China men's national field hockey team
The China men's national field hockey team represents the China in international field hockey matches and tournaments.History
The team participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Most of the players have traditionally been from Inner Mongolia, where the Daur people have been playing Beikou, a game similar to field hockey, for about 1,000 years. The modern game started in China in the mid 1970s. The team has since developed its talent with some overseas Chinese players became eligible to play for the team after 3 years of residence. This is evident in players such as Tim Tsung, who arrived from England 5 years ago and played for the English U16 National team for 3 years.Tournament history
- 2008 – 11th place
- 2018 – 10th place
World League
- 2012–13 – 23rd place
- 2014–15 – 20th place
- 2016–17 – 16th place
- 1990 – 5th place
- 1994 – 8th place
- 1998 – ?
- 2002 – 5th place
- 2006 –
- 2010 – 5th place
- 2014 – 5th place
Asia Cup
- 1982 –
- 1985 – 7th place
- 1989 – 5th place
- 1994 – 7th place
- 1999 – 7th place
- 2003 – 6th place
- 2007 – 5th place
- 2009 –
- 2017 – 7th place
- 2011 – 6th place
- 2012 – 4th place
- 2013 – 4th place
- 2016 – 5th place
Current squad
Squad for the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup.
Head coach: Kim Sang-ryul
