India women's national field hockey team

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This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see India men's national field hockey team.

India
Hockey India Logo.svg
NicknameWomen in Blue, Nabhvarna
Association
ConfederationAHF (Asia)
CoachJanneke Schopman
Assistant coach(es)Soundarya Yendala
ManagerAnkita Billava Suresh
Tushar Khandekar
CaptainSavita Punia
Most capsVandana Katariya (276)
Top scorerRani Rampal (120)
Template:Field hockey kitTemplate:Field hockey kit
FIH ranking
CurrentTemplate:FIH Women's World Rankings
Highest6 (June 2022)
Olympic Games
Appearances3 (first in 1980)
Best result4th (1980, 2020)
World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1974)
Best result4th (1974)
Asian Games
Appearances11 (first in 1982)
Best resultTemplate:Asia1 Champions (1982)
Asia Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1989)
Best resultSimple gold cup.svg Champions (2004, 2017)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Asian Games 1 2 4
Asia Cup 2 2 3
Asian Champions Trophy 1 2 1
Commonwealth Games 1 1 1
Pro League 0 0 1
Hockey Series 1 0 0
Nations Cup 1 0 0
Total 7 7 10
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1982 New Delhi Team
Silver medal – second place 1998 Bangkok Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta & Palambang Team
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Seoul Team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Asia Cup
Gold medal – first place 2004 New Delhi
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kakamigahara, Gifu
Silver medal – second place 1999 New Delhi
Silver medal – second place 2009 Bangkok
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Hiroshima
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kuala Lumpur
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Muscat
Asian Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2016 Singapore
Silver medal – second place 2018 Donghae
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kakamigahara
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Busan
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester Team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Melbourne Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham Team
Team England vs Team India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

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 in 2016.

History[edit]

The team's breakthrough performance came at the Women's Hockey World Cup at Mandelieu in 1974, where it finished in 4th place. Their best performance in the Olympic Games was at 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics (where they came in 4th), when a women's event was held for the first time in Olympic history. The team also won the Gold medal at the inaugural 1982 Asian Games held in New Delhi, defeating Korea in the finals. Captain Suraj Lata Devi led the team to the Gold for three consecutive years at different events- during the 2002 Commonwealth Games,[1] the 2003 Afro-Asian Games, and the 2004 Women's Hockey Asia Cup. Team members were referred to as the "assi (Jasjeet) jaisi koi nahi" or the "Golden Girls of Hockey," after the 2004 win.[2] The team earned a 3rd-place finish at the 2013 Women's Hockey Asia Cup at Kuala Lumpur defeating China in a shootout.[3] At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, it finished in 5th place but at 2014 Asian Games, Incheon stunned Japan 2–1 in a tight match to clinch their third bronze medal at the Asian Games.[4] During the summer of 2015, the team hosted the Round 2 of the 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League and finished on top to qualify for the next stage. At the World League Semi-finals held in Antwerp the team finished in the fifth place beating higher ranked Japan in classification match.[5] The Indian woman's national field hockey team qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics[6][7] for the first time since the 1980 Summer Olympics.[6][8] They were eliminated in the group stage, however, where they placed 6th.

2002 Commonwealth Games and Chak De! India (2007)[edit]

The 2002 Commonwealth Games Squad, led by Captain Suraj Lata Devi, competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The team entered the finals after defeating the New Zealand women's national field hockey team.[9] and placed first, winning the Gold after they beat the English women's hockey team.[1][10][11]

This event served as the inspiration for the 2007 Bollywood film about women's field hockey, Chak De! India starring Shah Rukh Khan (after screenwriter Jaideep Sahni read a short article about it).[12] Sahni began to model the character of Kabir Khan on hockey coach Maharaj Krishan Kaushik.[13] After hearing the storyline, Kaushik suggested that Sahni meet hockey player Mir Ranjan Negi (who faced accusations of throwing the match against Pakistan during the 1982 Asian Games).[14][15][16] Sahni has stated that he was unaware of Negi's tribulations while writing the script and that the resemblance with Negi's life was entirely coincidental.[17] Negi affirmed this point stating that he didn't "want to hog the limelight. This movie is not a documentary of Mir Ranjan Negi's life. It is in fact the story of a team that becomes a winning lot from a bunch of hopeless girls".[18] In response to the fact that the media equated Kabir Khan with Negi, Sahni said that "Our script was written a year and a half back. It is very unfortunate that something, which is about women athletes, has just started becoming about Negi."[13]

Tokyo Olympics and resurgence[edit]

India at the 2020 Summer Olympics for the first time ever,[19] reached the semi-final in the Women's Hockey Olympic event but failed to bag any medal after they lost to Argentina[20] in the semi-final and then to Great Britain[21] in the bronze medal match. Following their performance at the Olympics, the team went to win bronze medals at the 2022 Asia Cup and the Commonwealth Games and a third place finish in the 2021–22 Pro League. In 2022 India won the first ever FIH Women's Nations Cup.

