At the end of November South Africa will host the inaugural FIH Nations Cup competition in Potchefstroom. The tournament features the 8 best nations not currently included in the FIH Pro League, with the winner of the tournament earning a place in the 2023/24 FIH Pro League.
The South African Hockey Men are in Group B alongside France, Ireland and Pakistan with the top two progressing to the semi-finals.
The team will be led by new South African Mens Hockey captain Dayaan Cassiem. He is joined in the squad by the bulk of the Commonwealth Games squad that finished in the top 4 in Birmingham.
South Africa will open the tournament with a game against Pakistan before taking on France 24 hours later. They close their campaign with a match against Ireland which is the final group stage game on 1 December.
SA Mens Squad – FIH Nations Cup 2022 (Caps as at 31 October 2022)
Name
Connor Beauchamp
Dan Bell
Mustapha Cassiem
Dayaan Cassiem
Tyson Dlungwana
Jethro Eustice
Chad Futcher
Matt Guise-Brown
Keenan Horne
Caps
21
85
32
60
66
161
9
56
96
Name
Gowan Jones
Ryan Julius
Tevin Kok
Estiaan Kriek
Peabo Lembethe
Sam Mvimbi
Sihle Ngubane
Taine Paton
Nic Spooner
Caps
72
58
48
17
60
35
11
145
53
Reserves
Name
Taine Bird
Trevor de Lora
Zenani Kraai
Guy Morgan
Niel Raath
Clayton Saker
Brad Sherwood
Dan Sibbald
Anton van Loggerenberg
Luke Wynford
Caps
0
8
0
1
0
13
15
48
0
0
