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2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final
The 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final took place from 27 November to 6 December 2015 in Raipur, India. A total of 8 teams competed for the title. Australia won the tournament for the first time after defeating Belgium 2–1 in the final match. Host nation India won the third place match by defeating the Netherlands 3–2 on a penalty shootout after a 5–5 draw. Qualification The host nation qualified automatically in addition to 7 teams qualified from the Semifinals. The following eight teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this round of the tournament. Umpires Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation: *Grant Hundley (USA) *Adam Kearns (AUS) *Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) *Raghu Prasad (IND) *Ayden Shrives (RSA) *Gurinder Singh (IND) *Nathan Stagno (GBR) *David Sweetman (GBR) *David Tomlinson (NZL) *Paul Walker (GBR) Results ''All times are Indian Standard Time ( UTC+05:30)'' First round Pool A ---- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League
The 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League was the second season of the men's field hockey national team league series. The tournament started in July 2014 in Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia and finished in December 2015 in Raipur, India. The Semifinals of this competition also served as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympics as the 6 highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualified. Australia won the tournament's Final round for the first time after defeating Belgium 2–1 in the final match. India won the third place match by defeating the Netherlands 3–2 on a penalty shootout after a 5–5 draw. Qualification Each national association member of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) had the opportunity to compete in the tournament, and after seeking entries to participate, 56 teams were announced to compete. The 11 teams ranked between 1st and 11th in the FIH World Rankings current at early 2013 received an automatic bye to the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Catlin
Nicholas Andrew "Nick" Catlin (born 8 April 1989) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder. Catlin is from Marlow, and attended John Hampden Grammar School. Club career Catlin has played club hockey in England for Holcombe, Reading, Loughborough Students and East Grinstead. He also played for Racing Bruxelles in Belgium. He joined Rotterdam in the Dutch Hoofdklasse in 2017. After one season he left Rotterdam and he returned to Belgium to play for Beerschot. International career Catlin made his international debut in 2009. Catlin competed for the Great Britain national team at the 2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ... and 2016 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal with the England team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, scoring a pena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Sloan (field Hockey)
Ian Martin Sloan (born 19 November 1993) is an Irish field hockey player, who plays as a midfielder for Wimbledon and the England and Great Britain national teams. He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Sloan was a member of the England teams that won the bronze medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2017 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship. He also represented England at the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup. Early years, family and education Sloan is the youngest son of Martin and Adele Sloan. Martin Sloan is a former Ireland captain and Great Britain field hockey international. Adele Sloan is a former Ireland women's field hockey international and between 2007 and 2013 was the head teacher at Cookstown High School. Sloan's brother, Stephen, is also a field hockey player and has played for Cookstown. Sloan was educated at Cookstown High School and Loughborough University. Club career Cookstown High School Between 2007 and 2009 Sloan was a member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Grassick
Christopher Douglas John Grassick (born 3 November 1990) is a retired Scottish international field hockey player who played as a midfielder for Scotland and Great Britain. Grassick announced his retirement from playing hockey, due to injury, on 27 September 2019. He played club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Surbiton. He also played for Inverleith Hockey Club. He captained the Scotland squad that competed at the 2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ... Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. References External links * 1990 births Living people Scottish male field hockey players Sportspeople from Edinburgh Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Surbiton Hockey Club players Men's England Hockey League players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Weir
William Henry Weir (born 13 February 1990) is an English field hockey player who plays as a defender for Old Georgians and ex England and Great Britain national teams. He may have graduated from Loughborough College with a degree in sports coaching. He is married to Racheal Weir with one daughter, Rose. Smaller than the average man, with a pan Asian linerage, became the judo champion of Wales in 2004. Club career Weir plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Old Georgians. He has also previously played for Wimbledon, Loughborough Students', Brooklands MU, Crewe Vagrants and Reigate Priory Hockey Club. International career Weir made his international debut against India in December 2012 at the Melbourne Champions Trophy, only 11 years after he first started playing hockey for the Crewe Vagrants. He played for England in the men's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal. References External links *Prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Gohdes
