Australia women's national indoor hockey team

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.[2] 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.[3]

Australia
NicknamePlatypushers
AssociationHockey Australia
ConfederationOHF (Oceania)
CoachMark Sandhu
ManagerDanah Dunkeld & Kris Hooley
CaptainEmma McLeish
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current9 (February 2023)[1]
World Cup
Appearances6 (first in 2003)
Best result6th (2007, 2018)

World Cup Rankings

In the first Indoor Hockey World Cup, held in Germany in 2003, the Australian team came 9th in the final standings.[4] Their best placing is 6th, achieved in the 2007 World Cup in Vienna, Austria.[5] 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

Indoor Hockey World Cup

Current squad

Squad for the 2023 Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup.[6]

Head coach: Mark Sandhu

  1. Elizabeth Duguid (GK)
  2. Emma McLeish (C)
  3. Samantha Economos
  4. Erin Burns
  5. Caitlin Burns
  6. Emma Scriven
  7. Litiana Field
  8. Madeleine Murphy
  9. Emma Reid
  10. Kelsey Hughes
  11. Estelle Hughes
  12. Aymee Dowell (GK)


See also

References
  1. "RANKINGS - INDOOR (Women) - February 2023" (PDF). FIH.
  2. "Indoor World Rankings". Archived from the original on 2015-12-06. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  3. "Hockey Australia > High Performance > Australian Indoor teams".
  4. "IHWC 2003 - 1st Indoor Hockey World Cup Leipzig 2003".
  5. "National Teams at Major International Tournaments , Hockey Australia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016.
  6. "FIH Indoor Hockey Women's World Cup South Africa 2023 - Teams". FIH.
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