Field hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Field hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games took place between 16 March and 25 March for women and for men, between 17 March and 26 March. Both competitions consisted of a round robin stage of two groups of five with the winners and runners-up of each group qualifying for the semifinals.

All matches were played at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in the Parkville area of Melbourne.

Contents

Men's tournament

Pool A

Team P W L D F A Pts
 Australia 4 4 0 0 20 5 12
 England 4 3 1 0 13 10 9
 New Zealand 4 2 2 0 14 10 6
 Scotland 4 1 3 0 4 15 3
 Canada 4 0 4 0 3 16 0

Australia and England qualified for semifinals.

Home Result Away Half time
New Zealand  3–4  England 1–2
Australia  5–1  Scotland 3–1
New Zealand  4–1  Canada 2–1
Scotland  1–3  England 1–1
Canada  1–5  Australia 0–3
New Zealand  5–0  Scotland 1–0
Australia  5–1  England 2–0
Canada  0–2  Scotland 0–1
Canada  1–5  England 0–2
Australia  5–2  New Zealand 0–0

Pool B

Team P W L D F A Pts
 Pakistan 4 3 0 1 18 8 10
 Malaysia 4 2 1 1 16 8 7
 India 4 2 1 1 14 6 7
 South Africa 4 1 1 2 8 6 4
 Trinidad and Tobago 4 0 4 0 3 31 0

Pakistan and Malaysia qualified for the semifinals.

Home Result Away Half time
India  1–1  Malaysia 0–1
Trinidad and Tobago  1–6  South Africa 0–5
Pakistan  4–1  India 1–1
Trinidad and Tobago  0–8  Malaysia 0–5
Pakistan  1–1  South Africa 0–0
India  10–1  Trinidad and Tobago 4–1
Malaysia  2–1  South Africa 0–1
Trinidad and Tobago  1–7  Pakistan 1–6
India  2–0  South Africa 1–0
Pakistan  6–5  Malaysia 4–2

Semifinals

Home Result Away Half time
Australia  6–0  Malaysia 1–0
Pakistan  2–1  England 0–0

Australia and Pakistan advanced to gold medal match.

Classification matches

Placing Home Result Away Half time
5th/6th India  1–2  New Zealand 1–0
7th/8th South Africa  1–2  Scotland 0–1
9th/10th Canada  2–0  Trinidad and Tobago 2–0

Gold medal match

Home Result Away Half time
Australia  3–0  Pakistan 1–0

Bronze medal match

Home Result Away Half time
Malaysia  2–0  England 1–0

Medals

Medal Team
Gold  Australia
Silver  Pakistan
Bronze  Malaysia

Men's team rosters

 Australia

(1.) Jamie Dwyer, (2.) Liam de Young, (4.) Michael McCann, (6.) Robert Hammond, (7.) Nathan Eglington, (9.) Mark Knowles, (13.) Luke Doerner, (14.) Grant Schubert, (15.) Bevan George, (18.) Stephen Lambert, (21.) Aaron Hopkins, (23.) Matthew Wells, (24.) Travis Brooks, (25.) Brent Livermore, (26.) Dean Butler, and (30.) Stephen Mowlam. Head Coach: Barry Dancer.

 Canada

(1.) Matthew Peck, (2.) Mike Mahood, (3.) Anthony Wright, (5.) Robin D'Abreo, (6.) Marian Schole, (7.) Michael Lee, (8.) Philip Wright, (9.) Ken Pereira, (10.) Wayne Fernandes, (11.) Peter Short, (12.) Dave Jameson, (13.) Rob Short, (16.) Scott Sandison, (17.) Connor Grimes, (18.) Paul Wettlaufer, (21.) Ravi Kahlon. Head Coach: Gene Muller.

 England

(4.) Glenn Kirkham, (5.) Richard Alexander, (9.) Martin Jones, (10.) Matt Daly, (11.) Brett Garrard, (12.) Jonty Clarke, (13.) Rob Moore, (14.) Ben Hawes, (15.) Robert Cordon, (18.) Barry Middleton, (20.) James Tindall, (21.) Jon Bleby, (23.) Jon Ebsworth, (24.) Ben Marsden, (25.) James Fair, and (28.) Simon Mantell. Head Coach: Jason Lee.

