Poland men's national field hockey team

Poland

Association

Polish field hockey association (Polski Związek Hokeja na Trawie)

Confederation

EHF (Europe)

Head Coach

Dariusz Rachwalski

Assistant coach(es)

Piotr Mazany

Manager

Robert Grzeszczak

Captain

Jacek Kurowski

Home

Away

FIH ranking

Current

4 (19 December 2024)

Highest

16 (2004)

Lowest

28 (March – July 2023)

Olympic Games

Appearances

5 (first in 1952)

Best result

4th (1980)

World Cup

Appearances

6 (first in 1975)

Best result

8th (1982, 1986)

EuroHockey Championship

Appearances

13 (first in 1970)

Best result

5th (1974, 1978, 1987)

Poland men's national field hockey team represents Poland in international field hockey and is controlled by the Polish field hockey association, or in Polish: Polski Związek Hokeja na Trawie, also known as PZHT.

Tournament record

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1908	did not participate
1920
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952	5th place game	6th	5	2	1	2	6	13	Squad
1956	did not participate
1960	Group stage	12th	4	1	1	2	3	12	Squad
1964	did not participate
1968	did not participate
1972	11th place game	11th	8	3	2	3	19	16	Squad
1976	did not participate
1980	3rd place game	4th	6	2	1	3	20	17	Squad
1984	did not participate
1988	did not participate
1992	did not qualify
1996	did not qualify
2000	12th place game	12th	7	1	2	4	16	20	Squad
2004	did not qualify
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Total	Best: 4th	5/25	30	9	7	14	64	78	–

Friendship Games

Field hockey at the Friendship Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1984	Final	2nd	3	1	1	1	3	6	squad
Total	Best: 2nd	2/8	3	1	1	1	3	6	–

World Cup

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
1971	did not participate
1973	did not participate
1975	9th place game	10th	7	2	1	4	12	18	Squad
1978	9th place game	9th	8	3	1	4	17	25	Squad
1982	7th place game	8th	7	2	0	5	9	17	Squad
1986	7th place game	8th	7	2	1	4	10	17	Squad
1990	did not qualify
1994	did not qualify
1998	11th place game	12th	7	0	1	6	10	32	Squad
2002	15th place game	15th	9	2	1	6	13	21	Squad
2006	did not qualify
2010
2014
2018
2023
Total	Best: 8th	6/15	45	11	5	29	71	130	–

European Championships

EuroHockey Championship

EuroHockey Championship record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1970	Brussels, Belgium	7th	6	2	2	2	7	7	—
1974	Madrid, Spain	5th	6	4	0	2	15	13
1978	Hanover, West Germany	5th	7	3	2	2	14	8
1983	Amstelveen, Netherlands	9th	7	2	1	4	7	14
1987	Moscow, Soviet Union	5th	7	4	0	3	14	13
1991	Paris, France	8th	7	1	1	5	7	24
1995	Dublin, Ireland	6th	7	3	1	3	14	16
1999	Padua, Italy	9th	7	3	0	4	22	20
2003	Barcelona, Spain	8th	7	2	1	4	9	16
2005	Leipzig, Germany	7th	5	1	1	3	8	8	Squad
2007	Manchester, England	did not qualify
2009	Amstelveen, Netherlands	8th	5	0	0	5	7	28	Squad
2011	Mönchengladbach, Germany	did not qualify
2013	Boom, Belgium	7th	5	1	0	4	9	26	Squad
2015	London, England	did not qualify
2017	Amstelveen, Netherlands	8th	5	0	1	4	6	23	Squad
2019	Antwerp, Belgium	did not qualify
2021	Amstelveen, Netherlands
2023	Mönchengladbach, Germany
2025	Mönchengladbach, Germany	qualified
2027	London, England	qualified
Total		5th place	81	26	10	45	139	216

EuroHockey Championship II

EuroHockey Championship II record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2007	Final	1st	5	4	0	1	23	9
2011	Final	2nd	5	3	1	1	12	4
2015	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	13	4
2019	3rd place match	4th	5	1	1	3	6	8
2021	3rd place match	4th	5	2	1	2	9	8
Total	5/9	2 titles	25	15	3	7	63	33

EuroHockey Championship III

EuroHockey Championship III record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2023	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	45	1
Total	1/1	1 title	5	5	0	0	45	1

Hockey World League

Hockey World League record
Season	Position	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
2012–13	27th of 33	Round 1	3	3	0	0	10	2
2012–13	27th of 33	Round 2	5	1	1	3	16	21
2014–15	17th of 35	Round 2	6	5	0	1	29	11
2014–15	17th of 35	Semifinal	5	1	0	4	6	15
2016–17	29th of 36	Round 2	6	1	0	5	7	16
Total	17th (1x)	3/3	25	11	1	13	68	65

FIH Hockey Nations Cup

Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup record
Season	Position	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
2023–24	9th	Preliminary round	4	1	0	3	5	8
Total	9th	1/1	4	1	0	3	5	8

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

Current squad

The following 18 players were named on 13 October 2021 for the 2021 European World Cup Qualifier in Cardiff, Wales.

Head coach: Dariusz Rachwalski

Caps updated as of 24 October 2021, after the match against Italy.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Mateusz Popiołkowski	(1994-04-21) 21 April 1994 (age 30)	37	Grunwald Poznań
2		Mikołaj Głowacki	(1999-03-18) 18 March 1999 (age 25)	17	Grunwald Poznań
4		Tomasz Bembenek	(2000-01-17) 17 January 2000 (age 24)	13	Pomorzanin Toruń
5		Joseph Hillyer	(1993-05-09) 9 May 1993 (age 31)	26	Hampstead & Westminster
7		Gracjan Jarzyński	(2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 23)	13	Schwarz-Weiß Neuss
8		Mikołaj Gumny	(1994-11-22) 22 November 1994 (age 30)	79	Grunwald Poznań
9		Jacek Kurowski (Captain)	(1998-04-17) 17 April 1998 (age 26)	50	Grunwald Poznań
10		Maksymilian Koperski	(1999-07-23) 23 July 1999 (age 25)	19	Großflottbeker THGC
12	GK	Maciej Pacanowski	(1992-09-21) 21 September 1992 (age 32)	61	Start Gniezno
13		Bartosz Zaworski	(2001-07-04) 4 July 2001 (age 23)	10	Schwarz-Weiß Neuss
14		Robert Pawlak	(2003-05-10) 10 May 2003 (age 21)	13	Politechnika Poznańska
20		Szymon Cyprych	(2003-08-28) 28 August 2003 (age 21)	3	Warta Poznań
21		Jakub Chumeńczuk	(2000-11-24) 24 November 2000 (age 24)	13	Gąsawa
22		Wojciech Rutkowski	(2000-08-27) 27 August 2000 (age 24)	13	Pomorzanin Toruń
23		Eryk Bembenek	(2001-11-25) 25 November 2001 (age 23)	5	Grunwald Poznań
24		Mateusz Nowakowski	(1998-02-23) 23 February 1998 (age 26)	21	AZS AWF Poznań
27		Michał Lange	(2000-10-15) 15 October 2000 (age 24)	13	Grunwald Poznań
31		Michał Wachowiak	(1991-09-16) 16 September 1991 (age 33)	9	Warta Poznań

References

"FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
"Kadra seniorów: powołania na turniej kwalifikacyjny do MŚ". pzht.pl (in Polish). 13 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

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