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This article lists the confirmed squads for the 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup held in Wavre, Belgium and Amstelveen, Netherlands from 15 to 30 August 2026.

Pool A

Argentina

The squad was announced on 14 July 2026.[1]

Head coach: Lucas Rey[2]

  1. Tomás Santiago (GK)
  2. Facundo Zárate
  3. Nicolás Keenan
  4. Maico Casella (C)
  5. Nicolás Della Torre
  6. Lucas Toscani
  7. Nehuen Hernando (GK)
  8. Tomás Ruiz
  9. Joaquín Toscani
  10. Matías Andreotti
  11. Tomás Domene
  12. Matías Rey (C)
  13. Lucas Martínez
  14. Nicolás Cicileo
  15. Tadeo Marcucci
  16. Ignacio Ibarra
  17. Thomas Habif
  18. Bautista Capurro
  19. Martín Ferreiro
  20. Lucio Méndez

Japan

The squad was announced on 8 July 2026.[3]

Head coach: Yoshihiro Anai[4]

  1. Koji Yamazaki
  2. Shota Yamada
  3. Yamato Kawahara
  4. Seren Tanaka
  5. Naru Kimura
  6. Jun Watanabe
  7. Taiki Takade
  8. Kosei Kawabe
  9. Kazumasa Matsumoto
  10. Yuma Nagai
  11. Manabu Yamashita
  12. Raiki Fujishima (C)
  13. Hiro Saito
  14. Tsubasa Tanaka
  15. Ryoma Ooka
  16. Kaito Tanaka
  17. Yusuke Kawamura
  18. Takumi Kitagawa (GK)
  19. Takashi Yoshikawa (GK)
  20. Hyota Yamada

New Zealand

The squad was announced on 7 July 2026.[5]

Head coach: South Africa Greg Nicol[6]

  1. Dominic Dixon (GK)
  2. Scott Boyde
  3. Dane Lett
  4. Charlie Morrison
  5. Sam Lane (C)
  6. Simon Yorston
  7. Aidan Sarikaya
  8. Nic Woods
  9. Joseph Morrison
  10. Kane Russell
  11. Dylan Thomas
  12. Bradley Rothwell
  13. Finn Ward
  14. George Baker
  15. Ryan Parr
  16. Isaac Houlbrooke
  17. Benjamin Culhane
  18. James Hickson
  19. Matthew Ruetsch (GK)
  20. Timothy Neild

Netherlands

The squad was announced on 28 July 2026.[7]

Head coach: Jeroen Delmée[8]

  1. Maurits Visser (GK)
  2. Jip Janssen
  3. Lars Balk
  4. Jonas de Geus
  5. Thijs van Dam
  6. Thierry Brinkman (C)
  7. Koen Bijen
  8. Jorrit Croon
  9. Terrance Pieters
  10. Justen Blok
  11. Derck de Vilder
  12. Floris Wortelboer
  13. Tjep Hoedemakers
  14. Derk Meijer (GK)
  15. Pepijn van der Heijden
  16. Joep de Mol
  17. Steijn van Heijningen
  18. Tijmen Reyenga
  19. Duco Telgenkamp
  20. Floris Middendorp

Pool B

Belgium

The squad was announced on 22 June 2026.[9]

Head coach: New Zealand Shane McLeod[10]

  1. Simon Vandenbroucke (GK)
  2. Arthur Van Doren (C)
  3. Arno Van Dessel
  4. Lucas Balthazar
  5. Thibeau Stockbroekx
  6. Maxime Van Oost
  7. Tommy Willems
  8. Nicolas De Kerpel
  9. Alexander Hendrickx
  10. Guillaume Hellin
  11. Roman Duvekot
  12. Hugo Labouchere
  13. Vincent Vanasch (GK)
  14. Victor Foubert
  15. Arthur De Sloover
  16. Victor Wegnez
  17. Tom Boon
  18. Nelson Onana
  19. Jack Vloeberghs
  20. Thomas Crols

France

The squad was announced on 3 August 2026.[11]

Head coach: Belgium John-John Dohmen[12]