 Malaysia

(1.) Ibrahim Mohamed Nasihin, (2.) Rahim Muhamad Amin, (3.) Boon Huat Chua, (4.) Kali Logan Raj, (5.) Kuham Shanmuganathan, (6.) Bakar Nor Azlan, (7.) Megat Termizi Megat Azrafiq, (8.) Mohan Jiwa, (9.) Nor Mohamed Madzli, (10.) Tengku Ahmad, (11.) Mat Radzi Mohamed Rodzhanizam, (12.) Kali Keevan Raj, (13.) Abu Ismail, (14.) Misron Azlan, (15.) Mohan Jivan, and (16.) Kumar Subramaniam. Head Coach: Wallace Tan.

 New Zealand

(4.) Darren Smith, (6.) Simon Child, (7.) Blair Hopping, (8.) Dean Couzins, (10.) Ryan Archibald, (12.) Bradley Shaw, (14.) Bevan Hari, (16.) Paul Woolford, (17.) Kyle Pontifex, (18.) Phillip Burrows, (19.) Hayden Shaw, (20.) James Nation, (21.) Bryce Collins, (24.) Gareth Brooks, (25.) Shea McAleese, and (30.) Ben Collier. Head Coach: Kevin Towns.

 Scotland

(1.) Alistair McGregor, (2.) David Mitchell, (3.) Michael Leonard, (4.) Adam MacKenzie, (5.) Niall Stott, (6.) Jonathan Christie, (7.) David Mansouri, (8.) Vishal Marwaha, (9.) Graham Moodie, (10.) Douglas Simpson, (11.) Mark Ralph, (12.) Michael Christie, (13.) Allan Dick, (14.) David Ralph, (15.) Stephen Dick, and (16.) Graham Dunlop. Head Coach: Mathias Ahrens.

 India

(1.) Bharat Kumar Chetri, (2.) Deepak Thakur, (3.) Kanwalpreet Singh, (4.) Sandeep Singh, (5.) Tejbir Singh, (6.) Ignace Tirkey, (10.) Prabodh Tirkey, (11.) Didar Singh, (12.) Baljit Singh, (15.) Rajpal Singh, (19.) Sardara Singh, (21.) Viren Rasquinha, (23.) Arjun Halappa, (25.) William Xallxo, (27.) Vikram Pillay, and (28.) Tushar Khandekar. Head Coach: Rajinder Singh.

 South Africa

(1.) Chris Hibbert, (2.) Franci du Plessis, (3.) Ken Forbes, (4.) Kyle Rhodes, (5.) Darryn Gallagher, (6.) Bruce Jacobs, (7.) John Paul, (8.) Wayne Madsen, (9.) Lungile Tsolekile, (10.) Jody Paul, (11.) Clyde Abrahams, (12.) Ian Symons, (13.) Leroy Phillips, (14.) Charles Rose-Innes, (15.) Reece Basson, and (16.) Justin Reid-Ross. Head Coach: Paul Revington.

 Pakistan

(1.) Salman Akbar, (2.) Imram Warsi, (5.) Muhammad Saqlain, (7.) Dilawar Hussain, (8.) Adnan Maqsood, (9.) Tariq Aziz, (10.) Rehan Butt, (11.) Muhammad Shabbir, (12.) Nasir Ahmed, (14.) Mudassar Ali Khan, (15.) Shakeel Abbasi, (16.) Imran Khan Yousafzai, (17.) Muhammad Zakir, (19.) Muhammad Imran, (22.) Zeeshan Ashraf, and (29.) Muhammad Zubair. Head Coach: Asif Bajwa.

 Trinidad and Tobago

(1.) Glenn Francis, (2.) Ron Alexander, (3.) Akim Toussaint, (4.) Damian Gordon, (5.) Nicholas da Costa, (6.) Solomon Eccles, (7.) Kwandwane Browne, (8.) Nigel Providence, (9.) Atiba Whittington, (10.) Wayne Legerton, (11.) Nel Lashley, (12.) Nicholas Wren, (13.) Dwain Quan Chan, (14.) Dillet Gilkes, (15.) Calvin Alexander, and (16.) Darren Cowie. Head Coach: David Francois.

