India men's national field hockey team

India
Association Hockey India
Confederation ASHF (Asia)
Coach Roelant Oltmans
Assistant coach Roger van Gent
Tushar Khandekar
Manager Maharaj Krishan Kaushik
Captain Sardar Singh
FIH ranking 7
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. Their 2014 Team (who qualified for the 2016 Olympics after winning gold at the Asian Games) is ranked seventh 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 FIH Hockey World League 0 0 1 1
8 Hockey Champions Trophy 0 0 1 1
2 Commonwealth Games 0 2 0 2
3 Asian Games 3 9 2 14
3 Asia Cup 2 5 1 8
2 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 5 1 6 12
3 Hockey Champions Challenge 1 1 2 4
2 Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 1 1 0 2
Afro-Asian Games 1 0 0 1
South Asian Games 1 2 0 3

Tournament History

Summer Olympics

No Year Host Position
1 1928Amsterdam, Netherlands 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, Mexico3rd
10 1972Munich, West 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

World Cup

No Year Host Position
1 1971Barcelona, Spain 3rd
2 1973Amstelveen, Netherlands2nd
3 1975Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia1st
4 1978Buenos Aries, Argentina6th
5 1982Bombay, India5th
6 1986London, England12th
7 1990Lahore, Pakistan10th
8 1994Sydney, Australia5th
9 1998Utrecht, Netherlands9th
10 2002Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia10th
11 2006Mönchengladbach, Germany11th
12 2010New Delhi, India8th
13 2014The Hague, Netherlands9th
14 2018Bhubaneswar, IndiaQ

World League

FIH Hockey World League
Year Round
India 2012–13 6th
India 2014–153rd

Champions Trophy

No Year Host Position
1 1980Karachi, Pakistan5th
2 1982Amstelveen, Netherlands3rd
3 1983Karachi, Pakistan4th
4 1985Perth, Australia6th
5 1986Karachi, Pakistan5th
6 1989Berlin, West Germany6th
7 1995Berlin, Germany5th
8 1996Madras, India4th
9 2002Cologne, Germany4th
10 2003Amstelveen, Netherlands4th
11 2004Lahore, Pakistan4th
12 2005Chennai, India5th
13 2012Melbourne, Australia4th
14 2014Bhubaneswar, India4th

Commonwealth Games

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

Asian Games

No Year Host Position
1 1958Tokyo, Japan2nd
2 1962Jakarta, Indonesia2nd
3 1966Bangkok, Thailand1st
4 1970Bangkok, Thailand2nd
5 1974Tehran, Iran2nd
6 1978Bangkok, Thailand2nd
7 1982New Delhi, India2nd
8 1986Seoul, South Korea3rd
9 1990Beijing, China2nd
10 1994Hiroshima, Japan2nd
11 1998Bangkok, Thailand1st
12 2002Busan, South Korea2nd
13 2006Doha, Qatar5th
14 2010Guangzhou, China3rd
15 2014Incheon, South Korea1st

Asia Cup

No Year Host Position
1 1982Karachi, Pakistan2nd
2 1985Dhaka, Bangladesh2nd
3 1989New Delhi, India2nd
4 1994Hiroshima, Japan2nd
5 1999Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia3rd
6 2003Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia1st
7 2007Chennai, India1st
8 2009Kuantan, Malaysia5th
9 2013Ipoh, Malaysia2nd

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Champions Challenge

Asian Champions Trophy

Afro-Asian Games

South Asian Games

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2015 Men's World Hockey League.

Head coach: Roelant Oltmans

No. Player Pos. Age
1 Harjot Singh GK 20
3 Rupinder Pal Singh 23
5 Nikkin Thimmaiah 21
6 Kothajith Singh 21
7 Manpreet Singh 21
8 Sardara Singh (c) 27
9 Talwinder Singh 21
10 Dharamvir Singh 23
11 Danish Mujtaba 23
12 Devinder Sunil Walmiki 25
No. Player Pos. Age
13 Mhmd Amir Khan 25
14 Lalith Upadhyay 20
15 V.R.Ragunath 26
16 Sreejesh Ravindran GK 28
24 Ramandeep Singh 25
26 Birendra Lakra 24
27 Akashdeep Singh 19
28 Jasjit Singh Kular 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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