South Africa men's national field hockey team

The South Africa men's national field hockey team represents South Africa at international field hockey matches and tournaments.

Tournament history Summer Olympics Summer Olympics recordYearRoundPositionSquad 1980–1991 Banned 1992 did not qualify 1996 Group stage10th 51 3 3 1215Squad 2000 did not qualify 2004Group stage10th 72 1 4 1517Squad 2008Group stage12th 6 006729Squad 2012 Group stage 11th 6 1 1 4 1424Squad 2016 – 2020Group stage10th 51 1 3 1624Squad 2024 Group stage 9th 5 1 1 3 1117SquadTotal6/110 titles34672375126–

World Cup FIH World Cup recordYearRoundPosition*Squad 1971–1990Banned 1994 Group stage 10th 1998 did not qualify 2002 Group stage 13th 9 3 1 5 1724 squad 2006 Group stage12th 7 0 2 5 6 19 squad 2010 Group stage10th 6 1 2 3 1732 squad 2014 Group stage11th 6 1 1 4 8 23 squad 2018 Group stage16th 3 0 1 2 2 11 squad 2023 Group stage11th 5 1 0 4 11 20 squad/ 2026Group stage12th 6 1 3 2 14 17 squad

Africa Cup of Nations 1993 – 1996 – 2000 – 2005 – 2009 – 2013 – 2017 – 2022 – 2025 –

African Games 1995 – 1999 – 2003 – 2023 – Withdrew

African Olympic Qualifier 2007 – 2011 – 2015 – 2019 – 2023 –

Commonwealth Games 1998 – 5th place 2002 – 4th place 2006 – 8th place 2010 – 5th place 2014 – 5th place 2018 – 10th place 2022 – 4th place

Hockey World League 2012–13 – 15th place 2014–15 – 22nd place 2016–17 – 18th place

FIH Pro League 2021–22 – 9th place 2023–24 – Withdrew

FIH Hockey Nations Cup 2022 – 2023–24 – 2024–25 – 8th 2025–26 –

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2005 – 7th place 2014 – 6th place 2022 – 6th place

Champions Challenge I 2001 – 2003 – 2005 – 5th place 2009 – 5th place 2011 – 2012 – 7th place

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.

2026 Test series

2026 FIH Nations Cup

Malaysia Test series

2026 FIH World Cup

Current squad Roster for the 2026 Hockey World Cup.

Head coach: Devon van der Merwe

Gallery

See also South Africa women's national field hockey team South Africa men's national under-21 field hockey team South Africa men's national indoor hockey team

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References

External links

FIH profile