This article lists the confirmed squads for the
2018 Men's Hockey World Cup
The 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation, FIH. It was held from 28 November to 16 Decem ...
tournament held in
Bhubaneswar
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, India between 28 November and 16 December 2018. The sixteen national teams were required to register a playing squad of eighteen players and two reserves.
''Age, caps and club as of 28 November 2018.''
Pool A
Argentina
The squad was announced on 2 November 2018.
Head Coach:
Germán Orozco
Germán Mariano Orozco (born 16 January 1976) is an Argentine field hockey defender, who made his debut for the Argentina men's national field hockey team in 1994. He competed for his native country in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summe ...
France
The squad was announced on 13 November 2018.
Head coach:
Jeroen Delmee
Jeroen Petrus Maria Delmee (born March 8, 1973 in Boxtel) is a field hockey player from the Netherlands. Delmee was an Olympic champion for the Netherlands in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, ...
New Zealand
The squad was announced on 31 October 2018.
Head coach:
Darren Smith
Spain
The squad was announced on 4 November 2018.
Miquel Delàs withdrew injured after the game against Argentina and was replaced by
Ricardo Sánchez on 1 December.
Head coach:
Frederic Soyez
Pool B
Australia
The squad was announced on 2 November 2018.
Head coach:
Colin Batch
Colin Batch (born 27 March 1958) is a professional international field hockey coach and former international player from Australia. Batch is the head coach of the Australian Men's national hockey team the '' Kookaburras'' following his appointm ...
China
The squad was announced on 14 November 2018.
Head coach:
Kim Sang-ryul
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England
The squad was announced on 13 November 2018.
Sam Ward withdrew injured and was replaced by
Liam Ansell
Liam Paul Ansell (born 12 November 1993) is an English field hockey player who plays as a forward for Wimbledon and the England and Great Britain national teams.
Club career
Ansell plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier D ...
on 22 November.
Head coach:
Danny Kerry
Ireland
The squad was announced on 23 October 2018.
Head coach:
Alexander Cox
Pool C
Belgium
The squad was announced on 4 November 2018.
Emmanuel Stockbroekx
Emmanuel Stockbroekx (born 23 December 1993) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays for Orée and the Belgian national team as a defender.
Club career
Stockbroekx played in Belgium for Dragons until 2016, when he moved to the Netherlands ...
and
John-John Dohmen
John-John Dominique Dohmen (born 24 January 1988) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays for Orée and the Belgium national team as a midfielder.
Biography
John-John Dohmen was born in Anderlecht in 1988, and spent his youth i ...
withdrew injured after the game against India and were replaced by
Antoine Kina
Antoine Sylvain Kina (born 13 February 1996) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Gantoise and the Belgium national team.
He is the son of Belgian field hockey coach Pascal Kina.
Club career
K ...
on 3 December and
Augustin Meurmans on 7 December.
Head coach:
Shane McLeod
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McLeod grew up in Hervey Bay and studied journalism at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. He commenced his career at ...
Canada
The squad was announced on 2 November 2018.
Brandon Pereira
Brandon Anthony Pereira (born April 30, 1996) is a Canadian field hockey player who plays as a defender for United Brothers and the Canadian national team.
International career
Pereira represented Canada at two Junior World Cups: 2013 in Ne ...
withdrew injured after the game against South Africa and was replaced by
Floris van Son
Floris Frederik van Son (born February 5, 1992) is a Canadian field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Hurley and the Canadian national team. Although born in the Netherlands, Van Son represents the country of birth ...
on 4 December.
Head coach:
Paul Bundy
India
The squad was announced on 8 November 2018.
Head coach:
Harendra Singh
Harendra Singh is an Indian field hockey coach and former international player. He is a former head coach of India's men's, women's and junior teams.
Playing career
Hailing from Chhapra, Bihar, Singh started his career as a halfback playing w ...
South Africa
The squad was announced on 7 October 2018.
Head coach:
Mark Hopkins
Pool D
Germany
The squad was announced on 4 November 2018.
Mark Appel
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After being drafted out of high sch ...
withdrew injured and was replaced by
Victor Aly on 9 November.
Benedikt Fürk
Benedikt Fürk (born 20 October 1988) is a German field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Uhlenhorst Mülheim and the German national team.
International career
Fürk made his debut for the senior national team in May 201 ...
withdrew injured after the game against Malaysia and was replaced by
Julius Meyer
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on 12 December.
Head coach:
Stefan Kermas
Malaysia
The squad was announced on 12 November 2018.
Head coach:
Roelant Oltmans
Roelant Wouter Oltmans (born May 25, 1954) is a Dutch field hockey coach who is the current head coach of Kampong first men's team. Earlier he coached the Larensche Mixed Hockey Club men's team. He coached the Netherlands men's, India men's, ...
Netherlands
The squad was announced on 26 October 2018.
Floris Wortelboer withdrew injured and was replaced by
Jorrit Croon
Jorrit Croon (; born 9 August 1998) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Bloemendaal and the Dutch national team.
Club career
Croon started playing hockey at LSC Alecto. Since 2014 he has played for the first ...
on 30 October.
Sander de Wijn withdrew injured after the game against Canada and was replaced by
Joep de Mol
Joep Paul Eric de Mol (; born 10 December 1995) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a defender for Oranje-Rood and the Dutch national team.
Club career
De Mol started playing hockey at his local club in Berkel-Enschot and he also play ...
on 12 December.
Head coach:
Maximiliano Caldas
Pakistan
The squad was announced on 14 November 2018.
Muhammad Rizwan Sr.
Muhammad Rizwan Sr. (born 31 December 1989) is a Pakistani field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Dutch club Schaerweijde and the Pakistan national team.
Club career
Rizwan Sr. plays club hockey in the Netherlands since 2012 when he ...
withdrew injured after the game against Malaysia and was replaced by
Arslan Qadir
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on 8 December.
Head coach:
Tauqeer Dar
Tauqeer Dar (born 31 January 1964) is a former field hockey player from Pakistan. He was the member of the winning Pakistani team in 1984 Summer Olympics. He is the son of Munir Ahmad Dar and the nephew of Tanvir Dar. He is also the son-in-law ...
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Men's Hockey World Cup squads