Black Sticks Men

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New Zealand
Nickname	Black Sticks
Association	New Zealand Hockey Federation
Confederation	OHF (Oceania)
Coach	Shane McLeod
Assistant coach	Greg Nicol
Manager	Kevin Marr
Captain	Ryan Archibald
FIH ranking	9th
First kit 　 Second kit

The Black Sticks Men are New Zealand's men's national field hockey team. They upset Australia to win gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, becoming the first non-Asian/European team to clinch the gold.

[edit] Participations

[edit] Summer Olympics

• 1956 – Sixth place
• 1960 – Fifth place
• 1964 – Unclassified
• 1968 – Seventh place
• 1972 – Ninth place
• 1976 – Gold
• 1984 – Seventh place
• 1992 – Eighth place
• 2004 – Sixth place

[edit] World Cup

• 1973 – Seventh place
• 1975 – Seventh place
• 1982 – Seventh place
• 1986 – Ninth place
• 1998 – Tenth place
• 2002 – Ninth place
• 2006 – Eighth place

[edit] Champions Trophy

• 1978 – Fourth place
• 1983 – Sixth place
• 1984 – Fifth place
• 2004 – Sixth place

[edit] Champions Challenge

• 2003 – Fourth place
• 2007 – Runners-up

[edit] External links

• Official website

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