India men's national field hockey team

India
Association Hockey India
Confederation ASHF (Asia)
Coach Paul van Ass
Assistant coach Sandeep Sanwan
Jude Menezes
Manager Maharaj Krishan Kaushik
Captain Sardara Singh
FIH ranking 9
　
First kit
　
Second kit

The India national field hockey team represents India in international field hockey competitions.[1] It is the first non-European team to be a part of the International Hockey Federation.

In 1928, the team won its first Olympic gold medal and until 1956, the Indian men's team remained unbeaten in the Olympics, winning six gold medals in a row. India also won the 1975 World Cup.

Having won eight Olympics gold medals till date, India is the most successful team ever in Olympics. It's sponsored by Sahara and Shiv-Naresh. Their 2014 Team (who qualified for the 2016 Olympics after winning gold at the Asian Games) is ranked ninth in the world.

Medals table

Indian Field hockey Team at 1928 Olympics
Indian Field hockey Team at 1932 Olympics
Indian Field hockey Team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Olympics 8 1 2 11
5 World Cup 1 1 1 3
3 Asian Games 3 9 2 14
3 Asia Cup 2 5 1 8
8 Champions Trophy 0 0 1 1
2 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 5 1 6 12
2 Commonwealth Games 0 2 0 2
3 Hockey Champions Challenge 1 1 2 4
1 Afro-Asian Games 1 0 0 1
2 Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 1 1 0 2
South Asian Games 1 2 0 3

Tournament History

Summer Olympics

No Year Host Position
1 1928Amsterdam, Nederlands 1st
2 1932Los Angeles, USA1st
3 1936Berlin, Germany1st
4 1948London, UK 1st
5 1952Helsinki, Finland1st
6 1956Melbourne, Australia1st
7 1960Rome, Italy2nd
8 1964Tokyo, Japan1st
9 1968Mexico City City, Mexico3rd
10 1972Munich, Germany 3rd
11 1976Montreal, Canada7th
12 1980Moscow, USSR1st
13 1984Los Angeles, USA5th
14 1988Seoul, South Korea6th
15 1992Barcelona, Spain7th
16 1996Atlanta, USA8th
17 2000Sydney, Australia7th
18 2004Athens, Greece7th
19 2012London, UK12th
20 2016Rio de Janeiro, BrazilQ

Commonwealth Games

No Year Host Position
1 1998Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 4th
2 2006Melbourne, Australia6th
3 2010Delhi, India 2nd
4 2014Glasgow, Scotland2nd

Hockey World Cup

FIH Hockey World League

Hockey Champions Trophy

Hockey Champions Challenge

Asian Games

Hockey Asia Cup

Afro-Asian Games

Asian Hockey Champions Trophy

South Asian Games

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Current roster

Roster for the 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup.

Head coach: Roelant Oltmans

No. Player Pos. Age
1 Harjot Singh GK 20
3 Rupinder Pal Singh 23
5 Kothajit Singh 21
7 Manpreet Singh 21
8 Sardara Singh (c) 27
9 Yuvraj Walmiki 24
10 Dharamvir Singh 23
11 Mandeep Singh 22
12 V. R. Raghunath 25
No. Player Pos. Age
13 Gurbaj Singh 25
14 Lalit Upadhyay 20
15 S. K. Uthappa 22
16 Sreejesh Ravindran GK 28
24 S. V. Sunil 25
26 Birendra Lakra 24
27 Akashdeep Singh 19
28 Jasjit Singh 24
29 Chinglensana Singh 22

Notable former players

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hockey India". Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "India beats Pakistan, takes trophy". The Hindu. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "India go down 4–5 in humdinger of a final against Pakistan". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 28 December 2012.

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