India_women's_national_field_hockey_team

India
Nickname(s)	Women in Blue, Nabhvarna
Association	Hockey India (2008–present); Indian Hockey Federation (1925–2008);
Confederation	AHF (Asia)
Head Coach	Harendra Singh
Captain	Savita Punia
Most caps	Vandana Katariya (311)
Top scorer	Rani Rampal (120)
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	9 3 (12 March 2024)
Highest	6 (June 2022, December 2023)
First international
	Scotland 6–1 India; (Folkestone, England; 30 September 1953)
Biggest win
	India 24–0 Nepal; (Guwahati, India; 7 February 2016)
Biggest defeat
	England 18–0 India; (Sydney, Australia; 23 May 1956)
Olympic Games
Appearances	3 (first in 1980)
Best result	4th (1980, 2020)
World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 1974)
Best result	4th (1974)
Asian Games
Appearances	11 (first in 1982)
Best result	Champions (1982)
Asia Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1989)
Best result	Champions (2004, 2017)
Medal record
Asian Games
Asia Cup
Asian Champions Trophy
Commonwealth Games
Pro League

India women's national field hockey team

Women's field hockey team representing India

The Indian women's national field hockey team represents India in international field hockey, and is governed by Hockey India. Nabhvarna are currently ranked 6th in the FIH World Rankings, and are ranked as the best team in Asia. They have won the gold medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and 1982 Asian Games. They have also won the Women's Asia Cup twice, i.e. in 2004 and 2017. They also won the Asian Champions Trophy 2016 and 2023.

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Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1980	Moscow, USSR	4th	5	2	1	2	9	6
1984	Los Angeles, United States	Did not participate
1988	Seoul, South Korea
1992	Barcelona, Spain
1996	Atlanta, United States
2000	Sydney, Australia	Did not qualify
2004	Athens, Greece
2008	Beijing, China
2012	London, Great Britain
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12th	5	0	1	4	3	19
2020	Tokyo, Japan	4th	8	3	0	5	12	20
2024	Paris, France	Did not qualify
	Total	4th place	18	5	2	11	24	45

Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1974	Mandelieu, France	4th	6	3	0	3	8	6
1976	West Berlin, West Germany	Did not participate
1978	Madrid, Spain	7th	6	2	1	3	5	10
1981	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Did not participate
1983	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	11th	7	1	1	5	6	10
1986	Amstelveen, Netherlands	Did not qualify
1990	Sydney, Australia
1994	Dublin, Ireland
1998	Utrecht, Netherlands	12th	7	0	0	7	9	23
2002	Perth, Australia	Did not qualify
2006	Madrid, Spain	11th	7	1	1	5	9	15
2010	Rosario, Argentina	9th	6	2	0	4	11	23
2014	The Hague, Netherlands	Did not qualify
2018	London, England	8th	5	1	3	1	5	3
2022	Amstelveen, Netherlands Valencia, Spain	9th	6	1	3	2	9	8
	Total	4th place	50	11	9	30	62	98

Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1998	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	4th	7	3	1	3	19	13
2002	Manchester, England		6	4	1	1	12	10
2006	Melbourne, Australia		6	3	1	2	19	8
2010	New Delhi, India	5th	5	3	1	1	15	4
2014	Glasgow, Scotland	5th	5	3	0	2	22	9
2018	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia	4th	6	3	0	3	9	12
2022	Birmingham, England		6	3	2	1	14	8
	Total	1 Title	41	22	6	13	110	64

Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1982	New Delhi, India		5	5	0	0	37	1
1986	Seoul, South Korea		5	3	1	1	17	5
1990	Beijing, China	4th	5	2	0	3	8	10
1994	Hiroshima, Japan	4th	5	1	2	2	9	6
1998	Bangkok, Thailand		7	4	1	2	24	11
2002	Busan, South Korea	4th	4	0	0	4	2	12
2006	Doha, Qatar		7	4	0	3	22	10
2010	Guangzhou, China	4th	7	3	0	4	24	7
2014	Incheon, South Korea		5	3	0	2	13	7
2018	Jakarta, Indonesia		6	5	0	1	40	3
2022	Hangzhou, China		6	4	1	1	35	6
	Total	1 Title	62	34	5	23	231	78

Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985	Seoul, South Korea	Did not participate
1989	Hong Kong	4th	4	1	0	3	4	11
1993	Hiroshima, Japan		4	2	1	1	8	4
1999	New Delhi, India		6	3	2	1	24	7
2004	New Delhi, India		5	4	1	0	19	3
2007	Hong Kong	4th	6	3	0	3	44	13
2009	Bangkok, Thailand		6	3	2	1	36	9
2013	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		5	2	1	2	18	5
2017	Kakamigahara, Gifu, Japan		6	5	1	0	28	5
2022	Muscat, Oman		5	3	0	2	22	6
	Total	2 Titles	47	26	8	13	203	63

India_women's_national_field_hockey_team

India women's national field hockey team

History

2002 Commonwealth Games and Chak De! India (2007)

Tokyo Olympics and resurgence

Tournament history

Major tournaments

Summer Olympics

World Cup

Commonwealth Games

Asian Games

Asia Cup

Asian Champions Trophy

FIH Pro League

FIH Hockey Nations Cup

Other tournaments

South Asian Games

Defunct tournaments

World League

Champions Challenge

Hockey Series

Afro-Asian Games

Honours

Major tournaments

Other tournaments

Defunct tournaments

Results and fixtures

2023

2024

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Coaching staff

Awards

See also

References

External links

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Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2010	Busan, South Korea		4	1	0	3	8	15
2011	Ordos, China	4th	4	0	0	4	3	16
2013	Kakamigahara, Japan		4	2	0	2	10	6
2016	Singapore		5	3	1	1	10	7
2018	Donghae City, South Korea		5	3	1	1	11	6
2021	Donghae City, South Korea	Withdrew
2023	Ranchi, India		7	7	0	0	27	3
	Total	2 Titles	29	16	2	11	69	53

Year	Final Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2021–22	N/A		14	6	4	4	33	26
2023–24	Qualified
	Total	Third place	14	6	4	4	33	26

No.	Year	Final Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1	2012–13	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina	14th	11	5	2	4	29	30
2	2014–15	Rosario, Argentina	10th	13	8	1	4	46	20
3	2016–17	Auckland, New Zealand	16th	11	3	3	5	12	18
	Total			35	16	6	13	87	68

No.	Year	Final Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1	2002	Johannesburg, South Africa		5	2	2	1	10	9
2	2011	Dublin, Ireland	7th	6	2	1	3	11	8
3	2012	Dublin, Ireland	7th	6	2	1	3	13	15
4	2014	Glasgow, Scotland	8th	6	0	0	6	7	22
	Total		Third place	23	6	4	13	41	54

18 May 2023 Australia–India Test Series	Australia	4–2	India	Adelaide, Australia
18:45	Utri 21' Fitzpatrick 27' Arnott 32' Schonell 45'	Report	Sangita 29' Sharmila 40'	Stadium: MATE Stadium

20 May 2023 Australia–India Test Series	Australia	3–2	India	Adelaide, Australia
18:45	T. Stewart 12', 45' Morgan 38'	Report	Sangita 13' Gurjit 17'	Stadium: MATE Stadium

21 May 2023 Australia–India Test Series	Australia	1–1	India	Adelaide, Australia
18:15	Brooks 25'	Report	Grace 42'	Stadium: MATE Stadium

26 July 2023 Torneo del Centenario 2023	India	1–1	England	Terrassa, Spain
11:00	Lalremsiami 41'	Report	Hunt 7'	Stadium: Estadi Martí Colomer

27 July 2023 Torneo del Centenario 2023	Spain	2–2	India	Terrassa, Spain
11:00	Giné 13' Vidosa 26'	Report	Navneet 14', 29'	Stadium: Estadi Martí Colomer

29 July 2023 Torneo del Centenario 2023	England	0–3	India	Terrassa, Spain
11:00		Report	Lalremsiami 13', 17', 56'	Stadium: Estadi Martí Colomer

27 September 2023 2022 Asian Games PR	India	13–0	Singapore	Hangzhou, China
12:45	Udita 6' Sushila 8' Deepika 11' Navneet 14', 14' Grace 17' Neha 19' Sangita 23', 47', 53' Salima 35' Monika 52' Vandana 56'	Report		Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium

3 October 2023 2022 Asian Games PR	India	13–0	Hong Kong	Hangzhou, China
20:45	Vandana 2', 48' Deepika 4', 54', 58' Monika 7' Grace 11', 42' Sangita 27', 55' Vaishnavi 34' Navneet 58'	Report		Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium

5 October 2023 2022 Asian Games SF	India	0–4	China	Hangzhou, China
16:00		Report	Zhong 25' Zou 40' Liang 55' Gu 60'	Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium

7 October 2023 2022 Asian Games 3P	India	2–1	Japan	Hangzhou, China
16:00	Deepika 5' Chanu 50'	Report	Y. Nagai 30+'	Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium

30 July 2023 Torneo del Centenario 2023	Spain	0–3	India	Terrassa, Spain
11:00		Report	Katariya 22' Monika 22' Udita 22'	Stadium: Estadi Martí Colomer

29 September 2023 2022 Asian Games PR	Malaysia	0–6	India	Hangzhou, China
18:30		Report	Monika 7' Grace 8' Navneet 25' Vaishnavi 15' Sangita 24' Lalremsiami 50'	Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium

1 October 2023 2022 Asian Games PR	South Korea	1–1	India	Hangzhou, China
16:00	Cho H. 12'	Report	Navneet 44'	Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium

27 October 2023 2023 Asian Champions Trophy	India	7–1	Thailand	Ranchi, India
20:30	Monika 7' Salima 15' Sangita 29', 45', 45' Deepika 40' Lalremsiami 52'	Report	Samanso 22'	Stadium: Jaipal Singh Stadium

28 October 2023 2023 Asian Champions Trophy	India	5–0	Malaysia	Ranchi, India
20:30	Vandana 7', 21' Sangita 28' Lalremsiami 28' Jyoti 38'	Report		Stadium: Jaipal Singh Stadium

30 October 2023 2023 Asian Champions Trophy	China	1−2	India	Ranchi, India
20:30	Zhong 41'	Report	Deepika 15' Salima 26'	Stadium: Jaipal Singh Stadium

31 October 2023 2023 Asian Champions Trophy	Japan	1–2	India	Ranchi, India
20:30	Urata 37'	Report	Navneet 31' Sangita 47'	Stadium: Jaipal Singh Stadium

2 November 2023 2023 Asian Champions Trophy	India	5–0	South Korea	Ranchi, India
20:30	Salima 6', 36' Navneet 36' Vandana 49' Neha 60'	Report		Stadium: Jaipal Singh Stadium

4 November 2023 2023 Asian Champions T. SF	India	2–0	South Korea	Ranchi, India
20:30	Salima 11' Vaishnavi 19'	Report		Stadium: Jaipal Singh Stadium

5 November 2023 2023 Asian Champions T. F	Japan	0–4	India	Ranchi, India
20:30		Report	Sangita 17' Neha 46' Lalremsiami 57' Vandana 60'	Stadium: Jaipal Singh Stadium

13 January 2024 2024 Olympic Qualifiers GS	India	0–1	United States	Ranchi, India
19:30		Report	Tamer 16'	Stadium: Jaipal Singh Stadium

14 January 2024 2024 Olympic Qualifiers GS	New Zealand	1–3	India	Ranchi, India
19:30	Hull 9'	Report	Sangita 1' Udita 12' Beauty 14'	Stadium: Jaipal Singh Stadium

16 January 2024 2024 Olympic Qualifiers GS	India	5–1	Italy	Ranchi, India
19:30	Udita 1', 56' Deepika 41' Salima 45' Navneet 53'	Report	Machín 60+'	Stadium: Jaipal Singh Stadium

18 January 2024 2024 Olympic Qualifiers SF	Germany	2–2 (4–3 p)	India	Ranchi, India
19:30	Stapenhorst 27', 57'	Report	Deepika 15' Ishika 59'	Stadium: Jaipal Singh Stadium
	Penalties
	Weidemann Zimmermann Schröder Lorenz Nolte Zimmermann Nolte		Sangita Sonika Navneet Neha Lalremsiami Sangita Sonika

19 January 2024 2024 Olympic Qualifiers 3P	India	0–1	Japan	Ranchi, India
16:30		Report	Urata 6'	Stadium: Jaipal Singh Stadium

3 February 2024 2023–24 FIH Pro League	China	2–1	India	Bhubaneswar, India
19:30	Dan 40' Gu B. 52'	Report	Vandana 15'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

4 February 2024 2023–24 FIH Pro League	India	1–3	Netherlands	Bhubaneswar, India
19:30	Navneet 9'	Report	Jansen 3', 34' Van Der Elst 21'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

7 February 2024 2023–24 FIH Pro League	India	0–3	Australia	Bhubaneswar, India
19:30		Report	G. Stewart 19' T. Stewart 23' Nobbs 55'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

9 February 2024 2023–24 FIH Pro League	India	3–1	United States	Bhubaneswar, India
19:30	Vandana 9' Deepika 26' Salima 56'	Report	Caarls 42'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

12 February 2024 2023–24 FIH Pro League	China	2–1	India	Rourkela, India
19:30	Gu B. 14', 53'	Report	Sangita 7'	Stadium: Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium