Australia women's national indoor hockey team
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| Nickname(s) | Hockeyroos | ||
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| Association | Hockey Australia | ||
| Confederation | OHF (Oceania) | ||
| Head Coach | Mark Sandhu | ||
| Manager | Danah Dunkeld & Kris Hooley | ||
| Captain | Elizabeth DUGUID | ||
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| FIH ranking | |||
| Current | 8 | ||
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]
World Cup Rankings
In 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.
Current squad
2019 Australian Indoor Squad
- Lauren AUSTIN (WA) - 2007, 2018 World Cups
- Tayla BRITTON (WA)
- Tegan BOUCHER (VIC) - 2011, 2015, 2018 World Cups
- Tamsin BUNT (NSW) - 2018 World Cup
- Erin BURNS (NSW)
- Caitlin BURNS (NSW)
- Elizabeth DUGUID (WA) (C) - 2018 World Cup
- Holly EVANS (SA) - 2011, 2015 World Cups
- Lisa FARRELL (NSW) - 2018 World Cup
- Kyah GRAY (NSW) - 2015, 2018 World Cups
- Amelia LEARD (NSW)
- Emma McCLEISH (NSW) - 2011, 2015, 2018 World Cups
- Claudia NEILSEN (WA)
- Emma SCRIVEN (NSW)
- Alissia PEARSON (TAS)
- Anna ROBERTS (WA)
Australian U21 Squad
- Brooke ANDERSON (VIC)
- Emma CORCORAN (NSW)
- Maddie DE SILVA (WA)
- Aymee DOWELL (QLD)
- Litiana FIELD (NSW)
- Kelsey HUGHES (NSW)
- Sarah JOHNSTON (NSW)
- Claudia NEILSEN (WA)
- Keeleigh McCAULEY (NSW)
- Zoe NEWMAN (NSW)
- Aleisha PRICE (ACT)
- Emma REID (WA)
- Riley SUTHERLAND (VIC)
- Helena TOBBE (NSW)
- Taylor THOMSON (ACT)
- Nicole YEARBURY (QLD)
Off Field Team
- Mark Sandhu – Head Coach/Selector - 2003, 2007, 2011, 2018 World Cups
- David Ogden – Asst Coach - 2011, 2018 World Cups
- Danah Dunkeld - Manager
- Kris Hooley - Manager
Recent Tournaments
In December 2015, the Australian team competed in the Spar Four Nations invitational women's tournament, held in South Africa at the University of KwaZulu-Natal sports hall. The four competing nations include South Africa, USA, Namibia and Australia.[7] Final standing was 3rd place, beating USA for the bronze medal.[8] Australian Jessica Bestall was named player of the tournament.[9]
Spar Four Nations Squad
- Kyah GRAY, NSW, Captain
- Emily SECCULL, VIC, Vice Captain
- Jessica BESTALL
- Caitlin BURNS, NSW
- Sassie ECONOMOS, ACT
- Sarah GOODE, VIC
- Trudi PEDERSEN, QLD
- Sarah DARLING, VIC
- Lenny MURPHY, TAS
- Emma REID, WA
- Maddie SMITH, QLD, goalie
- Erin JUDD, WA, goalie
See also
- Kookaburras – Australia men's national field hockey team
- Australian field hockey players
- Australia women's national field hockey team
- Indoor field hockey
- Indoor Hockey World Cup
References
- ^ "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".
- ^ http://www.hockey.org.au/Portals/2/PDFs/FactFiles/National_Teams_at_Major_International_Tournaments_-_updated_April2010.pdf
- ^ http://www.fih.ch/events/indoor-world-cup/
- ^ http://hockey.org.au/High-Performance/Australian-Indoor-teams
- ^ "South Africa: Busy Time As SA Indoor Side Take On Three International Opponents". allAfrica.com.
- ^ http://allafrica.com/stories/201512211428.html
- ^ http://allafrica.com/stories/201512211722.html
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