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Nickname: | Black Sticks |
Association: | New Zealand Hockey Federation |
Confederation: | OHF (Oceania) |
Coach: | Greg Nicol |
Assistant: | Gregg Clark Mike Delaney Shea McAleese |
Manager: | David Stones |
Captain: | Nic Woods |
Most Caps: | Phil Burrows (343) |
Top Scorer: | Phil Burrows (150) |
Max Rank: | 5 |
Max Date: | 2013 |
Min Rank: | 13 |
Min Date: | 2023 |
First Game: | 5–4 (Palmerston North, New Zealand; 27 September 1922)[1] |
Olympic Apps: | 14 |
Olympic First: | 1956 |
Olympic Best: | 1st (1976) |
World Cup Apps: | 11 |
World Cup First: | 1973 |
World Cup Best: | 7th (1973, 1975, 1982, 2014, 2023) |
Regional Name: | Oceania Cup |
Regional Cup Apps: | 11 |
Regional Cup First: | 1999 |
Regional Cup Best: | 2nd (12 times) |
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The New Zealand men's national field hockey team, also known as the Black Sticks Men,[2] is the national team for men's field hockey of New Zealand, under the New Zealand Hockey Federation.
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, they upset Australia to win gold, becoming the first non-Asian/European team to clinch the gold medal. They have also won silver and bronze at the 2002 and 2010 Commonwealth Games.
The following players were named in the Black Sticks squad for the XXXIII Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[3]
Head coach: Greg Nicol
The following three players were listed as reserves for the Olympic Games:
The remainder of the national squad is as follows:
The following players have received call-ups to the national team in the last 12 months: