Australia men's national field hockey team

Australia
Nickname	Kookaburras
Association	Hockey Australia
Confederation	OHF (Oceania)
Coach	Graham Reid
Assistant coach	Paul Gaudoin
Manager	Nathan Eglington
Captain	Mark Knowles
FIH ranking	1
First kit Second kit

Australia men's national field hockey team

Medal record
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens	Team
	1968 Mexico City	Team
	1976 Montreal	Team
	1992 Barcelona	Team
	1964 Tokyo	Team
	1996 Atlanta	Team
	2000 Sydney	Team
	2008 Beijing	Team
	2012 London	Team

Australia at the 2008 Olympics

Australia at the 2012 Olympics

The Australia men's national field hockey team (nicknamed the Kookaburras) is one of the nation's most successful top-level sporting teams. They are the only Australian team in any sport to receive medals at the last six Summer Olympic Games (1992–2012), and have placed in the top four in every Olympics since 1980. They also won the Hockey World Cup in 1986, 2010 and 2014.

The Kookaburras' inability to win an Olympic gold medal despite their perennial competitiveness, led many in the Australian hockey community to speak of a "curse" afflicting the team,^[1] finally broken in 2004 with the win in Athens.

History

Australia's first men's team competed in an international match in 1922.^[2]

The first major competition won by the national team was the 1983 World Championships held in Karachi.^[3]

Participations

Australia's first men's team competed at the Olympics in field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Australia did not medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics^[4] or the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[5] At the 1992 Summer Olympics, Australia earned a silver medal, losing gold to Germany.^[6] At the 1996 Summer Olympics, Australia finished third, earning a bronze medal.^[7]

The team won their first Olympic gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Barry Dancer coached the side.^[8]

Should Australia win the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics they will become the first national team in field hockey history to hold all four international titles available to them simultaneously. They would hold titles in the 2012 Olympics, 2010 World Cup, 2011 Champions Trophy and their continental championship (2011 Oceania Cup) at the same time. Along with those four titles Australia also holds the Commonwealth Games title from the 2010 championships.

Tournament History

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Australia

Summer Olympics Olympics Games record Year Round Position Pld W D L United Kingdom 1908 Did not participate Sweden 1912 Not Held Belgium 1920 Did not participate France 1924 Not Held Netherlands 1928 Did not participate United States 1932 Germany 1936 United Kingdom 1948 Finland 1952 Australia 1956 Playoff 5th 4 2 0 2 Italy 1960 Quarterfinals 6th 4 1 1 2 Japan 1964 Third place 3rd 8 5 0 3 Mexico 1968 Runner-up 2nd – – – – Germany 1972 Playoff 5th 9 5 2 2 Canada 1976 Runner-up 2nd 7 4 0 3 Soviet Union 1980 Did not participate United States 1984 Semifinals 4th – – – – Korea 1988 Semifinals 4th 7 5 0 2 Spain 1992 Runner-up 2nd 7 5 0 2 United States 1996 Third place 3rd – – – – Australia 2000 Third place 3rd 7 4 2 1 Greece 2004 Champions 1st 7 5 1 1 People's Republic of China 2008 Third place 3rd 7 4 2 1 United Kingdom 2012 Third place 3rd 7 4 2 1 Brazil 2016 Quarterfinals 6th 5 3 0 3 Total 1 Title 15/23 - - - -

World Cup World Cup record Year Round Position Pld W D L Spain 1971 Playoff 8th 6 1 1 4 Netherlands 1973 Did not participate Malaysia 1975 Playoff 5th – – – – Argentina 1978 Third place 3rd – – – – India 1982 Third place 3rd – – – – United Kingdom 1986 Champions 1st - - - - Pakistan 1990 Third place 3rd – – – – Australia 1994 Third place 3rd 7 5 0 2 Netherlands 1998 Semifinals 4th – – – – Malaysia 2002 Runner-up 2nd 9 8 0 1 Germany 2006 Runner-up 2nd 7 5 0 2 India 2010 Champions 1st 7 6 0 1 Netherlands 2014 Champions 1st 7 7 0 0 Total 3 Titles 12/13 - - - - FIH Hockey World League FIH World League record Year Round Position Pld W D L India 2012–13 Fourth place 4th 6 3 0 3 India 2014–15 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 Total – 2/2 12 8 0 4

Champions Trophy Champions Trophy record Year Round Position Pld W D L Pakistan 1978 Runner-up 2nd – – – – Pakistan 1980 Third place 3rd – – – – Pakistan 1981 Runner-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 Netherlands 1982 Runner-up 2nd – – – – Pakistan 1983 Champions 1st - - - - Pakistan 1984 Champions 1st - - - - Australia 1985 Champions 1st - - - - Pakistan 1986 Runner-up 2nd – – – – Netherlands 1987 Third place 3rd – – – – Pakistan 1988 Third place 3rd – – – – Germany 1989 Champions 1st - - - - Australia 1990 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 Germany 1991 Playoff 4th 5 2 1 2 Pakistan 1992 Runner-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 Malaysia 1993 Champions 1st 6 4 0 2 Pakistan 1994 Playoff 4th 6 3 0 3 Germany 1995 Runner-up 2nd 6 2 0 4 India 1996 Playoffs 6th 0 0 2 4 Australia 1997 Runner-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 Pakistan 1998 Third place 3rd 5 2 2 1 Australia 1999 Champions 1st 6 4 1 1 Netherlands 2000 Playoffs 5th 6 2 2 2 Netherlands 2001 Runner-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 Germany 2002 Playoffs 5th 6 1 0 5 Netherlands 2003 Runner-up 2nd 6 3 1 2 Pakistan 2004 Did not participate India 2005 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 Spain 2006 Playoffs 4th 6 2 1 4 Malaysia 2007 Runner-up 2nd 8 4 1 3 Netherlands 2008 Champions 1st 6 4 1 1 Australia 2009 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 Germany 2010 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 New Zealand 2011 Champions 1st 7 7 0 0 Australia 2012 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 India 2014 Third place 3rd 6 3 1 2 United Kingdom 2016 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 Total 14 Titles 35/36 - - - Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games record Year Round Position Pld W D L Malaysia 1998 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 England 2002 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 Australia 2006 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 India 2010 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 Scotland 2014 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 Australia 2018 Not Qualified Yet Total 5 Titles 5/5 26 25 0 1

