The Belarus men's national field hockey team represents Belarus in men's international field hockey and is controlled by the Belarus Hockey Federation, the governing body for field hockey in Belarus. The team was established following the formation of Belarus following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The team has played in the Men's FIH Hockey World Cup once in 1994, where it finished 12th. It has also qualified for the EuroHockey Championship once in 1995.
The team has won the 2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship III and 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship III. It qualified for the 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers. However, it was banned from participating in international events by the International Hockey Federation following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. , the team is still barred from competing in FIH events.
History Belarus was established following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1990. The men's national field hockey team is controlled by the Belarus Hockey Federation, a member of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and the governing body for field hockey in Belarus. The team made its first and only appearance in the Men's FIH Hockey World Cup held in 1994. However, the team lost all the five matches it played and finished last amongst the 12 teams in the competition. The team qualified for 1995 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, its first and only appearance in the tournament. Belarus won placed last in the group stage with one win in five matches and later beat France and Scotland to finish ninth in the overall classification.
Belarus won its first EuroHockey Nations Challenge medal in the 2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I held at Kazan, Russia. The team finished runners-up after losing the finals to hosts Russia. The team won the 2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship III held at Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia after defeating Italy in the finals.
The team won the 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship III held at Lousada in August 2021 by defeating the Czech Republic in the final. The team qualified for the 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers thorough the win. However, in 2022, FIH announced that the Belarusian team was barred from participating in FIH events following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The team was prevented from competing in the 2024-25 season after the FIH reiterated its stand.
Competitive record World Cup FIH World Cup recordYearRoundPosition 1971until 1990Part of the Soviet Union 199411th place game12th7007417 1998until 2023Did not qualifyTotal12th place1/87007417
European Championships
EuroHockey Nations Championship recordYearRoundPosition 1970until 1991Part of the Soviet Union 19959th place game9th73041522 1999until 2021Did not qualify 2023Banned from participatingTotalBest: 9th1/1273041522
EuroHockey Nations Challenge recordYearLevelPosition* 2005II7th52031214 2007III2nd53112214 2009II6th5113915 2011II8th5014815 2013III3rd53022324 2015III4th41031817 2017III1st5410263 2019II7th5014412 2021III1st4310184TotalHighest: II4317620140118–
World League and FIH Series Hockey World League & FIH Series recordSeasonPositionRound *2012–13UnrankedRound 13102682014–1533rdRound 14310145Round 261058242016–17UnrankedRound 1540128102018–19rowspan=2 Open53111511Finals4004617Total33rd2nd round27122137775
*Draws include matches decided on a shoot-out.
See also Belarus women's national field hockey team
References
External links FIH profile