2023–24 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup

2023–24 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPoland
CityGniezno
Dates31 May – 9 June 2024
Teams9 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (1st title)
Runner-up France
Third place South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored118 (4.92 per match)
Top scorer(s) Victor Charlet
Faizal Saari (7 goals)
Best player Nic Woods
Best young player Hannan Shahid
Best goalkeeper Arthur Thieffry
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The 2023–24 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup was the second 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 from 31 May to 9 June 2024 at Gniezno, Poland.[1]

New Zealand won the tournament and were promoted to the 2024–25 Men's FIH Pro League.[2] The New Zealand withdrew, 2 October 2024, and were replaced by Ireland.[3][4]

Teams

The nine highest ranked teams not participating in the Men's FIH Pro League participated in the tournament. The Polish team had not qualified for this FIH Hockey Nations Cup, so the tournament was exceptionally be played with nine teams:[1]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).[1]

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 4 4 0 0 13 5 +8 12 Semi-finals
2  South Africa 4 2 0 2 8 7 +1 6
3  Austria 4 2 0 2 7 12 −5 6
4  South Korea 4 1 0 3 7 8 −1 3
5  Poland (H) 4 1 0 3 5 8 −3 3
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[5]
(H) Hosts
31 May 2024
16:30
South Africa  3–4  Austria
Ntuli  4'
Guise-Brown  6', 33' 		Report Kaiser  7'
Losonci  20'
Scholz  26', 32'
Umpires:
Paul van den Assum (NED)
Michael Dutrieux (BEL)
31 May 2024
19:00
New Zealand  4–2  Poland
Read  9'
Smith  16'
Elmes  38'
Child  53' 		Report Jarzembowski  23'
Koperski  33'
Umpires:
Titus Ngolia (KEN)
Benjamin Peters (USA)
1 June 2024
16:30
New Zealand  3–0  Austria
Elmes  7', 40'
Morrison  41' 		Report
Umpires:
Haroon Rashid (PAK)
Federico Silva (ARG)
1 June 2024
19:00
South Korea  0–1  Poland
Report Głowacki  24'
Umpires:
Federico Silva (ARG)
Paul van den Assum (NED)
3 June 2024
16:30
South Korea  5–1  Austria
Kim Sung-y.  11'
Park C.  22'
Oh S.  41'
Rim  49'
Kong  50' 		Report Frey  55'
Umpires:
Titus Ngolia (KEN)
Federico Silva (ARG)
3 June 2024
19:00
South Africa  1–2  New Zealand
Guise-Brown  34' Report Inglis  11'
Boyde  32'
Umpires:
Harry Collinson (ENG)
Munashe Mashoko (ZIM)
4 June 2024
15:30
New Zealand  4–2  South Korea
Boyde  5'
Russell  23'
Smith  31'
Houlbrooke  46' 		Report Park C.  26', 52'
Umpires:
Michael Dutrieux (BEL)
Haroon Rashid (PAK)
4 June 2024
18:00
Poland  1–2  South Africa
Jarzembowski  46' Report Ntuli  17'
Sherwood  55'
Umpires:
Paul van den Assum (NED)
Benjamin Peters (USA)
6 June 2024
15:30
South Africa  2–0  South Korea
Horne  38'
Julius  41' 		Report
Umpires:
Federico Silva (ARG)
Michael Dutrieux (BEL)
6 June 2024
18:00
Austria  2–1  Poland
Losonci  31'
Scholz  35' 		Report Hołosyniuk  20'
Umpires:
Haroon Rashid (PAK)
Harry Collinson (ENG)

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 3 0 0 13 6 +7 9 Semi-finals
2  Pakistan 3 1 1 1 17 11 +6 4
3  Malaysia 3 1 1 1 9 9 0 4
4  Canada 3 0 0 3 3 16 −13 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[5]
31 May 2024
11:30
Malaysia  4–4  Pakistan
Fitri  4', 42'
Azrai  7'
Faizal  11' 		Report Rehman  32'
Khan  43'
Shahid  52'
Mahmood  60'
Umpires:
Tim Bond (NZL)
Harry Collinson (ENG)
31 May 2024
14:00
France  4–0  Canada
Baumgarten  25'
Curty  48'
Charlet  53'
Rogeau  54' 		Report
Umpires:
Federico Silva (ARG)
Erik Etsebeth (RSA)
3 June 2024[note 1]
11:30
Pakistan  8–1  Canada
Rana  7', 27', 58', 60'
Ali  36', 60'
Rehman  51'
Shahid  53' 		Report Davis  2'
Umpires:
Tim Bond (NZL)
Erik Etsebeth (RSA)
3 June 2024[note 1]
14:00
France  3–1  Malaysia
Clément  5'
Goyet  43'
Tynevez  60+' 		Report Faizal  28'
Umpires:
Benjamin Peters (USA)
Michael Dutrieux (BEL)
5 June 2024
15:30
Malaysia  4–2  Canada
Fitri  2'
Azrai  6'
Cholan  22'
Abdu Rauf  42' 		Report Dhillon  41'
Sidhu  51'
Umpires:
Titus Ngolia (KEN)
Tim Bond (NZL)
5 June 2024
18:00
Pakistan  5–6  France
Mahmood  26'
Yaqoob  29'
Rana  46'
Rehman  52'
Shahid  56' 		Report Charlet  7', 25', 39', 59'
Rogeau  14'
Baumgarten  23'
Umpires:
Harry Collinson (ENG)
Erik Etsebeth (RSA)

