Nickname: The Red Sticks

Notable honours: Olympic silver medallists (1980, 1996, 2008), FIH Men’s World Cup silver medallists (1971, 1998), 2x European champions (1974, 2005), European silver medallists (2003, 2007, 2019), FIH Champions Trophy winners (2004), FIH Champions Challenge 1 winners (2003).

Rank in previous Olympic editions: 1928 – 7th, 1948 – 11th, 1960 – 3rd, 1964 – 4th, 1968 – 6th, 1972 – 7th, 1976 – 6th, 1980 – 2nd, 1984 – 8th, 1988 – 9th, 1992 – 5th, 1996 – 2nd, 2000 – 9th, 2004 – 4th, 2008 – 2nd, 2012 – 6th, 2016 – 5th, 2021 – 8th