England women's national field hockey team

England
Association	England Hockey
Head Coach	David Ralph
Assistant coach(es)	Mark Hickman; Simon Letchford; Jody Paul
Manager	Samantha Beveridge
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	8 (5 November 2025)
World Cup
Appearances	11 (first in 1983)
Best result	3rd (2010)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances	17 (first in 1984)
Best result	1st (1991, 2015)

The England women's national field hockey team are the current Commonwealth Games champions having previously won silver 3 times. England have also won the 2006 Women's Field Hockey World Cup Qualifier and the 2002 Champions Challenge.

History

Marjorie Pollard played hockey nearly every year for England from 1921 to 1937.^[2]

The team toured New Zealand in 1938 and the US in 1947. Notable players were Barbara and Bridget West, Hilda Light and Mary Russell Vick. The teams had to play in long stockings whatever the heat until they were replaced with split skirts and knee high stockings.^[3]

Competitive record

World Cup

1983 – 5th place
1986 – 5th place
1990 – 4th place
1994 – 9th place
1998 – 9th place
2002 – 5th place
2006 – 7th place
2010 –
2014 – 11th place
2018 – 7th place
2022 – 8th place

Commonwealth Games

1998 –
2002 –
2006 –
2010 –
2014 –
2018 –
2022 –

World League

2012–13 –
2014–15 – 7th place
2016–17 – 4th place

Pro League

2021–22 – 7th place
2024–25 – 8th place

EuroHockey Nations Championship

1984 – 4th place
1987 –
1991 –
1995 – 4th place
1999 –
2003 – 4th place
2005 –
2007 –
2009 –
2011 –
2013 –
2015 –
2017 –
2019 – 4th place
2021 – 5th place
2023 – 4th place
2025 – 5th place
2027 – Qualified

Champions Challenge

2002 –
2005 – 4th place
2007 –

Champions Trophy

2002 – 6th place
2003 – 5th place
2009 – 6th place
2010 –
2011 – 5th place
2014 – 5th place

Current squad

The squad for the 2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship..^[4]

Head coach: David Ralph

Recent call-ups

The following players have received call-ups to the national team in the last 12 months:

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Abbie Dixon	(2000-06-21) 21 June 2000 (age 25)	4	0	Reading	v. Belgium; 5 December 2024
DF	Rosemary Hope	(2002-02-05) 5 February 2002 (age 23)	4	0	East Grinstead	v. Belgium; 5 December 2024

MF	Bethan Alexander	(2003-08-07) 7 August 2003 (age 22)	4	0	Loughborough Students	v. Belgium; 5 December 2024
MF	Hannah Boss	(2004-11-07) 7 November 2004 (age 21)	3	0	Klein Zwitserland	v. Belgium; 5 December 2024
MF	Camilla Giglio	(2000-10-28) 28 October 2000 (age 25)	3	1	HV Victoria	v. Belgium; 5 December 2024
MF	Sofia Martin	(2005-02-02) 2 February 2005 (age 20)	4	0	Hampstead & Westminster	v. Belgium; 5 December 2024

FW	Megan Crowson	(1996-06-13) 13 June 1996 (age 29)	3	1	Wimbledon	v. Belgium; 5 December 2024

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2025

15 February 2025 India Leg	India	3–2	England	Bhubaneswar, India
17:15	Vaishnavi 6' Deepika 25' Navneet 59'	Report	Bourne 12' Crackles 58'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

16 February 2025 India Leg	India	2–2 (1–2 p)	England	Bhubaneswar, India
17:15	Navneet 53' Rutuja 57'	Report	Gillott 40' Howard 56'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium
	Penalties
	Navneet Salima Sunelita Lalremsiami Neha Navneet Lalremsiami		Howard Bourne S. Hamilton Crackles Walker Howard S. Hamilton

21 February 2025 India Leg	England	1–5	Netherlands	Bhubaneswar, India
15:00	O. Hamilton 57'	Report	Burg 27' P. Dicke 33' Fokke 37' Matla 38' Van der Elst 50'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

22 February 2025 India Leg	Netherlands	6–0	England	Bhubaneswar, India
15:00	Veen 2' Burg 35' Van der Elst 39' Albers 45' Matla 50' E. Jansen 54'	Report		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

14 June 2025 England Leg	England	1–3	Argentina	London, England
15:30	Curtis 12'	Report	Gorzelany 9', 19' Jankunas 59'	Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey Stadium

15 June 2025 England Leg	England	0–1	Argentina	London, England
15:30		Report	Gorzelany 17'	Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey Stadium

17 June 2025 England Leg	England	1–0	Australia	London, England
11:00	Manton 10'	Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey Stadium

18 June 2025 England Leg	England	0–3	Australia	London, England
17:45		Report	J. Smith 26' G. Stewart 44' Hayes 50'	Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey Stadium

21 June 2025 England Leg	England	0–1	Spain	London, England
13:00		Report	Mejías 51'	Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey Stadium

22 June 2025 England Leg	England	4–1	Spain	London, England
12:00	Axford 3', 38' Gardens 43' Petter 59'	Report	P. Jiménez 14'	Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey Stadium

28 June 2025 Germany Leg	Germany	0–1	England	Berlin, Germany
15:00		Report	Neal 6'	Stadium: Ernst Reuter Sportfeld

29 June 2025 Germany Leg	Germany	4–2	England	Berlin, Germany
11:00	Kurz 2', 59' Strauss 39' Nolte 47'	Report	Axford 9' Hunt 13'	Stadium: Ernst Reuter Sportfeld

10 August 2025 EC GS	England	3–0	Scotland	Mönchengladbach, Germany
10:15	Crackles 12' Walker 16' Owsley 52'	Report		Stadium: Warsteiner HockeyPark

11 August 2025 EC GS	England	0–2	Belgium	Mönchengladbach, Germany
18:00		Report	Dewaet 13' Moors 50'	Stadium: Warsteiner HockeyPark

13 August 2025 EC GS	Spain	2–1	England	Mönchengladbach, Germany
10:00	Molina 10' L. Jiménez 36'	Report	Howard 12'	Stadium: Warsteiner HockeyPark

15 August 2025 EC Classification round	France	1–5	England	Mönchengladbach, Germany
14:45	Lhopital 32'	Report	Balsdon 7', 7' Rayer 19', 53' Owsley 49'	Stadium: Warsteiner HockeyPark

17 August 2025 EC Classification round	England	2–1	Ireland	Mönchengladbach, Germany
09:30	Howard 16' Bourne 31'	Report	Mullan 23'	Stadium: Warsteiner HockeyPark

9 December 2025 Ireland Leg	England	0–3	Belgium	Dublin, Ireland
14:00		Report	Vanden Borre 7', 38' Englebert 58'	Stadium: Sport Ireland Campus

11 December 2025 Ireland Leg	Ireland	1–1 (4–3 p)	England	Dublin, Ireland
14:00	Torrans 26'	Report	Rayer 36'	Stadium: Sport Ireland Campus
	Penalties
	Beggs McMaster Power McLoughlin Hawkshaw McLoughlin		S. Hamilton Bourne Rayer Owsley Howard S. Hamilton

12 December 2025 Ireland Leg	Belgium	2–1	England	Dublin, Ireland
14:00	Englebert 42' Vanden Borre 59'	Report	Bourne 14'	Stadium: Sport Ireland Campus

14 December 2025 Ireland Leg	Ireland	1–2	England	Dublin, Ireland
14:00	Perdue 53'	Report	Howard 4' Hunt 50'	Stadium: Sport Ireland Campus

2026

6 February 2026 China Leg	England	v	Netherlands	Guangzhou, China
19:30		Report		Stadium: Yunfu Education Park Hockey Field

7 February 2026 China Leg	China	v	England	Guangzhou, China
17:00		Report		Stadium: Yunfu Education Park Hockey Field

9 February 2026 China Leg	Netherlands	v	England	Guangzhou, China
19:30		Report		Stadium: Yunfu Education Park Hockey Field

10 February 2026 China Leg	China	v	England	Guangzhou, China
19:30		Report		Stadium: Yunfu Education Park Hockey Field

13 June 2026 England Leg	England	v	Germany	London, England
15:00		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

14 June 2026 England Leg	England	v	Germany	London, England
15:00		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

20 June 2026 England Leg	England	v	Australia	London, England
15:00		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

21 June 2026 England Leg	England	v	Australia	London, England
14:00		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

24 June 2026 England Leg	England	v	Spain	London, England
11:00		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

25 June 2026 England Leg	England	v	Argentina	London, England
17:00		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

27 June 2026 England Leg	England	v	Spain	London, England
13:30		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

28 June 2026 England Leg	England	v	Argentina	London, England
13:30		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

References

^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 5 November 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
^ "Marjorie Pollard | English athlete". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
^ "Barbara West". The Times. December 2014. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
^ "England squads ready for European challenge". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 22 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.

External links

[FIH_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 5 November 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.

[2] "Marjorie Pollard | English athlete". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

[missinghistory-3] "Barbara West". The Times. December 2014. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

[4] "England squads ready for European challenge". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 22 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.

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