Australia Men's National Field Hockey Team ; nicknamed “ Kookaburras” : Australian birds, famous for their cries that are very similar to human laughter) - the men's national field hockey team , representing Australia in the international arena. The governing body of the team is the national hockey federation "Hockey Australia".
| Australia Men's Field Hockey Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Kookaburras | ||
| National Federation | Hockey australia | ||
| Confederation | OHF (Oceania) | ||
| Ch. trainer | Ric charlesworth | ||
| Trainer (s) | Paul gaudoin | ||
| Manager | Martin ferrari | ||
| Captain | Mark Knowles | ||
| FIH rating | 1 [1] | ||
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Formed in 1922, then played its first game. [2] One of Australia's most successful national teams: the only Australian national team to win a medal each time during the last six summer Olympic Games (1992-2012), and not to drop at each of the Summer Olympics since 1980 in Moscow below 4th place. Three times won the world championships ( 1986 , 2010 , 2014 ). The fact that Kookaburry could not win the Olympic gold in any way caused a lot of talk among Australian fans that the team had the “wrong course”; [3] These conversations ended after the national team finally won the 2004 Athens Olympics .
The national team is one of the strongest in the world, occupying (as of June 16, 2014) the 1st place in the ranking of the International Field Hockey Federation (FIH).
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Performance Results
Indoor Hockey World Championship
- 2003 - 8th place
- 2007 - 8th place
- 2011 - 7th place
- 2015 -
See also
- Australia Women's Field Hockey Team
Notes
- ↑ FIH World Ranking (men's and women's teams)
- ↑ Epstein, Jackie . Dwyer breaks free of Holland binds - Australia always comes first (October 21, 2009), p. 76. Date of treatment March 15, 2012.
- ↑ Kookaburras ready to toss the monkey . Sydney Morning Herald (August 26, 2004). Date of treatment June 14, 2012. Archived July 27, 2009.