Hockey at the 2014 Commonwealth Games explained

Event:	Field hockey
Games:	2014
Venue:	Glasgow National Hockey Centre
Dates:	24 July – 3 August 2014
Competitors:	320
Nations:	10
Prev:	2010
Next:	2018

Field hockey was one of ten core sports at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. It was the fifth appearance of hockey at the Commonwealth Games since its inclusion in 1998. The competition took place between Thursday 24 July and Sunday 3 August at the purpose-built National Hockey Centre on the city's famous Glasgow Green.

Preparation

The purpose-built National Hockey Centre hosted the 2014 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I and a men's four nations tournament (involving Argentina, Belgium, England and Scotland) in April 2014 as test events in the lead up to the Commonwealth Games.^[1]

Men	Simon Orchard Chris Ciriello Mark Knowles Eddie Ockenden Jacob Whetton Matt Gohdes Aran Zalewski Tristan White Matthew Swann Daniel Beale Trent Mitton Kieran Govers Kiel Brown Andrew Philpott Andrew Charter Fergus Kavanagh	Rupinder Pal Singh Kothajit Singh Manpreet Singh Sardar Singh Dharamvir Singh V. R. Raghunath Gurbaj Singh Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran Danish Mujtaba Gurwinder Singh Chandi S. V. Sunil Birendra Lakra Akashdeep Singh Chinglensana Kangujam Ramandeep Singh Chandanda Nikkin Thimmaiah
Women	Madonna Blyth Edwina Bone Jane Claxton Casey Eastham Anna Flanagan Kate Jenner Jodie Kenny Rachael Lynch Karri McMahon Georgia Nanscawen Ashleigh Nelson Georgie Parker Brooke Peris Emily Smith Jayde Taylor Kellie White	Giselle Ansley Sophie Bray Alex Danson Susie Gilbert Maddie Hinch Lily Owsley Sam Quek Kate Richardson-Walsh Zoe Shipperley Susannah Townsend Georgie Twigg Laura Unsworth Ellie Watton Hollie Webb Nicola White Lucy Wood.