The Italy women's national field hockey team represents

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in international

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competitions. The team is currently ranked 17th in the

FIH World Rankings The FIH Men's World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in field hockey. The teams of the member nations of International Hockey Federation (FIH), field hockey's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results. The r ...

, with 623 points.

History

Field hockey was first introduced in

in 1935, and has since grown in popularity within the country. In July 2017, at the 2016–17 Hockey World League Semifinals in

Brussels, Belgium Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, the Italian women's team secured qualification for the 2018 Hockey World Cup. This is the first major international tournament Italy have qualified for since the 1976 Hockey World Cup, where the team finished 10th.

Tournament history

Current roster

The following 18 players were named in the Italian squad for the 2022 FIH Nations Cup in

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. Head coach: Robert Justus

References

External links

Official websiteFIH profile
{{National sports teams of Italy

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 ci ...

Nationla team European women's national field hockey teams