New Zealand women's national field hockey team
Nickname(s) | Vantage Black Sticks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Association | New Zealand Hockey Federation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Confederation | OHF (Oceania) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head Coach | Graham Shaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Chris Leslie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manager | Jude Menezes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Captain | Stacey Michelsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current | 8 (23 December 2021)[1] |
The New Zealand women's national field hockey team is also known as the Black Sticks Women. The team's best performances include a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, a third placing at the 2011 Champions Trophy, and fourth placings at the 1986 World Cup, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. As of December 2017, the team ranks fourth on the International Hockey Federation (FIH) world rankings.
Tournament records[]
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Team[]
Current squad[]
The following 18 players represented New Zealand in the 2020 FIH Pro League match against Argentina on 1 March in Christchurch, New Zealand.[10]
Caps and goals are current as of 1 March 2020 after the match against Argentina.
Head coach: Graham Shaw
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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15 | GK | Grace O'Hanlon | 10 September 1992 | 61 | 0 | Auckland |
42 | GK | Georgia Barnett | 27 August 1994 | 35 | 0 | Central |
5 | DF | Frances Davies | 18 October 1996 | 78 | 0 | Midlands |
9 | DF | Brooke Neal | 4 July 1992 | 176 | 13 | Northland |
12 | DF | Ella Gunson | 9 July 1989 | 221 | 10 | Northland |
20 | DF | Megan Hull | 12 May 1996 | 31 | 1 | |
22 | DF | Katie Doar | 11 September 2001 | 15 | 0 | Auckland |
1 | MF | Tarryn Davey | 29 February 1996 | 63 | 1 | Midlands |
13 | MF | Samantha Charlton | 7 December 1991 | 251 | 8 | |
24 | MF | Rose Keddell | 31 January 1994 | 207 | 16 | Midlands |
31 | MF | Stacey Michelsen (C) | 18 February 1991 | 287 | 34 | Northland |
33 | MF | Julia King | 8 December 1992 | 122 | 8 | Auckland |
2 | FW | Olivia Shannon | 23 May 2001 | 25 | 3 | Central |
4 | FW | Olivia Merry | 16 March 1992 | 232 | 107 | Canterbury |
6 | FW | Amy Robinson | 19 February 1996 | 77 | 9 | Midlands |
8 | FW | Gemma McCaw | 2 May 1990 | 254 | 72 | Midlands |
27 | FW | Holly Pearson | 7 September 1998 | 19 | 0 | North Harbour |
34 | FW | Hope Ralph | 14 April 2000 | 8 | 2 |
The remainder of the 2020 training squad is as follows:[11]
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | 16 February 1995 | 6 | 0 | North Harbour | v. Belgium, 2 February 2020 | |
DF | Elizabeth Thompson | 8 December 1994 | 187 | 12 | Auckland | v. Great Britain, 23 June 2019 |
DF | Stephanie Dickins | 9 January 1995 | 24 | 1 | North Harbour | v. Australia, 7 September 2019 |
DF | 18 January 1999 | 0 | 0 | North Harbour | – | |
DF | 8 November 1996 | 5 | 0 | Auckland | v. United States, 16 March 2020 | |
MF | Kayla Whitelock | 30 October 1985 | 256 | 63 | Central | v. Belgium, 1 February 2020 |
MF | 8 June 1997 | 0 | 0 | Auckland | – | |
MF | Alia Jaques | 2 May 1995 | 13 | 1 | Midlands | v. Argentina, 28 February 2020 |
FW | Rachel McCann | 29 April 1993 | 68 | 15 | Canterbury | v. Australia, 8 September 2019 |
FW | Kelsey Smith | 11 August 1994 | 95 | 13 | v. Argentina, 28 February 2020 | |
FW | 14 November 2001 | 2 | 0 | North Harbour | v. United States, 15 February 2020 | |
FW | Madison Doar | 29 June 1999 | 32 | 6 | Auckland | v. Argentina, 10 March 2019 |
Records[]
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Notable players[]
- Katie Glynn
- Christine Arthur
- Helen Clarke
- Suzie Muirhead
- Mary Clinton
- Anna Lawrence
- Mandy Smith
- [[Charlotte Harriso
Results[]
Past Results[]
2020 Fixtures and Results[]
2020 Statistics | |||||||||
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Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 14 |
FIH Pro League[]
1 February 2020 Home 1 | New Zealand | 1–2 | Belgium | Auckland, New Zealand |
17:00 | McCaw 17' | Report | Ballenghien 2' Weyns 51' |
Stadium: |
2 February 2020 Home 2 | New Zealand | 4–1 | Belgium | Auckland, New Zealand |
