Hockey at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

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1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's hockey
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
CityKuala Lumpur
Dates9 September – 20 September
Teams11
Final positions
Champions Australia (1st title)
Runner-up Malaysia
Third place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored143 (4.93 per match)
(next) 2002

The first edition of the field hockey Men's Hockey Tournament at the Commonwealth Games took place during the 1998 Commonwealth Games at the Bukit Jalil Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event started on Wednesday 9 September and ended on Sunday 20 September 1998.

Participating nations

Pool A Pool B

Round robin

Pool A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Australia 12 5 4 0 1 20 5 +15
2.  India 12 5 4 0 1 21 10 +11
3.  South Africa 10 5 3 1 1 25 11 +14
4.  New Zealand 7 5 2 1 2 11 8 +3
5.  Wales 3 5 1 0 4 6 20 –14
6.  Trinidad and Tobago 0 5 0 0 5 3 32 –29


All times local (UTC +8)

  • Wednesday 9 September 1998
Match 3
20:35
Australia  5–2  India
Davies field hockey ball 2'20'
Vivian-Taylor field hockey ball 28'
Brennan field hockey ball 44'
Hiskins field hockey ball 58'
Report Tirkey field hockey ball 38'
Pillay field hockey ball 44'
  • Thursday 10 September 1998
Match 4
18:05
Wales  2–0  Trinidad


Match 6
20:35
New Zealand  3–3  South Africa
  • Saturday 12 September 1998
Match 7
16:05
South Africa  1–2  India
Nicol field hockey ball 22' Report Prabhakaran field hockey ball 59'
Dhillon field hockey ball 68'


Match 9
19:35
Trinidad  0–7  Australia


Match 10
20:35
Wales  0–4  New Zealand
  • Monday 14 September 1998
Match 13
16:05
New Zealand  3–0  Trinidad


Match 14
18:05
Australia  2–3  South Africa


Match 15
20:35
India  6–3  Wales
Pillay field hockey ball 4'
Tirkey field hockey ball 7'
Dhillon field hockey ball 19'60'
Prabhakaran field hockey ball 28'
Kumar field hockey ball 67'
Report Hacker field hockey ball 17'
Organ field hockey ball 33'48'
  • Tuesday 15 September 1998
Match 17
19:35
New Zealand  0–2  Australia
  • Wednesday 16 September 1998
Match 19
18:05
Trinidad  0–8  India


Match 20
19:35
Wales  1–6  South Africa
  • Thursday 17 September 1998
Match 23
18:05
Australia  4–0  Wales


Match 24
19:35
India  3–1  New Zealand


Match 25
20:35
South Africa  12–3  Trinidad

Pool B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Malaysia 8 4 2 2 0 9 4 +5
2.  England 8 4 2 2 0 9 6 +3
3.  Canada 5 4 1 2 1 11 6 +5
4.  Pakistan 5 4 1 2 1 11 11 0
5.  Kenya 0 4 0 0 4 5 18 –13


All times local (UTC +8)

  • Wednesday 9 September 1998
Match 1
18:05
Pakistan  5 – 4  Kenya


Match 2
19:35
England  1 – 1  Canada
  • Thursday 10 September 1998
Match 5
19:35
Kenya  0 – 4  Malaysia
  • Saturday 12 September 1998
Match 8
18:05
Canada  3 – 3  Pakistan
  • Sunday 13 September 1998
Match 11
18:05
England  3 – 1  Kenya


Match 12
20:05
Pakistan  1 – 1  Malaysia
  • Tuesday 15 September 1998
Match 16
18:05
Malaysia  2 – 2  England


Match 18
20:35
Kenya  0 – 6  Canada
  • Wednesday 16 September 1998
Match 21
20:35
Pakistan  2 – 3  England
  • Thursday 17 September 1998
Match 22
16:05
Canada  1 – 2  Malaysia

Play–offs

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
19 September 1998
 
 
 Australia (a.e.t)3
 
20 September 1998
 
 England2
 
 Australia (a.e.t)4
 
19 September 1998
 
 Malaysia0
 
 Malaysia1
 
 
 India0
 
Third Place
 
 
20 September 1998
 
 
 England (pen.)1 (4)
 
 
 India1 (2)

Semi-finals

19 September 1998
18:35
Australia  3–2 (a.e.t.)  England
Smith field hockey ball 58'
Hiskins field hockey ball 67'
Brennan field hockey ball 72'
Wyatt field hockey ball 57'
García field hockey ball 63'

19 September 1998
20:35
Malaysia  1–0 (a.e.t.)  India
Mirnawan field hockey ball 77' Report

Bronze-medal match

20 September 1998
18:35
England  1–1 (a.e.t.)  India
Fordham field hockey ball 54' Report Baljit field hockey ball 15'
Penalties
Wyatt Penalty shoot-out scored
García Penalty shoot-out scored
Woods Penalty shoot-out scored
Garrard Penalty shoot-out scored
4–2 Penalty shoot-out missed Baljit
Penalty shoot-out missed Riaz
Penalty shoot-out scored Daljit
Penalty shoot-out scored Ramandeep

Gold-medal match

20 September 1998
20:35
Australia  4–0  Malaysia
Commens field hockey ball 3'
Brennan field hockey ball 19'50'
Davies field hockey ball 30'

Final ranking

RANK TEAM
1.  Australia
2.  Malaysia
3.  England
4.  India
 South Africa
 New Zealand
 Wales
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Canada
 Pakistan
 Kenya

Awards

 1998 Men's Hockey Commonwealth Games winners 

Australia
First title

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men Australia
 Australia
Michael Brennan
Adam Commens
Stephen Davies
Damon Diletti
Jason Duff
James Elmer
Paul Gaudoin
Mark Hickman
Jeremy Hiskins
Stephen Holt
Brent Livermore
Matthew Smith
Daniel Sproule
Jay Stacy
Lachlan Vivian-Taylor
Michael York
Malaysia
 Malaysia
Nur Azlan Bakar
Nor Saiful Zaini
Mirnawan Nawawi
Roslan Jamaluddin
Calvin Fernandez
Gobinathan Krishnamurthy
Maninderjit Singh
Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz
K. Keevan Raj
Kuhan Shanmuganathan
Mohd Madzli Ikmar
R. Shanker
M. Kaliswaran
K. Logan Raj
Mohamad Syayrin Uda Karim
Suhaimi Ibrahim
Chua Boon Huat
England
 England
Bobby Crutchley
Guy Fordham
Julian Halls
Stuart Head
Russell Garcia
Brett Garrard
Michael Johnson
David Luckes
Simon Mason
Mark Pearn
Justin Pidcock
Ben Sharpe
Jimmy Wallis
Bill Waugh
Duncan Woods
Jon Wyatt

References