Japan men's national field hockey team

Japan
Japan
Confederation AHF (Asia)
Coach Siegfried Aikman
Assistant coach(es) Tomoyuki Makimoto
Manager Satoshi Makimoto
Captain Manabu Yamashita
FIH ranking
Current 16 Steady (July 2018)

The Japan men's national field hockey team represents Japan in the international field hockey competitions. As of July 2018, they are ranked 16th in the world.[1]

The team participated in the first World Cup in 1971, where they finished 9th. The team is coached by Dutchman Siegfried Aikman since 1 May 2009.[2][3]. At the 2018 Asian Games, they won their first international tournament by claiming the gold medal in the final against Malaysia.

Tournament history

World Cup[4]
Year Host city Position
1971 Spain Barcelona, Spain 9th
1973 Netherlands Amstelveen, Netherlands 10th
2002 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 12th
2006 Germany Mönchengladbach, Germany 9th
Asian Games
Year Host city Position
1958 Japan Tokyo, Japan 5th
1962 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia 4th
1966 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand 3rd
1970 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand 3rd
1974 Iran Tehran, Iran 4th
1978 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand 4th
1982 India New Delhi, India 4th
1986 South Korea Seongnam, South Korea 5th
1990 China Beijing, China 6th
1994 Japan Hiroshima, Japan 4th
1998 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand 4th
2002 South Korea Busan, South Korea 6th
2006 Qatar Doha, Qatar 4th
2010 China Guangzhou, China 6th
2014 South Korea Incheon, South Korea 6th
2018 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia 1st
Asian Champions Trophy
Year Host city Position
2011 China Ordos, China 4th
2012 Qatar Doha, Qatar 6th
2013 Japan Kakamigahara, Japan 2nd
2016 Malaysia Kuantan, Malaysia 6th
2018 Oman Muscat, Oman Qualified
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Year Host city Position
1987 Malaysia Ipoh, Malaysia 6th
Olympic Games[5]
Year Host city Position
1932 United States Los Angeles, United States 2nd
1936 Germany Berlin, Germany 7th
1960 Italy Rome, Italy 14th
1964 Japan Tokyo, Japan 7th
1968 Mexico Mexico City, Mexico 12th
2020 Japan Tokyo, Japan Qualified
Asia Cup
Year Host city Position
1985 Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh 4th
1989 India New Dehli, India 4th
1994 Japan Hiroshima, Japan 9th
1999 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5th
2003 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 4th
2007 India Chennai, India 4th
2009 Malaysia Kuantan, Malaysia 6th
2013 Malaysia Ipoh, Malaysia 5th
2017 Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh 5th
World League[6]
Year Round Host city Position
2012–13 Round 2 Russia Elektrostal, Russia Advanced
Semifinals Malaysia Johor Bahru, Malaysia 12th
2014–15 Round 2  Singapore Advanced
Semifinal Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina 16th
2016–17 Round 2 Trinidad and Tobago Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago Advanced
Semifinal South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa 20th
Champions Challenge I
Year Host city Position
2001 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5th
2007 Belgium Boom, Belgium 5th
2011 South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa 7th
2012 Argentina Quilmes, Argentina 5th
2014 Malaysia Kuantan, Malaysia 7th

Current squad

The following is the Japan roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[7]

Head coach: Netherlands Seigfried Aikman

  1. Koji Yamasaki
  2. Genki Mitani
  3. Seren Tanaka
  4. Hiromasa Ochiai
  5. Kazuma Murata
  6. Suguru Hoshi
  7. Kenta Tanaka
  8. Kenji Kitazato
  9. Manabu Yamashita (C)
  10. Kaito Tanaka
  11. Kentaro Fukuda
  12. Masaki Ohashi
  13. Shota Yamada
  14. Yusuke Takano (GK)
  15. Hirotaka Zendana
  16. Takashi Yoshikawa (GK)
  17. Kota Watanabe
  18. Yoshiki Kirishita



See also

References

  1. ↑ "FIH Hero World Rankings July 2018 - Men" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  2. ↑ (in Dutch) http://www.nrc.nl/sport/article2162322.ece/Hockeytrainer_Tilburg_wordt_bondscoach_Japan
  3. ↑ "Japanese Hockey Federation". Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "World Cup". fih.ch. International Hockey federation. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Olympic Games". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Hockey World League". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  7. ↑ Japan squad
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