| New Zealand |
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| Nickname |
Black Sticks |
| Association |
New Zealand Hockey Federation |
| Confederation |
OHF (Oceania) |
| Coach |
Shane McLeod |
| Assistant coach |
Greg Nicol |
| Manager |
Kevin Marr |
| Captain |
Ryan Archibald |
| FIH ranking |
9th |
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The Black Sticks Men are New Zealand's men's national field hockey team. Shane David McLeod (born August 8 1975) is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation 's Japan correspondent Ryan Archibald (born September 1, 1980 in Auckland) is a Field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national The International Hockey Federation ( Fédération Internationale de Hockey sur Gazon, or FIH) is the global governing body for the Sport of Field hockey New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Field hockey is a Team sport in which players attempt to score goals by hitting the Ball across the pitch with a stick They upset Australia to win gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, becoming the first non-Asian/European team to clinch the gold. The Australia national field hockey team (nickname Kookaburras) are the Australia 's national men's hockey team and one of the nation's most successful The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Montreal, Quebec Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec
Participations
- 1956 – Sixth place
- 1960 – Fifth place
- 1964 – Unclassified
- 1968 – Seventh place
- 1972 – Ninth place
- 1976 – Gold
- 1984 – Seventh place
- 1992 – Eighth place
- 2004 – Sixth place
- 1973 – Seventh place
- 1975 – Seventh place
- 1982 – Seventh place
- 1986 – Ninth place
- 1998 – Tenth place
- 2002 – Ninth place
- 2006 – Eighth place
- 1978 – Fourth place
- 1983 – Sixth place
- 1984 – Fifth place
- 2004 – Sixth place
- 2003 – Fourth place
- 2007 – Runners-up
External links
For Olympic ice hockey see Ice hockey at the Olympic Games Field hockey (sometimes referred to as simply hockey The Hockey World Cup, sometimes called the Hockey World Championships, is an international Field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation The Hockey Champions Trophy is the International Hockey Federation 's most prestigious annual event (since 1980) The Hockey Champions Challenge is an international Field hockey tournament played every two years
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