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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use South African English|date=July 2012}}
{{Infobox national field hockey team
| name = South Africa
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| association = [[South African Hockey Association]]
| confederation = [[African Hockey Federation|AfHF]] (Africa)
| coach = [[Giles Bonnet]]
| assistant = [[Marcelle Keet]]
| manager = Lynn Abrahamse
| captain = [[Erin Hunter (field hockey)|Erin Christie]]<br>[[Quanita Bobbs]]
| rank = {{FIH Women's World Rankings|RSA}}
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| Olympic apps = 6
| Olympic first = 2000
| Olympic best = 9th ([[Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2004]])
| World cup apps = 7
| World cup first = 1998
| World cup best = 7th ([[1998 Women's Hockey World Cup|1998]])
| Regional name = [[Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations|Africa Cup of Nations]]
| Regional cup apps = 7
| Regional cup first = [[1994 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations|1994]]
| Regional cup best = 1st (Six times)
| 2ndRegional name = [[Field hockey at the African Games|African Games]]
| 2ndRegional cup apps = 4
| 2ndRegional cup first = [[Field hockey at the 1995 All-Africa Games|1995]]
| 2ndRegional cup best = 1st ([[Field hockey at the 1995 All-Africa Games|1995]], [[Field hockey at the 1999 All-Africa Games|1999]], [[Field hockey at the 2003 All-Africa Games|2003]])
| type = women
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCount|total=yes
|[[Hockey Africa Cup of Nations|Africa Cup of Nations]]|7|0|0
|[[Field hockey at the African Games|African Games]]|3|0|0
}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations|Africa Cup of Nations]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1994 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations|1994 Pretoria]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[1998 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations|1998 Harare]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations|2005 Pretoria]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2009 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations|2009 Accra]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2013 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations|2013 Nairobi]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2017 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations|2017 Ismailia]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2022 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations|2022 Accra]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Field hockey at the African Games|African Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1995 All-Africa Games|1995 Harare]]|[[Field hockey at the 1995 All-Africa Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1999 All-Africa Games|1999 Johannesburg]]|[[Field hockey at the 1999 All-Africa Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2003 All-Africa Games|2003 Abuja]]|[[Field hockey at the 2003 All-Africa Games|Team]]}}
}}
The '''South Africa women's national field hockey team''' represents [[South Africa]] in international [[field hockey]] matches and tournaments.<ref>{{cite web |title=South African Hockey Association|url=http://www.sahockey.co.za/|access-date=3 December 2014}}</ref>

==Tournament history==
===Summer Olympics===
[[File:Argentina_v_South_Africa_(7718239548).jpg|thumb|250px|South Africa at the [[Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympics]] v Argentina]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=9|[[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics record]]
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Draw}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
|-
| 1980–1991 || colspan=8|  ''Banned''{{efn|name=banned|}} 
|- 
|{{Flagicon|KOR}} [[Field hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|1992]]|| colspan=8 rowspan=2| ''did not qualify''
|-
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|1996]] 
|-
|{{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Field hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2000]]
| Group stage
| 10th
| 6
|1
|1
|4
|6
|11
|-
|{{Flagicon|Greece}} [[Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2004]]
| Group stage
| 9th
|5
|2
|0
|3
|9
|15
|-
| {{Flagicon|China}} [[Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2008]]
|Group stage
|11th
|6
|1
|0
|5
|6
|19
|-
| {{Flagicon|GBR}}  [[Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2012]]
| Group stage
| 11th
| 6
|1
|0
|5
|10
|16
|-
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2016]] 
| colspan=8|—{{efn|South Africa won the continental qualifier however the team did not participate in the 2016 Olympics. [[South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee]] (SASCOC) and South African Hockey Association (SAHA) made an agreement on the Rio 2016 Olympics qualification criteria that the Continental Qualification route would not be considered.<ref>[http://www.sascoc.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Olympics-SA-Hockey-Association.pdf Agreement between SASCOC and SAHA]</ref><ref>[http://www.sascoc.co.za/2015/10/30/rio-2016-olympics-selection-criteria-for-sa-hockey-association/ Rio 2016 Olympics Selection Criteria for SA Hockey Association]</ref> As a result, Spain, as the highest-ranked team from the 2014–15 Hockey World League Semifinals not already qualified, participated instead.<ref>{{cite web|title=Qualification Criteria|url=http://www.fih.ch/files/Sport/General%20documents/2014-02%20-%20Rio%202016%20-%20Qualification%20System%20-%20FINAL%20-%20Hockey%20-%20EN.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fih.ch/news/spain-women-and-new-zealand-men-invited-to-rio-2016-olympic-games-hockey-events/|title=Spain women and New Zealand men invited to Rio 2016 Olympic Games hockey events|date=17 December 2015|work=FIH|access-date=17 December 2015}}</ref>}}
|-
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2020]]
| Group stage
| 12th
|5
|0
|0
|5
|5
|19
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Field hockey at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2024]]
| Group stage
| 11th
|5
|0
|0
|5
|4
|10
|-
!Total!!6/11!!0 titles!!33!!5!!1!!27!!40!!90
|}

