Birmingham 2022 unveils match schedules for hockey

Birmingham 2022 has unveiled the full match schedule for the men’s and women’s tournaments.

Scotland women take on South Africa; New Zealand; Kenya and Australia while Scotland men will face New Zealand; Australia; South Africa and Pakistan before the latter stages.

Both the women’s and the men’s competitions will begin on Friday 29 July, with the opening session of the women’s tournament featuring reigning champions New Zealand against Kenya and Scotland playing South Africa. Hosts, England, will face Ghana in the first match of the men’s competition with Scotland facing New Zealand in the same session.

The men’s reigning champions, Australia, will take on Scotland in their opening match and will then face New Zealand on 1 August – a repeat of the Gold Coast 2018 men’s hockey final.

The final of the women’s event will be held on Sunday 7 August and will be part of a super Sunday for women’s sport at the Games, with the final of the netball tournament and the final of the first ever Commonwealth Games women’s cricket T20 tournament being held on the same day.

The men’s final will be played on Monday 8 August, just a few hours before the Closing Ceremony.

There will be 54 hockey matches in total, with 40 group games, six classification matches, four semi-finals, four medal matches and all of these matches will be played at the University of a Birmingham, the official competition venue for hockey at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The 20 hockey teams taking part in the Games will also use the University of Birmingham’s world-class hockey facilities for training until competition gets underway and then the teams will be able to make use of the newly upgraded pitch at Wyndley Leisure Centre in Sutton Coldfield for training.

Chris Duncan, Head Coach of Scotland women, said, “We’ve been watching the world rankings closely to try and predict our group and this is the type of group we’d prepped for. It will be challenging to play against teams we’ve not played often, many of whom play a different style of hockey that we’re not overly used to. However, there’s plenty of Pro League footage out there that will help us prep for that challenge.

“Overall, it’s a really exciting opportunity to test ourselves against some of the top teams in the world. We’re really looking forward to competing.”  

In total there are 28 sessions of hockey and tickets have been selling fast. Sessions for the group stages include two matches and tickets start at just £8 for under 16s and £15 for adults. Find out more at www.birmingham2022.com

 

Friday 29 July

Men | 19:00 – 22:30 session | New Zealand v Scotland

Women | 09:00-12:30 session | South Africa v Scotland

 

Saturday 30 July

Women | 19:00-22:30 session | New Zealand v Scotland

 

Sunday 31 July

Men | 09:00-12:30 session | Australia v Scotland

 

Monday 1 August

Men | 14:00-17:30 session | Scotland v South Africa

Women | 09:00-12:30 session | Scotland v Kenya

 

Wednesday 3 August

Women | 09:00-12:30 session | Australia v Scotland

Men | 19:00-22:30 session | Pakistan v Scotland

 

Women’s knockout matches
Fri 5 Aug Semi-Finals and 7th-10th place play-offs
Sun 7 Aug Final and 3rd to 6th place play-offs

 

Men’s knockout matches
Sat 6 Aug Semi-Finals and 7th-10th place play-offs
Sun 7 Aug 5th-6th play-off
Mon 8 Aug Final and 3rd – 4th play-off

 

Women’s competition

Women’s Pool A
England
India
Canada
Wales
Ghana

Women’s Pool B
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Scotland
Kenya

 

Men’s competition

Men’s Pool A
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Pakistan
Scotland

Men’s Pool B
India
England
Canada
Wales
Ghana

 

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