England Women's National Field Hockey Team
The England women's national field hockey team are the current Commonwealth Games champions having previously won silver 3 times. England have also won the 2006 Women's Field Hockey World Cup Qualifier and the 2002 Champions Challenge. History Marjorie Pollard 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 * 1983 – 5th place * 1986 – 5th place * 1990 – 4th place * 1994 – 9th place * 1998 – 9th place * 2002 – 5th place * 2006 – 7th place * 2010 – * 2014 – 11th place * 2018 – 7th place * 2022 – 8th place Commonwealth Games * 1998 – * 2002 – * 2006 – * 2010 – * 2014 – * 2018 – * 2022 – World League * 2012–13 – * 2014� ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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England Hockey
England Hockey is the Sports governing body, national governing body for the sport of field hockey in England. There are separate governing bodies for the sport in the other parts of the United Kingdom. History and organisation England Hockey was formed on 1 January 2003 to replace the English Hockey Association (EHA) which had had to suspend operations in 2002 because of significant financial problems. The English Hockey Association had in turn been formed in 1996 to combine the function of the separate governing bodies for men's, women's and mixed hockey. Following the demise of the EHA, England men's national field hockey team, England's international hockey was for a time managed through a separate limited company called World Class Hockey Limited, which was funded entirely by Sport England. These operations were merged back into England Hockey on 1 July 2005. The second tier of hockey administration in England consists of five regional associations: East Region Hockey Associ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hilda Light
Hilda M Light (1890–1967) was a pioneering sportswoman in the 1920s. She captained the England women's national field hockey team, England women's hockey team and served as President of the All England Women's Hockey Association (AEWHA). Career Light played in the South Hampstead High School hockey team before being selected to play right half for Pinner and for Middlesex in 1909. References External links AEWHA (Hockey) Collection at the University of Bath LibraryThe Hockey Museum 1890 births 1967 deaths British female field hockey players {{England-icehockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hockey At The 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's Tournament
The first edition of the Hockey at the Commonwealth Games, Women's Hockey Tournament at the Commonwealth Games took place at the Bukit Jalil Stadium, during the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event started on Wednesday September 9 and ended on Sunday September 20. Participating nations Results ''All times local (Malaysian Standard Time, UTC +8).'' Preliminary round Pool A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Classification round Semi-finals ---- Bronze-medal match Gold-medal match Statistics Final standings References Fieldhockey Canada {{DEFAULTSORT:Commonwealth Games Hockey at the Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament, 1998 Hockey at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, Women's tournament 1998 in women's field hockey International women's field hockey competitions hosted by Malaysia, 1998 Commonwealth Games - Women's tournament ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2022 Women's 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 July 2022 at the Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa in Terrassa, Spain and at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. Defending champions the Netherlands won the tournament for a record ninth time after defeating Argentina 3–1 in the final. Australia won the third place match by defeating Germany 2–1. Host selection The International Hockey Federation announced in December 2018 that the 2022 FIH Hockey World Cups will be held either in July 2022 or January 2023. The FIH received the following final five bids for the Women's 2022 World Cup. In November 2019, it was announced that Spain and the Netherlands would host the tournament in July 2022. For the preferred time window 1–17 July 2022: *Germany *Netherlands & Spain *Spain ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2018 Women's Hockey World Cup
The 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup, a field hockey tournament. It was held from 21 July to 5 August 2018 at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London, England. Defending champions the Netherlands won the tournament for an eighth time after defeating Ireland 6–0 in the final, who claimed their first World Cup medal. Spain won the third place match by defeating Australia 3–1 to claim their first World Cup medal as well. Bidding In March 2013, one month after the FIH published the Event Assignment Process Document for the 2014–2018 cycle, Australia, Belgium, England and New Zealand were shortlisted as candidates for hosting the event and were demanded to submit bidding documentation, requirement that eventually Belgium did not meet. In addition one month before the host election, Australia withdrew their application due to technical and financial reasons. England was announced as host on 7 November 2013 during a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2014 Women's Hockey World Cup
The 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 13th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 31 May to 14 June 2014 at the Kyocera Stadion in The Hague, Netherlands. simultaneously with the 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup, men's tournament. It was the third time that the Netherlands hosted the Women's World Cup after 1986 Women's Hockey World Cup, 1986 and 1998 Women's Hockey World Cup, 1998. The Netherlands women's national field hockey team, Netherlands won the tournament for a seventh time after defeating Australia women's national field hockey team, Australia 2–0 in the final. 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup, Defending champions Argentina women's national field hockey team, Argentina won the third place match by defeating the United States women's national field hockey team, United States 2–1. Bidding The host was announced on 11 November 2010 during the FIH Congress and Forum in Montreux, Switzerland after FIH received bids from The Hague a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2006 Women's Hockey World Cup