  1. Aristide Michaelis
  2. Mattéo Desgouillons
  3. Brieuc Delemazure
  4. Corentin Sellier
  5. Lucas Montecot
  6. Xavier Esmenjaud
  7. Mathis Clément
  8. Noé Jouin
  9. Gaspard Xavier
  10. Benjamin Marqué
  11. Malo Martinache
  12. François Goyet (C)
  13. Florent Vaal
  14. Eliot Curty
  15. Victor Charlet
  16. Marius Clément (GK)
  17. Amaury Bellenger
  18. Timothée Clément
  19. Corentin Saunier (GK)
  20. Louis Haertelmeyer

Germany

The squad was announced on 20 July 2026.[13]

Head coach: André Henning[14]

  1. Linus Müller
  2. Justus Warweg
  3. Benedikt Schwarzhaupt
  4. Johannes Große
  5. Thies Prinz
  6. Paul-Philipp Kaufmann
  7. Teo Hinrichs
  8. Tom Grambusch (C)
  9. Christopher Rühr
  10. Justus Weigand
  11. Michel Struthoff
  12. Hugo von Montgelas
  13. Erik Kleinlein
  14. Hannes Müller
  15. Malte Hellwig
  16. Jakob Brilla
  17. Antheus Barry
  18. Joshua Onyekwue-Nnaji (GK)
  19. Moritz Ludwig
  20. Jean Danneberg (GK)

Malaysia

The squad was announced on 27 July 2026.[15]

Head coach: South Africa Brendon Carolan[16]

  1. Syed Cholan
  2. Marhan Jalil (C)
  3. Fitri Saari
  4. Faizal Saari
  5. Akhimullah Anuar
  6. Shello Silverius
  7. Zaimi Mat Deris (GK)
  8. Faiz Jali
  9. Ashran Hamsani
  10. Hafizuddin Othman (GK)
  11. Norsyafiq Sumantri
  12. Abu Kamal Azrai
  13. Aiman Rozemi
  14. Muhajir Abdu Rauf
  15. Shafiq Hassan
  16. Amirul Azahar
  17. Faris Harizan
  18. Azimuddin Kamaruddin
  19. Aminuddin Mohd Zain
  20. Andywalfian Jeffrynus

Pool C

Australia

The squad was announced on 6 July 2026.[17]

Head coach: Mark Hager[18]

  1. Lachlan Sharp
  2. Tom Craig
  3. Nathan Ephraums
  4. Connar Otterbach
  5. Liam Henderson
  6. Joshua Beltz
  7. Jed Snowden (GK)
  8. Blake Govers
  9. Jayden Atkinson
  10. Tim Howard
  11. Craig Marais
  12. Ky Willott
  13. Jack Welch
  14. Hayden Beltz
  15. Cambell Geddes
  16. James Collins
  17. Joel Rintala
  18. Ash Thomas (GK)
  19. Tim Brand
  20. Jeremy Hayward

Ireland

The squad was announced on 4 August 2026.[19]

Head coach: Mark Tumilty[20]

  1. Jamie Carr (GK)
  2. Luke Roleston (GK)
  3. Luke Witherow
  4. Jonathan McKee
  5. Matthew Nelson
  6. Kyle Marshall (C)
  7. Sean Murray
  8. Mark McNellis
  9. Peter McKibbin
  10. Jeremy Duncan
  11. Benjamin Walker
  12. Jonathan Lynch
  13. Peter Brown
  14. Lee Cole
  15. Louis Rowe
  16. Samuel Hyland
  17. Fergus Gibson
  18. Gregory Williams
  19. Adam McCallister
  20. Alistair Empey

South Africa

The squad was announced on 11 July 2026.[21]

Head coach: Devon van der Merwe[22]

