England men's national field hockey team

England
Association	England Hockey
Head Coach	Zak Jones
Assistant coach(es)	Kwandwane Browne; Mark Hickman; Robert van der Horst
Manager	Paul Gannon
Most caps	Barry Middleton (432)
Top scorer	Ashley Jackson (137)
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	7 1 (19 December 2025)
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (first in 1908)
Best result	1st (1908)
World Cup
Appearances	14 (first in 1973)
Best result	2nd (1986)
EuroHockey Championships
Appearances	20 (first in 1970)
Best result	1st (2009)
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Cup
EuroHockey Championship
Commonwealth Games
Champions Trophy
World League

The England men's national field hockey team^[2] competes in most major international tournaments except the Olympic Games. England's only appearance at the Olympics was at London 1908 when they won gold; since then English players have competed at the Olympics as part of the combined Great Britain national field hockey team.

England's best finish in the Hockey World Cup was as runners-up to champions Australia in 1986, which was also held in London. They won the bronze medal at the inaugural Commonwealth Games hockey tournament in 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, as well as in 2014 in Glasgow and in Birmingham in 2022.

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1908	Final	1st	3	3	0	0	24	3	Squad
1920 until now	Part of Great Britain
Total	1 title	1/1	3	3	0	0	24	3	–

World Cup

FIH World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
1971	did not participate
1973	5th place game	6th	7	2	2	3	10	11	N/A
1975	5th place game	6th	7	3	1	3	19	17
1978	7th place game	7th	8	2	3	3	11	10
1982	9th place game	9th	7	3	1	3	10	15
1986	Final	2nd	7	5	0	2	13	8
1990	5th place game	5th	7	4	1	2	12	7
1994	5th place game	6th	7	3	2	2	7	5
1998	5th place game	6th	7	3	0	4	18	21	Squad
2002	7th place game	7th	9	5	0	4	19	11	Squad
2006	5th place game	5th	7	4	0	3	15	13	Squad
2010	3rd place game	4th	7	4	0	3	21	20	Squad
2014	3rd place game	4th	7	3	1	3	8	12	Squad
2018	3rd place game	4th	7	3	1	3	12	23	Squad
2023	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	2	0	11	2	Squad
2026	TBD
Total	Best: 2nd	14/15	98	46	14	38	186	175	–

European Championships

EuroHockey Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1970	5th place game	6th	7	4	0	3	10	7
1974	3rd place game	4th	7	5	0	2	12	10
1978	3rd place game	3rd	7	5	1	1	19	7
1983	5th place game	5th	7	3	2	2	20	10
1987	Final	2nd	7	6	1	0	24	2
1991	3rd place game	3rd	7	4	1	2	14	8
1995	3rd place game	3rd	7	4	2	1	18	11
1999	3rd place game	3rd	7	5	1	1	27	11
2003	3rd place game	3rd	7	3	2	2	16	15
2005	5th place game	6th	5	1	2	2	8	8
2007	Relegation pool	5th	5	2	2	1	17	6
2009	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	24	10
2011	3rd place game	3rd	5	3	0	2	17	11
2013	3rd place game	4th	5	1	1	3	10	12
2015	3rd place game	4th	5	2	1	2	18	9
2017	3rd place game	3rd	5	3	0	2	16	10
2019	Relegation pool	5th	5	2	2	1	9	7
2021	3rd place game	4th	5	3	0	2	17	9
2023	Final	2nd	5	2	1	2	11	9
2025	Relegation pool	6th	5	2	1	2	16	6
2027	Qualified
Total	1 title	21/21	118	64	21	33	320	179

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1998	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	3rd	6	2	3	1	12	10	Squad
2002	Manchester, England	5th	5	3	0	2	13	8	Squad
2006	Melbourne, Australia	4th	6	3	0	3	14	14	Squad
2010	Delhi, India	4th	6	3	3	0	18	11	Squad
2014	Glasgow, Scotland	3rd	6	3	1	2	22	12	Squad
2018	Gold Coast, Australia	3rd	6	3	1	2	18	11	Squad
2022	Birmingham, England	3rd	6	4	1	1	33	14	Squad
Total		7/7	41	21	9	11	130	80

