India national field hockey team

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:"For the women's team, see: India women's national field hockey team"

The Indian hockey team is the national men's team representing field hockey in India. It was the first non-European team to be a part of the International Hockey Federation. In 1928, the team won its first Olympic gold medal. From 1928 to 1956, the Indian men's team remained unbeaten in the Olympics, garnering six gold medals in a row.

Honors

Medals table

Field hockey at the Summer Olympics

*goca 1928 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
*goca 1932 - Los Angeles, USA
*goca 1936 - Berlin, Germany
*goca 1948 - London, UK
*goca 1952 - Helsinki, Finland
*goca 1956 - Melbourne, Australia
* 1960 - Rome, Italy
*goca 1964 - Tokyo, Japan
*brca 1968 - Mexico City, Mexico
*brca 1972 - Munich, Germany
*goca 1980 - Moscow, Russia

=World Cup=

*brca 1971 - Barcelona, Spain
* 1973 - Amstelveen, Netherlands
*goca 1975 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Champions Trophy

*brca 1982- Amstelveen, Netherlands
*4th 1983- Karachi, Pakistan
*4th 1996- Berlin, Germany
*4th 2002- Cologne, Germany
*4th 2003- Amstelveen, Netherlands
*4th 2004 - Lahore, Pakistan

Hockey at the Asian Games

* 1958 - Tokyo, Japan
* 1962 - Jakarta, Indonesia
*goca 1966 - Bangkok, Thailand
* 1970 - Bangkok, Thailand
* 1974 - Tehran, Iran
* 1978 - Bangkok, Thailand
* 1982 - New Delhi, India
*brca 1986 - Seoul, South Korea
* 1990 - Beijing, China
* 1994 - Hiroshima, Japan
*goca 1998 - Bangkok, Thailand
* 2002 - Busan, South Korea

=Asia Cup=

* 1982 - Karachi, Pakistan
* 1985 - Dhaka, Bangladesh
* 1989 - New Delhi, India
* 1994 - Hiroshima, Japan
*brca 1999 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
*goca 2003 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
*goca 2007 - Chennai, India

Champions Challenge

*goca 2001 - Kuala Lumpur (Squad)
*brca 2007 - Belgium

Current Squad

The following players form the current squad of the Indian hockey team. [http://www.indiahockey.org/NT_seniorteammen.php]

* Prabodh Tirkey
* Baljit Singh
* Adrian D’Souza
* V. R. Raghunath
* William Xalco
* Gurbaz Singh
* Bimal Lakra
* Sardara Singh
* Ignace Tirkey
* Vikram Kanth
* Rajpal Singh
* Tushar Khandekar
* Prabjodh Singh
* Roshan Minz
* Shivendra Singh
* Dilip Tirkey
* Jaswinder
* S. V. Sunil
* Joaquim Carvalho

Famous ex-players

* Dhyan Chand
* Balbir Singh
* Dhanraj Pillay

References

External links

* [http://www.indianhockey.com/ Indian Hockey Website]
* [http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/olympics/2004/india.htm Bharatiya Hockey]