The England women's national field hockey team are the current
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
champions having previously won silver 3 times. England have also won the
2006 Women's Field Hockey World Cup Qualifier
The 2006 Women's Hockey Intercontinental Cup was the seventh edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The event was held from 25 April–6 May, in Rome, Italy.
England women's national field hockey team, England won the tournament for the ...
and the
2002 Champions Challenge.
History
Marjorie Pollard
Marjorie Anne Pollard (3 August 1899 – 21 March 1982) was an English field hockey and cricket player, film maker and writer. She was the first woman to commentate on sport for the BBC.
Early life
Marjorie Pollard was born in Rugby, Warwickshi ...
played hockey nearly every year for England from 1921 to 1937.
The team toured New Zealand in 1938 and the US in 1947. Notable players were
Barbara and Bridget West,
Hilda Light and
Mary Russell Vick. The teams had to play in long stockings whatever the heat until they were replaced with split skirts and knee high stockings.
Competitive record
World Cup
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1983
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Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...
– 5th place
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1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
**Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal enter ...
– 5th place
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1990
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– 4th place
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1994
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– 9th place
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1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
– 9th place
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2002 – 5th place
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2006 – 7th place
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2010 –
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2014
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– 11th place
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2018
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– 7th place
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2022
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– 8th place
Commonwealth Games
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1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
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2002 –
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2006 –
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2010 –
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2014
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2018
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2022
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–
World League
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2012–13
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2014–15 – 7th place
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2016–17 – 4th place
Pro League
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2021–22 – 7th place
EuroHockey Nations Championship
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1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
– 4th place
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1987
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1991
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1995
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– 4th place
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1999
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2003 – 4th place
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2005 –
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2007 –
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2009 –
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2011 –
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2013
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2015 –
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2017
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2019
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– 4th place
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2021
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– 5th place
Champions Challenge
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2002 –
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2005 – 4th place
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2007 –
Champions Trophy
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2002 – 6th place
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2003 – 5th place
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2009 – 6th place
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2010 –
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2011 – 5th place
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2014
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– 5th place
Current squad
The squad for the
2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup
The 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup was the 15th edition of the Women's FIH Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for women's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held from 1 to 17 ...
.
Head coach:
David Ralph
David Ralph (born 17 August 1972) in Glasgow, Scotland is a former international hockey player who played as a forward for Scotland.
He earned his first cap in 1993 and played club hockey for Loughborough Students' Hockey Club.
Ralph, an expe ...
The following players have also been selected for the squad for the
2021-22 Women's FIH Pro League
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[https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/1296/reports/teams ]
Results and fixtures
FIH Pro League
FIH World Cup
XXI Commonwealth Games
EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers
See also
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England men's national field hockey team
The England men's national field hockey team competes in most major international tournaments except the Olympic Games. England's only appearance at the Olympics was at London 1908 when they won gold; since then English players have competed at ...
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Great Britain men's national field hockey team
The Great Britain men's national field hockey team represents the United Kingdom in Olympic field hockey tournaments. The team won gold at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. The team won the 2017 Sultan A ...
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Great Britain women's national field hockey team
The Great Britain women's national field hockey team represents Great Britain in international field hockey tournaments such as the Summer Olympics.
In most other competitions, including the Women's Hockey World Cup, the Commonwealth Games and ...
References
External links
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FIH profile
{{National sports teams of England
National team
A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport.
The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...
European women's national field hockey teams
Field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...