Zimbabwe women's national field hockey team

Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
AssociationHockey Association of Zimbabwe
ConfederationAfHF (Africa)
Head CoachPatricia Davies
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Home
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Away
FIH ranking
Current 57 Increase 2 (13 August 2024)[1]
Olympic Games
Appearances1 (first in 1980)
Best result1st (1980)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances3 (first in 1990)
Best result1st (1990)
African Games
Appearances3 (first in 1995)
Best result2nd (1995, 1999)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
Africa Cup of Nations 1 1 1
African Games 0 2 0
Total 2 3 1
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Team
Africa Cup of Nations
Gold medal – first place 1990 Harare
Silver medal – second place 1994 Pretoria
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Harare
African Games
Silver medal – second place 1995 Harare Team
Silver medal – second place 1999 Johannesburg Team
The Zimbabwean women's field hockey team that won gold at the 1980 Olympics

The Zimbabwe women's national field hockey team is the national women's team representing Zimbabwe in field hockey.

It won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR, the first female Olympic tournament.[2] Zimbabwe also won the inaugural Hockey African Cup for Nations they hosted in 1990, followed by a silver medal in 1994 and a bronze in 1998.

  1. ^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  2. ^ Harris, Cathy (11 May 2008). "Caught in Time: Zimbabwe win hockey gold, 1980 Moscow Olympics". The Sunday Times. London. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.