Women's tournament

Pool A

Team P W L D F A Pts
 Australia 4 4 0 0 27 2 12
 India 4 2 1 1 18 7 7
 Malaysia 4 2 2 0 7 15 6
 South Africa 4 1 2 1 7 8 4
 Nigeria 4 0 4 0 1 28 0

Australia and India qualified for the semifinal.

Home Result Away Half time
Malaysia  4–0  Nigeria 1–0
Australia  4–2  India 2–2
Nigeria  1–4  South Africa 0–2
Australia  4–0  South Africa 1–1
Canada  1–5  Australia 0–3
India  5–0  Scotland 1–0
Australia  8–0  Malaysia 4–0
South Africa  2–2  India 2–1
Nigeria  0 -11  Australia 0–7
Malaysia  2–1  South Africa 1–0

Pool B

Team P W L D F A Pts
 New Zealand 4 4 0 0 20 1 12
 England 4 3 1 0 20 4 9
 Scotland 4 2 2 0 11 8 6
 Canada 4 1 4 0 10 8 3
 Barbados 4 0 4 0 0 33 0

New Zealand and England qualify for the semifinal.

Home Result Away Half time
Barbados  0–4  Canada 0–1
New Zealand  2–1  Scotland 1–0
Canada  0–5  England 0–2
Barbados  0–11  New Zealand 0–4
England  5–0  Scotland 2–0
Canada  0–3  New Zealand 0–1
England  10–0  Barbados 3–0
Canada  1–2  Scotland 1–1
England  0–4  New Zealand 0–1
Scotland  8–0  Barbados 3–0

Semifinals

Home Result Away Half time
Australia  3–0  England 1–0
New Zealand  0–1  India 0–0

Australia and India advanced to gold medal match.

Classification matches

Placing Home Result Away Half time
5th/6th Malaysia  0–3  Scotland 0–3
7th/8th Canada  2–5  South Africa 0–2
9th/10th Nigeria  1–4  Barbados 1–1

Gold medal match

Home Result Away Half time
Australia  1–0  India 0–0

Bronze medal match

Home Result Away Half time
England  0 – 0*  New Zealand 0–0

*England won 3–1 on penalty shots.

Medals

Medal Team
Gold  Australia
Silver  India
Bronze  England

Women's team rosters

 Australia

(1.) Toni Cronk, (2.) Suzie Faulkner, (3.) Karen Smith, (7.) Kim Walker, (9.) Rebecca Sanders, (10.) Kate Hollywood, (11.) Emily Halliday, (12.) Madonna Blyth, (13.) Wendy Beattie, (14.) Nicole Arrold, (15.) Kobie McGurk, (17.) Rachel Imison, (24.) Angie Skirving, (25.) Melanie Twitt, (30.) Sarah Taylor, and (32.) Nikki Hudson. Head Coach: Frank Murray.

 Barbados

(1.) Lana Als, (2.) Ann-Marie Alleyne, (3.) Dionne Clarke, (4.) Joana Davis, (5.) Chiaka Drakes, (6.) Deborah-Ann Holder, (7.) Maria Browne, (8.) Reyna Farnum, (9.) Tricia-Ann Greaves, (10.) Patrina Braithwaite, (11.) Allison Haynes, (12.) Cher King, (13.) Lisa Crichlow, (14.) Charlia Warner, (15.) Nicole Tempro, and (16.) Tara Howard. Head Coach: Elius Fanus.

 Canada

(3.) Megan Anderson, (4.) Johanna Bischof, (5.) Deb Cuthbert, (9.) Lauren MacLean, (11.) Sarah Forbes, (12.) Kelly Rezansoff, (13.) Stephanie Hume, (14.) Robin Leslie-Spencer, (15.) Stephanie Jameson, (18.) Kim Baker, (19.) Andrea Rushton, (21.) Ali Johnstone, (22.) Tiffany Michaluk, (23.) Katie Rushton, (27.) Clare Linton, and (32.) Azelia Liu. Head Coach: Sally Bell.