Oceania Cup Oceania Cup record Year Round Position Pld W D L Australia 1999 Champions 1st 3 2 0 1 Australia 2001 Champions 1st 3 2 1 0 New Zealand 2003 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 Fiji 2005 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 Australia 2007 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 New Zealand 2009 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 Australia 2011 Champions 1st 3 1 1 1 New Zealand 2013 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 New Zealand 2015 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 Total 9 Titles 9/9 29 25 2 2 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Sultan Azlan Shah Cup record Year Round Position Pld W D L Malaysia 1983 Champions 1st Malaysia 1985 Did not participate Malaysia 1987 Did not participate Malaysia 1991 Did not participate Malaysia 1994 Third place 3rd Malaysia 1995 Did not participate Malaysia 1996 Champions 1st Malaysia 1998 Did not participate Malaysia 1999 Runners up 2nd Malaysia 2000 Did not participate Malaysia 2001 Third place 3rd Malaysia 2003 Did not participate Malaysia 2004 Champions 1st Malaysia 2005 Champions 1st Malaysia 2006 Runners up 2nd Malaysia 2007 Champions 1st Malaysia 2008 Did not participate Malaysia 2009 Did not participate Malaysia 2010 Third place 3rd Malaysia 2011 Champions 1st Malaysia 2012 Did not participate Malaysia 2013 Champions 1st Malaysia 2014 Champions 1st Malaysia 2015 Runners up 2nd Malaysia 2016 Champions 1st Total 9 Titles 15/25

Team

Current roster

The following is the Australia roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[9] Aran Zalewski replaced Tristan White after he tore his posterior cruciate ligament a month before the games.^[10]

Head coach: Graham Reid

1. Jamie Dwyer
3. Simon Orchard
4. Glenn Turner
5. Chris Ciriello
6. Matt Dawson
9. Mark Knowles (C)
11. Eddie Ockenden
12. Jake Whetton
13. Blake Govers
16. Matthew Gohdes
17. Aran Zalewski
19. Tim Deavin
20. Matthew Swann
23. Daniel Beale
30. Andrew Charter (GK)
31. Fergus Kavanagh

Reserves:

• Jeremy Hayward
• Tom Craig
• Tyler Lovell

Notable players

• Ric Charlesworth
• Jamie Dwyer

Family

Barry Dancer/Brent Dancer and Ric Charlesworth/Jonathan Charlesworth are two pairs of father as coach and son as player while both were affiliated with the national team in those positions.^[8][11]

Recognition

• 1981 - Australian Sport Awards Team of the Year ^[12]
• 1987 - Australian Sport Awards Team of the Year ^[12]
• 2004 - Australian Sport Awards International Team of the Year ^[12]
• 2014 - AIS Sport Performance Awards Team of the Year.^[13]

References

1. "Kookaburras ready to toss the monkey". Sydney Morning Herald. 26 August 2004. Archived from the original on 27 July 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
2. Epstein, Jackie (21 October 2009). "Dwyer breaks free of Holland binds – Australia always comes first". Herald Sun. Melbourne, Australia. p. 76. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
3. Department of Sport, Recreation and Tourism; Australian Sport Commission (1985). Australian Sport, a profile. Canberra, Australia: Australian Government Publish Service. pp. 177–178. ISBN 0644036672.
4. Dorling Kindersley Limited. (1999). The Olympic Games. St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Dorling Kindersley. p. 320. ISBN 1864660635. OCLC 57337092.
5. Dorling Kindersley Limited. (1999). The Olympic Games. St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Dorling Kindersley. p. 327. ISBN 1864660635. OCLC 57337092.
6. Dorling Kindersley Limited. (1999). The Olympic Games. St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Dorling Kindersley. p. 335. ISBN 1864660635. OCLC 57337092.
7. Dorling Kindersley Limited. (1999). The Olympic Games. St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Dorling Kindersley. p. 343. ISBN 1864660635. OCLC 57337092.
8. Petrie, Andrea (18 October 2009). "Sons a chip off the old stick – HOCKEY". The Sunday Age. Melbourne, Australia. p. 19. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
9. West, Lawrence (29 June 2016). "2016 Men's Olympic Hockey Team". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
10. MacNeil, Holly (14 July 2016). "Zalewski to replace injured White in Rio team".
11. Department of Sport, Recreation and Tourism; Australian Sport Commission (1985). Australian Sport, a profile. Canberra, Australia: Australian Government Publish Service. p. 116. ISBN 0644036672.
12. "Australian Sports Awards". Confederation of Australian Sport. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
13. "Rabbitohs, Fearnley, Fox win top ASPAS". Australian Sports Commission News, 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.

External links

• Official website
• FIH profile