New Zealand men's national field hockey team

New Zealand

Nickname

Black Sticks

Association

New Zealand Hockey Federation

Confederation

OHF (Oceania)

Coach

Colin Batch

Assistant coach

Bryce Collins

Manager

Peter van Bruegel

Captain

Simon Child

FIH ranking

8 (2015 December)




First kit




Second kit

The New Zealand men's national field hockey team, also known as the Black Sticks Men, represents New Zealand in international men's field hockey.^[1] They upset Australia to win gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, becoming the first non-Asian/European team to clinch the gold medal. They have also won silver and bronze at the 2002 and 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

1956 - 6th place
1960 - 5th place
1964 - 13th place
1968 - 7th place
1972 - 9th place
1976 - 01 !
1984 - 7th place
1992 - 8th place
2004 - 6th place
2008 - 7th place
2012 - 9th place

Hockey World Cup

1973 – 7th place
1975 – 7th place
1982 – 7th place
1986 – 9th place
1998 – 10th place
2002 – 9th place
2006 – 8th place
2010 – 9th place
2014 – 7th place

Commonwealth Games

1998 – Participated
2002 – 02 !
2006 – 5th place
2010 – 03 !
2014 – 4th place

FIH Hockey World League

2012–13 – 02 !
2014–15 – 11th

Hockey Champions Trophy

1978 – 4th place
1983 – 6th place
1984 – 5th place
2004 – 6th place
2010 – 5th place
2011 – 4th place
2012 – 7th place

Hockey Champions Challenge

2003 – 4th place
2007 – 02 !
2009 – 01 !
2014 - 5th place

Oceania Cup

1999 – 02 !
2001 – 02 !
2003 – 02 !
2005 – 02 !
2007 – 02 !
2009 – 02 !
2011 – 02 !
2013 – 02 !
2015 – 02 !

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

1991 – 4th place
1995 – 03 !
1996 – 4th place
1998 – 6th place
2000 – 6th place
2003 – 03 !
2005 – 4th place
2006 – 4th place
2008 – 03 !
2009 – 03 !
2011 – 4th place
2012 – 01 !
2013 – 4th place

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2014 World Cup squad:^[2]^[3]

Head coach: Colin Batch

No.	Player	Pos.	Age
3	Kyle Pontifex	GK	35
4	Nick Haig		27
5	Andy Hayward		28
6	Simon Child (c)		26
8	Dean Couzins		32
9	Blair Hilton		24
13	Marcus Child		23
14	Jared Panchia		20
18	Phillip Burrows		34

No.	Player	Pos.	Age
19	Alex Shaw		24
20	Devon Manchester	GK	24
21	Kane Russell		22
22	Blair Tarrant		24
24	Arun Panchia		25
25	Shea McAleese		29
27	Stephen Jenness		23
29	Hugo Inglis		23
31	Steve Edwards		28

2013–14 Black Sticks Men national squad – announced 19 September 2013^[4]
Num.	Name	Pos.	NHL team	Date of birth (age)	Caps
3	Bartholomew, JosephJoseph Bartholomew	D	North Harbour	(1988-10-15) 15 October 1988	25
4	Haig, NickNick Haig	D	Canterbury	(1987-03-12) 12 March 1987	123
6	Child, SimonSimon Child	F	Auckland	(1988-04-16) 16 April 1988	183
8	Couzins, DeanDean Couzins	D	Auckland	(1981-06-09) 9 June 1981	290
9	Hilton, BlairBlair Hilton	M	Capital	(1989-08-28) 28 August 1989	103
11	Smith, JacobJacob Smith	D	Capital	(1991-03-04) 4 March 1991	26
13	Child, MarcusMarcus Child	M	Auckland	(1991-03-02) 2 March 1991	44
16	McGregor, HamishHamish McGregor	GK	Southern	(1988-01-30) 30 January 1988	23
18	Burrows, PhillipPhillip Burrows	M	Auckland	(1980-04-25) 25 April 1980	306
19	Shaw, AlexAlex Shaw	D	Auckland	(1990-01-23) 23 January 1990	30
20	Manchester, DevonDevon Manchester	GK	Auckland	(1989-11-11) 11 November 1989	18
21	Russell, KaneKane Russell	D	Southern	(1992-04-22) 22 April 1992	18
22	Tarrant, BlairBlair Tarrant	D	Southern	(1990-05-11) 11 May 1990	85
24	Panchia, ArunArun Panchia	M	Auckland	(1989-04-22) 22 April 1989	114
25	McAleese, SheaShea McAleese	M	Central	(1984-08-07) 7 August 1984	185
27	Jenness, StephenStephen Jenness	F	Capital	(1990-06-07) 7 June 1990	91
29	Inglis, HugoHugo Inglis	F	Southern	(1991-01-18) 18 January 1991	111
31	Edwards, SteveSteve Edwards	M	North Harbour	(1986-01-25) 25 January 1986	159

Notable players

References

↑ "Hockey New Zealand". Retrieved 19 September 2012.
↑ "Hockey New Zealand > Black Sticks > Black Sticks Men". Retrieved 11 December 2014.
↑ "Glasgow 2014 - Hockey - Men's squad". Retrieved 11 December 2014.
↑ "2013/14 National Squads announced for huge year". Hockey New Zealand. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.

