New Zealand women's national field hockey team

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Nickname(s)Vantage Black Sticks
AssociationNew Zealand Hockey Federation
ConfederationOHF (Oceania)
Head CoachGraham Shaw
Assistant coach(es)Chris Leslie
ManagerJude Menezes
CaptainStacey Michelsen
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Current 8 Steady (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[]

World Cup[2]
Year Host city Position
1983 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 7th
1986 Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands 4th
1990 Australia Sydney, Australia 7th
1998 Netherlands Utrecht, Netherlands 6th
2002 Australia Perth, Australia 11th
2010 Argentina Rosario, Argentina 7th
2014 Netherlands The Hague, Netherlands 5th
2018 England London, England 11th
2022 Spain Terrassa, Spain
Netherlands Amstelveen, Netherlands 		Qualified
Champions Trophy[3]
Year Host city Position
1987 Netherlands Amstelveen, Netherlands 6th
1999 Australia Brisbane, Australia 5th
2000 Netherlands Amstelveen, Netherlands 6th
2001 Netherlands Amstelveen, Netherlands 5th
2002 China Macau, China 5th
2004 Argentina Rosario, Argentina 6th
2006 Netherlands Amstelveen, Netherlands 6th
2010 England Nottingham, England 5th
2011 Netherlands Amstelveen, Netherlands 3rd
2012 Argentina Rosario, Argentina 6th
2014 Argentina Mendoza, Argentina 4th
2016 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom 6th
World League[4]
Year Round Host city Position
2012–13 Semifinal Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands 4th
Final Argentina San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina 5th
2014–15 Semifinal Belgium Antwerp, Belgium 4th
Final Argentina Rosario, Argentina 2nd
2016–17 Semifinals Belgium Brussels, Belgium 3rd
Final New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand 2nd
FIH Pro League[5]
Year Finals Host city Position
2019 Netherlands Amstelveen, Netherlands 6th
2020–21 N/A 6th
Olympic Games[6]
Year Host city Position
1980 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union N/A
1984 United States Los Angeles, United States 6th
1992 Spain Barcelona, Spain 8th
2000 Australia Sydney, Australia 6th
2004 Greece Athens, Greece 6th
2008 China Beijing, China 12th
2012 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom 4th
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4th
2020 Japan Tokyo, Japan 8th
Commonwealth Games[7]
Year Host city Position
1998 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3rd
2002 England Manchester, England 4th
2006 Australia Melbourne, Australia 3rd
2010 India New Delhi, India 2nd
2014 Scotland Glasgow, Scotland 3rd
2018 Australia Gold Coast, Australia 1st
Oceania Cup[8]
Year Host city Position
1999 Australia Sydney, Australia 2nd
2001 New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand 2nd
2003 Australia Melbourne, Australia
New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand 		2nd
2005 Australia Sydney, Australia
New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand 		2nd
2007 Australia Buderim, Australia 1st
2009 New Zealand Invercargill, New Zealand 1st
2011 Australia Hobart, Australia 1st
2013 New Zealand Stratford, New Zealand 2nd
2015 New Zealand Stratford, New Zealand 2nd
2017 Australia Sydney, Australia 2nd
2019 Australia Rockhampton, Australia 1st
Champions Challenge I[9]
Year Host city Position
2003 Italy Catania, Italy 4th
2005 United States Virginia Beach, United States 1st
2007 Azerbaijan Baku, Azerbaijan 5th
2009 South Africa Cape Town, South Africa 1st

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
15 1GK Grace O'Hanlon (1992-09-10) 10 September 1992 (age 29) 61 0 New Zealand Auckland
42 1GK Georgia Barnett (1994-08-27) 27 August 1994 (age 27) 35 0 New Zealand Central
5 2DF Frances Davies (1996-10-18) 18 October 1996 (age 25) 78 0 New Zealand Midlands
9 2DF Brooke Neal (1992-07-04) 4 July 1992 (age 29) 176 13 New Zealand Northland
12 2DF Ella Gunson (1989-07-09) 9 July 1989 (age 32) 221 10 New Zealand Northland
20 2DF Megan Hull (1996-05-12) 12 May 1996 (age 25) 31 1 New Zealand
22 2DF Katie Doar (2001-09-11) 11 September 2001 (age 20) 15 0 New Zealand Auckland
1 3MF Tarryn Davey (1996-02-29) 29 February 1996 (age 25) 63 1 New Zealand Midlands
13 3MF Samantha Charlton (1991-12-07) 7 December 1991 (age 30) 251 8 Netherlands
24 3MF Rose Keddell (1994-01-31) 31 January 1994 (age 28) 207 16 New Zealand Midlands
31 3MF Stacey Michelsen (C) (1991-02-18) 18 February 1991 (age 30) 287 34 New Zealand Northland
33 3MF Julia King (1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 (age 29) 122 8 New Zealand Auckland
2 4FW Olivia Shannon (2001-05-23) 23 May 2001 (age 20) 25 3 New Zealand Central
4 4FW Olivia Merry (1992-03-16) 16 March 1992 (age 29) 232 107 New Zealand Canterbury
6 4FW Amy Robinson (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 (age 25) 77 9 New Zealand Midlands
8 4FW Gemma McCaw (1990-05-02) 2 May 1990 (age 31) 254 72 New Zealand Midlands
27 4FW Holly Pearson (1998-09-07) 7 September 1998 (age 23) 19 0 New Zealand North Harbour
34 4FW Hope Ralph (2000-04-14) 14 April 2000 (age 21) 8 2 New Zealand

The remainder of the 2020 training squad is as follows:[11]

