Ryan Jeffrey Archibald (born 1 September 1980) is a

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 from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team,

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d ''The Black Sticks'', in 1997 against

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. Currently he is a player for Somerville Hockey Club. In the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours, Archibald was appointed a

Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have ren ...

, for services to hockey.

International senior tournaments

* 1998 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 1998 –

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

* 1999 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 2000 – Olympic Qualifier * 2000 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 2001 – World Cup Qualifier * 2002 –

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

* 2002 –

* 2003 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 2003 – Champions Challenge * 2004 – Olympic Qualifier * 2004 – Champions Trophy * 2005 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 2006 –

* 2006 –

Hockey World Cup The Men's FIH Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was started in 1971. It is held every four years, bridging the four years between the Summer O ...

* 2007 – Champions Challenge * 2008 –

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

* 2012 –

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