Canada men's national field hockey team

Canada
Nickname(s)Red Caribou
AssociationField Hockey Canada
ConfederationPAHF (Americas)
Head CoachPeter Milkovich
Assistant coach(es)Bartel Berkhout
ManagerMark Wittig
CaptainKeegan Pereira
Balraj Panesar
John Smythe
Most capsKen Pereira (348)[1]
Top scorerScott Tupper (126)[2]
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 19 (9 March 2026)[3]
Olympic Games
Appearances8 (first in 1964)
Best result10th (1976, 1984, 2000, 2008)
World Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1978)
Best result8th (1998)
Pan American Games
Appearances15 (first in 1967)
Best result 1st (1983, 1987, 1999, 2007)
Pan American Cup
Appearances7 (first in 2000)
Best result 1st (2009)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Pan American Games 4 8 2
Pan American Cup 1 4 2
Total 5 12 4
Pan American Games
1983 Caracas Team
1987 Indianapolis Team
1999 Winnipeg Team
2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
1975 Mexico City Team
1979 San Juan Team
1991 Havana Team
1995 Mar del Plata Team
2003 Santo Domingo Team
2011 Guadalajara Team
2015 Toronto Team
2019 Lima Team
1971 Cali Team
2023 Santiago Team
Pan American Cup
2009 Santiago
2000 Havana
2004 London
2013 Brampton
2017 Lancaster
2022 Santiago
2025 Montevideo

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 Host Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
1908 to 1960 did not participate
1964 Tokyo, Japan 13th 7 1 0 6 5 25 Squad
1968 Mexico City, Mexico did not participate
1972 Munich, Germany
1976 Montreal, Canada 10th 6 1 0 5 6 14 Squad
1980 Moscow, Soviet Union did not participate
1984 Los Angeles, United States 10th 7 1 1 5 8 20 Squad
1988 Seoul, South Korea 11th 7 1 2 4 6 15 Squad
1992 Barcelona, Spain did not qualify
1996 Atlanta, United States
2000 Sydney, Australia 10th 7 1 3 3 10 16 Squad
2004 Athens, Greece did not qualify
2008 Beijing, China 10th 6 1 1 4 10 20 Squad
2012 London, Great Britain did not qualify
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 11th 5 0 1 4 7 22 Squad
2020 Tokyo, Japan 12th 5 0 1 4 9 27 Squad
2024 Paris, France did not qualify
2028 Los Angeles, United States to be determined
2032 Brisbane, Australia
Total 10th place 50 6 9 35 61 159

World Cup

FIH World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad
1971 did not participate
1973
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
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 did not qualify
/ 2026
Total Best: 8th 6/16 39 6 8 25 55 107

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year Host Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
1998 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 7th 4 1 2 1 11 6 Squad
2002 Manchester, England 6th 5 0 1 4 7 14 Squad
2006 Melbourne, Australia 9th 5 1 0 4 5 16 Squad
2010 Delhi, India 7th 5 2 2 1 8 8 Squad
2014 Glasgow, Scotland 6th 5 1 0 4 8 16 Squad
2018 Gold Coast, Australia 8th 5 1 0 4 4 15 Squad
2022 Birmingham, England 8th 5 0 1 4 7 29 Squad
Total 7/7 34 6 6 22 50 104

Hockey Nations Cup

FIH Hockey Nations Cup
Year Round
2022 8th
2023–24 5th

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
2024 6th
2025 5th
Best result: 4th place

Defunct competitions

Team

Current squad

The following 18 players were named on 4 November 2022 for the 2022 FIH Hockey Nations Cup in Potchefstroom, South Africa from 28 November to 4 December 2022.[4]

