South Africa men's national field hockey team

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South Africa
South Africa
Nickname(s)AmaStokkie
AssociationSouth African Hockey Association
ConfederationAfHF (Africa)
Head CoachGareth Ewing
Assistant coach(es)Cheslyn Gie
Sihle Ntuli
ManagerMartin van Staden
CaptainTim Drummond
Most capsGregg Clark (250)
Top scorerGreg Nicol (209)
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 12 Steady (23 December 2021)[1]
Highest10 (2005)
Lowest16 (December 2018 – January 2019)
Olympic Games
Appearances5 (first in 1996)
Best result10th (1996, 2004, 2020)
World Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1994)
Best result10th (1994, 2010)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances7 (first in 1993)
Best result1st (1993, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017)
African Games
Appearances3 (first in 1995)
Best result1st (1995, 1999)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Africa Cup of Nations 7 0 0
African Games 2 1 0
Total 9 1 0
Africa Cup of Nations
Gold medal – first place
Gold medal – first place
Gold medal – first place
Gold medal – first place 2005 Pretoria
Gold medal – first place 2009 Accra
Gold medal – first place 2013 Nairobi
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ismailia
African Games
Gold medal – first place 1995 Harare
Gold medal – first place 1999 Johannesburg
Silver medal – second place 2003 Abuja Team
South Africa at the 2008 Olympics

The South Africa men's national field hockey team represents South Africa at international field hockey matches and tournaments.[2]

Tournament history[]

Summer Olympics[]

World Cup[]

Africa Cup of Nations[]

African Games[]

African Olympic Qualifier[]

Commonwealth Games[]

Hockey World League[]

Champions Challenge I[]

Team[]

2020 Olympic squad[]

The squad was announced on 27 May 2021.[3]

Head coach: Gareth Ewing[4]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps GoalsClub
2 FW Mustaphaa Cassiem (2002-03-19)19 March 2002 (aged 19) 8 7 South Africa Varsity College
3 DF Tyson Dlungwana (1997-02-18)18 February 1997 (aged 24) 47 0 South Africa Phoenix Hockey Club
5 DF Austin Smith (1985-05-20)20 May 1985 (aged 36) 178 67 Netherlands Den Bosch
7 DF Timothy Drummond (Captain) (1988-03-05)5 March 1988 (aged 33) 145 19 Netherlands Klein Zwitserland
8 MF Nduduza Lembethe (1996-01-13)13 January 1996 (aged 25) 33 South Africa University of Pretoria
10 FW Keenan Horne (1992-06-17)17 June 1992 (aged 29) 64 South Africa Central
13 DF Matthew Guise-Brown (1991-09-13)13 September 1991 (aged 29) 42 25 England Hampstead & Westminster
14 MF Rusten Abrahams (1997-12-16)16 December 1997 (aged 23) 10 2 South Africa University of the Witwatersrand
15 FW Dayaan Cassiem (1998-12-01)1 December 1998 (aged 22) 38 15 Germany Gladbacher HTC
17 FW Ryan Julius (1995-07-19)19 July 1995 (aged 26) 41 Netherlands Almeerse HC
18 MF Taine Paton (1989-01-04)4 January 1989 (aged 32) 115 Belgium Antwerp
20 FW Tevin Kok (1996-10-20)20 October 1996 (aged 24) 35 South Africa Kearsney
21 DF Jethro Eustice (1989-11-01)1 November 1989 (aged 31) 128 21 South Africa Kearsney
22 DF Daniel Bell (1994-09-28)28 September 1994 (aged 26) 58 11 Belgium Royal Daring Hockey Club
23 GK Rassie Pieterse (1983-08-20)20 August 1983 (aged 37) 161 South Africa Wanderers Hockey Club
24 MF Nicholas Spooner (1991-08-28)28 August 1991 (aged 29) 26 Germany Harvestehuder THC
27 FW Nqobile Ntuli (1996-01-15)15 January 1996 (aged 25) 58 25 South Africa University of Pretoria
29 MF Samkelo Mvimbi (1999-01-23)23 January 1999 (aged 22) 14 1 South Africa University of Pretoria

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  2. ^ "South African Hockey Association". Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  3. ^ "SA Hockey Squads Selected". sahockey.co.za. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Team Roster South Africa" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

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