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Men's national field hockey teams of Oceania (OHF)

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New Zealand Squads – International Tournaments

New Zealand squad – 1976 Summer Olympics – Gold medal

1 Manning 2 Ackerley 3 Archibald 4 Borren 5 Chesney 6 Christensen 7 Dayman 8 Ineson (c) 9 B. Maister 10 S. Maister 11 McIntyre 12 McLeod 13 Parkin 14 M. Patel 15 R. Patel 16 Wilson Coach: Gillespie

New Zealand squad – 1992 Summer Olympics

1 Daji (c) 2 Leaver 3 Grundy 4 Hobson 5 McLeod 6 Miskimmin 7 Patel 8 Penfold 9 Radovonich 10 C. Russ 11 G. Russ 12 Parag 13 Smith 14 Thornton 15 Anderson 16 Woodley Coach: Towns

New Zealand squad – 1997 World Cup Qualifying Tournament

1 Derham 2 Gosling 3 Russ 4 Parag 5 D. Smith 6 Timlin 7 Leaver 8 Buckley 9 Robinson 10 J. Smith 11 Towns 12 Radovonich 13 Tattershaw 14 Van der Bent 15 Anderson 16 Croft Coach: Cahill

New Zealand squad – 1998 FIH World Cup

1 Timlin 2 Gosling 3 Derham 4 Parag 5 D. Smith 6 Hastie 7 Leaver 8 Radovonich 9 Robinson 10 J. Smith 11 Towns 12 Gill 13 Tattershaw 14 Hari 15 Anderson 16 Bevin Coach: Cahill

New Zealand squad – 1998 Commonwealth Games

1 Timlin 2 Gosling 3 D. Smith 4 Parag 5 McIndoe 6 Hastie 7 Leaver 8 Buckley 9 Robinson 10 Archibald 11 Towns 12 Gill 13 Patel 14 Hari 15 Anderson 16 Bevin Coach: Cahill

New Zealand squad – 2000 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

1 Towns 2 Patel 4 D. Smith 5 McIndoe 6 Hastie 7 Reynold 9 Leaver 10 Archibald 11 Parag 12 G. Russ 13 C. Russ 14 Hari 15 Anderson 17 Woolford 18 Burrows 19 Timlin 20 Gill Coach: —

New Zealand squad – 2001 World Cup Qualifying Tournament

1 Towns 2 Patel 3 Kosoof 4 Smith 6 Gosling 7 Hopping 8 Couzins 9 Leaver 10 Archibald 11 Parag 12 Puna 14 Hari 15 Bevin 16 Woolford 18 Burrows 20 Gill Coach: —

New Zealand squad – 2002 FIH World Cup

1 S. Towns (c) 2 Patel 3 Kosoof 4 Smith 6 Gosling 7 Hopping 8 Couzins 10 Archibald 11 Parag 12 Puna 14 Hari 15 Bevin 16 Woolford 17 Robinson 18 Burrows 19 Shaw 20 Gill 23 Stafford Coach: K. Towns

New Zealand squad – 2002 Commonwealth Games

1 S. Towns (c) 2 Patel 3 Kosoof 4 Smith 5 McIndoe 6 Gosling 7 Hopping 8 Couzins 10 Archibald 11 Parag 14 Hari 15 Bevin 16 Woolford 18 Burrows 19 Shaw 24 Stafford Coach: K. Towns

New Zealand squad – 2003 Champions Challenge

1 Towns (c) 2 Patel 3 Kosoof 4 Smith 5 McIndoe 6 Gosling 7 Hopping 8 Couzins 9 Henwood 10 Archibald 11 Parag 14 Hari 16 Woolford 17 Pontifex 18 Burrows 19 Shaw 21 Collins 24 Brooks Coach: Oscroft

New Zealand squad – 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

1 S. Towns (c) 2 Patel 3 Kosoof 4 Smith 5 McIndoe 6 Gosling 7 Hopping 8 Couzins 10 Archibald 11 Parag 13 Puna 16 Woolford 17 Pontifex 18 Burrows 19 Shaw 20 Nation 22 Stephenson 24 Brooks Coach: K. Towns

New Zealand squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – 6th place

1 S. Towns (c) 2 Patel 3 Kosoof 4 Smith 5 McIndoe 6 Gosling 7 Hopping 8 Couzins 11 Parag 14 Hari 16 Woolford 17 Pontifex 18 Burrows 19 Shaw 20 Nation 24 Brooks Coach: K. Towns

New Zealand squad – 2004 Champions Trophy

1 S. Towns (c) 2 Patel 3 Kosoof 4 Smith 5 McIndoe 6 Gosling 7 Hopping 8 Couzins 10 Archibald 12 B. Shaw 13 Puna 14 Hari 16 Woolford 17 Pontifex 18 Burrows 20 Nation 22 Stephenson 24 Brooks Coach: K. Towns

New Zealand squad – 2006 FIH World Cup

2 Patel 6 Child 7 Hopping 8 Couzins 10 Archibald (c) 12 B. Shaw 14 Hari 16 Woolford 17 Pontifex 18 Burrows 19 H. Shaw 20 Nation 21 Collins 22 Stephenson 24 Brooks 25 McAleese 28 Petherick 30 Collier Coach: K. Towns

New Zealand squad – 2006 Commonwealth Games

4 Smith 6 Child 7 Hopping 8 Couzins 10 Archibald (c) 12 B. Shaw 14 Hari 16 Woolford 17 Pontifex 18 Burrows 19 H. Shaw 20 Nation 21 Collins 24 Brooks 25 McAleese 30 Collier Coach: K. Towns

New Zealand squad – 2007 Champions Challenge

3 Kosoof 4 Haig 5 Hayward 6 Child 7 Hopping 8 Couzins 9 Henwood 10 Archibald (c) 12 B. Shaw 14 Burrows 16 Woolford 17 Pontifex 18 Burrows 19 H. Shaw 21 Collins 22 Stephenson 30 Collier 31 Edwards Coach: McLeod

New Zealand squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – 7th place

3 Kosoof 6 Child 7 Hopping 8 Couzins 9 Henwood 10 Archibald (c) 12 B. Shaw 16 Woolford 17 Pontifex 18 Burrows 19 H. Shaw 20 Nation 24 Brooks 25 McAleese 30 Collier 31 Edwards Coach: McLeod

New Zealand squad – 2009 Champions Challenge

3 Bartholomew 4 Haig 5 Hayward 6 Child 7 Hopping 8 Couzins 10 Archibald 13 Hilton 15 Graham 17 Pontifex 18 Burrows (c) 24 Panchia 25 McAleese 28 Petherick 29 Inglis 30 Collier 31 Edwards 32 Wilson Coach: McLeod

New Zealand squad – 2010 Commonwealth Games - Bronze medal

4 Haig 5 Hayward 6 Child 8 Couzins 9 Hilton 12 B. Shaw 17 Pontifex 18 Burrows (c) 19 H. Shaw 22 Tarrant 24 Panchia 25 McAleese 27 Jenness 29 Inglis 31 Edwards 32 Wilson Coach: McLeod

New Zealand squad – 2012 Champions Trophy – 7th place

1 Coughlan 4 Haig 6 Child 7 Hopping 8 Couzins 11 Smith 16 McGregor 18 Burrows 19 Shaw 20 Manchester 21 Russell 22 Tarrant 24 Panchia 25 McAleese 26 L'Huillier 27 Jenness 31 Edwards 32 Wilson Coach: Batch

New Zealand squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – 9th place

4 Haig 5 Hayward 6 Child 7 Hopping 8 Couzins 9 Hilton 10 Archibald 12 Shaw 17 Pontifex 18 Burrows 25 McAleese 27 Jenness 28 Petherick 29 Inglis 31 Edwards 32 Wilson Coach: McLeod

New Zealand squad – 2014 FIH World Cup

4 Haig 5 Hayward 6 S. Child 8 Couzins (c) 9 Hilton 13 M. Child 14 J. Panchia 16 McGregor 18 Burrows 19 Shaw 20 Manchester 21 Russell 22 Tarrant 24 A. Panchia 25 McAleese 27 Jenness 29 Inglis 31 Edwards Coach: Batch

New Zealand squad – 2014 Commonwealth Games

1 Haig 2 Hayward 3 S. Child 4 Couzins (c) 5 Hilton 6 Shaw 7 M. Child 8 Burrows 9 Shaw 10 Manchester 11 Tarrant 12 Neal 13 Panchia 14 McAleese 15 Inglis 16 Edwards Coach: Batch

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