Malaysia_women's_national_field_hockey_team
The Malaysia women's national field hockey team represents Malaysia in international field hockey competitions. As of Jan 2023, the team is ranked 19th in the FIH World Rankings.[2] The team is part of the Asian Hockey Federation.
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| Association | Malaysian Women's Hockey Association (MWHA) |
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| Confederation | AHF (Asia) |
| Head Coach | Nasihin Ibrahim |
| Captain | Juliani Din |
| FIH ranking | |
| Current | 23  5 (12 March 2024)[1] |
| Asian Games | |
| Appearances | 7 (first in 1982) |
| Best result | 3rd (1982) |
| Asia Cup | |
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1985) |
| Best result | 3rd (1985) |
Malaysia achieved 5th place in the 2007 Women's Hockey Asia Cup. The team won a bronze medal in the 1982 Asian Games and came 4th place in 1986.
In 2010, the women's national team is invited to play in Malaysia Junior Hockey League as preparation match before the World Cup qualifier.[3][4]
The following season, the women's national team joined with Bandar Penawar Sports School to enter as a team in Division 2 of MHJL.
The women's national hockey team create world record with 36–0 thrashing over Cambodia during a group match in 2013 Southeast Asian Games, Yangon. It is a new world record for the highest score in an international match, last held by Argentina after they defeated Peru 26–0 at the South American Women's Championships in Santiago, Chile, in 2003.[5]
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Junior team
| Women's Junior Asia Cup[9] | ||
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| Year | Host city | Position |
| 1992 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 5th |
| 1996 | Shirane, Japan | 5th |
| 2000 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 6th |
| 2004 | Hyderabad, India | DNQ |
| 2008 | Seremban, Malaysia | 5th |
| 2012 | Bangkok, Thailand | 5th[10] |
| 2016 | Bangkok, Thailand | 5th |
- "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- "World Ranking". www.fih.ch.
- "Captain Nadia on board". Kamaruzaman Ahmad. Malay Mail. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- Singh, Ajitpal (14 April 2010). "Mission impossible". New Straits Times. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- "Women's hockey team create world record with 36–0 thrashing". The Star. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- "World Cup". www.fih.ch.
- "Asia Cup" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2012.
- "History: Women". Malaysia Hockey. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- "Women's Junior Asia Cup" (PDF). Asia Hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- "6th Junior Women's Asia Cup". The Fans of Hockey. Retrieved 5 January 2013.