Caps updated as of 4 December 2022, after the match against Pakistan.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) CapsClub
28 GK Tristan Burgoyne (1994-04-28) 28 April 1994 9
32 GK Zachary Coombs (2001-04-24) 24 April 2001 7 West Vancouver
4 DF Roopkanwar Dhillon (2001-10-05) 5 October 2001 10
14 DF Manveer Jhamat (2001-11-14) 14 November 2001 10
16 DF Gordon Johnston (1993-01-30) 30 January 1993 198
26 DF Sam Cabral (1999-02-23) 23 February 1999 17 UBC Thunderbirds
29 DF Taylor Curran (1992-05-19) 19 May 1992 204 West Vancouver
33 DF Thomson Harris (1998-08-15) 15 August 1998 5
5 MF Devohn Noronha-Teixeira (1989-02-09) 9 February 1989 113
8 MF Oliver Scholfield (1993-09-11) 11 September 1993 95
17 MF Brenden Bissett (1993-01-28) 28 January 1993 156
23 MF Chris Tardif (2000-08-03) 3 August 2000 12 Vancouver Hawks
25 MF Harbir Sidhu (1997-08-14) 14 August 1997 17 India Club
2 FW Matthew Barnett (1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 12
9 FW Gurpreet Singh (1994-11-30) 30 November 1994 10
13 FW Brendan Guraliuk (2000-05-14) 14 May 2000 31
15 FW Sean Davis (2000-07-15) 15 July 2000 5
21 FW Matthew Sarmento (1991-06-23) 23 June 1991 144 Vancouver Hawks

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club Latest call-up
GK Ethan McTavish (2000-05-01) 1 May 2000 4 West Vancouver 2022 Commonwealth Games
GK Antoni Kindler (1988-05-16) 16 May 1988 112 2022 Pan American Cup
DF John Smythe (1989-08-31) 31 August 1989 134 2022 Commonwealth Games
DF Balraj Panesar (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 85 East Grinstead 2022 Commonwealth Games
DF Alexander Bird (2003-05-13) 13 May 2003 5 2022 Commonwealth Games
DF James Kirkpatrick (1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 114 West Vancouver 2022 Pan American Cup
MF Keegan Pereira (1991-09-08) 8 September 1991 200 2022 Commonwealth Games
MF Floris van Son (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 52 Hurley 2022 Commonwealth Games
MF Sukhi Panesar (1993-12-26) 26 December 1993 164 2022 Pan American Cup
FW Fin Boothroyd (1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 41 East Grinstead 2022 Commonwealth Games
FW Gavin Bains (1998-10-18) 18 October 1998 6 India Club 2022 Commonwealth Games
FW Iain Smythe (1985-06-02) 2 June 1985 205 2022 Pan American Cup

Famous players

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2026

01 March 2026 WC Qualifiers GS Ireland  5–2  Canada Santiago, Chile
12:00 McAllister  9'
Lynch  22'
Duncan  40'
Cole  49', 52'		 Report Childs  47'
Nicholson  50'		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler
03 March 2026 WC Qualifiers GS Canada  1–2  Poland Santiago, Chile
09:00 Nicholson  60' Report Jarzyński  45'
Bembenek  56'		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler
04 March 2026 WC Qualifiers GS Canada  7–2  South Korea Santiago, Chile
11:15 Sarmento  7'
Childs  19'
Thind  22'
Davis  39', 53'
Harris  49'
Nicholson  58'		 Report Choi  7'
Jang J.  47'		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler
06 March 2026 WC Qualifiers Crossover Canada  3–2  Chile Santiago, Chile
15:00 Loh  14'
Dhillon  50'
Davis  59'		 Report J. Amoroso  5'
R. Valenzuela  15'		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler
07 March 2026 WC Qualifiers Fifth and sixth place Scotland  5–1  Canada Santiago, Chile
15:45 J. Golden  21', 26', 34', 36'
Douglas  59'		 Report Sarmento  38' Stadium: Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler

See also

References

  1. ^ "All-Time Cap Leaders". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. May 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Captain Scott Tupper retires from Men's National Team Program". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 9 March 2026. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Men's National Team Nations Cup Roster Announcement". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 4 November 2022.
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