The 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 11th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 27 September to 8 October 2006 in Madrid, Spain. The Netherlands won the tournament for the sixth time after defeating Australia 3–1 in the final. Defending champions Argentina won the third-place match by defeating Spain 5–0. Dutch striker Sylvia Karres was the tournament's top-scorer with 6 goals. Qualification Each of the continental champions from five federations and the host nation received an automatic berth. The European federation received one extra quota based upon the FIH World Rankings. Alongside the five teams qualifying through the Qualifier, twelve teams competed in this tournament. Squads Umpires Below are the 14 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate matches in the tournament: *Chieko Akiyama (JPN) * Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) *Caroline Brunekreef (NED) *Ute Conen (GER) *Marelize de Klerk (RSA) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2002 Women's Hockey World Cup
The 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 10th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 24 November to 8 December 2002 in Perth, Western Australia. Argentina women's national field hockey team, Argentina won the tournament for the first time after defeating the Netherlands women's national field hockey team, Netherlands 4–3 in the final on Field hockey#Scoring, penalty strokes after a 1–1 draw. China women's national field hockey team, China won the third place match by defeating 1998 Women's Hockey World Cup, defending champions Australia women's national field hockey team, Australia 2–0 to claim their first ever World Cup medal. For this tournament, the participating nations were increased from the standard 12 (as in the 6 previous editions) to 16. Qualification Each of the continental champions from five federations and the host nation received an automatic berth. The European Hockey Federation, European federation received one ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1998 Women's Hockey World Cup
The 1998 Women's Hockey World Cup was the ninth edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 20 to 31 May 1998 in Utrecht, Netherlands alongside the men's tournament. Australia won its second world title after defeating Netherlands 3–2 in the final. The tournament was staged on two artificial pitches at the complex of Dutch football club FC Utrecht. Qualification Squads Umpires *Jean Buchanan (RSA) *Peri Buckley (AUS) *Renée Chatas (USA) *Gill Clarke (ENG) *Renée Cohen (NED) *Ute Conen (GER) *Laura Crespo (ARG) *Lyn Farrell (NZL) *Hu Youfang (CHN) *Noami Kato (JPN) *Angela Lario (ESP) *Lee Mi-ok (KOR) *Jane Nockolds (ENG) *Gina Spitaleri (ITA) *Miriam van Gemert (NED) *Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Results Pool A ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool B ---- ---- ---- ---- Ninth to twelfth place classification Crossover ---- Eleventh and twelfth place Ninth and tenth place Fifth to eigh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1994 Women's Hockey World Cup
The 1994 Women's Hockey World Cup was the ninth staging of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament, held from 13 to 23 July 1994 in Dublin, Ireland. Australia won, defeating Argentina 2–0 in the final. The host team, Ireland, finished 11th. Qualification Results Preliminary round Pool A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Classification round Ninth to twelfth place classification =Crossover= =Eleventh and twelfth place= =Ninth and tenth place= Fifth to eighth place classification =Crossover= ---- =Seventh and eighth place= =Fifth and sixth place= First to fourth place classification =Semi-finals= ---- =Third and fourth place= =Final= Statistics Final standings Goalscorers References External linksOfficial FIH website {{DEFAULTSORT:Hockey 1994 World Cup 1994 in Irish women's sport World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in wh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1990 Women's Hockey World Cup
The 1990 Women's Hockey World Cup was the seventh edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 2 to 13 May in Sydney, Australia. It was won by the Netherlands women's national field hockey team, Netherlands, who defeated host nation Australia women's national field hockey team, Australia 3–1 in the final. It was the Netherlands fifth Women's Hockey World Cup title and their third consecutive title. Korea women's national field hockey team, South Korea beat England women's national field hockey team, England 3–2 to finish third. Results Preliminary round Pool A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Classification round Ninth to twelfth place classification =Crossover= ---- =Eleventh and twelfth place= =Ninth and tenth place= Fifth to eighth place classification =Crossover= ---- =Seventh and eighth place= =Fifth and sixth place= First to fourth pl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1986 Women's Hockey World Cup
The 1986 Women's Hockey World Cup was the sixth edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup, an international field hockey tournament. It was held from 15 to 24 August 1986 in Amstelveen, Netherlands. Netherlands won the tournament for the fourth time after defeating West Germany 3–0 in the final. Results Preliminary round Pool A ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool B ---- ---- ---- ---- Ninth to twelfth place classification Crossover ---- Eleventh and twelfth place Ninth and tenth place Fifth to eighth place classification Crossover ---- Seventh and eighth place Fifth and sixth place First to fourth place classification Semi-finals ---- Third and fourth place Final Statistics Final standings Goalscorers References External links Official FIH website {{Women's Hockey World Cup Women's Hockey World Cup Hockey World Cup World Cup International women's field hockey competitions hosted by the Netherlands ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |