Australia women's national field hockey team

Australia

Nickname(s)	Hockeyroos
Association	Hockey Australia
Confederation	OHF (Oceania)
Head Coach	Katrina Powell
Assistant coach(es)	Emma Murray Hugh Purvis
Manager	Melissa Grey
Captain	Jane Claxton Kaitlin Nobbs Grace Stewart
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	5 (13 August 2024)[1]
Olympic Games
Appearances	11 (first in 1984)
Best result	1st (1988, 1996, 2000)
World Cup
Appearances	12 (first in 1981)
Best result	1st (1994, 1998)
Oceania Cup
Appearances	11 (first in 1999)
Best result	1st (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2023)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 0 0 World Cup 2 3 2 Oceania Cup 7 4 0 Champions Trophy 6 6 2 Commonwealth Games 4 2 1 Total 22 15 5 Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team 1996 Atlanta Team 2000 Sydney Team World Cup 1994 Dublin 1998 Utrecht 1990 Sydney 2006 Madrid 2014 The Hague 1983 Kuala Lumpur 2022 Spain-Netherlands Oceania Cup 1999 Sydney–Dunedin 2001 New Zealand 2003 Aus–NZ 2005 Auckland–Sydney 2013 Stratford 2015 Stratford 2017 Sydney 2023 Whangarei 2007 Buderim 2009 Invercargill 2011 Hobart 2019 Rockhampton

The Australia women's national field hockey team (nicknamed the Hockeyroos) are, as of August 2023, ranked second in the world.^[2] Having played their first game in 1914, and their first Olympic game in 1984, they are one of Australia's most successful sporting teams, boasting three Olympic gold medals (1988, 1996, 2000), two World Cup gold medals (1994, 1998) and four Commonwealth Games gold medals (1998, 2006, 2010, 2014). The Hockeyroos have been crowned Australia's Team of the Year five times and were unanimously awarded Best Australian Team at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

A notable part of the Hockeyroos colourful history has involved Ric Charlesworth. Charlesworth was at the helm of the Hockeyroos from 1993 to 2000, where his reign as coach saw the team win the 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1999 Champions Trophies, 1994 and 1998 World Cups and the 1998 Commonwealth Games. Charlesworth took the Hockeyroos to the Atlanta and Sydney Olympic Games, where the team won back-to-back gold medals. The team was coached from 2011 by Adam Commens, who was replaced after the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the side failed to medal, by Paul Gaudoin.

Amid much turmoil, Gaudoin quit in March 2021 and was replaced by former player Katrina Powell.^[3]

Given the extent of the Hockeyroos success, the team has consistently remained at the top of the world hockey rankings. From the late 1980s until 2000, the Australian team was ranked at number 1 in the world. Only once during this period, did the Hockeyroos fail to win a tournament, when they finished fifth.