Matthew Gohdes (born 18 May 1990) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays for the Queensland Blades in the Australian Hockey League. He made his debut for the Australia men's national field hockey team in 2009 during a five-game test series in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He won a gold medal at the 2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Personal Gohdes is from Rockhampton, Queensland. His cousin is former national team teammate Jamie Dwyer. Gohdes never played a game with his cousin until he was named to the national team. His flatmate was teammate Matthew Swann. Gohdes is married to fellow former Australian representative, Jill Gohdes. The couple married in December 2015 and have one child. Field hockey Gohdes plays in the Australian Hockey League for the Queensland Blades. In 2010, he played in the final game of the season for his state team in the Australian Hockey League. He played for the Queensland Blades in the first found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Hayward
Jeremy Thomas Hayward (born 3 March 1993) is an Australian field hockey player. Hayward was part of the Australian team who won the 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup. The team defeated the Netherlands 6–1 in the final. Hayward was also awarded Young Player of the Tournament at this event. Hayward was selected in the Kookaburras Olympics squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The team reached the final for the first time since 2004 but couldn't achieve gold, beaten by Belgium in a shootout. Jeremy's brother Leon Hayward is a New Zealand field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ... player. The two competed against one another at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. References External links * * * 1993 births Australian male field hockey players Living people Spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devohn Noronha
Devohn Noronha-Teixeira (born February 9, 1989) is a male field hockey player, who played for the Canada national field hockey team at the 2015 Pan American Games Fifteen or 15 may refer to: *15 (number), the natural number following 14 and preceding 16 *one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015 Music *Fifteen (band), a punk rock band Albums * ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005 * ''15'' (Ani Lorak alb ... and won a silver medal. In 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team. References External links * * * * 1989 births Living people Field hockey players at the 2015 Pan American Games Canadian male field hockey players Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Canada Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Sportspeople from Mississauga Canadian people of Goan descent Canadian sportspeople of Indian descent Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Male fiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Boon
Tom Alain Boon (born 25 January 1990) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a forward for Léopold and the Belgium national team. He won a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics. Club career He started at Royal White Star HC, and after also having played for Bloemendaal, he played four years for the Belgian team Racing Club de Bruxelles. In 2019, he moved to the 2018–19 Belgian national champions, Léopold, where he signed a contract for five seasons. International career Boon made his debut in the national team in 2008. In 2009 he finished fifth with this team at the European Championship in Amstelveen and in 2011 they finished fourth at the European Championship in Mönchengladbach. In 2011, he also won the Champions Challenge. With his club Racing Brussels, he became Belgian field hockey champion for five consecutive years (2009-2013). At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament that came fifth. Boon became E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Van Doren
Arthur Georges Stanislas Henri Van Doren (born 1 October 1994) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a defender for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Bloemendaal and the Belgium national team. He is the brother of fellow Belgian international Loic Van Doren. In 2017, he won simultaneously both FIH awards of FIH Player and FIH Rising Star of the Year. At the 2018 Hockey Stars Awards he was named the FIH Player of the Year for the second time in a row. Club career He played club hockey in Belgium for KHC Dragons. With this club, he became the national hockey champion in 2011. In 2012, he was honoured with the Golden Stick (category junior male players) by the Belgian Hockey Association. Shortly after he won the FIH player of the year award in 2018, it was announced he would join his current club HC Bloemendaal from the 2018–19 season onwards. In his first season with Bloemendaal, he won his first Dutch national title by winning the championship final against Kampong. In Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jérôme Truyens
Jérôme Truyens (born 4 August 1987) is a Belgian international field hockey player. He plays for Royal Racing Club de Bruxelles in Brussels and is an attacker. Jérôme Truyens is part of the national team that reached the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by ending third at the 2007 European Championship in Manchester. At that 2007 tournament, during the little final Truyens scored the winning goal in the last minute against the German team. In the first game of Belgium at the Olympics in Beijing against Spain, he scored again. However, the Belgian team lost 4-2. Eventually Belgium ended at the ninth place. Also at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he competed for the national team in the men's tournament, now reaching the fifth place. Truyens became European vice-champion with Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Briels
Thomas Briels (born 23 August 1987) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Oranje-Rood. He played a total of 359 times for the Belgium national team from 2006 until 2021. Club career Briels started playing at Dragons when he was around five years old. In 2008, he signed a contract with the Dutch club Oranje Zwart in Eindhoven. He left Oranje Zwart in 2015 to return to Dragons. He returned to Eindhoven in 2018, when he signed for Oranje-Rood. International career Briels plays for the national team, for whom he had gathered 84 caps by 2009. In 2007 he qualified with Belgium for the 2008 Olympic tournament in Beijing where they would end up ninth. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament where they eventually finished fifth. With Belgium he became European vice-champion at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom. At the 2016 Olympics, he was part of the Belgian team w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |