Poland men's national field hockey team - Wikipedia
- ️Thu Apr 21 1994
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| Association | Polish field hockey association (Polski Związek Hokeja na Trawie) | |
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| Confederation | EHF (Europe) | |
| Head Coach | Dariusz Rachwalski | |
| Assistant coach(es) | Piotr Mazany | |
| Manager | Robert Grzeszczak | |
| Captain | Jacek Kurowski | |
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| FIH ranking | ||
| Current | 24  4 (19 December 2024)[1] | |
| 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.
| Summer Olympics record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
 1908
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 1920
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 1928
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 1932
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 1936
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| 1948
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 1952
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5th place game | 6th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | Squad |
 1956
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did not participate | ||||||||
 1960
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Group stage | 12th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | Squad |
 1964
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did not participate | ||||||||
 1968
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 1972
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11th place game | 11th | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | Squad |
 1976
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did not participate | ||||||||
 1980
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3rd place game | 4th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 17 | Squad |
 1984
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did not participate | ||||||||
 1988
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 1992
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did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1996
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| 2000
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12th place game | 12th | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 20 | Squad |
 2004
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did not qualify | ||||||||
 2008
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| 2012
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 2016
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 2020
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 2024
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| Total | Best: 4th | 5/25 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 64 | 78 | – |
| Field hockey at the Friendship Games record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 1984
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Final | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | squad |
| Total | Best: 2nd | 2/8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | – |
| World Cup record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Squad |
 1971
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did not participate | ||||||||
| 1973
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 1975
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9th place game | 10th | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | Squad |
 1978
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9th place game | 9th | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 25 | Squad |
 1982
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7th place game | 8th | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | Squad |
 1986
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7th place game | 8th | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | Squad |
 1990
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did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1994
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| 1998
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11th place game | 12th | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 32 | Squad |
| 2002
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15th place game | 15th | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | Squad |
| 2006
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did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2010
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| 2014
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| 2018
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| 2023
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| Total | Best: 8th | 6/15 | 45 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 71 | 130 | – |
European Championships
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EuroHockey Championship
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| EuroHockey Championship record | |||||||||
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| Year | Host | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 1970 | Brussels, Belgium
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7th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1974 | Madrid, Spain
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5th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 13 | |
| 1978 | Hanover, West Germany
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5th | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | |
| 1983 | Amstelveen, Netherlands
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9th | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |
| 1987 | Moscow, Soviet Union
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5th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |
| 1991 | Paris, France
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8th | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 24 | |
| 1995 |  Dublin, Ireland
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6th | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | |
| 1999 | Padua, Italy
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9th | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 20 | |
| 2003 | Barcelona, Spain
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8th | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | |
| 2005 | Leipzig, Germany
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7th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | Squad |
| 2007 | Manchester, England
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did not qualify | |||||||
| 2009 | Amstelveen, Netherlands
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8th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 28 | Squad |
| 2011 | Mönchengladbach, Germany
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did not qualify | |||||||
| 2013 | Boom, Belgium
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7th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 26 | Squad |
| 2015 | London, England
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did not qualify | |||||||
| 2017 | Amstelveen, Netherlands
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8th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 23 | Squad |
| 2019 | Antwerp, Belgium
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did not qualify | |||||||
| 2021 | Amstelveen, Netherlands
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| 2023 | Mönchengladbach, Germany
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| 2025 | qualified | ||||||||
| 2027 | London, England
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| Total | 5th place | 81 | 26 | 10 | 45 | 139 | 216 |
EuroHockey Championship II
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| EuroHockey Championship II record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
 2007
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Final | 1st | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 9 |
 2011
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Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 |
 2015
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Final | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| 2019
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3rd place match | 4th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
 2021
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3rd place match | 4th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 |
| Total | 5/9 | 2 titles | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 63 | 33 |
EuroHockey Championship III
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| EuroHockey Championship III record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
| 2023
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Final | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1 |
| Total | 1/1 | 1 title | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1 |
Hockey World League
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| Hockey World League record | ||||||||
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| Season | Position | Round | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
| 2012–13 | 27th of 33 | Round 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| Round 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 21 | ||
| 2014–15 | 17th of 35 | Round 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 11 |
| 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
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| Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup record | ||||||||
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| 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.
The following 18 players were named on 14 February 2025 for the 2024–25 FIH Hockey Nations Cup 2 from 17 to 23 February 2025 in Muscat, Oman.[2]
Caps updated as of 25 August 2024, after the match against Wales.
The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.
- ^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Kadra seniorów: powołania na FIH Hockey Men's Nations Cup 2". pzht.pl (in Polish). 14 February 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2025.