The Scotland women's national field hockey team represents
Scotland
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in international women's
field hockey
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competitions, with the exception of the
Olympic Games
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when Scottish players are eligible to play for the
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 ...
as selected. Scotland recently participated in the inaugural season of the
FIH Hockey World League
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, but were knocked out in
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, Netherlands. they are seventeenth in the FIH outdoor world rankings.
Competing as Great Britain
Scotland do not compete at the
Olympic Games
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, but Scottish players are eligible to play for
Great Britain
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as selected. Great Britain instead of the four individual home nations (including Scotland) also compete at certain editions of both the
FIH Hockey World League
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, usually when the tournament serves as an Olympic Games qualifier (most recently in 2014–15), and the FIH Hockey Champions Trophy, when held during Olympic years (most recently in
2016
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Wendy Fraser
Wendy Katrina Justice (née Fraser; born 23 April 1963 in Bukoba, Kagera, Tanzania) is a former field hockey player from Scotland, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Affili ...
and
Alison Ramsay
Alison Gail Ramsay (born 16 April 1959 in London, Greater London) is a former Scottish field hockey player, who was a member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Sh ...
won bronze medals, as part of the Great Britain team in the
women's tournament
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2012 Olympic Games
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: Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
:''An asterisk denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts.''
:''A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Scotland.''
World Cup
World League
Commonwealth Games
EuroHockey Nations Championship
Champions Challenge I
Hockey World Cup Qualifier
EuroHockey Nations Indoor Championship
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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 ...
– 4th place
*
2000
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– 4th place
*
2002
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– 8th place
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2006
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– 4th place
*
2008
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– 4th place
*
2010
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– 7th place
*
2012
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Challenge II – 5th place
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2014
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Challenge II – 3rd place
Players
Current squad
The following 18 players were named in the Scotland team for the
2021 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship
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The tournament was held along ...
Wendy Fraser
Wendy Katrina Justice (née Fraser; born 23 April 1963 in Bukoba, Kagera, Tanzania) is a former field hockey player from Scotland, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Affili ...
*
Alison Ramsay
Alison Gail Ramsay (born 16 April 1959 in London, Greater London) is a former Scottish field hockey player, who was a member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Sh ...
Rhona Simpson
Rhona Isabel Simpson (born 14 July 1972 in Paisley, Renfrewshire) is a field hockey player from Scotland who has played for her country over 280 times. By 2014 she was Scotland’s most-capped hockey player and top goal scorer.
Simpson started ...
See also
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Scotland men's national field hockey team
The Scotland men's national field hockey team represents Scotland in men's international field hockey competitions, with the exception of the Olympic Games when Scottish players are eligible to play for the Great Britain men's national field hoc ...
References
External links
* FIH profile
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Field hockey
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