Nickname | The Kookaburras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Association | Hockey Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Confederation | OHF (Oceania) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Colin Batch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Robert Hammond Anthony Potter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manager | Melissa Gey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Captain | Eddie Ockenden Aran Zalewski | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Most caps | Eddie Ockenden (366) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top scorer | Jamie Dwyer (244) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FIH ranking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current | 2 1 (8 August 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest | 1 (2005, 2010–2011, 2014 – January 2017, December 2017 – July 2018, June 2019 – January 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lowest | 3 (2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 16 (first in 1956) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | 1st (2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 13 (first in 1971) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | 1st (1986, 2010, 2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oceania Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 11 (first in 1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | 1st (1999–2019) |
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 six straight Summer Olympic Games (1992–2012). The Kookaburras placed in the top four in every Olympics between 1980 and 2012; in 2016, the Kookaburras placed sixth.[2] 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,[3] finally broken in 2004 with the win in Athens. However, they failed to win Gold after that after losses in subsequent Olympics including a loss to Belgium in the Gold Medal Match of 2020 Tokyo Olympics - the Kookaburras instead won the silver medal.[4]
History
Australia's first men's team competed in an international match in 1922.[5]
The first major competition won by the national team was the 1983 World Championships held in Karachi.[6]
Participations
Australia's first men's team competed at the Olympics in field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[6]
Australia did not medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics[7] or the 1988 Summer Olympics.[8] At the 1992 Summer Olympics, Australia earned a silver medal, losing gold to Germany.[9] At the 1996 Summer Olympics, Australia finished third, earning a bronze medal.[10]
The team won their first Olympic gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Barry Dancer coached the side.[11]
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 records
Team
2020 Olympic squad
The squad was announced on 14 June 2021.[20]
Head coach: Colin Batch[21]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | MF | Lachlan Sharp | 2 July 1997 (aged 24) | 54 | 11 | NSW Pride |
2 | MF | Tom Craig | 3 September 1995 (aged 25) | 101 | 29 | NSW Pride |
5 | FW | Tom Wickham | 26 May 1990 (aged 31) | 59 | 27 | Perth Thundersticks |
6 | DF | Matt Dawson | 27 April 1994 (aged 27) | 146 | 12 | NSW Pride |
10 | MF | Joshua Beltz | 24 April 1995 (aged 26) | 46 | 3 | Tassie Tigers |
11 | DF | Eddie Ockenden (Co-captain) | 3 April 1987 (aged 34) | 372 | 71 | Tassie Tigers |
12 | MF | Jacob Whetton | 15 June 1991 (aged 30) | 209 | 65 | Brisbane Blaze |
13 | FW | Blake Govers | 6 July 1996 (aged 25) | 103 | 89 | NSW Pride |
14 | DF | Dylan Martin | 12 January 1998 (aged 23) | 6 | 0 | NSW Pride |
15 | DF | Joshua Simmonds | 4 October 1995 (aged 25) | 24 | 1 | HC Melbourne |
16 | DF | Tim Howard | 23 June 1996 (aged 25) | 66 | 1 | Brisbane Blaze |
17 | MF | Aran Zalewski (Co-captain) | 21 March 1991 (aged 30) | 193 | 25 | Perth Thundersticks |
22 | MF | Flynn Ogilvie | 17 September 1993 (aged 27) | 115 | 22 | NSW Pride |
23 | MF | Daniel Beale | 12 February 1993 (aged 28) | 183 | 28 | Brisbane Blaze |
25 | FW | Trent Mitton | 26 November 1990 (aged 30) | 177 | 82 | Perth Thundersticks |
29 | FW | Tim Brand | 29 November 1998 (aged 22) | 45 | 18 | NSW Pride |
30 | GK | Andrew Charter | 30 March 1987 (aged 34) | 185 | 0 | Canberra Chill |
32 | DF | Jeremy Hayward | 3 March 1993 (aged 28) | 162 | 70 | Tassie Tigers |
The remainder of the 2021 national squad is as follows:[22]
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Johan Durst | 18 March 1991 | 3 | 0 | HC Melbourne | v. India; 17 May 2019 |
DF | Corey Weyer | 28 March 1996 | 43 | 3 | Brisbane Blaze | v. Argentina; 7 March 2020 |
DF | Jake Harvie | 5 March 1998 | 72 | 3 | Perth Thundersticks | v. New Zealand; 30 May 2021 |
MF | Kurt Lovett | 15 January 1997 | 3 | 0 | NSW Pride | v. India; 22 February 2020 |