FIH Pro League

FIH Pro League record
Season	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
2021–22	6th	16	7	2	7	40	41	Squad
2024–25	7th	16	5	5	6	41	36	Squad
Total	Best: 6th	32	12	7	13	81	77

Defunct competitions

Champions Trophy

Champions Trophy record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1978	Participated as part of Great Britain
1980	Participated as part of Great Britain
1981	6th	5	0	2	3	10	15
1982 until 1994	did not participate or participated as part of Great Britain
1995	6th	6	0	3	3	5	9
1996	did not participate
1997
1998
1999	5th	6	2	0	4	9	16
2000	Participated as part of Great Britain
2001	5th	6	1	1	4	14	20
2002 until 2008	did not participate or participated as part of Great Britain
2009	6th	6	1	1	4	13	18
2010	2nd	6	2	1	3	15	20
2011	Participated as part of Great Britain
2012	8th	6	1	1	4	8	14
2014	7th	6	3	1	2	16	10
2016	Participated as part of Great Britain
2018	did not participate
Total	Best: 2nd	47	10	10	27	90	122

Champions Challenge I

Champions Challenge I record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2001	did not participate
2003	5th	6	2	0	4	9	18
2005	4th	6	2	1	3	18	19
2007	4th	6	2	0	4	19	19
2009 until 2014	did not participate
Total	Best: 4th	18	6	1	11	46	56

World League

FIH Hockey World League record
Season	Position	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
2012–13	3rd	Semi-final	6	3	2	1	15	10
2012–13	3rd	Final	6	5	1	0	15	6
2014–15	Participated as Great Britain
2016–17	8th	Semi-final	7	5	1	1	27	13
2016–17	8th	Final	5	1	1	3	7	10
Total	Best: 3rd	Final	24	14	5	5	64	39

*Draws include matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.

Players

Current squad

On 29 January 2026, the following 21 players were called up for the 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League matches in Valencia, Spain from 6 to 10 February 2026.^[3]

Head coach: Zak Jones

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
16	GK	James Mazarelo	(2001-02-04) 4 February 2001	30	Old Georgians
20	GK	Ollie Payne	(1999-04-06) 6 April 1999	81	Amsterdam

2	DF	Nick Park	(1999-04-08) 8 April 1999	43	Surbiton
3	DF	Jack Waller	(1997-01-28) 28 January 1997	64	Pinoké
14	DF	James Albery	(1995-10-02) 2 October 1995	59	Old Georgians
27	DF	Liam Sanford	(1996-03-14) 14 March 1996	78	Old Georgians
30	DF	Conor Williamson	(2001-12-20) 20 December 2001	30	Surbiton
33	DF	Sam Hooper	(1998-08-06) 6 August 1998	17	Wimbledon
46	DF	Sam Taylor	(2001-07-12) 12 July 2001	17	University of Exeter
47	DF	Ben Fox	(2001-09-15) 15 September 2001	19	Wimbledon

3	MF	Zachary Wallace (Captain)	(1999-09-29) 29 September 1999	68	Bloemendaal
5	MF	Tom Sorsby	(1996-10-28) 28 October 1996	61	Den Bosch
8	MF	Jacob Payton	(2002-06-10) 10 June 2002	22	Surbiton
17	MF	Stuart Rushmere	(2000-09-09) 9 September 2000	44	Surbiton
18	MF	Tim Nurse	(1999-05-11) 11 May 1999	33	Surbiton
19	MF	David Goodfield	(1993-06-15) 15 June 1993	88	Surbiton
26	MF	James Gall	(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995	86	Surbiton

