The 2023 Men's Oceania Cup was the twelfth edition of the Men's Oceania Cup after the cancellation of the 2022 edition due to the

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, the biennial international men's

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championship of

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organised by the Oceania Hockey Federation. It was held from 10 to 13 August 2023.

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were the defending champions, having won all previous editions. The event consisted of a three match series between defending champions Australia and series hosts,

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. Australia, as the winner, qualified for the

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Squads

Head coach:

Colin Batch Colin Batch (born 27 March 1958) is a professional international field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in whic ...

# Thomas Craig #

Jake Harvie Jake Michael Harvie (born 5 March 1998) is an Australian field hockey player who plays as a defender for the Australian national team. He also is a Commonwealth Games gold medallist. Harvie was born in Dardanup, Western Australia, and made hi ...

Matt Dawson #

Nathan Ephraums Nathan Ephraums (born 9 June 1999) is an Australian field hockey player, who plays as a forward. Personal life Nathan Ephraums was born and raised in Keysborough, Victoria. He attended school at Haileybury College. He is a current scholarship h ...

Johan Durst Johan Durst (born 18 March 1991) is an Australian field hockey player, who plays as a goalkeeper. Personal life Johan Durst was born and raised in Canterbury, Victoria. He completed a Bachelor of Commerce at Deakin University. Career Domestic h ...

( GK) #

Joshua Beltz Joshua Beltz (born 24 April 1995) is an Australian field hockey player who plays as a defender for the Australia national team and the Tassie Tigers. Personal life Beltz grew up in Hobart, Tasmania. Joshua Beltz also has a younger brother, Ha ...

Eddie Ockenden Edward "Eddie" Clyve Ockenden (born 3 April 1987) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays in the midfielder and striker positions. He turned professional in 2008 and has played for teams in the Netherlands. He plays club hockey, having c ...

( C) # Jacob Whetton # Blake Govers #

Jayden Atkinson #

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Aran Zalewski Aran Zalewski (born 21 March 1991) is an Australian field hockey player who is the captain of the Australian national team. Personal He is from Margaret River, Western Australia. he attended Aquinas College in Perth, Western Australia. As a ...

( C) # Benjamin Rennie ( GK) #

Ky Willott #

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# Flynn Ogilvie # Daniel Beale #

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Head coach: Gregory Nicol #

Scott Boyde #

Dane Lett #

Simon Child Simon James Law Child (born 16 April 1988) is a New Zealand field hockey player, who earned his first cap for the national team, ''The Black Sticks'', in 2005 against Malaysia. Personal life Simon Child was born and raised in Auckland, New Ze ...

Charles Morrison # Sam Hiha #

Sam Lane ( C) # Simon Yorston #

George Enersen ( GK) # Aidan Sarikaya # Nic Woods ( C) #

Leon Hayward Leon Hayward (born 23 April 1990) is an Australian-born New Zealand field hockey player, who plays as a goalkeeper. Personal life Leon Hayward was born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory. He is the older brother of Kookaburras defender ...

( GK) # Kane Russell # Blair Tarrant #

Sean Findlay #

Hugo Inglis Hugo Inglis (born 18 January 1991) is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays as a forward for the New Zealand national team. He played for the Southern Dogs in the New Zealand Hockey League and he played in Europe for SCHC, Braxgata and ...

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# George Baker #

Malachi Buschl

Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the FIH to officiate the tournament: * Amber Church (NZL) * Gareth Greenfield (NZL) * Aleisha Neumann (AUS) * Steve Rogers (AUS) * David Tomlinson (NZL)

Results

Standings

''All times are local (

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).''

Fixtures

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Goalscorers

References

{{Men's Oceania Cup Oceania Cup

Oceania Cup The Oceania Cup is an international men's field hockey competition organised by Oceania Hockey Federation (OHF). It is held every two years to determine which teams will receive an automatic berth to the Men's FIH Hockey World Cup and Summer Olym ...

Oceania Cup, 2021 Men

International field hockey competitions hosted by New Zealand Sport in Whangārei