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Association | England Hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Bobby Crutchley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach | Jon Bleby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manager | Andy Halliday | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Captain | Barry Middleton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIH ranking | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The England men's national field hockey team represents England in men's international field hockey.
The team competes in most major international tournaments except the Olympic Games. England's only appearance at the Olympics was at London 1908 when they won gold; since then English players have competed at the Olympics as part of the combined Great Britain national field hockey team.
England's best finish in the Hockey World Cup was as runners-up to champions Australia in 1986, which was also held in London. They won the bronze medal at the inaugural Commonwealth Games hockey tournament in 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, as well as in 2014 in Glasgow.
21 players have been named in the England Squad for a 4 test series in Cape Town, South Africa. Matches: England v South Africa on 2nd & 6th March 2017. England v Germany on 4th & 8th March 2017. Caps and goals are for England & Great Britain teams.