Canada men's national field hockey team

Canada
Nickname	Red Caribou
Association	Field Hockey Canada
Confederation	PAHF (Americas)
Coach	Pasha Gademan
Assistant coach(es)	André Henning
Captain	Scott Tupper
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	10 (21 December 2020)[1]
Highest	10 (2010, December 2018 – present)
Lowest	17 (2004)
Olympic Games
Appearances	8 (first in 1964)
Best result	10th (1976, 1984, 2000, 2008)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1978)
Best result	8th (1998)
Pan American Games
Appearances	14 (first in 1967)
Best result	1st (1983, 1987, 1999, 2007)
Pan American Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 2000)
Best result	1st (2009)
Pan American Games
Pan American Cup

The Canadian men's national field hockey team represents Canada in international men's field hockey since 1964, when it played in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1908 until 1960	Did not participate
1964	Group stage	13th	7	1	0	6	5	25	Squad
1968	Did not participate
1972	Did not participate
1976	9th place game	10th	6	1	0	5	6	14	Squad
1980	Did not participate
1984	9th place game	10th	7	1	1	5	8	20	Squad
1988	11th place game	11th	7	1	2	4	6	15	Squad
1992	Did not qualify
1996	Did not qualify
2000	9th place game	10th	7	1	3	3	10	16	Squad
2004	Did not qualify
2008	9th place game	10th	6	1	1	4	10	20	Squad
2012	Did not qualify
2016	Group stage	11th	5	0	1	4	7	22	Squad
2020	Qualified
Total	Best: 10th	8/24	45	6	8	31	52	132

World Cup

FIH World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1971	Did not participate
1973	Did not participate
1975	Did not qualify
1978	11th place game	11th	8	2	2	4	15	19	Squad
1982	Did not qualify
1986	9th place game	10th	7	1	1	5	6	16	Squad
1990	11th place game	11th	7	1	1	5	6	11	Squad
1994	Did not qualify
1998	7th place game	8th	7	1	3	3	16	18	Squad
2002	Did not qualify
2006	Did not qualify
2010	11th place game	11th	6	1	0	5	9	30	Squad
2014	Did not qualify
2018	Cross-over	11th	4	0	1	3	3	13	Squad
2023	To be determined
Total	Best: 8th	6/14	39	6	8	25	55	107

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1967	3rd place game	4th	9	5	2	2	14	7
1971	3rd place game	3rd	9	6	0	3	16	5
1975	Final	2nd	8	5	2	1	20	6
1979	Final	2nd	6	5	0	1	33	6
1983	Final	1st	6	6	0	0	25	4
1987	Final	1st	6	5	1	0	42	5
1991	Final	2nd	6	5	0	1	33	5
1995	Final	2nd	7	4	2	1	31	4
1999	Final	1st	7	6	1	0	29	5
2003	Final	2nd	5	4	0	1	10	5
2007	Final	1st	5	3	2	0	12	7
2011	Final	2nd	5	4	0	1	25	7
2015	Final	2nd	6	4	1	1	21	5
2019	Final	2nd	6	5	0	1	33	10
2023	To be determined
Total	4 titles	14/14	91	67	11	13	344	81

Pan American Cup

Pan American Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2000	Final	2nd	6	4	1	1	32	6
2004	Final	2nd	6	5	0	1	29	5
2009	Final	1st	5	4	1	0	26	11
2013	Final	2nd	5	3	1	1	9	8
2017	Final	2nd	5	3	1	1	13	3
2022	Qualified
Total	1 title	6/6	27	19	4	4	109	33

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1998	Group stage	7th	4	1	2	1	11	6
2002	5th place game	6th	5	0	1	4	7	14
2006	9th place game	9th	5	1	0	4	5	16
2010	7th place game	7th	5	2	2	1	8	8
2014	5th place game	6th	5	1	0	4	8	16
2018	7th place game	8th	5	1	0	4	4	15
Total	Best: 6th	6/6	29	6	5	18	43	75

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup record
Year	Position
1995	4th
1999	4th
2000	7th
2007	8th
2008	5th
2014	5th
2015	5th
2016	6th
2019	4th
2020	Cancelled
Best result: 4th place

Defunct competitions

Hockey World League

Hockey World League record
Season	Position	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2012–13	18th	Round 2	5	3	0	2	16	13
2014–15	8th	Round 2	6	4	0	2	17	7
		Semifinal	7	2	1	4	7	22
		Final	5	0	0	5	6	26
2016–17	10th	Round 2	6	5	0	1	26	7
2016–17	10th	Semifinal	7	3	1	3	20	16
Total	Best: 8th	Final	36	17	2	17	92	91

Champions Challenge I

Champions Challenge I record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2001 until 2007	Did not participate
2009	8th	5	1	0	4	6	13
2011	8th	6	1	0	5	10	20
2012	6th	6	1	1	4	12	20
2014	2nd	6	2	2	2	14	17
Total	Best: 2nd	23	5	3	15	42	70

Team

Current squad

The following 20 players were named on 17 January 2020 for the test matches against Chile and Argentina in Santiago, Chile.[2]

Head coach: Pasha Gademan

Caps updated as of 29 January 2020, after the match against Argentina.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
12	GK	David Vandenbossche	(1994-06-04) 4 June 1994	1	Gantoise
31	GK	Antoni Kindler	(1988-04-16) 16 April 1988	97	West Vancouver