9	FW	Henry Croft	(2001-04-13) 13 April 2001	11	Old Georgians
13	FW	Sam Ward	(1990-12-24) 24 December 1990	117	Old Georgians
23	FW	Nick Bandurak	(1992-12-14) 14 December 1992	36	Surbiton
31	FW	Will Calnan	(1996-04-17) 17 April 1996	63	Surbiton

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club	Latest call-up
GK	James Carleton	(2005-01-18) 18 January 2005	1	Exeter University	2025 EuroHockey Championship


MF	James Oates	(1998-04-18) 18 April 1998	29	Hampstead & Westminster	v. Belgium, 14 December 2025
MF	Phil Roper	(1992-01-24) 24 January 1992	130	Old Georgians	2025 EuroHockey Championship
MF	Rohan Bhuhi	(2000-04-04) 4 April 2000	17	Holcombe	v. Belgium, 29 June 2025
MF	David Condon	(1991-07-06) 6 July 1991	219	Wimbledon	v. Australia, 21 June 2025
MF	Jack Turner	(1997-03-26) 26 March 1997	24	Wimbledon	v. Germany, 15 June 2025

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

6 February 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	England	2–2 (3–1 p)	Netherlands	Valencia, Spain
11:00	Wallace 8' Hooper 10'	Report	Reyenga 22' Bukkens 57'	Stadium: Estadio Beteró
	Penalties
	Calnan Rushmere Albery Wallace		Bukkens Croon Brinkman van Dam

7 February 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	Spain	1–3	England	Valencia, Spain
11:00	M. Miralles 18'	Report	Waller 3' Bandurak 24' Ward 53'	Stadium: Estadio Beteró

9 February 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	Netherlands	2–2 (3–4 p)	England	Valencia, Spain
11:00	Jansen 23' De Geus 34'	Report	Croft 28', 60'	Stadium: Estadio Beteró
	Penalties
	Reyenga Telgenkamp De Mol Middendorp Reyenga Van Dam Van Dam		Calnan Rushmere Albery Wallace Wallace Payton Albery

10 February 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	Spain	2–4	England	Valencia, Spain
09:00	Basterra 28', 38'	Report	Payton 4' Ward 26', 59' Rushmere 42'	Stadium: Estadio Beteró

1 March 2026 WC Qualifiers GS	England	v	Japan	Ismailia, Egypt
18:45		Report		Stadium: Suez Canal Stadium

2 March 2026 WC Qualifiers GS	Egypt	v	England	Ismailia, Egypt
20:45		Report		Stadium: Suez Canal Stadium

4 March 2026 WC Qualifiers GS	England	v	United States	Ismailia, Egypt
18:45		Report		Stadium: Suez Canal Stadium

13 June 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	England	v	Argentina	London, England
12:30		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

14 June 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	England	v	Australia	London, England
12:30		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

20 June 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	England	v	Argentina	London, England
12:30		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

21 June 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	England	v	Australia	London, England
11:30		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

24 June 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	England	v	Pakistan	London, England
13:30		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

25 June 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	England	v	India	London, England
19:30		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

27 June 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	England	v	Pakistan	London, England
16:00		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

28 June 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	England	v	India	London, England
16:00		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

References

^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 19 December 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
^ "England Hockey official website". Retrieved 20 November 2014.
^ "England ready for Spain and China FIH Hockey Pro League legs". enlandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 29 January 2026. Retrieved 31 January 2026.

External links

[FIH_World_Rankings-1] "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 19 December 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.

[2] "England Hockey official website". Retrieved 20 November 2014.

[3] "England ready for Spain and China FIH Hockey Pro League legs". enlandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 29 January 2026. Retrieved 31 January 2026.

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Field hockey in England
Governing bodies	England Hockey East London Midlands North West South Central South East West Yorkshire and North East
National teams	Men U21 Women U21
Men's competitions	Men's England Hockey League EH Men's Championship Cup
Women's competitions	Women's England Hockey League EH Women's Championship Cup

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