The India men's national hockey5s team represents India in international senior hockey5s tournaments and is governed by the Hockey India. They are the reigning Asian champions and are ranked number 2 in the world.
History The team made its first participation in the inaugural 2022 FIH Hockey5s in Lausanne. India clinched the first title by defeating Poland in the final, with an undefeated record in the tournament. India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan in the final of the first Hockey5s Asia Cup, which also served as the Asian qualifier for the first FIH Hockey5s World Cup in 2024. India finished 5th in the 2024 World Cup after the quarter-final loss to the Netherlands, who were the eventual champions.
Tournament record FIH Hockey5s World Cup recordYearRoundPosition* 2024Quarter-finals5th64024724Total1/15th64024724
Hockey5s Asia Cup record YearRoundPosition* 2023Final1st75118722Total1/11 title75118722
FIH Hockey5s FIH Hockey5s record YearRoundPosition* 2022Final1st54102514Total1/11 title54102514
Honours Major tournaments Hockey5s Asia Cup: Champions: 2023 FIH Hockey5s: Champions: 2022
Current squad The following Indian team named for the 2024 FIH Hockey5s World Cup, held at Muscat, from 28 to 31 January 2024
Head coach: Sardar Singh
Players, caps and goals updated as of 31 January 2024.
Individual records Top goal scorers Position Player Goals Caps 1Mohammed Raheel Mouseen43182Maninder Singh32133Pawan Rajbhar17134Gurjot Singh16135Mandeep Mor1318
Most goals for India in Hockey5s World Cup
Position PlayerGoals1Mohammed Raheel122Maninder Singh103Mandeep Mor74Pawan Rajbhar6Uttam Singh
Head-to-head record
Won more matches than lostAll matches drawnWon equal matches to lostLost more matches than won
Overall record
Record last updated as of the following match:
India vs at Hockey Oman, Muscat in the 2024 Hockey5s World Cup, 31 January 2024
OpponentGPWDLGFGAWin %Last meeting1100151100%20232101121250%20241100130100%20241100351100%2023110094100%202433002412100%20231001470%20241100122100%2023302110110%20232200126100%20222200134100%2024 Total 18 13 2 3 159 60 72.22% 2024
India Pakistan rivalry
India have played three matches against Pakistan, drawing two and losing one.
The following table shows vs in major tournaments :
Tournament Year Venue Winning team, result FIH Hockey5s 2022 LausanneDraw, 2–2Hockey5s Asia Cup2023 Salalah, 5–4 Draw 4–4, won (p.s.o) 2–0
See also
Field hockey in India India national para hockey team
References