Poland men's national field hockey team
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AssociationPolish field hockey association (Polski Związek Hokeja na Trawie)
Head CoachDariusz Rachwalski
Assistant coach(es)Tin Matković
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| Association | Polish field hockey association (Polski Związek Hokeja na Trawie) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | EHF (Europe) | ||
| Head Coach | Dariusz Rachwalski | ||
| Assistant coach(es) | Tin Matković | ||
| Manager | Patryk Karamuz | ||
| Captain | Jacek Kurowski | ||
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| FIH ranking | |||
| Current | 24  1 (19 December 2025)[1] | ||
| Highest | 16 (2004) | ||
| Lowest | 28 (March – July 2023) | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1952) | ||
| Best result | 4th (1980) | ||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1975) | ||
| Best result | 8th (1982, 1986) | ||
| EuroHockey Championship | |||
| Appearances | 14 (first in 1970) | ||
| Best result | 5th (1974, 1978, 1987) | ||
Poland men's national field hockey team represents Poland in international field hockey and is controlled by the Polish field hockey association, or in Polish: Polski Związek Hokeja na Trawie, also known as PZHT.
Summer Olympics
| Summer Olympics record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
 1908 |
did not participate | ||||||||
 1920 | |||||||||
 1928 | |||||||||
 1932 | |||||||||
 1936 | |||||||||
| 1948 | |||||||||
 1952 |
5th place game | 6th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | Squad |
 1956 |
did not participate | ||||||||
 1960 |
Group stage | 12th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | Squad |
 1964 |
did not participate | ||||||||
 1968 | |||||||||
 1972 |
11th place game | 11th | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | Squad |
 1976 |
did not participate | ||||||||
 1980 |
3rd place game | 4th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 17 | Squad |
 1984 |
did not participate | ||||||||
 1988 | |||||||||
 1992 |
did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1996 | |||||||||
| 2000 |
12th place game | 12th | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 20 | Squad |
 2004 |
did not qualify | ||||||||
 2008 | |||||||||
| 2012 | |||||||||
 2016 | |||||||||
 2020 | |||||||||
 2024 | |||||||||
| Total | Best: 4th | 5/25 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 64 | 78 | – |
Friendship Games
| Field hockey at the Friendship Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 1984 |
Final | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | squad |
| Total | Best: 2nd | 2/8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | – |
World Cup
| World Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Squad |
 1971 |
did not participate | ||||||||
| 1973 | |||||||||
 1975 |
9th place game | 10th | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | Squad |
 1978 |
9th place game | 9th | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 25 | Squad |
 1982 |
7th place game | 8th | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | Squad |
 1986 |
7th place game | 8th | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | Squad |
 1990 |
did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1994 | |||||||||
| 1998 |
11th place game | 12th | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 32 | Squad |
| 2002 |
15th place game | 15th | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | Squad |
| 2006 |
did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2010 | |||||||||
| 2014 | |||||||||
| 2018 | |||||||||
| 2023 | |||||||||
| Total | Best: 8th | 6/15 | 45 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 71 | 130 | – |
European Championships
EuroHockey Championship
| EuroHockey Championship record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Host | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 1970 | Brussels, Belgium |
7th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | N/a |
| 1974 | Madrid, Spain |
5th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 13 | |
| 1978 | Hanover, West Germany |
5th | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | |
| 1983 | Amstelveen, Netherlands |
9th | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |
| 1987 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
5th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |
| 1991 | Paris, France |
8th | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 24 | |
| 1995 |  Dublin, Ireland |
6th | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | |
| 1999 | Padua, Italy |
9th | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 20 | |
| 2003 | Barcelona, Spain |
8th | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | |
| 2005 | Leipzig, Germany |
7th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | Squad |
| 2007 | Manchester, England |
did not qualify | |||||||
| 2009 | Amstelveen, Netherlands |
8th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 28 | Squad |
| 2011 | Mönchengladbach, Germany |
did not qualify | |||||||
| 2013 | Boom, Belgium |
7th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 26 | Squad |
| 2015 | London, England |
did not qualify | |||||||
| 2017 | Amstelveen, Netherlands |
8th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 23 | Squad |
| 2019 | Antwerp, Belgium |
did not qualify | |||||||
| 2021 | Amstelveen, Netherlands | ||||||||
| 2023 | Mönchengladbach, Germany | ||||||||
| 2025 | 7th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 27 | Squad | |
| 2027 | London, England |
qualified | |||||||
| Total | 5th place | 86 | 27 | 10 | 49 | 144 | 243 | ||
EuroHockey Championship II
| EuroHockey Championship II record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
 2007 |
Final | 1st | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 9 |
 2011 |
Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 |
 2015 |
Final | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| 2019 |
3rd place match | 4th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
 2021 |
3rd place match | 4th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 |
| Total | 5/11 | 2 titles | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 63 | 33 |
EuroHockey Championship III
| EuroHockey Championship III record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
| 2023 |
Final | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1 |
| Total | 1/11 | 1 title | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1 |
Hockey World League
| Hockey World League record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Position | Round | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
| 2012–13 | 27th of 33 | Round 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| Round 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 21 | ||
| 2014–15 | 17th of 35 | Round 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 11 |
| Semifinal | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | ||
| 2016–17 | 29th of 36 | Round 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| Total | 17th (1x) | 3/3 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 68 | 65 |
FIH Hockey Nations Cup
| Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Position | Round | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
| 2023–24 | 9th | Preliminary round | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Total | 9th | 1/1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.
Current squad
The following 18 players were named on 5 August 2025 for the 2025 EuroHockey Championship from 8 to 16 August 2025 in Mönchengladbach, Germany.[2]
Caps updated as of 20 July 2025, after the match against Ireland.
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club | Latest call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karol Gumny | 24 June 2006 | 8 | Politechnika Poznańska |
v.  Ireland, 20 July 2025 | |
| GK | Maksymilian Pawlak | 18 February 2005 | 2 | DHC Hannover |
v. Ireland, 20 July 2025 |
| Aleks Marcinkowski | 19 March 2005 | 7 | AZS AWF Poznań |
2024–25 FIH Hockey Nations Cup 2 | |
| Emil Witczak | 7 November 2005 | 5 | AZS AWF Poznań |
2024–25 FIH Hockey Nations Cup 2 | |
| Michał Wachowiak | 16 September 1991 | 24 | Warta Poznań |
v.  Scotland, 9 August 2024 |
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss Fixture
2026
| 01 March 2026 WC Qualifiers GS | South Korea  | 2–3 | Poland | Santiago, Chile |
| 14:15 | Lim  27'Oh 45' |
Report | Jarzyński 31', 51' Lange 53' |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler |
| 03 March 2026 WC Qualifiers GS | Canada | 1–2 | Poland | Santiago, Chile |
| 09:00 | Nicholson 60' |
Report | Jarzyński 45' Bembenek 56' |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler |
| 04 March 2026 WC Qualifiers GS | Ireland | 4–1 | Poland | Santiago, Chile |
| 09:00 | Rowe 15' Cole 21'Walker 40'Nelson 59' |
Report | Rutkowski 52' |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler |
| 06 March 2026 WC Qualifiers SF | France | 4–2 | Poland | Santiago, Chile |
| 17:15 | T. Clément 15' Branicki 20'Esmenjaud 21'Sellier 36' |
Report | T. Bembenek 22' Rutkowski 34' |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler |
| 08 March 2026 WC Qualifiers Third and fourth place | Poland | 1–2 |  Wales | Santiago, Chile |
| 13:30 | Koperski 51' |
Report | G. Furlong 22', 27' |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler |
