2023–24 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup
Men's field hockey tournament held in Poland
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The 2023–24 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup was the second edition of the Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup, the annual qualification tournament for the Men's FIH Pro League organised by the International Hockey Federation. The tournament was held from 31 May to 9 June 2024 at Gniezno, Poland.[1]
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Host country | Poland | ||
| City | Gniezno | ||
| Dates | 31 May – 9 June 2024 | ||
| Teams | 9 (from 5 confederations) | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  New Zealand (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up |  France | ||
| Third place |  South Africa | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 24 | ||
| Goals scored | 118 (4.92 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Victor Charlet Faizal Saari (7 goals) | ||
| Best player | Nic Woods | ||
| Best young player |  Hannan Shahid | ||
| Best goalkeeper | Arthur Thieffry | ||
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New Zealand won the tournament and were promoted to the 2024–25 Men's FIH Pro League.[2] The New Zealand withdrew, 2 October 2024, and were replaced by Ireland.[3][4]
Teams
The nine highest ranked teams not participating in the Men's FIH Pro League participated in the tournament. The Polish team had not qualified for this FIH Hockey Nations Cup, so the tournament was exceptionally be played with nine teams:[1]
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+1).[1]
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | New Zealand |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 12 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | South Africa |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Austria |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 6 | |
| 4 |  South Korea |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Poland (H) |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[5]
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[5]
(H) Hosts
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Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | France |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Pakistan |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 4 | |
| 3 | Malaysia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Canada |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[5]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[5]
Fifth to eight place classification
Bracket
| Crossover | Fifth place | |||||
| 8 June | ||||||
| Austria | 1 (1) | |||||
| 9 June | ||||||
| Canada (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | |||||
| Canada | 2 | |||||
| 8 June | ||||||
| South Korea | 1 | |||||
| Malaysia | 3 | |||||
| South Korea | 4 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 9 June | ||||||
| Austria | 4 | |||||
| Malaysia | 5 | |||||
Crossover
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Seventh and eighth place
Fifth and sixth place
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First to fourth place classification
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 8 June | ||||||
| New Zealand | 2 | |||||
| 9 June | ||||||
| Pakistan | 1 | |||||
| New Zealand (p.s.o.) | 1 (4) | |||||
| 8 June | ||||||
| France | 1 (3) | |||||
| France | 2 | |||||
| South Africa | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 9 June | ||||||
| Pakistan | 3 | |||||
| South Africa | 4 | |||||
Semi-finals
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Third and fourth place
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Final
Statistics
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Promotion |
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| 1 | New Zealand[a] |
2024–25 Men's FIH Pro League |
| 2 | France |
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| 3 | South Africa | |
| 4 | Pakistan | |
| 5 | Canada | |
| 6 | South Korea | |
| 7 | Malaysia | |
| 8 | Austria | |
| 9 | Poland (H) |
Goalscorers
There were 118 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.92 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
Maximilian Scholz
4 goals
3 goals
- Fülöp Losonci
Gaspard Baumgarten
Jacob Smith
Abu Mahmood- Abdul Rehman
Matthew Guise-Brown- Nqobile Ntuli
2 goals
- Blaise Rogeau
- Scott Boyde
- Kane Russell
- Ghazanfar Ali
Damian Jarzembowski- Mustapha Cassiem
- Keenan Horne
Kim Sung-yeob- Rim Jin-kang
1 goal
- Moritz Frey
- Florian Hackl
- Julian Kaiser
- Arthur Kucera
Sean Davis- Roopkanwar Dhillon
- Thomson Harris
- Hudson Loh
- Jude Nicholson
- Maansarovar Sidhu
- Timothée Clément
- Eliot Curty
- François Goyet
- Etienne Tynevez
Muhajir Abdu Rauf- Syed Cholan
- Simon Child
- Isaac Houlbrooke
- Hugo Inglis
- Joseph Morrison
- Bradley Read
- Abdul Rehman
- Sufyan Khan
- Murtaza Yaqoob
- Mikołaj Głowacki
- Jakub Hołosyniuk
- Maksymilian Koperski
- Ryan Julius
- Samkelo Mvimbi
- Bradley Sherwood
- Kong Yoon-ho
- Lim Do-hyun
- Oh Se-yong
- Seo In-woo
Source: FIH
Awards
The awards were announced on 9 June 2024.[2]
| Award | Player |
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| Player of the tournament | Nic Woods |
| Goalkeeper of the tournament | Arthur Thieffry |
| Best junior player | Hannan Shahid |