Medal table[edit]

Tournament Gold Silver Bronze Total
Pro League 0 0 1 1
Commonwealth Games 1 1 1 3
Asian Games 1 2 4 7
Asia Cup 2 2 3 7
Asian Champions Trophy 1 2 1 4
Nations Cup 1 0 0 1
Champions Challenge 0 0 1 1
Hockey Series 1 0 0 1
Afro-Asian Games 1 0 0 1
South Asian Games 1 0 0 1
Total 9 7 11 27

Tournament history[edit]

Major tournaments[edit]

Summer Olympics[edit]

No Year Host Position
1 1980 Template:Country data USSR Moscow, USSR
4th
2 2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
12th
3 2020 Japan Tokyo, Japan
4th

World Cup[edit]

No Year Host Position
1 1974 France Mandelieu, France
4th
2 1978 Spain Madrid, Spain
7th
3 1983 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
11th
4 1998 Netherlands Utrecht, Netherlands
12th
5 2006 Spain Madrid, Spain
11th
6 2010 Argentina Rosario, Argentina
9th
7 2018 England London, England
8th
8 2022 Netherlands Amstelveen, Netherlands
Spain Valencia, Spain
9th

Commonwealth Games[edit]

No Year Host Position
1 1998 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4th
4 2002 England Manchester, England
1st place, gold medalist(s)
2 2006 Australia Melbourne, Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
3 2010 India New Delhi, India
5th
4 2014 Scotland Glasgow, Scotland
5th
5 2018 Australia Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
4th
6 2022 England Birmingham, England
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Asian Games[edit]

No Year Host Position
1 1982 India New Delhi, India
1st place, gold medalist(s)
2 1986 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
3 1990 China Beijing, China
4th
4 1994 Japan Hiroshima, Japan
4th
5 1998 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
6 2002 South Korea Busan, South Korea
4th
7 2006 Qatar Doha, Qatar
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
8 2010 China Guangzhou, China
4th
9 2014 South Korea Incheon, South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
10 2018 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
11 2022 China Hangzhou, China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Asia Cup[edit]

No Year Host Position
1 1989 Hong Kong Hong Kong
4th
2 1993 Japan Hiroshima, Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
3 1999 India New Delhi, India
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
4 2004 India New Delhi, India
1st place, gold medalist(s)
5 2007 Hong Kong Hong Kong
4th
6 2009 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
7 2013 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
8 2017 Japan Kakamigahara, Gifu, Japan
1st place, gold medalist(s)
9 2022 Oman Muscat, Oman
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Asian Champions Trophy[edit]

No Year Host Position
1 2010 South Korea Busan, South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2 2011 China Ordos, China
4th
3 2013 Japan Kakamigahara, Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
4 2016 Singapore Singapore
1st place, gold medalist(s)
5 2018 South Korea Donghae City, South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
6 2021 South Korea Donghae City, South Korea Withdrew
7 2023 India Ranchi, India Qualified

FIH Pro League[edit]

No Year Final Host Position
1 2021–22 N/A
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2 2023–24
Qualified

FIH Hockey Nations Cup[edit]

No Year Final Host Position
1 2022 Spain Valencia, Spain
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Other tournaments[edit]

South Asian Games[edit]

No Year Host Position
1 2016 India Guwahati, India
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Defunct tournaments[edit]

World League[edit]

No Year Final Host Position
1 2012–13 Argentina San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
14th
2 2014–15 Argentina Rosario, Argentina
10th
3 2016–17 New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
16th

Champions Challenge[edit]

No Year Host Position
1 2002 South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2 2011 Republic of Ireland Dublin, Ireland
7th
3 2012 Republic of Ireland Dublin, Ireland
7th
4 2014 Scotland Glasgow, Scotland
8th

Hockey Series[edit]

No Year Host Position
1 2018–19 Japan Hiroshima, Japan
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Afro-Asian Games[edit]

No Year Host Position
1 2003 India Hyderabad, India
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Honours[edit]

Major tournaments[edit]

Other tournaments[edit]

Defunct tournaments[edit]

Results and fixtures[edit]

2022[edit]

