Austria men's national field hockey team

Austria
Association	Austrian Hockey Federation (Österreichischer Hockeyverband)
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Coach	Tomasz Szmidt
Assistant coach(es)	Marcin Nyckowiak
Manager	Harald Horschinegg
Captain	Xaver Hasun
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	20 (1 March 2020)[1]
Highest	18 (July 2018)
Lowest	41 (2004)
Olympic Games
Appearances	3 (first in 1928)
Best result	7th (1952)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances	5 (first in 1970)
Best result	7th (2009, 2017)

The Austria men's national field hockey team represents Austria in men's international field hockey.[2]

Austria mainly competes in the EuroHockey Championship II where they finished second twice. They also have qualified five times for the European championship where they finished seventh in 2009 and 2017. They have never qualified for the World Cup but they have played in three Olympic Games, their last appearance was in 1952.

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
1908	Did not participate
1920	Did not participate
1928	Group stage	9th	4	0	0	4	1	14	Squad
1932	Did not participate
1936	Did not participate
1948	Group stage	8th	3	0	2	1	2	10	Squad
1952	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	0	2	5	7	Squad
1956 until 1988	Did not participate
1992 until 2020	Did not qualify
Total	Best: 7th	3/24	11	2	2	7	8	31	–

European championships

EuroHockey Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1970	11th place game	11th	7	3	1	3	6	9
1974	15th place game	15th	7	2	0	5	10	12
1978	Did not qualify
1983	11th place game	11th	7	1	0	6	4	40
1987 until 2007	Did not qualify
2009	Relegation pool	7th	5	1	0	4	8	18
2011	Did not qualify
2013
2015
2017	Relegation pool	7th	5	0	3	2	6	15
2019	Did not qualify
2021	Did not qualify
Total	Best: 7th	5/17	31	7	4	20	34	94

EuroHockey Championships record
Year	Level	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	P/R
2005	II	4th	5	2	0	3	11	13
2007	II	2nd	5	2	2	1	11	10
2009	I	7th	5	1	0	4	8	18
2011	II	4th	5	2	1	2	11	12
2013	II	3rd	5	3	1	1	15	9
2015	II	2nd	5	2	2	1	11	3
2017	I	7th	5	0	3	2	6	15
2019	II	3rd	5	3	2	0	11	4
2021	II	Qualified
Total	Highest: I		40	15	11	14	84	84	–

Hockey World League and FIH Series

Hockey World League and FIH Series record
Season	Position	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
2012–13	22nd	Round 1	3	1	1	1	6	6
2012–13	22nd	Round 2	5	1	2	2	14	13
2014–15	19th	Round 1	2	1	1	0	7	2
		Round 2	6	3	1	2	13	9
		Semifinal	5	0	1	4	3	17
2016–17	25th	Round 1	3	3	0	0	26	8
2016–17	25th	Round 2	6	3	2	1	19	11
2018–19	N/A	Open	4	4	0	0	29	3
2018–19	N/A	Finals	5	2	0	3	10	6
Total	Best: 19th	3rd round	39	18	8	13	127	75

*Draws include matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.

Players

Current squad

The 18 following players were named on 29 October 2019 for the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifier against Germany in Mönchengladbach, Germany.[3]

Head Coach: Tomasz Szmidt

Caps updated as of 3 November 2019, after the match against Germany.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
31	GK	Benjamin Melinc	(1993-09-10) 10 September 1993	24	WAC
32	GK	Mateusz Szymczyk	(1988-12-05) 5 December 1988	83	Arminen

6	DF	Dominic Uher	(1993-06-04) 4 June 1993	108	Antwerp
8	DF	Bernhard Schmidt	(1993-04-09) 9 April 1993	75	Club an der Alster
14	DF	Oliver Binder	(1996-07-12) 12 July 1996	42	Hamburger Polo Club
15	DF	Florian Steyrer	(1996-11-22) 22 November 1996	72	Harvestehude
27	DF	Xaver Hasun (Captain)	(1993-06-27) 27 June 1993	103	Harvestehude

5	MF	Sebastian Eitenberger	(1992-08-21) 21 August 1992	109	Arminen
10	MF	Daniel Fröhlich	(1991-04-22) 22 April 1991	97	Arminen
13	MF	Benjamin Stanzl	(1988-01-13) 13 January 1988	153	Oranje-Rood
19	MF	Patrick Stanzl	(1993-04-16) 16 April 1993	82	Post SV
29	MF	Oliver Kern	(1999-08-10) 10 August 1999	17	Harvestehude

7	FW	Alexander Bele	(1992-05-06) 6 May 1992	90	Arminen
9	FW	Michael Körper	(1986-12-03) 3 December 1986	159	Harvestehude
18	FW	Fabian Unterkircher	(1998-08-13) 13 August 1998	28	Post SV
20	FW	Franz Lindengrün	(1995-09-26) 26 September 1995	30	Hamburger Polo Club
21	FW	Robert Bele	(1990-04-21) 21 April 1990	97	Arminen
24	FW	Leon Thörnblom	(1995-09-03) 3 September 1995	66	Hamburger Polo Club