Fifth to eight place classification

Bracket

 
CrossoverFifth place
 
      
 
8 June
 
 
 Austria1 (1)
 
9 June
 
 Canada (p.s.o.)1 (3)
 
 Canada2
 
8 June
 
 South Korea1
 
 Malaysia3
 
 
 South Korea4
 
Seventh place
 
 
9 June
 
 
 Austria4
 
 
 Malaysia5

Crossover

8 June 2024
10:30
Austria  1–1  Canada
Hackl  54' Report Loh  38'
Penalties
Unterkircher
Losonci
Winkler
Valas 		1–3 Sidhu
Guraliuk
Harris
Dhillon
Sidhu
Loh
Umpires:
Tim Bond (NZL)
Munashe Mashoko (ZIM)
8 June 2024
13:00
Malaysia  3–4  South Korea
Faizal  16', 30'
Azrai  35' 		Report Kim Sung-y.  26'
Seo  28'
Lim D.  38'
Rim  47'
Umpires:
Benjamin Peters (USA)
Erik Etsebeth (RSA)

Seventh and eighth place

9 June 2024
10:30
Austria  4–5  Malaysia
Losonci  21'
Scholz  34', 51'
Kucera  49' 		Report Azrai  2'
Faizal  18', 32', 33'
Fitri  23'
Umpires:
Munashe Mashoko (ZIM)
Titus Ngolia (KEN)

Fifth and sixth place

9 June 2024
13:00
Canada  2–1  South Korea
Nicholson  5'
Harris  7' 		Report Park C.  52'
Umpires:
Erik Etsebeth (RSA)
Haroon Rashid (PAK)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
8 June
 
 
 New Zealand2
 
9 June
 
 Pakistan1
 
 New Zealand (p.s.o.)1 (4)
 
8 June
 
 France1 (3)
 
 France2
 
 
 South Africa1
 
Third place
 
 
9 June
 
 
 Pakistan3
 
 
 South Africa4

Semi-finals

8 June 2024
15:30
France  2–1  South Africa
Baumgarten  54'
Charlet  60' 		Report Ntuli  16'
Umpires:
Michael Dutrieux (BEL)
Harry Collinson (ENG)
8 June 2024
18:00
New Zealand  2–1  Pakistan
Russell  2'
Smith  11' 		Report Rana  55'
Umpires:
Paul van den Assum (NED)
Federico Silva (ARG)

Third and fourth place

9 June 2024
15:30
Pakistan  3–4  South Africa
Mahmood  28'
Rehman  35'
Shahid  59' 		Report Mvimbi  20'
M. Cassiem  34', 58'
Horne  51'
Umpires:
Tim Bond (NZL)
Paul van den Assum (NED)

Final

9 June 2024
18:00
New Zealand  1–1  France
Elmes  53' Report Charlet  57'
Penalties
Findlay
Boyde
Woods
Houlbrooke
Russell 		4–3 Montecot
Delemazure
Clément
Tynevez
Lockwood
Umpires:
Federico Silva (ARG)
Michael Dutrieux (BEL)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos Team Promotion
1  New Zealand[a] 2024–25 Men's FIH Pro League
2  France
3  South Africa
4  Pakistan
5  Canada
6  South Korea
7  Malaysia
8  Austria
9  Poland (H)
Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers

There were 118 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.92 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

  • Maximilian Scholz

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

Awards

The awards were announced on 9 June 2024.[2]

Award Player
Player of the tournament Nic Woods
Goalkeeper of the tournament Arthur Thieffry
Best junior player Hannan Shahid

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b The matches, originally scheduled for 2 June, were postponed to 3 June due to heavy rain.[6]
  1. ^ New Zealand withdrew and were replaced by Ireland to the 2024–25 Men's FIH Pro League.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Poland and Spain to host 2023–24 FIH Hockey Nations Cups". International Hockey Federation. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "New Zealand and Spain win FIH Hockey Nations Cup to gain Pro League promotion". fih.hockey. International Hockey Federation. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  3. ^ "FIH Hockey Pro League 2024-2025: get ready for the "League of the Best"!". International Hockey Federation. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  4. ^ "VANTAGE BLACK STICKS WITHDRAW FROM 2025 HOCKEY PRO LEAGUE". Hockey New Zealand. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  5. ^ a b "FIH General Tournament Regulations" (PDF). February 2024.
  6. ^ "FIH Hockey Nations Cup (men): 2 June matches postponed to 3 June 2024". fih.hockey. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  7. ^ "FIH Hockey Pro League 2024-2025: get ready for the "League of the Best"!". International Hockey Federation. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  8. ^ "VANTAGE BLACK STICKS WITHDRAW FROM 2025 HOCKEY PRO LEAGUE". Hockey New Zealand. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
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