title: Hockey at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament
text: # Hockey at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament
  
  The first edition of the field hockey Men's Hockey Tournament at the Commonwealth Games took place during the 1998 Commonwealth Games at the Bukit Jalil Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event started on Wednesday 9 September and ended on Sunday 20 September 1998.
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  | Pool A | Pool B |
  | - | - |
  | Australia  India  New Zealand  South Africa  Trinidad and Tobago  Wales | Canada  England  Kenya  Malaysia  Pakistan |
  
  ## Round robin
  
  ### Pool A
  
  | | Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Australia | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | +15 |
  | 2. | India | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 10 | +11 |
  | 3. | South Africa | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 11 | +14 |
  | 4. | New Zealand | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 |
  | 5. | Wales | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 20 | –14 |
  | 6. | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 32 | –29 |
  
  All times local (UTC +8)
  
  * Wednesday 9 September 1998
  * Match 3 20:35
  
  | Australia | 5–2 | India |
  | - | - | - |
  | Davies 2', 20' Vivian-Taylor 28' Brennan 44' Hiskins 58' | Report | Tirkey 38' Pillay 44' |
  
  * Thursday 10 September 1998
  * Match 4 18:05
  
  | Wales | 2–0 | Trinidad |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Match 6 20:35
  
  | New Zealand | 3–3 | South Africa |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Saturday 12 September 1998
  * Match 7 16:05
  
  | South Africa | 1–2 | India |
  | - | - | - |
  | Nicol 22' | Report | Prabhakaran 59' Dhillon 68' |
  
  * Match 9 19:35
  
  | Trinidad | 0–7 | Australia |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Match 10 20:35
  
  | Wales | 0–4 | New Zealand |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Monday 14 September 1998
  * Match 13 16:05
  
  | New Zealand | 3–0 | Trinidad |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Match 14 18:05
  
  | Australia | 2–3 | South Africa |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Match 15 20:35
  
  | India | 6–3 | Wales |
  | - | - | - |
  | Pillay 4' Tirkey 7' Dhillon 19', 60' Prabhakaran 28' Kumar 67' | Report | Hacker 17' Organ 33', 48' |
  
  * Tuesday 15 September 1998
  * Match 17 19:35
  
  | New Zealand | 0–2 | Australia |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Wednesday 16 September 1998
  * Match 19 18:05
  
  | Trinidad | 0–8 | India |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Match 20 19:35
  
  | Wales | 1–6 | South Africa |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Thursday 17 September 1998
  * Match 23 18:05
  
  | Australia | 4–0 | Wales |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Match 24 19:35
  
  | India | 3–1 | New Zealand |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Match 25 20:35
  
  | South Africa | 12–3 | Trinidad |
  | - | - | - |
  
  ### Pool B
  
  | | Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Malaysia | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 |
  | 2. | England | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 |
  | 3. | Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 |
  | 4. | Pakistan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
  | 5. | Kenya | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 18 | –13 |
  
  All times local (UTC +8)
  
  * Wednesday 9 September 1998
  * Match 1 18:05
  
  | Pakistan | 5 – 4 | Kenya |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Match 2 19:35
  
  | England | 1 – 1 | Canada |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Thursday 10 September 1998
  * Match 5 19:35
  
  | Kenya | 0 – 4 | Malaysia |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Saturday 12 September 1998
  * Match 8 18:05
  
  | Canada | 3 – 3 | Pakistan |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Sunday 13 September 1998
  * Match 11 18:05
  
  | England | 3 – 1 | Kenya |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Match 12 20:05
  
  | Pakistan | 1 – 1 | Malaysia |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Tuesday 15 September 1998
  * Match 16 18:05
  
  | Malaysia | 2 – 2 | England |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Match 18 20:35
  
  | Kenya | 0 – 6 | Canada |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Wednesday 16 September 1998
  * Match 21 20:35
  
  | Pakistan | 2 – 3 | England |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Thursday 17 September 1998
  * Match 22 16:05
  
  | Canada | 1 – 2 | Malaysia |
  | - | - | - |
  
  ## Play–offs
  
  | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 19 September 1998 | 19 September 1998 |
  | Australia (a.e.t) | 3 |
  | Australia (a.e.t) | 3 | 20 September 1998 | 20 September 1998 |
  | England | 2 | 20 September 1998 | 20 September 1998 |
  | England | 2 | Australia (a.e.t) | 4 |
  | 19 September 1998 | 19 September 1998 | | Australia (a.e.t) | 4 |
  | 19 September 1998 | 19 September 1998 | Malaysia | 0 |
  | Malaysia | 1 | Malaysia | 0 |
  | India | 0 | | |
  | India | 0 | Third Place | Third Place |
  | | | 20 September 1998 | 20 September 1998 |
  | | | England (pen.) | 1 (4) |
  | | | India | 1 (2) |
  
  ### Semi-finals
  
  * 19 September 1998 18:35
  
  | Australia | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | England |
  | - | - | - |
  | Smith 58' Hiskins 67' Brennan 72' | | Wyatt 57' García 63' |
  
  * 19 September 1998 20:35
  
  | Malaysia | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | India |
  | - | - | - |
  | Mirnawan 77' | Report | |
  
  ### Bronze-medal match
  
  * 20 September 1998 18:35
  
  | England | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | India |
  | - | - | - |
  | Fordham 54' | Report | Baljit 15' |
  | Penalties |||
  | Wyatt García Woods Garrard | 4–2 | Baljit Riaz Daljit Ramandeep |
  
  ### Gold-medal match
  
  * 20 September 1998 20:35
  
  | Australia | 4–0 | Malaysia |
  | - | - | - |
  | Commens 3' Brennan 19', 50' Davies 30' | | |
  
  ## Final ranking
  
  | RANK | TEAM |
  | - | - |
  | 1. | Australia |
  | 2. | Malaysia |
  | 3. | England |
  | 4. | India |
  | — | South Africa |
  | — | New Zealand |
  | — | Wales |
  | — | Trinidad and Tobago |
  | — | Canada |
  | — | Pakistan |
  | — | Kenya |
  
  ## Awards
  
  * 1998 Men's Hockey Commonwealth Games winners
  * Australia First title
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men | Australia Australia Michael Brennan Adam Commens Stephen Davies Damon Diletti Jason Duff James Elmer Paul Gaudoin Mark Hickman Jeremy Hiskins Stephen Holt Brent Livermore Matthew Smith Daniel Sproule Jay Stacy Lachlan Vivian-Taylor Michael York | Malaysia Malaysia Nur Azlan Bakar Nor Saiful Zaini Mirnawan Nawawi Roslan Jamaluddin Calvin Fernandez Gobinathan Krishnamurthy Maninderjit Singh Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz K. Keevan Raj Kuhan Shanmuganathan Mohd Madzli Ikmar R. Shanker M. Kaliswaran K. Logan Raj Mohamad Syayrin Uda Karim Suhaimi Ibrahim Chua Boon Huat | England England Bobby Crutchley Guy Fordham Julian Halls Stuart Head Russell Garcia Brett Garrard Michael Johnson David Luckes Simon Mason Mark Pearn Justin Pidcock Ben Sharpe Jimmy Wallis Bill Waugh Duncan Woods Jon Wyatt |
  