15:00 | Merry 31', 35', 51', 55' | Report | Raye 7' | Stadium: |
8 February 2020 Home 3 | New Zealand | 0–3 | Great Britain | Auckland, New Zealand |
19:30 | Report | Howard 9' Watson 24' McCallin 50' |
Stadium: |
9 February 2020 Home 4 | New Zealand | 2–2 (4–5 p) | Great Britain | Auckland, New Zealand |
17:30 | Shannon 28', 53' | Report | Toman 38' Balsdon 42' |
Stadium: |
Penalties | ||||
Shannon Charlton Merry Ralph Michelsen Michelsen |
Howard Owsley Martin Robertson Toman Howard |
15 February 2020 Home 5 | New Zealand | 3–1 | United States | Christchurch, New Zealand |
17:00 | Merry 13' Shannon 22' Keddell 33' |
Report | Campbell 44' | Stadium: |
16 February 2020 Home 6 | New Zealand | 3–1 | United States | Christchurch, New Zealand |
20:30 | Merry 16' Michelsen 38' Jaques 54' |
Report | Grega 47' | Stadium: |
28 February 2020 Home 7 | New Zealand | 1–1 (1–3 p) | Argentina | Christchurch, New Zealand |
20:00 | Ralph 19' | Report | Albertario 37' | Stadium: |
Penalties | ||||
Shannon Charlton Merry Ralph |
Jankunas Miranda Albertario M. Granatto Jardel |
1 March 2020 Home 8 | New Zealand | 5–3 | Argentina | Christchurch, New Zealand |
17:30 | Merry 3', 11', 13', 54' Ralph 47' |
Report | M. Granatto 26', 31' Gorzelany 48' |
Stadium: |
19 March 2020 Away 1 | Netherlands | v | New Zealand | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
19:30 | Report | Stadium: Hazelaarweg Stadion |
22 March 2020 Away 2 | Netherlands | v | New Zealand | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
13:30 | Report | Stadium: Hazelaarweg Stadion |
28 March 2020 Away 3 | Germany | v | New Zealand | Hamburg, Germany |
16:30 | Report | Stadium: Uhlenhorster HC |
29 March 2020 Away 4 | Germany | v | New Zealand | Hamburg, Germany |
15:30 | Report | Stadium: Uhlenhorster HC |
16 May 2020 Away 5 | Australia | v | New Zealand | Perth, Australia |
18:30 | Report | Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium |
17 May 2020 Away 6 | Australia | v | New Zealand | Perth, Australia |
17:30 | Report | Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium |
23 May 2020 Away 7 | China | v | New Zealand | Changzhou, China |
16:00 | Report | Stadium: |
24 May 2020 Away 8 | China | v | New Zealand | Changzhou, China |
16:00 | Report | Stadium: |
XXXII Olympic Games[]
26 July 2020 Pool B | New Zealand | v | Argentina | Tokyo, Japan |
12:15 | Stadium: |
27 July 2020 Pool B | Japan | v | New Zealand | Tokyo, Japan |
10:45 | Stadium: |
29 July 2020 Pool B | New Zealand | v | Spain | Tokyo, Japan |
11:45 | Stadium: |
30 July 2020 Pool B | New Zealand | v | Australia | Tokyo, Japan |
21:15 | Stadium: |
1 August 2020 Pool B | China | v | New Zealand | Tokyo, Japan |
09:30 | Stadium: |
Goalscorers[]
2020 Goalscoring Table | ||||||||
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Pos. | Player | FG | PC | PS | Total | |||
1 | Olivia Merry | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | |||
2 | Olivia Shannon | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
3 | Hope Ralph | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
4 | Alia Jaques | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Rose Keddell | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Gemma McCaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Stacey Michelsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Total | 11 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
See also[]
- New Zealand men's national field hockey team
- New Zealand women's national under-21 field hockey team
References[]
- ^ "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Home – FIH".
- ^ "Home – FIH".
- ^ "Home – FIH".
- ^ "FIH confirms Spain men and Belgium women join Hockey Pro League". FIH. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Home – FIH".
- ^ "Home – FIH".
- ^ "Oceania Cup". Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Home – FIH".
- ^ "New Zealand – Argentina". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Team Details – New Zealand". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "New Zealand Hockey Representatives - Women" (PDF). New Zealand Hockey Federation.
- ^ "New Zealand Goal Scorers - Women" (PDF). New Zealand Hockey Federation.
External links[]
- Women's national sports teams of New Zealand
- Oceanian women's national field hockey teams
- Women's field hockey teams in New Zealand