 England

(1.) Carolyn Reid, (2.) Beth Storry, (3.) Lisa Wooding, (5.) Crista Cullen, (6.) Melanie Clewlow, (7.) Helen Grant, (8.) Helen Richardson, (10.) Lucilla Wright, (11.) Kate Walsh, (13.) Jennie Bimson, (15.) Alex Danson, (20.) Joanne Ellis, (22.) Cathy Gilliat-Smith, (25.) Charlotte Hartley, (26.) Rebecca Herbert, and (27.) Chloe Rogers. Head Coach: Danny Kerry.

 India

(1.) Helen Mary, (2.) Kanti Baa, (3.) Nilima Kujur, (4.) Rajwinder Kaur, (5.) Sumrai Tete, (6.) Masira Surin, (7.) Subhadra Pradhan, (8.) Asunta Lakra, (9.) Jyoti Sunita Kullu, (10.) Mamta Kharab, (11.) Jasjeet Kaur Handa, (12.) Surinder Kaur, (13.) Saba Anjum Karim, (14.) Sanggai Chanu, (15.) Sarita Lakra, and (16.) Rajni Bala. Head Coach: Maharaj Krishan Kaushik.

 Malaysia

(1.) Mizan Fauziah, (3.) Ahmad Intan, (4.) Kari Sebah Anak, (5.) Ali Noor Hasliza, (7.) Ruhani Siti Noor, (8.) Mohamad Din Juliana, (9.) Hashim Norfaraha, (10.) Othman Siti Rahmah, (12.) Arumugam Chitra Devi, (13.) Arumugam Kannagi, (14.) Abdul Rahman Nadia, (15.) Hashim Norbaini, (16.) Mahmud Ernawati, (17.) Lambor Catherine, (18.) Ismail Siti Sarah, and (22.) Rahmat Nurulshahizan. Head Coach: Rethinam Chidambaram Raja.

 Nigeria

(1.) Ladi Rogers, (3.) Helen Obialor, (4.) Christy Bulus, (5.) Queen Anuwa, (6.) Ajuma Ejegwa, (7.) Lucy Micheal Aleji, (8.) Lorinda Sati Yohanna, (9.) Justina Onyedum, (10.) Christy Agbo, (11.) Oluchi Obiefule, (12.) Itohan Evbenafese, (13.) Ijenwa Okah, (14.) Lilian Obasi, (15.) Susan Bulus, (18.) Serah Izang, and (19.) Patricia Uzuebu. Head Coach: Christian Kubeinje.

 New Zealand

(1.) Kayla Sharland, (2.) Emily Naylor, (3.) Krystal Forgesson, (9.) Honor Dillon, (10.) Lizzy Igasan, (11.) Stacey Carr, (14.) Suzie Muirhead, (15.) Beth Jurgeleit, (16.) Clarissa Eshuis, (18.) Diana Weavers, (19.) Jane Maley, (20.) Frances Kreft, (25.) Kate Mahon, (26.) Anita Wawatai, (28.) Charlotte Harrison, and (29.) Michelle Hollands. Head Coach: Ian Rutledge.

 Scotland

(1.) Debbie McLeod, (2.) Cath Rae, (3.) Vikki Bunce, (4.) Louise Munn, (5.) Catriona Semple, (6.) Julie Kilpatrick, (7.) Jane Burley, (8.) Catriona Forrest, (9.) Samantha Judge, (10.) Rhona Simpson, (11.) Nikki Kidd, (12.) Linda Clement, (13.) Cheryl Valentine, (14.) Emma Rochlin, (15.) Alison Rowatt, and (16.) Louise Carroll. Head Coach: Lesley Hobley.

 South Africa

(1.) Caroline Jack, (2.) Mariette Rix, (3.) Kate Hector, (4.) Nita Van Jaarsveldt, (5.) Tarryn Hosking, (6.) Lenise Marals, (7.) Lesle-Ann George, (8.) Marsha Marescia, (9.) Tarryn Bright, (10.) Kathleen Taylor, (11.) Sharne Wehmeyer, (12.) Lindsey Carlisle, (13.) Henna Du Buisson, (14.) Fiona Butler, (15.) Liesel Dorothy, and (16.) Jenny Wilson. Head Coach: Jenny King.