England National Teams
23 August 2022

England Make It A Clean Sweep Of Master’s World Cup Titles In Nottingham

Ten days of superb hockey culminated in final’s day on Sunday at the Nottingham Hockey Centre and it was the home nation’s squads who won out across all four competitions.

England’s over 35 men started proceedings with a 2-1 win in a tight final against South Africa, despite dominating possession. The over 35 women were up next and retained their World Cup title, coming from a goal down to beat Ireland 2-1. In the over 40 Women's competition England scored twice in the second half to overcome Argentina and make it a hat-trick of World Cup gold medals. Finally, England’s over 40 men came through a penalty shoot-out after their two goal lead was levelled by Australia. England’s goalkeeper Hatton was the hero in the shoot-out keeping out 3 penalties as they won out 3-1.

World Masters Hockey President Glen Patton described that ‘the bar had been raised’ when talking in glowing terms about Nottingham 2022. Particular thanks must go to Steve Floyd, his organising committee and an army of volunteers for putting on such a good spectacle of hockey.

The baton is now passed to two more World Cups in South Africa and Japan later this year, as the other Master’s age groups come together to compete.

For a round up of the results for each of the England teams click below.

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Photos courtesy of Dave Buttery Photography click here to access his World Cup images.

: England started off their pool games strong with 4-3 win against South Africa, a 15-0 win against Sir Lanka, a 3-2 win against Spain and a 5-0 win against Ghana. This put them at the top of the group and saw them playing Ireland in the semi-final. After a thrilling 2-2 draw, there was an intense shoot-out where England won 6-5. For the Gold Medal game England faced South Africa once again, where after a no-scoring first half, England scored in the second half, giving them the gold medal at the World Cup 2022.
: The Women over 35s team had a very strong performance at the pool stage of the competition, beating fellow home nations teams Wales 3-1, and Scotland 12-0, as well as beating France 10-0, Argentina 6-1, and India 19-0. This put them at the top of their pool group, which saw them play Ireland in the final and after a thrilling 2-1 win, England retained their title and became double world champions.
: England’s over 40 Women had an excellent start to the competition with a clean sweep beating Scotland 6-0, Ghana 10-0, America 7-0, Germany 3-0 and Sri Lanka 22-0, which put them at the top of their pool. After a tense, no-scoring first half, England beat Argentina 2-0 in the final, securing their gold medal and England’s third gold medal of the competition.
: Another successful start for England’s Men’s Over 40s side. With a 5-0 win against Wales, a 12-0 win against Sir Lanka, a 4-0 win against Ireland, a 2-0 win against Germany, a 4-1 win against France and a 6-1 win against South Africa. This put them at the top of the table, where they played a strong Australian side, and after a 2-2 draw at the end of 60 minutes, the men saw them in a shout-out, where England came out on top and beat Australia 3-1, and retained their title of world champions, and gave England their 4^th and final gold medal of the competition.