Masters World Cup in South Africa Wrap Up

Published Thu 31 Oct 2024

Congratulations to our Queenslanders on their campaign at the recent Masters World Cup in South Africa!

All World Cup teams made it to top 4, with the medal count being:

Medal Tally for Australian World Cup Teams

Gold: 1

40+ Australian Women's World Cup Team (Gold / 1st)

Silver: 4

40+ Australian Men's World Cup Team (Silver / 2nd)
70+ Australian Men's World Cup Team (Silver / 2nd)

75+ Australian Men's World Cup Team (Silver / 2nd)

Bronze: 2

35+ Australian Men's World Cup Team (Bronze / 3rd)
65+ Australian Men's World Cup Team (Bronze / 3rd)

4th Place (No Medal): 1

35+ Australian Women's World Cup Team (4th Place)

All IMC teams were in the top two for each age group, showing amazing depth in our Hockey Australia Masters contingent:

Medal Count by Team (IMC Cup)

Gold: 4

35+ Australian Women's A Team (Gold / 1st)
40+ Australian Women's A Team (Gold / 1st)
40+ Australian Men's A Team (Gold / 1st)
65+ Australian Men's A Team (Gold / 1st) (Standalone competition)

Silver: 1

35+ Australian Men's A Team (Silver / 2nd)

The Women’s Over 45s – Over 70s and the Men’s Over 45s – Over 60s age groups have their World Cup in New Zealand beginning next week. Good luck to the teams!

More information on upcoming New Zealand event here.

All results in Altius here

View supplied photos here

RESULTS

Australian World Cup Teams and placings (Queensland representatives), “L” means Leader (or Captain)

35+ Australian World Cup Team

Final place: 4^th (4-3 loss in the Bronze medal match)

Stephanie Baker
Emma Cairnduff
Karina Curtis (GK) (L)
Eva Golusin
Samantha Morris

Head Coach: Lisa Morgan

Manager: Kelly Moore

35+ Australian World Cup Team

Final place: Bronze / 3^rd (3-2 win over NZL in the Bronze match)

Mitch Baker
Nathan Case
Chris Dick (GK)
Phillip Dumpleton
Aaron Grevell
Todd Harmsworth
Triston Parker

40+ Australian World Cup Team

Final Place: Gold / 1^st (1-0 win over Argentina, penalty stroke by Bin Cameron)

Karen Bartley (L)
Belinda (Bin) Cameron
Toni Chirio
Lindy Culverwell
Cindy Hack
Kellie Nicholson
Amanda Paech (GK)
Kim Reibel
Sarah Walton

Head Coach: Tinesha Carey

40+ Australian World Cup Team

Final Place: Silver / 2^nd (3-1 loss against South Africa)

Adam Barry
Craig Bigham
Duncan Mahony
David Rogers (GK)

Gary Porteous – Coach

Ian Edwards - Manager

65+ Australian World Cup Team

Final Place: Bronze / 3^rd (4-3 win over Germany)

Peter Mann (GK)
Garry Royle

70+ Australian World Cup Team

Final place: Silver / 2^nd (4-1 loss against Germany)

John Campbell

75+ Australian World Cup Team

Final place: Silver / 2^nd (0-3 loss against England)

Ajit Bhullar

Australian IMC teams / Australia 'A' Teams and placings (Queensland representatives)

Playing for the 'International Masters Cup'

35+ Australian Women's A Team - IMC Cup

(Australia A and South Africa IMC were the two entrants in the 35+ IMC competition)

Final place: Gold (3-0 win against RSA IMC)

Chane Brits
Katie Grigg
Erin Kill
Gennessa Lee (GK)
Tessa Long
Ashlee Scougall
Kristi Skuse (GK)
Chloe Warren

Head Coach: Adriana Silcock

35+ Australian Men's A Team - IMC Cup

(Australia A and South Africa IMC were the two entrants in the 35+ IMC competition)

Final place: Silver (2-1 loss against RSA IMC)

Luke Brighton
Eksteen Fourie
Shane Cowling (VC)
Matthew Morgan

40+ Australian Women's A Team - IMC Cup

(Australia A, South Africa IMC & Alliance IMC (an invitational team for players around the world) were the three entrants in the 40+ IMC competition)

Final place: Gold (4-0 win against RSA IMC)

Renee Dunstan
Susana Matus
Jade Hooper

40+ Australian Men's A Team - IMC Cup

(Australia A, South Africa IMC & Alliance IMC (an invitational team for players around the world) were the three entrants in the 40+ IMC competition)

Final place: Gold (0 - 0 (1 - 0 SO) against RSA IMC)

Matthew Farrow
Jon-Paul Kahler
Mathew Olive (GK)

65+ Australian Men's A Team - IMC Cup

(Australia A, England, Southern Cross, Netherlands, England LX, South Africa IMC, Alliance IMC, Germany IMC were the entrants in the 65+ IMC Competition)

Final place: Gold (2-1 Win over England)

Peter Beatton
Les Czislowski
John Davis
Ian Jones

Coach - Noreen Walton

Officials

Maree Whitchurch – Technical Official

Ian Smith – Technical Official

INFORMATION ON THE TEAMS AND EVENTS

About The Teams

In Perth at Masters Nationals in 2023, the World Cup teams were selected as well as an Australian 'A' team. These teams were chosen 12 months prior so players could plan, pay and organise how to get there, with the Masters Nationals in 2024 as a final opportunity for selections.

As the teams came from across the country, players did their own training and preparation for the event with guidance from coaches but did not train together until their timeslot in the 3 day training camp prior to the Masters World Cup.

The Australian teams went up against teams from nations who had been preparing for the World Cup as squads, where they have had multiple trials, training camps and practice matches to prepare these teams.

Masters World Cup:

Only one team per nation can enter this tournament and are placed into their pools due to the previous world cup rankings. As HAMC didn't send all teams to the last World Cup, some teams were placed in a random pool. These teams would complete their pool matches, quarter finals, semi-finals and finals.

The 'IMC' teams would compete in pool play, however not progress out of the pools due to not being entered in the World Cup.

IMC teams - "International Masters Cup"

This level of competition caters for the Australian 'A' teams, where they compete for the 'International Masters Cup,' a competition that is ran alongside the Masters World Cup. These teams are the respective second teams of their nation, or other “Affiliated members” of World Masters Hockey that are not a national team, and they compete against other second teams from other nations and affiliated teams. These teams varied in each age category due to the varying team entries. The IMC teams play in the World Cup pool play, where they play against World Cup teams before being separated into an IMC pool to play off for their cup. IMC competitions are still in a growth phase so often there are only 2-3 teams entered. The exception to this is the Men’s 65+ and 70+ that had standalone IMC competitions.