===World Cup===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=9|[[Women's FIH Hockey World Cup|FIH World Cup]] record
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!{{abbr|Pld|Games played}}
!{{abbr|W|Won}}
!{{abbr|D|Drawn}}*
!{{abbr|L|Lost}}
!{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
!{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
|-
| 1974–1993
|colspan=10 |''Banned''{{efn|name=banned}}
|-
| {{flagicon|NLD}} [[1998 Women's Hockey World Cup|1998]] 
| Group stage
|  7th place
| 6
|2
|1
|4
|12
|17
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[2002 Women's Hockey World Cup|2002]]
| Group stage
|  13th place
| 9
|3
|2
|4
|17
|19
|-
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[2006 Women's Hockey World Cup|2006]]
| Group stage
|  12th place
|6
|0
|2
|4
|3
|13
|-
| {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[2010 Women's Hockey World Cup|2010]]
| Group stage
|  10th place
|6
|1
|0
|5
|11
|20
|-
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[2014 Women's Hockey World Cup|2014]]
| Group stage
|  9th place
|6
|2
|0
|4
|13
|16
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[2018 Women's Hockey World Cup|2018]]
| Group stage
|  15th place
|3
|0
|1
|2
|3
|11
|-
| {{flagicon|NED}}/{{flagicon|ESP}} [[2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup|2022]]
| Second round
|  15th place
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 5
| 11

|-
!Total!! 7/15 !!0 titles!! 41!! 8!! 7!!27 !!64 !! 107
|}

===Commonwealth Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=9 style="background-color: ;"|[[Hockey at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!{{abbr|Pld|Games played}}
!{{abbr|W|Won}}
!{{abbr|D|Drawn}}*
!{{abbr|L|Lost}}
!{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
!{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
|-
|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} '''[[Hockey at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|1998]]'''<br/>[[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia
| Group stage
| 5th
|5
|3
|1
|1
|21
|5

|-
|{{flagicon|England}} '''[[Hockey at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|2002]]'''<br/>[[Manchester, England]] 
|Second round
| 5th
|5
|3
|0
|2
|23
|12
|-
|{{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|2006]]'''<br/>[[Melbourne]], Australia
| Group stage
| 8th
|5
|2
|1
|2
|12
|10
|-
|{{flagicon|India}} '''[[Hockey at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|2010]]'''<br/>[[New Delhi]], India
|Semifinal
| 4th
|6
|2
|1
|3
|16
|7

|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} '''[[Hockey at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|2014]]''' <br/>[[Glasgow]], Scotland
|Semifinal
| 4th
|6
|3
|0
|3
|25
|16
|-
|{{flagicon|Australia}}  '''[[Hockey at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|2018]]'''<br/>[[Gold Coast, Australia]]
| Group stage
| 6th
|5
|1
|1
|3
|4
|7
|-
|{{flagicon|England}}[[Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|2022]]<br/>[[Birmingham, England]]
| Group stage
| 7th
|5
|2
|0
|3
|19
|13

|-
!Total!! - !!0 titles!!37!! 16!!4!!17!!120!!70 
|}

===Africa Cup of Nations===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=3 style="background-color: ;"|[[Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations|Africa Cup of Nations]]
|-
!style="width: 70px;"| Year
!style="width: 350px;"| Host city
!style="width: 70px;"| Position
|-
|[[Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations|1990]]
| {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Harare]], Zimbabwe
|''Banned''{{efn|name=banned}}
|-
|[[Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations|1994]]
|{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Pretoria]], South Africa
|style="background-color: gold"|1st
|-
|[[Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations|1998]]
| {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Harare]], Zimbabwe
|style="background-color: gold"|1st
|-
|[[Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations|2005]]
|{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Pretoria]], South Africa
|style="background-color: gold"|1st
|-
|[[2009 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations|2009]]
|{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Accra]], Ghana
|style="background-color: gold"|1st
|-
|[[2013 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations|2013]] 
|{{flagicon|KEN}} Nairobi, Kenya
|style="background-color: gold"|1st
|-
|[[2017 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations|2017]]
| {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Ismailia]], Egypt
|style="background-color: gold"|1st
|-
|[[2022 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations|2022]]
|{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Accra]], Ghana
|style="background-color: gold"|1st
|-
|[[2025 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations|2025]]
|TBA
|''Q''
|}

