English women's national hockey team

Game scene from the game for third place in the 2007 European Women's Field Hockey Championship, Spain versus England

The English women's national hockey team represents England in international competitions.

England currently ranks 6th in the world - and 1st in the European ranking.

Results

World championships

• 1971 - 4th place
• 1972 and 1974 - did not take part
• 1975 - gold
• 1976 and 1978 did not participate
• 1979 - 6th place
• 1981 - did not participate
• 1983 - 5th place
• 1986 - 5th place
• 1990 - 4th place
• 1994 - 9th place
• 1998 - 9th place
• 2002 - 5th place
• 2006 - 7th place
• 2010 - bronze
• 2014 - 11th place

EM

• 1984 - 4th place
• 1987 - second
• 1991 - European champion
• 1995 - 4th place
• 1999 - third
• 2003 - 4th place
• 2005 - third
• 2007 - third
• 2009 - third
• 2011 - third
• 2013 - second
• 2015 - European Champion

Champions Trophy

• 3rd place 2010

Commonwealth Games

• 1998 - silver
• 2002 - silver
• 2006 - bronze
• 2010 - bronze
• 2014 - silver

Champions Challenge

• 2002 - gold
• 2003 - did not participate
• 2005 - 4th place
• 2007 - bronze

Famous female players

• Lottie Dod , founding member of the team
• Karen Brown , world record player with 355 games
• Jane Sixsmith MBE

Trainer

Danny Kerry is currently the head coach, assisted by Karen Brown and Craig Parnham.

See also

• British women's national hockey team
• English men's national hockey team

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Current Women's FIH World Ranking (PDF) , accessed November 28, 2015.
2. ↑ Parallel to the teams from England, Wales, Scotland and (Northern) Ireland, a British team played, which ended up in 13th place (out of 22).

Web links

• England hockey (English)