Canada women's national field hockey team

Canada
Canada
AssociationPAHF (Americas)
ConfederationField Hockey Canada
Head CoachRob Short
Assistant coach(es)Soledad García
Fergus Kavanagh
ManagerKelly Vanry
CaptainNatalie Sourisseau
Most capsKatherine Wright[1]
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Home
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Away
FIH ranking
Current 17 Steady (13 August 2024)[2]
Olympic Games
Appearances3 (first in 1984)
Best result5th (1984)
World Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1978)
Best result2nd (1983)
Pan American Games
Appearances9 (first in 1987)
Best result2nd (1991, 2019)
Pan American Cup
Appearances6 (first in 2001)
Best result3rd (2001, 2004, 2013, 2022)

The Canada women's national field hockey team participates in international field hockey competitions. In 1991, the Canadian men's and women's programs united under the national umbrella of Field Hockey Canada to share funding and infrastructure.[3] The women's team made its first international appearance at the 1978 Women's Hockey World Cup in Madrid, Spain, finishing in fifth place. They were the runner-up at the 1983 Women's Hockey World Cup and the bronze medallists at the 1986 Women's Hockey World Cup.

The Canadian women's team participated in the women's international tournament for the first time in 1956. In 1979 Canada hosted 18 countries in Vancouver for that world event; Canada placed 8th. The 1978 Canadian team was the first to enter the Women's World Cup, and placed 5th.

  1. ^ "All-Time Cap Leaders". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. May 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. August 13, 2024. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  3. ^ "Our Story - Field Hockey Canada". Archived from the original on May 13, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2015.