===All-Africa Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=3 style="background-color: ;"|[[Field hockey at the African Games|Africa Games]]
|-
! colspan=3 style="background-color: ;"|All-Africa Games
|-
!style="width: 70px;"| Year
!style="width: 350px;"| Host city
!style="width: 70px;"| Position
|-
| 1987
| {{flagicon|KEN}} [[Nairobi]], Kenya
| rowspan="2" |''Banned''{{efn|name=banned}}
|-
| 1991
| {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Cairo]], Egypt
|-
|[[Field hockey at the 1995 All-Africa Games|1995]]
|{{Flagicon|ZIM}} [[Harare]], Zimbabwe
|style="background-color: gold"|1st
|-
|[[Field hockey at the 1999 All-Africa Games|1999]]
|{{Flagicon|RSA}} [[Johannesburg]], South Africa
|style="background-color: gold"|1st
|-
|[[Field hockey at the 2003 All-Africa Games|2003]]
|{{Flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Abuja]], Nigeria
|style="background-color: gold"|1st
|-
! colspan=3 style="background-color: ;"|Africa Games
|-
!style="width: 70px;"| Year
!style="width: 350px;"| Host city
!style="width: 70px;"| Position
|-
|[[Field hockey at the 2023 African Games|2023]]
|{{Flagicon|GHA}} [[Accra]], Ghana
| ''Withdrew''
|}

===African Olympic Qualifier===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=3 style="background-color: ;"|[[Field hockey at the African Games|Africa Games]]
|-
!style="width: 70px;"| Year
!style="width: 350px;"| Host city
!style="width: 70px;"| Position
|-
|[[2007 African Olympic Field Hockey Qualifier|2007]]
| {{Flagicon|KEN}}  [[Nairobi]], Kenya
|style="background-color: gold"|1st
|-
|[[2011 African Olympic Qualifier (field hockey)|2011]]
| {{Flagicon|ZIM}} [[Bulawayo]], Zimbabwe
|style="background-color: gold"|1st
|-
|[[2015 African Olympic Qualifier (field hockey)|2015]] 
| {{Flagicon|RSA}} [[Randburg]], South Africa
|style="background-color: gold"|1st
|-
|[[2019 Women's African Olympic Qualifier|2019]] 
| {{Flagicon|RSA}} [[Stellenbosch]], South Africa
|style="background-color: gold"|1st
|-
| [[2023 Women's African Olympic Qualifier|2023]]
| {{Flagicon|RSA}} [[Pretoria]], South Africa
|style="background-color: gold"|1st
|}

===World League===
* [[2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League|2012–13]] – 12th place
* [[2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League|2014–15]] – 14th place
* [[2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League|2016–17]] – 10th place

===Hockey Nations Cup===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=3 style="background-color: ;"|[[Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup|Hockey Nations Cup]]
|-
!style="width: 70px;"| Year
!style="width: 350px;"| Host city
!style="width: 70px;"| Position
|-
|'''[[2022 Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup|2022]]'''
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Valencia]], Spain
|8th
|}

===Champions Trophy===
* [[2000 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy|2000]] – 5th place

===Champions Challenge===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=3 style="background-color: ;"|'''[[Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I|Champions Challenge]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fih.ch/events/champions-challenge/|title=Champions Challenge – FIH|publisher=[[International Hockey Federation]]}}</ref>
|-
!style="width: 70px;"| Year
!style="width: 350px;"| Host city
!style="width: 70px;"| Position
|-
|'''[[2002 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge|2002]]'''
|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]]
|4th
|-
|'''[[2003 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge|2003]]'''
|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Catania]], [[Italy]]
| –
|-
|'''[[2005 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge|2005]]'''
|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Virginia Beach]], [[United States]]
|style="background-color: silver;"|2nd
|-
|'''[[2007 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge|2007]]'''
|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]]
|–
|-
|'''[[2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I|2009]]'''
|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]]
|style="background-color: silver;"|2nd
|-
|'''[[2011 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I|2011]]'''
|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|IRE}} [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]]
|5th
|-
|'''[[2012 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I|2012]]'''
|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|IRE}} [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]]
|6th
|-
|'''[[2014 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I|2014]]'''
|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]]
|style="background-color: #cc9966;"|3rd
|}

==2024 Summer Olympics squad==
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads|RSA}}

==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]]

==Notes==
{{notelist|refs=
{{efn|name=banned|[[Sport in South Africa#Hockey|South Africa]] was banned from international Hockey from 1964 onwards. South Africa was allowed to take part in international competitions from 1993 onwards.}}}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
*{{Official website}}
*[https://www.fih.hockey/about-fih/ourmembers/dynamic/southafrica FIH profile]

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