4	DF	Scott Tupper (Captain)	(1986-12-16) 16 December 1986	312	West Vancouver
16	DF	Gordon Johnston	(1993-01-30) 30 January 1993	176	Vancouver Hawks
22	DF	John Smythe	(1989-08-31) 31 August 1989	118	Vancouver Hawks
26	DF	Sam Cabral	(1999-02-23) 23 February 1999	4	UBC Thunderbirds
29	DF	Taylor Curran	(1992-05-19) 19 May 1992	183	West Vancouver

7	MF	Gabriel Ho-Garcia	(1993-05-19) 19 May 1993	131	Almere
13	MF	Brendan Guraliuk	(2000-05-14) 14 May 2000	4	UBC Thunderbirds
14	MF	Adam Froese	(1991-08-13) 13 August 1991	195	India Club
17	MF	Brenden Bissett	(1993-01-28) 28 January 1993	136	Vancouver Hawks
27	MF	Sukhi Panesar	(1993-12-26) 26 December 1993	148	Beeston

1	FW	Floris van Son	(1992-02-05) 5 February 1992	33	HIC
5	FW	Devohn Noronha-Teixeira	(1989-02-09) 9 February 1989	96	Toronto Lions
8	FW	Oliver Scholfield	(1993-09-11) 11 September 1993	69	Vancouver Hawks
10	FW	Keegan Pereira	(1991-09-08) 8 September 1991	179	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
20	FW	Fin Boothroyd	(1999-03-09) 9 March 1999	20	UBC Thunderbirds
21	FW	Matthew Sarmento	(1991-06-23) 23 June 1991	119	Vancouver Hawks
23	FW	Iain Smythe	(1985-06-02) 2 June 1985	203	Vancouver Hawks
24	FW	James Kirkpatrick	(1991-03-29) 29 March 1991	97	West Vancouver

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months or a part of the current training squad.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club	Latest call-up
GK	David Carter	(1981-11-04) 4 November 1981	194	United Brothers	v. Ireland, 27 October 2019

DF	Balraj Panesar	(1996-03-16) 16 March 1996	72	UBC Thunderbirds	v. Ireland, 27 October 2019
DF	Brad Logan	(1991-10-23) 23 October 1991	13	West Vancouver	v. Ireland, 27 October 2019
DF	Brandon Pereira	(1996-04-30) 30 April 1996	60	United Brothers	2019 Pan American Games

MF	Richard Hildreth	(1984-06-03) 3 June 1984	188	Teddington	2018 World Cup

FW	Jamie Wallace	(1999-09-14) 14 September 1999	43	Almere	v. Ireland, 27 October 2019
FW	Mark Pearson	(1987-06-18) 18 June 1987	274	West Vancouver	2019 Pan American Games

Famous players

Results and fixtures

The following matches were played or are scheduled to be played by the national team in the current or upcoming seasons.

2020

22 January 2020 Test match	Chile	2–3	Canada	Santiago, Chile
20:00 CLST (UTC–3)	Amoroso 10' Becerra 57'	Report	Sarmento 21' Scholfield 49' Johnston 59'	Stadium: Prince of Wales Country Club

24 January 2020 Test match	Chile	2–2	Canada	Santiago, Chile
19:00 CLST (UTC–3)	Strabucchi 36' Rodriguez 44'	Report	Sarmento 14' Boothroyd 37'	Stadium: Club Manquehue

26 January 2020 Test match	Argentina	4–2	Canada	Santiago, Chile
17:30 CLST (UTC–3)	Tolini 21', 29', 53' Ibarra 43'	Report	Pereira 13' Johnston 60+'	Stadium: Prince of Wales Country Club

29 January 2020 Test match	Argentina	4–1	Canada	Santiago, Chile
11:30 CLST (UTC–3)	Martínez 19' Fernández 28' Tolini 37', 60'	Report	Johnston 12'	Stadium: Prince of Wales Country Club

11 April 2020 2020 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup	Canada	v	South Korea	Ipoh, Malaysia
16:05 MYT (UTC+8)				Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium

12 April 2020 2020 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup	Canada	v	Pakistan	Ipoh, Malaysia
18:05 MYT (UTC+8)				Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium

14 April 2020 2020 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup	Japan	v	Canada	Ipoh, Malaysia
16:05 MYT (UTC+8)				Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium

15 April 2020 2020 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup	Canada	v	Australia	Ipoh, Malaysia
18:05 MYT (UTC+8)				Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium

17 April 2020 2020 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup	Malaysia	v	Canada	Ipoh, Malaysia
20:35 MYT (UTC+8)				Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium

25 July 2020 2020 Summer Olympics	Canada	v	Germany	Tokyo, Japan
19:00 JST (UTC+9)				Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium

27 July 2020 2020 Summer Olympics	Great Britain	v	Canada	Tokyo, Japan
11:45 JST (UTC+9)				Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium

28 July 2020 2020 Summer Olympics	Netherlands	v	Canada	Tokyo, Japan
20:45 JST (UTC+9)				Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium

30 July 2020 2020 Summer Olympics	Belgium	v	Canada	Tokyo, Japan
10:00 JST (UTC+9)				Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium

31 July 2020 2020 Summer Olympics	Canada	v	South Africa	Tokyo, Japan
12:15 JST (UTC+9)				Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium

References

"FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
"Men's National Team heads south for warm-weather training tour". www.fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

External links

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[FIH_World_Rankings-1] "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

[2] "Men's National Team heads south for warm-weather training tour". www.fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.