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club	Latest call-up
FW	Bartosz Szmidt	(1994-02-18) 18 February 1994	67	Hamburger Polo Club	2019 EuroHockey Championship II
MF	Michael Minar	(1988-10-11) 11 October 1988	130	Arminen	v. Scotland, 13 July 2019
	Tobias Mayer	(1996-06-03) 3 June 1996	5	WAC	v. Scotland, 13 July 2019
	Lucas Unterkircher	(1994-12-11) 11 December 1994	5	Post SV	v. Scotland, 13 July 2019
	Hannes Podpera	(1996-06-29) 29 June 1996	4	WAC	v. Scotland, 13 July 2019
FW	Patrick Schmidt	(1991-10-13) 13 October 1991	77	Arminen	v. Wales, 7 July 2019
DF	Benjamin Kölbl	(2002-05-11) 11 May 2002	1	HC Wien	v. Wales, 7 July 2019

Results and fixtures

The following matches were played or are scheduled to be played by the national team in the current or upcoming seasons.

2019

26 April 2019 2019 FIH Series Finals	Austria	5–0	Belarus	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
14:05 MYT (UTC+8)	Lindengrün 10' Uher 11' Bele 41' Unterkircher 48' Thörmblom 57'	Report		Stadium: National Hockey Stadium

27 April 2019 2019 FIH Series Finals	Austria	1–2	Canada	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
18:05 MYT (UTC+8)	Thörnblom 53'	Report	Wallace 31' K. Pereira 42'	Stadium: National Hockey Stadium

29 April 2019 2019 FIH Series Finals	Wales	0–2	Austria	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
16:05 MYT (UTC+8)		Report	Uher 37' Steyrer 55'	Stadium: National Hockey Stadium

3 May 2019 2019 FIH Series Finals	Austria	1–3	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
20:05 MYT (UTC+8)	Thörnblom 32'	Report	Faizal 11' Marhan 55' Meor 58'	Stadium: National Hockey Stadium

4 May 2019 2019 FIH Series Finals	Austria	1–2	Italy	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
17:50 MYT (UTC+8)	P. Schmidt 49'	Report	Sior 47' Keenan 49'	Stadium: National Hockey Stadium

4 July 2019 Test match	Austria	1–1	Wales	Vienna, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	F. Unterkircher 16'	Report	Hawker 24'	Stadium: Hockeystadion

6 July 2019 Test match	Austria	3–2	Wales	Vienna, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Szmidt 16' Binder 29' Körper 45'	Report	G. Furlong 36' Dolan-Gray 37'	Stadium: Hockeystadion

7 July 2019 Test match	Austria	2–1	Wales	Vienna, Austria
10:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Podpera 23', 34'	Report	Carson 49'	Stadium: Hockeystadion

12 July 2019 Test match	Austria	3–2	Scotland	Vienna, Austria
18:00	Steyrer 31' Körper 38', 59'	Report	Greaves 12' Bull 50'	Stadium: Hockeystadion

13 July 2019 Test match	Austria	4–0	Scotland	Vienna, Austria
19:00	A. Bele 2', 50' Uher 6' Szmidt 56'	Report		Stadium: Hockeystadion

28 July 2019 2019 EuroHockey Championship II	Austria	2–0	Ukraine	Cambrai, France
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	A. Bele 3' Körper 44'	Report		Stadium: Cambrai HC

29 July 2019 2019 EuroHockey Championship II	Russia	2–2	Austria	Cambrai, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Skiperskiy 26' Golubev 47'	Report	A. Bele 22' Unterkircher 40'	Stadium: Cambrai HC

31 July 2019 2019 EuroHockey Championship II	Austria	2–0	Italy	Cambrai, France
12:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Thörnblom 23' Körper 46'	Report		Stadium: Cambrai HC

2 August 2019 2019 EuroHockey Championship II	France	1–1 (4–3 p)	Austria	Cambrai, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rogeau 55'	Report	Körper 43'	Stadium: Cambrai HC
	Penalties
	Lockwood Tynevez van Straaten Dumont Genestet Lockwood Tynevez		B. Stanzl Unterkircher Fröhlich Uher Thörnblom Unterkircher B. Stanzl

3 August 2019 2019 EuroHockey Championship II	Poland	1–4	Austria	Cambrai, France
14:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Krokosz 49'	Report	A. Bele 26' Steyrer 28' B. Stanzl 43' Schmidt 45'	Stadium: Cambrai HC

2 November 2019 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers	Germany	5–0	Austria	Mönchengladbach, Germany
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Windfeder 11' Staib 19' Rühr 27' Fuchs 42' Oruz 49'	Report		Stadium: Warsteiner HockeyPark

3 November 2019 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers	Germany	5–3	Austria	Mönchengladbach, Germany
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Grambusch 14' Miltkau 15' Staib 39' Wellen 57' Rühr 58'	Report	Körper 14', 40', 41'	Stadium: Warsteiner HockeyPark

References

"FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
"Austria Hockey". austria-hockey.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
"Teamchef Szmidt Nominiert Den Kader". www.hockey.at (in German). Austrian Hockey Federation. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

External links

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[FIH_World_Rankings-1] "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

[2] "Austria Hockey". austria-hockey.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.

[3] "Teamchef Szmidt Nominiert Den Kader". www.hockey.at (in German). Austrian Hockey Federation. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

Men's national field hockey teams of Europe (EHF)
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