11 December 2022 2022 Hockey Nations Cup Template:Fhw-rt 3–1  Chile Valencia, Spain
15:15 Sangita Template:Fhgoal
Sonika Template:Fhgoal
Navneet Template:Fhgoal		 Report Villagran Template:Fhgoal Stadium: Estadio Betero
12 December 2022 2022 Hockey Nations Cup Template:Fhw-rt 1–2  India Valencia, Spain
15:15 Takashima Template:Fhgoal Report Salima Template:Fhgoal
Beauty Template:Fhgoal		 Stadium: Estadio Betero
14 December 2022 2022 Hockey Nations Cup Template:Fhw-rt 2–0  South Africa Valencia, Spain
15:15 Deep Grace Template:Fhgoal
Gurjit Template:Fhgoal		 Report Stadium: Estadio Betero
16 December 2022 2022 Hockey Nations Cup Template:Fhw-rt 1–1
(2–1 p)		  Ireland Valencia, Spain
15:45 Udita Template:Fhgoal Report Carroll Template:Fhgoal Stadium: Estadio Betero
Penalties
Salima Template:Fhps
Lalremsiami Template:Fhps
Navneet Template:Fhps
Sonika Template:Fhps
Neha Template:Fhps		 Template:Fhps Hamill
Template:Fhps Curran
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Template:Fhps Mullan
17 December 2022 2022 Hockey Nations Cup Template:Fhw-rt 0–1  India Valencia, Spain
15:45 Report Gurjit Template:Fhgoal Stadium: Estadio Betero

2023[edit]

16 January 2023 South Africa–India Test Series Template:Fhw-rt 1–5  India Cape Town, South Africa
18:00 Bobbs Template:Fhgoal Report Rani Template:Fhgoal
Monika Template:Fhgoal
Navneet Template:Fhgoal
Gurjit Template:Fhgoal
Sangita Template:Fhgoal		 Stadium: Cape Town University
17 January 2023 South Africa–India Test Series Template:Fhw-rt 0–7  India Cape Town, South Africa
17:00 Report Udita Template:Fhgoal
Vaishnavi Template:Fhgoal
Rani Template:Fhgoal
Sangita Template:Fhgoal
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Vandana Template:Fhgoal		 Stadium: Cape Town University
19 January 2023 South Africa–India Test Series Template:Fhw-rt 0–4  India Cape Town, South Africa
17:00 Report Rani Template:Fhgoal
Deep Grace Template:Fhgoal
Vandana Template:Fhgoal
Sangita Template:Fhgoal		 Stadium: Cape Town University
22 January 2023 South Africa–India Test Series Template:Fhw-rt 2–2  India Cape Town, South Africa
15:00 Bobbs Template:Fhgoal
Lombard Template:Fhgoal		 Report Vaishnavi Template:Fhgoal Stadium: Cape Town University
18 May 2023 Australia–India Test Series Template:Fhw-rt 4–2  India Adelaide, Australia
18:45 Utri Template:Fhgoal
Fitzpatrick Template:Fhgoal
Arnott Template:Fhgoal
Schonell Template:Fhgoal		 Report Sangita Template:Fhgoal
Sharmila Template:Fhgoal		 Stadium: MATE Stadium
20 May 2023 Australia–India Test Series Template:Fhw-rt 3–2  India Adelaide, Australia
18:45 T. Stewart Template:Fhgoal
Morgan Template:Fhgoal		 Report Sangita Template:Fhgoal
Gurjit Template:Fhgoal		 Stadium: MATE Stadium
21 May 2023 Australia–India Test Series Template:Fhw-rt 1–1  India Adelaide, Australia
18:15 Brooks Template:Fhgoal Report Grace Template:Fhgoal Stadium: MATE Stadium
26 July 2023 Torneo del Centenario 2023 Template:Fhw-rt 1–1  England Terrassa, Spain
11:00 Lalremsiami Template:Fhgoal Report Hunt Template:Fhgoal Stadium: Estadi Martí Colomer
27 July 2023 Torneo del Centenario 2023 Template:Fhw-rt 2–2  India Terrassa, Spain
11:00 Giné Template:Fhgoal
Vidosa Template:Fhgoal		 Report Navneet Template:Fhgoal Stadium: Estadi Martí Colomer
29 July 2023 Torneo del Centenario 2023 Template:Fhw-rt 0–3  India Terrassa, Spain
11:00 Report Lalremsiami Template:Fhgoal Stadium: Estadi Martí Colomer
30 July 2023 Torneo del Centenario 2023 Template:Fhw-rt 0–3  India Terrassa, Spain
11:00 Report Katariya Template:Fhgoal
Monika Template:Fhgoal
Udita Template:Fhgoal		 Stadium: Estadi Martí Colomer
27 September 2023 2022 Asian Games PR Template:Fhw-rt 13–0  Singapore Hangzhou, China
12:45 Udita Template:Fhgoal
Sushila Template:Fhgoal
Deepika Template:Fhgoal
Navneet Template:Fhgoal
Grace Template:Fhgoal
Neha Template:Fhgoal
Sangita Template:Fhgoal
Salima Template:Fhgoal
Monika Template:Fhgoal
Vandana Template:Fhgoal		 Report Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium
29 September 2023 2022 Asian Games PR Template:Fhw-rt 0–6  India Hangzhou, China
18:30 Report Monika Template:Fhgoal
Grace Template:Fhgoal
Navneet Template:Fhgoal
Vaishnavi Template:Fhgoal
Sangita Template:Fhgoal
Lalremsiami Template:Fhgoal		 Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium
1 October 2023 2022 Asian Games PR Template:Fhw-rt 1–1  India Hangzhou, China
16:00 Cho H. Template:Fhgoal Report Navneet Template:Fhgoal Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium
3 October 2023 2022 Asian Games PR Template:Fhw-rt v  Hong Kong Hangzhou, China
20:45 Report Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following players were named for the 2022 Asian Games.[22]

Caps updated as of 30 July 2023, after the match against  Spain.

Head coach: Janneke Schopman

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club

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Recent call-ups[edit]

These players were called-up in the last 12 months.

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Awards[edit]

Summer Olympics
Hockey World Cup
Hockey Champions Challenge
Dhyan Chand Award
Arjuna Awards

The following is a list of recipients for the Arjuna award in hockey recipients (by year):

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2002 Manchester: The XVII Commonwealth Games". 2002 Manchester: The XVII Commonwealth Games. 2002. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Pandey, Vineeta (15 February 2004). "Indian Sportswomen: Still the Second Sex". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
  3. ↑ "India clinches bronze in Asia Cup hockey". The Hindu. 27 September 2013. Archived from the original on 13 February 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  4. ↑ PTI (1 October 2014). "Indian women's hockey team wins Asiad bronze". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  5. ↑ PTI (6 July 2015). "On the verge of Olympic qualification, Indian women's hockey team arrive to grand welcome". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 22 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Chak De Moment For India". India Today. 29 August 2015. Archived from the original on 18 February 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  7. ↑ Bhagvatula, Shrikant (29 August 2015). "Chak De: Indian women's hockey team qualifies for Rio Olympics". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  8. ↑ Bose, Adrija (29 August 2015). "India Women's Hockey Team Bags Historic 2016 Rio Olympic Berth After 36 Years". Huffington Post India. Archived from the original on 30 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Indian women stun Kiwis". BBC. 1 August 2002. Archived from the original on 27 January 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
  10. ↑ "India deny England gold". BBC. 3 August 2002. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
  11. ↑ "Indian eves win Commonwealth hockey gold". Rediff.com. 3 August 2002. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
  12. ↑ Zanane, Anant; Das, Suprita (13 March 2008). "Women's hockey hopes to deliver". Sports. NDTV. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Chak De: The real Kabir Khan?". Sports. NDTV. 31 October 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Back to the goal post". The Hindu. 10 August 2007. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2008.
  15. ↑ Shrikant, B (26 June 2007). "More than reel life; the story of truth, lies & a man called Mir". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2008.
  16. ↑ "They said I'd taken one lakh per goal ... people used to introduce me as Mr Negi of those seven goals". The Indian Express. 16 September 2007. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2008.
  17. ↑ Kumar, Anuj (7 September 2007). "In the company of ideas". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2008.
  18. ↑ Roy, Abhishek (18 August 2007). "Chak De! is not a documentary of my life". Hindustan Times/IANS. Retrieved 21 August 2015.[permanent dead link]
  19. ↑ "Tokyo Olympics 2021 Live: India vs Australia women's hockey quarterfinal underway". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  20. ↑ Livemint (4 August 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: India women lose hockey semi-final 1–2 to Argentina". mint. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  21. ↑ Aug 2021, Times Now | 06; Ist, 09:18 Am. "Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian women's hockey team lose 3–4 to Great Britain in Bronze-medal match". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  22. ↑ "India at Asian Games 2023: Athletes and teams with confirmed berths to Hangzhou". olympics.com. 25 August 2023.

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