadeem 44' | Report | Parag 1' Hari 3' Hopping 21' Burrows 46', 63', 68' Shaw 60' |
* Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
* 2 August 2002 18:30
| Australia | 3–1 | South Africa |
| Smith 12' George 46' McCann 68' | Report | King 31' |
* Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

##### Third and fourth place

* 4 August 2002 13:00
| Pakistan | 10–2 | South Africa |
| Abbas 11', 33', 34', 42', 48' Nadeem 14' Khan 53' Jawad 59' Ali 60' Shabbir 68' | Report | Clark 25' E. Smith 28' |
* Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

##### Final

* 4 August 2002 15:30
| Australia | 5–2 | New Zealand |
| Elder 20' Dwyer 25', 32', 50' Victory 27' | Report | Burrows 44' Shaw 57' |
* Stadium: Belle Vue Hockey Stadium

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 6 | +32 | 15 | Gold Medal |
| | New Zealand | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 12 | Silver Medal |
| | Pakistan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 12 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | South Africa | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 6 | Fourth place |
| 5 | England | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 9 | Eliminated in crossovers |
| 6 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 1 | Eliminated in crossovers |
| 7 | Wales | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | Barbados | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 50 | −48 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |

### Goalscorers

There were 135 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.75 goals per match.
13 goals
* Hayden Shaw
9 goals
* Sohail Abbas
8 goals
* Craig Victory
7 goals
* Jamie Dwyer
6 goals
* Troy Elder
5 goals
* Michael McCann
* Matthew Smith
* Phil Burrows
4 goals
* Daniel Hall
* Ryan Archibald
* Gregory Nicol
* Emile Smith
* Simon Organ
3 goals
* Wayne Fernandes
* Muhammad Nadeem
* Justin King
2 goals
* Brent Livermore
* Benjamin Taylor
* Kenneth Pereira
* David Mathews
* Craig Parnham
* Mark Pearn
* Jonathan Wyatt
* Umesh Parag
* Kamran Ashraf
* Michael Cullen
* James Westerman
1 goal
* Bevan George
* Aaron Hopkins
* Scott Webster
* Roger Bailey
* Mark Murray
* Ravi Kahlon
* Robert Short
* William Waugh
* Bevan Hari
* Blair Hopping
* David Kosoof
* Wayne McIndoe
* Mitesh Patel
* Darren Smith
* Simon Towns
* Ghazanfar Ali
* Kashif Jawad
* Mudassar Ali Khan
* Muhammad Saqlain
* Muhammad Shabbir
* Clyde Abrahams
* Gregg Clark
* Craig Fulton
* Craig Jackson
* Paul Edwards
* Mark Hoskin

## Awards

* 2002 Men's Hockey Commonwealth Games winners
* Australia Second title
* Top Goalscorer
* Shaw