South Africa women's national field hockey team

South Africa

Association	South African Hockey Association
Confederation	AfHF (Africa)
Head Coach	Nkuliso "Inky" Zondi[1]
Manager	Gillian Doig
Captain	Erin Christie
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	16 (23 December 2021)[2]
Olympic Games
Appearances	5 (first in 2000)
Best result	9th (2004)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1998)
Best result	7th (1998)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	7 (first in )
Best result	1st (Six times)
African Games
Appearances	3 (first in )
Best result	1st (, , 2003)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Africa Cup of Nations 7 0 0 African Games 3 0 0 Total 10 0 0 Africa Cup of Nations 2009 Accra 2013 Nairobi 2017 Ismailia 2022 Accra African Games 1995 Harare 1999 Johannesburg 2003 Abuja Team

The South Africa women's national field hockey team represents South Africa in international field hockey matches and tournaments.^[3]

Tournament history[]

Summer Olympics[]

• 2000 – 10th place
• 2004 – 9th place
• 2008 – 11th place
• 2012 – 10th place
• 2020 – 12th place

World Cup[]

• 1998 – 7th place
• 2002 – 13th place
• 2006 – 12th place
• 2010 – 10th place
• 2014 – 9th place
• 2018 – 15th place
• 2022 – Qualified

Commonwealth Games[]

• 1998 – 5th place
• 2002 – 5th place
• 2006 – 8th place
• 2010 – 4th place
• 2014 – 4th place
• 2018 – 6th place

World League[]

• 2012–13 – 12th place
• 2014–15 – 14th place
• 2016–17 – 10th place

Champions Trophy[]

• 2000 – 5th place

Champions Challenge[]

• 2002 – 4th place
• 2005 –
• 2009 –
• 2011 – 5th place
• 2012 – 6th place
• 2014 –

Africa Cup of Nations[]

• 1994 –
• 1998 –
• 2005 –
• 2009 –
• 2013 –
• 2017 –
• 2022 –

All-Africa Games[]

• –
• –
• 2003 –

African Olympic Qualifier[]

• 2007 –
• 2011 –
• 2015 –
• 2019 –

Current squad[]

The 2020 Olympic team was announced on 17 May 2021.^[4]

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Phumelela Mbande	(1993-03-08) 8 March 1993 (age 28)	47	Northern Blues
4	DF	Nicole Walraven	(1994-12-12) 12 December 1994 (age 27)	48	Northern Blues
6	DF	Taryn Potts	(1992-04-19) 19 April 1992 (age 29)	5	Southern Gauteng
13	DF	Lisa-Marié Deetlefs	(1987-09-08) 8 September 1987 (age 34)	267	Southern Gauteng
22	DF	Lerato Mahole	(1999-12-29) 29 December 1999 (age 22)	0	Namaqualand Daisies
29	DF	Tarryn Glasby	(1995-01-23) 23 January 1995 (age 27)	42	Western Province
7	MF	Marizen Marais	(1996-05-17) 17 May 1996 (age 25)	27	Blyde River Bunters
8	MF	Kristen Paton	(1996-12-21) 21 December 1996 (age 25)	33	Southern Gauteng
9	MF	Robyn Johnson	(1990-12-07) 7 December 1990 (age 31)	18	Southern Gauteng
10	MF	Onthatile Zulu	(2000-03-14) 14 March 2000 (age 21)	10	Northern Blues
16	MF	Erin Hunter (C)	(1992-03-20) 20 March 1992 (age 29)	59	Southern Gauteng
19	MF	Lilian du Plessis	(1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 29)	135	Southern Gauteng
3	FW	Celia Seerane	(1990-06-18) 18 June 1990 (age 31)	163	Northern Blues
5	FW	Edith Molikoe	(2000-05-23) 23 May 2000 (age 21)	0	Northern Blues
14	FW	Nomnikelo Veto	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 25)	18	CUS Torino
17	FW	Charné Maddocks	(1998-06-10) 10 June 1998 (age 23)	0	North-West University
28	FW	Quanita Bobbs	(1993-09-03) 3 September 1993 (age 28)	132	Western Province
30	FW	Toni Marks	(1994-07-19) 19 July 1994 (age 27)	16	Madikwe Rangers

See also[]

• South Africa men's national field hockey team
• South Africa women's national under-21 field hockey team
• South Africa women's national under-18 field hockey team

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• FIH profile