The Wales men will join the likes of Germany, England and the Netherlands in the EuroHockey A Division in 2019.
But before that both the men and women’s teams hope to qualify for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Clements says he hopes competing at these big tournaments will help earn more Welsh players call-ups for Great Britain.
“We really want to push the boundaries and not have a glass ceiling to where we want to get to,” he said.
“The better we perform as a group, the more chance we’ve got of players progressing into the GB squads.
“Ultimately if we can develop some Olympians that would be utopia.”