World Cups
We are currently adding information on the previous World Cups to the links to the right, they are not active at the moment, but they will come online soon.
The most recent World Cups were held last year, in 2018, Barcelona hosted the Grand Masters Hockey World Cup while Terrasa, about 35kms to the NW of Barcelona hosted the IMHA Masters World Cup.
The Grand Masters World Cup, for all grades from Over 60s to Over 75s, was held from June 20 to June 30. The Men contested four grades including +60s, +65s, +70s & +75s, while the women contested +60s and +65s. The World Cup was played at Real Club de Polo de Barcelona. More information can be found at http://www.worldcupgm2018.com
So the results: The 60 were won by the Netherlands, our lads came 5th with a 3-1 win over Scotland in their last game. They played 7 games for 6 wins and only 1 loss, scored 30 goals for and only 3 against. Graham Miller was our highest goal scorer with 6, which saw him tie for 5th highest goal scorer in the 60s competition, Robert Lifmann from the Netherlands was the highest with 12. Interesting fact, Germany only won 3 games to finish 3rd!
65s. Won by England after beating our boys in the Grand Final 4-1 so they are heading home with a silver. The 65s played six games for four wins, a draw and the GF loss, 18 goals for and 7 against. Out highest goal scorers were Captain Bruce Snape and Noel French with 3 a piece. Tim Smith from England was the highest scorer with 8. Coach Peter Sweeney said his team put in an awesome effort to get to where they did.
70s. After scoring an amazing 34 goals for the tournament it was heartbreak when our team went down to England in the Grand Final. 2-2 at full time, but the shootouts went to the English team 2-0. The guys played 7 games for 6 wins with Tony Rodgers and Simon Williams both netting 8 goals for the tournament and being the leading goal scorers in the competition.
75s. Norman May’s favourite team… Gold Gold Gold… Well done to these amazing players, having to wait for the very last game of the round robin format and see England beat the Netherlands to allow our lads to retain their place at the top of the ladder and take home the trophy. They played 6 games for 4 wins, a draw and a loss, scored 12 goals with Ian Wright leading with 3 in the net.
A shout-out to the Southern Cross players, winning both the 60s & 75s Tournament Trophy comps as well, great effort fellas.
The IMHA Masters World Cup is the field hockey world cup for master national teams from all over the world. The competition included both men and women teams and was divided into the following categories: +35, +40, +45, +50, +55. The IMHA Masters World Cup takes place every 2 years and is promoted since 2012 by the International Master Hockey Association (IMHA) and worldwide recognized by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). Club Egara in Terrassa hosted the 4th edition of the IMHA Masters World Cup. Canterbury (2012), Rotterdam (2014) and Canberra (2016) have hosted previous editions.Find more information online at http://wcmasters2018.eu
So the results from Terrassa, in the ladies, our 35s won the silver medal going down to the English 0-1 in the Grand Final. Our highest goal scorers were Belinda Cameron and Sharon Clark with 3 each.
The 40s also won the silver medal losing to Argentina 1-2 with Nan Latta scoring 4 for the week.
The 45s lost the bronze to Russia in a shoot-out to finish 4th.
The 50s played Ireland for gold but lost 0-1 to take the silver medal, as did the 55s who were tied 1-1 with Engand at the end of their Grand Final but lost the shoot-out 0-3.
Our 60s teams played each other for the bronze with the 60s beating the Wattles 2-1 in the shootouts after being tied 1-1 at full time.
For the men, our 35s are the World Champions after beating England 1-0 in their Grand Final. Australian players took out 4 of the top 6 goal scoring spots with Troy Sutherland the easy winner with 10 over the Championship.
Our 40s played good hockey but shoot-outs got the better of them until the beat South Africa 11-0 to take out 7th spot.
Our 45s also came undone on shoot-outs, losing out to Ireland and finishing 6th.
The 50s join the 35s as World Champions, after defeating the Netherlands 2-1 in their Grand Final, only conceding 2 goals for the entire championship.
The 55s never lost a match in regulation time, finishing 5th after rolling Malaysia 4-2 in their final match.