FW | Jack Welch | 26 October 1997 | 10 | 3 | Tassie Tigers | v. Argentina; 7 March 2020 |
Notable players
Results
2021 Fixtures & Results
2021 Statistics | |||||||||
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Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 23 | +31 | 37 |
Trans–Tasman Series
27 May 2021 Match 1 | New Zealand | 1–3 | Australia | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
17:30 | Findlay 54' | Report | Brand 37' Mitton 57' Wickham 60' |
Stadium: Massey University |
28 May 2021 Match 2 | New Zealand | 0–3 | Australia | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
17:30 | Report | Ephraums 12' Govers 18' Hayward 52' |
Stadium: Massey University |
30 May 2021 Match 3 | New Zealand | 2–4 | Australia | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
15:00 | Russell 20' MacIntyre 26' |
Report | Mitton 7' Hayward 8' Govers 20' Ephraums 36' |
Stadium: Massey University |
1 June 2021 Match 4 | New Zealand | 1–5 | Australia | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
19:30 | McAleese 28' | Report | Ephraums 3' Wickham 13', 54' Hayward 48' Anderson 53' |
Stadium: Massey University |
FIH Pro League
26 June 2021 Home 7 | Australia | 7–3 | New Zealand | Perth, Australia |
12:30 | Ogilvie 11' Mitton 17' Hayward 20', 40' Govers 38' Whetton 52' Brand 56' |
Report | Lane 21' Jenness 34' Wilson 41' |
Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium |
27 June 2021 Home 8 | Australia | 2–0 | New Zealand | Perth, Australia |
12:30 | Ephraums 11' Govers 40' |
Report | Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium |
XXXII Summer Olympics
24 July 2021 Pool Stage | Japan | 3–5 | Australia | Tokyo, Japan |
09:30 | K. Tanaka 22', 27' Kirishita 26' |
Report | Brand 11' Craig 14' Govers 31' Zalewski 38' Beale 50' |
Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium |
25 July 2021 Pool Stage | India | 1–7 | Australia | Tokyo, Japan |
18:30 | Dilpreet 34' | Report | Beale 10' Hayward 21' Ogilvie 23' Beltz 26' Govers 40', 42' Brand 51' |
Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium |
27 July 2021 Pool Stage | Argentina | 2–5 | Australia | Tokyo, Japan |
09:30 | Tolini 4' Casella 55' |
Report | Govers 15', 23' Wickham 21' Sharp 25' Hayward 39' |
Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium |
28 July 2021 Pool Stage | Australia | 4–2 | New Zealand | Tokyo, Japan |
21:15 | Brand 9', 50' Govers 55' Wickham 57' |
Report | Russell 13', 58' | Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium |
30 July 2021 Pool Stage | Australia | 1–1 | Spain | Tokyo, Japan |
10:00 | Wickham 18' | Report | Quemada 60' | Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium |
1 August 2021 Quarter-Finals | Australia | 2–2 (3–0 p) | Netherlands | Tokyo, Japan |
12:00 | Wickham 13', 38' | Report | Van der Weerden 32' Hertzberger 50' |
Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium |
Penalties | ||||
Govers Ogilvie Brand |
Hertzberger Kempermann De Geus |
3 August 2021 Semi-Finals | Australia | 3–1 | Germany | Tokyo, Japan |
19:00 | Brand 7' Govers 27' Sharp 59' |
Report | Windfeder 10' | Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium |
5 August 2021 Gold Medal Match | Australia | 1-1 (2–3 p) | Belgium | Tokyo, Japan |
19:00 | Report | Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium |
Goalscorers
2021 Goalscoring Table | ||||||||
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Pos. | Player | FG | PC | PS | Total | |||
1 | Blake Govers | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | |||
2 | Thomas Wickham | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
3 | Timothy Brand | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
Jeremy Hayward | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||
5 | Nathan Ephraums | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
6 | Trent Mitton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
7 | Daniel Beale | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Flynn Ogilvie | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Lachlan Sharp | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
10 | Jacob Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Joshua Beltz | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Thomas Craig | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Jacob Whetton | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Aran Zalewski | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Total | 30 | 19 | 2 | 51 |
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.[11][23]
Recognition
- 1981: Australian Sport Awards Team of the Year[24]
- 1987: Australian Sport Awards Team of the Year[24]
- 2004: Australian Sport Awards International Team of the Year[24]
- 2014: AIS Sport Performance Awards Team of the Year.[25]
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