in 1911 Internationally, Welsh players compete at the
Olympic games as part of the
Great Britain team. Wales fielded a standalone team for the
field hockey event at the
1908 Summer Olympics in London. Competing amongst six teams including four from Great Britain, the team won a bronze medal. Since the
1920 Summer Olympics, Wales competes as a part of Great Britain. The Great Britain team has made over 20 appearances in the Summer Olympics, and has won 13 medals including four gold and two silver medals. The team won its last gold medal in the
2016 Summer Olympics, and a bronze in the
2020 Summer Olympics. In all other competitions, including the
Hockey World Cup, the
Commonwealth Games and the
EuroHockey Championships, Wales' national
women's team and
men's team compete in their own right. Both the men's and women's teams first appeared at the
1998 Commonwealth Games, where field hockey made its debut. Since then, both the teams had competed in five Commonwealth Games. The men's and women's teams recorded their best place finishes of sixth and eighth respectively in the
last Commonwealth Games in
2022. The men's team qualified for its first ever Hockey World Cup in
2023, in which they finished last in the group stage after losing all the three matches played. However, Wales beat
France on penalties to secure 11th place in the tournament. In the
EuroHockey Nations Challenge, the men's team has appeared in the top tier
Men's EuroHockey Championship eleven times, and in the second tier
Men's EuroHockey Championship II six times. The team has won a silver and two bronze at the Championship II events. In the women's event, the team has appeared in the top tier
Women's EuroHockey Championship three times, and in the
second tier championship eight times. The team has won two bronze in the Championship II events. ==References==