  1. Mustapha Cassiem
  2. Andrew Hobson
  3. Calvin Davis
  4. Senzwesihle Ngubane
  5. Jamie Seale
  6. Dayaan Cassiem (C)
  7. Jared Cass
  8. Hans Neethling
  9. Tevin Kok
  10. Carlon Mentoor
  11. Brendan du Toit (GK)
  12. Viwe Mbata
  13. Luke Wynford
  14. Nicholas Spooner
  15. Damian Knott
  16. Trevor de Lora
  17. Samkelo Mvimbi
  18. Cullin de Jager (GK)
  19. Ayakha Mthalane
  20. Kenton Melville

Spain

The squad was announced on 29 June 2026.[23]

Head coach: Argentina Max Caldas[24]

  1. Alejandro Alonso
  2. Jordi Bonastre
  3. Xavier Gispert
  4. Rafael Vilallonga
  5. Marc Recasens
  6. Borja Lacalle
  7. José Basterra
  8. Gerard Clapés
  9. Marc Reyné
  10. Marc Miralles (C)
  11. Luis Calzado (GK)
  12. Rafael Revilla (GK)
  13. Pepe Cunill
  14. Joaquín Menini
  15. Pol Cabré-Verdiell
  16. Marc Vizcaíno
  17. Bruno Font
  18. Nicolás Álvarez
  19. Iñaky Zaldúa
  20. Ignacio Cobos

Pool D

England

The squad was announced on 13 July 2026.[25]

Head coach: Wales Zak Jones[26]

  1. Nick Park
  2. Jack Waller
  3. Tom Sorsby
  4. Zachary Wallace (C)
  5. Henry Croft
  6. Sam Ward
  7. James Albery
  8. Phil Roper
  9. James Mazarelo (GK)
  10. Stuart Rushmere
  11. Timothy Nurse
  12. David Goodfield
  13. Ollie Payne (GK)
  14. Nick Bandurak
  15. James Gall
  16. Liam Sanford
  17. Conor Williamson
  18. Will Calnan
  19. Sam Hooper
  20. Ben Fox

India

The squad was announced on 21 July 2026.[27]

Head coach: South Africa Craig Fulton[28]

  1. Jarmanpreet Singh
  2. Abhishek
  3. Manpreet Singh
  4. Hardik Singh
  5. Dilpreet Singh
  6. Mandeep Singh
  7. Harmanpreet Singh (C)
  8. Sumit Walmiki
  9. Nilakanta Sharma
  10. Aditya Lalage
  11. Mohith Shashikumar (GK)
  12. Amit Rohidas
  13. Jugraj Singh
  14. Vivek Prasad
  15. Sukhjeet Singh
  16. Yashdeep Siwach
  17. Sanjay Rana
  18. Suraj Karkera (GK)
  19. Rajinder Singh Jr.
  20. Shilanand Lakra

Pakistan

The squad was announced on 4 August 2026.[29]

Head coach: Netherlands Bob Veldhof[30]

  1. Waqar Ali (GK)
  2. Muhammad Abdullah
  3. Sufyan Khan
  4. Moin Shakeel
  5. Waheed Rana
  6. Hannan Shahid
  7. Zikriya Hayat
  8. Arshad Liaqat
  9. Adeel Latif
  10. Ahmad Nadeem
  11. Ghazanfar Ali
  12. Ammad Butt
  13. Muhammad Hammadudin
  14. Abdul Rehman
  15. Afraz Hakeem
  16. Umar Mustafa
  17. Abu Mahmood (C)
  18. Ali Raza (GK)
  19. Abdul Manan
  20. Muhammad Ammad

Wales

The squad was announced on 22 July 2026.[31]

Head coach: Danny Newcombe[32]

  1. Daniel Kyriakides
  2. Alf Dinnie
  3. Jacob Draper (C)
  4. Gareth Griffiths
  5. Rhodri Furlong
  6. Dale Hutchinson
  7. Rhys Bradshaw
  8. Sam Welsh
  9. Fred Newbold
  10. Gareth Furlong
  11. Jolyon Morgan
  12. Jack Pritchard
  13. Hywel Jones
  14. Benjamin Francis (C)
  15. Jonathan Fleck
  16. James Tyson
  17. Liam Barker
  18. Rhys Payne (GK)
  19. Nicholas Morgan
  20. Toby Reynolds-Cotterill (GK)

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