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK (1995-02-16) 16 February 1995 (age 26) 6 0 New Zealand North Harbour v.  Belgium, 2 February 2020
DF Elizabeth Thompson (1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 (age 27) 187 12 New Zealand Auckland v.  Great Britain, 23 June 2019
DF Stephanie Dickins (1995-01-09) 9 January 1995 (age 27) 24 1 New Zealand North Harbour v.  Australia, 7 September 2019
DF (1999-01-18) 18 January 1999 (age 23) 0 0 New Zealand North Harbour –
DF (1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 (age 25) 5 0 New Zealand Auckland v.  United States, 16 March 2020
MF Kayla Whitelock (1985-10-30) 30 October 1985 (age 36) 256 63 New Zealand Central v.  Belgium, 1 February 2020
MF (1997-06-08) 8 June 1997 (age 24) 0 0 New Zealand Auckland –
MF Alia Jaques (1995-05-02) 2 May 1995 (age 26) 13 1 New Zealand Midlands v.  Argentina, 28 February 2020
FW Rachel McCann (1993-04-29) 29 April 1993 (age 28) 68 15 New Zealand Canterbury v.  Australia, 8 September 2019
FW Kelsey Smith (1994-08-11) 11 August 1994 (age 27) 95 13 New Zealand v.  Argentina, 28 February 2020
FW (2001-11-14) 14 November 2001 (age 20) 2 0 New Zealand North Harbour v.  United States, 15 February 2020
FW Madison Doar (1999-06-29) 29 June 1999 (age 22) 32 6 New Zealand Auckland v.  Argentina, 10 March 2019

Records[]

Highest Capped Players[12]
Rank Player Games
1 Stacey Michelsen 281
2 Emily Gaddum 274
3 Anita McLaren 271
4 Kayla Whitelock 256
5 Gemma McCaw 248
6 Samantha Charlton 247
7 Suzie Muirhead 238
8 Olivia Merry 226
9 Charlotte Harrison 222
10 Krystal Forgesson 220
Highest Goal Scorers[13]
Rank Player Goals
1 Anita McLaren 105
2 Olivia Merry 101
3 Krystal Forgesson 77
Katie Glynn
5 Gemma McCaw 72
6 Charlotte Harrison 65
7 Kayla Whitelock 63
8 Niniwa Roberts 47
9 Samantha Harrison 42
10 Suzie Muirhead 41

Notable players[]

Results[]

Past Results[]

2020 Fixtures and Results[]

2020 Statistics
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 field hockey ball 17' Report Ballenghien field hockey ball 2'
Weyns field hockey ball 51'		 Stadium:
2 February 2020 Home 2 New Zealand  4–1  Belgium Auckland, New Zealand
15:00 Merry field hockey ball 31', 35', 51', 55' Report Raye field hockey ball 7' Stadium:
8 February 2020 Home 3 New Zealand  0–3  Great Britain Auckland, New Zealand
19:30 Report Howard field hockey ball 9'
Watson field hockey ball 24'
McCallin field hockey ball 50'		 Stadium:
9 February 2020 Home 4 New Zealand  2–2
(4–5 p)		  Great Britain Auckland, New Zealand
17:30 Shannon field hockey ball 28', 53' Report Toman field hockey ball 38'
Balsdon field hockey ball 42'		 Stadium:
Penalties
Shannon Penalty shoot-out scored
Charlton Penalty shoot-out missed
Merry Penalty shoot-out scored
Ralph Penalty shoot-out scored
Michelsen Penalty shoot-out scored
Michelsen Penalty shoot-out missed		 Penalty shoot-out scored Howard
Penalty shoot-out scored Owsley
Penalty shoot-out scored Martin
Penalty shoot-out scored Robertson
Penalty shoot-out missed Toman
Penalty shoot-out scored Howard
15 February 2020 Home 5 New Zealand  3–1  United States Christchurch, New Zealand
17:00 Merry field hockey ball 13'
Shannon field hockey ball 22'
Keddell field hockey ball 33'		 Report Campbell field hockey ball 44' Stadium:
16 February 2020 Home 6 New Zealand  3–1  United States Christchurch, New Zealand
20:30 Merry field hockey ball 16'
Michelsen field hockey ball 38'
Jaques field hockey ball 54'		 Report Grega field hockey ball 47' Stadium:
28 February 2020 Home 7 New Zealand  1–1
(1–3 p)		  Argentina Christchurch, New Zealand
20:00 Ralph field hockey ball 19' Report Albertario field hockey ball 37' Stadium:
Penalties
Shannon Penalty shoot-out missed
Charlton Penalty shoot-out scored
Merry Penalty shoot-out missed
Ralph Penalty shoot-out missed		 Penalty shoot-out scored Jankunas
Penalty shoot-out scored Miranda
Penalty shoot-out missed Albertario
Penalty shoot-out missed M. Granatto
Penalty shoot-out scored Jardel
1 March 2020 Home 8 New Zealand  5–3  Argentina Christchurch, New Zealand
17:30 Merry field hockey ball 3', 11', 13', 54'
Ralph field hockey ball 47'		 Report M. Granatto field hockey ball 26', 31'
Gorzelany field hockey ball 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
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[]

References[]

  1. ^ "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Home – FIH".
  3. ^ "Home – FIH".
  4. ^ "Home – FIH".
  5. ^ "FIH confirms Spain men and Belgium women join Hockey Pro League". FIH. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Home – FIH".
  7. ^ "Home – FIH".
  8. ^ "Oceania Cup". Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Home – FIH".
  10. ^ "New Zealand – Argentina". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Team Details – New Zealand". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  12. ^ "New Zealand Hockey Representatives - Women" (PDF). New Zealand Hockey Federation.
  13. ^ "New Zealand Goal Scorers - Women" (PDF). New Zealand Hockey Federation.

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