The Australia women's national indoor hockey team are Australia's national women's indoor hockey team. As of January 2016, they are ranked 8th in the world.[1] Australia competes internationally in indoor hockey, with the Australian women’s indoor team undertaking a tour annually. Every four years, Australia competes in the FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup. The Australian national indoor team is nominated and selected from the indoor Australian Championships.[2]
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| Nickname | Platypushers | ||
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| Association | Hockey Australia | ||
| Confederation | OHF (Oceania) | ||
| Coach | Mark Sandhu | ||
| Manager | Danah Dunkeld & Kris Hooley | ||
| Captain | Emma McLeish | ||
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| FIH ranking | |||
| Current | 5  (August 2024) | ||
| Lowest | 9 (14 February 2023) | ||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 2003) | ||
| Best result | 6th (2007, 2018) | ||
World Cup Rankings
editIn the first Indoor Hockey World Cup, held in Germany in 2003, the Australian team came 9th in the final standings.[3] Their best placing is 6th, achieved in the 2007 World Cup in Vienna, Austria.[4] In the 2011 and 2015 World Cups, they finished in 8th spot. In 2018 the Australian team finished 6th, thereby equalling their best ever result.
Tournament records
editTuanku Zara Cup
edit- 2023 – [5]
Current squad
editSquad for the 2023 Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup.[6]
Head coach: Mark Sandhu
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Indoor World Rankings". Archived from the original on 2015-12-06. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
- ^ "Hockey Australia > High Performance > Australian Indoor teams".
- ^ "IHWC 2003 - 1st Indoor Hockey World Cup Leipzig 2003".
- ^ "National Teams at Major International Tournaments , Hockey Australia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016.
- ^ "Sultan Nazrin Shah & Tuanku Zara Cup | Results". www.hockeywa.org.au. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
- ^ "FIH Indoor Hockey Women's World Cup South Africa 2023 - Teams". FIH.