Hockey at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's hockey

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Kuala Lumpur
Dates	9 September – 20 September
Teams	11
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runner-up	Malaysia
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	143 (4.93 per match)
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Hockey at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
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The first edition of the field hockey Men's Hockey Tournament at the Commonwealth Games took place during the 1998 Commonwealth Games at the Bukit Jalil Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event started on Wednesday 9 September and ended on Sunday 20 September 1998.

Pool A	Pool B
Australia  India  New Zealand  South Africa  Trinidad and Tobago  Wales	Canada  England  Kenya  Malaysia  Pakistan

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Australia	12	5	4	0	1	20	5	+15
2.	India	12	5	4	0	1	21	10	+11
3.	South Africa	10	5	3	1	1	25	11	+14
4.	New Zealand	7	5	2	1	2	11	8	+3
5.	Wales	3	5	1	0	4	6	20	–14
6.	Trinidad and Tobago	0	5	0	0	5	3	32	–29

All times local (UTC +8)

• Wednesday 9 September 1998

Match 3 20:35 Australia  5–2  India Davies  2', 20' Vivian-Taylor  28' Brennan  44' Hiskins  58' Report Tirkey  38' Pillay  44'

• Thursday 10 September 1998

Match 4 18:05 Wales  2–0  Trinidad

Match 6 20:35 New Zealand  3–3  South Africa

• Saturday 12 September 1998

Match 7 16:05 South Africa  1–2  India Nicol  22' Report Prabhakaran  59' Dhillon  68'

Match 9 19:35 Trinidad  0–7  Australia

Match 10 20:35 Wales  0–4  New Zealand

• Monday 14 September 1998

Match 13 16:05 New Zealand  3–0  Trinidad

Match 14 18:05 Australia  2–3  South Africa

Match 15 20:35 India  6–3  Wales Pillay  4' Tirkey  7' Dhillon  19', 60' Prabhakaran  28' Kumar  67' Report Hacker  17' Organ  33', 48'

• Tuesday 15 September 1998

Match 17 19:35 New Zealand  0–2  Australia

• Wednesday 16 September 1998

Match 19 18:05 Trinidad  0–8  India

Match 20 19:35 Wales  1–6  South Africa

• Thursday 17 September 1998

Match 23 18:05 Australia  4–0  Wales

Match 24 19:35 India  3–1  New Zealand

Match 25 20:35 South Africa  12–3  Trinidad

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Malaysia	8	4	2	2	0	9	4	+5
2.	England	8	4	2	2	0	9	6	+3
3.	Canada	5	4	1	2	1	11	6	+5
4.	Pakistan	5	4	1	2	1	11	11	0
5.	Kenya	0	4	0	0	4	5	18	–13

All times local (UTC +8)

• Wednesday 9 September 1998

Match 1 18:05 Pakistan  5 – 4  Kenya

Match 2 19:35 England  1 – 1  Canada

• Thursday 10 September 1998

Match 5 19:35 Kenya  0 – 4  Malaysia

• Saturday 12 September 1998

Match 8 18:05 Canada  3 – 3  Pakistan

• Sunday 13 September 1998

Match 11 18:05 England  3 – 1  Kenya

Match 12 20:05 Pakistan  1 – 1  Malaysia

• Tuesday 15 September 1998

Match 16 18:05 Malaysia  2 – 2  England

Match 18 20:35 Kenya  0 – 6  Canada

• Wednesday 16 September 1998

Match 21 20:35 Pakistan  2 – 3  England

• Thursday 17 September 1998

Match 22 16:05 Canada  1 – 2  Malaysia

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 September 1998
	Australia (a.e.t)	3
					20 September 1998
	England	2
					Australia (a.e.t)	4
	19 September 1998
					Malaysia	0
	Malaysia	1
	India	0
					Third Place
					20 September 1998
					England (pen.)	1 (4)
					India	1 (2)

19 September 1998 18:35 Australia  3–2 (a.e.t.)  England Smith  58' Hiskins  67' Brennan  72' Wyatt  57' García  63'

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19 September 1998 20:35 Malaysia  1–0 (a.e.t.)  India Mirnawan  77' Report

20 September 1998 18:35 England  1–1 (a.e.t.)  India Fordham  54' Report Baljit  15' Penalties Wyatt García Woods Garrard 4–2 Baljit Riaz Daljit Ramandeep

20 September 1998 20:35 Australia  4–0  Malaysia Commens  3' Brennan  19', 50' Davies  30'

RANK	TEAM
1.	Australia
2.	Malaysia
3.	England
4.	India
—	South Africa
—	New Zealand
—	Wales
—	Trinidad and Tobago
—	Canada
—	Pakistan
—	Kenya

1998 Men's Hockey Commonwealth Games winners
Australia First title

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Australia  Australia Michael Brennan Adam Commens Stephen Davies Damon Diletti Jason Duff James Elmer Paul Gaudoin Mark Hickman Jeremy Hiskins Stephen Holt Brent Livermore Matthew Smith Daniel Sproule Jay Stacy Lachlan Vivian-Taylor Michael York	Malaysia  Malaysia Nur Azlan Bakar Nor Saiful Zaini Mirnawan Nawawi Roslan Jamaluddin Calvin Fernandez Gobinathan Krishnamurthy Maninderjit Singh Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz K. Keevan Raj Kuhan Shanmuganathan Mohd Madzli Ikmar R. Shanker M. Kaliswaran K. Logan Raj Mohamad Syayrin Uda Karim Suhaimi Ibrahim Chua Boon Huat	England  England Bobby Crutchley Guy Fordham Julian Halls Stuart Head Russell Garcia Brett Garrard Michael Johnson David Luckes Simon Mason Mark Pearn Justin Pidcock Ben Sharpe Jimmy Wallis Bill Waugh Duncan Woods Jon Wyatt

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