New Zealand women's national field hockey team

New Zealand

Nickname

Black Sticks

Association

New Zealand Hockey Federation

Confederation

OHF (Oceania)

Coach

Mark Hager

Assistant coach

Sean Dancer

Manager

Jude Menezes

Captain

Kayla Whitelock

FIH ranking




First kit




Second kit

The New Zealand women's national field hockey team, also known as the Black Sticks Women, represents New Zealand in international women's field hockey (known in New Zealand as simply hockey). The team's best performances include a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, a third placing at the 2011 Champions Trophy, and fourth placings at the 1986 World Cup and the 2012 Summer Olympics. As of June 2014, the team ranks fourth on the International Hockey Federation (FIH) world rankings.

Tournament records

Summer Olympics

Year	Location	Position
1980	Moscow	Did not compete
1984	Los Angeles	6th
1988	Seoul	Did not compete
1992	Barcelona	8th
1996	Atlanta	Did not compete
2000	Sydney	6th
2004	Athens	6th
2008	Beijing	12th
2012	London	4th
2016	Rio de Janeiro	4th

World League

Year	Location	Position
2012–14	San Miguel de Tucumán	5th
2014–15	Rosario	2nd
2016–17	Auckland	Qualified

Commonwealth Games

Year	Location	Position
1998	Kuala Lumpur	3rd
2002	Manchester	4th
2006	Melbourne	4th
2010	Delhi	2nd
2014	Glasgow	3rd

World Cup

Year	Location	Position
1974	Mandelieu	Did not compete
1976	Berlin
1978	Madrid
1981	Buenos Aires
1983	Kuala Lumpur	8th
1986	Amstelveen	4th
1990	Sydney	7th
1994	Dublin	Did not compete
1998	Utrecht	6th
2002	Perth	11th
2006	Madrid	Did not compete
2010	Rosario	7th
2014	The Hague	5th
2018	London	Qualified

Oceania Hockey Cup

Year	Location	Position
1999	Sydney	2nd
2001	Wellington Auckland Hamilton	2nd
2003	Melbourne Auckland Whangarei	2nd
2005	Suva	2nd
2007	Buderim	1st
2009	Invercargill	1st
2011	Hobart	1st
2013	Stratford	2nd
2015	Stratford	2nd

Champions Trophy

Year	Location	Position
1987	Amstelveen	6th
Did not compete between 1989 and 1997
1999	Brisbane	5th
2000	Amstelveen	6th
2001	Amstelveen	5th
2002	Macau	5th
2003	Sydney	Did not compete
2004	Rosario	5th
2005	Canberra	Did not compete
2006	Amstelveen	6th
Did not compete between 2007 and 2009
2010	Nottingham	5th
2011	Amsterdam	3rd
2012	Rosario	6th
2014	Mendoza	4th
2016	London	6th

Champions Challenge

Year	Location	Position
2003	Catania	4th
2005	Virginia Beach	1st
2007	Baku	5th
2009	Cape Town	1st

Team

Current squad

2016 New Zealand squad leading up to the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[1] Caps as at 9 June 2016.

Num.	Name	Pos.	NHL team	Date of birth (age)	Caps
1	Whitelock, KaylaKayla Whitelock *	Midfielder/Striker	Central	(1985-10-30) 30 October 1985	243
2	~~Gaddum, EmilyEmily Gaddum~~ **	~~Defender~~	~~Central~~	~~(1985-12-23) 23 December 1985~~	~~274~~
4	Merry, OliviaOlivia Merry *	Striker	Canterbury	(1992-03-16) 16 March 1992	125
6	Webster, PetreaPetrea Webster *	Striker/Midfielder	North Harbour	(1988-03-30) 30 March 1988	137
8	Rutherford, SallySally Rutherford *	Goalkeeper	Midlands	(1981-06-05) 5 June 1981	111
9	Neal, BrookeBrooke Neal *	Defender	Northland	(1992-07-04) 4 July 1992	81
10	Gibson, AmeliaAmelia Gibson	Goalkeeper	Auckland	(1991-07-05) 5 July 1991	54
11	McCann, RachelRachel McCann	Midfielder	Canterbury	(1993-04-29) 29 April 1993	29
12	Gunson, EllaElla Gunson	Defender/Midfielder	Northland	(1989-07-09) 9 July 1989	132
13	Charlton, SamSam Charlton *	Defender/Midfielder	Midlands	(1991-12-07) 7 December 1991	171
15	King, JuliaJulia King	Midfielder/Striker	Auckland	(1992-12-08) 8 December 1992	105
16	Thompson, LizLiz Thompson *	Defender	Auckland	(1994-12-08) 8 December 1994	109
17	Cocks, SophieSophie Cocks *	Striker/Midfielder	Canterbury	(1994-07-25) 25 July 1994	100
18	Pearce, KirstenKirsten Pearce *	Striker	North Harbour	(1991-04-10) 10 April 1991	46
20	Fitzsimonds, NatashaNatasha Fitzsimonds	Defender	Midlands	(1988-12-23) 23 December 1988	52
21	Barnett, GeorgiaGeorgia Barnett	Goalkeeper	Central	(1994-08-27) 27 August 1994	29
22	Flynn, GemmaGemma Flynn *	Midfielder	Midlands	(1990-05-02) 2 May 1990	231
23	Harrison, CharlotteCharlotte Harrison *	Striker	Auckland	(1989-07-31) 31 July 1989	207
24	Keddell, RoseRose Keddell *	Midfielder/Defender	Auckland	(1994-01-31) 31 January 1994	121
25	Smith, KelseyKelsey Smith *	Striker	Capital	(1994-08-12) 12 August 1994	13
26	Hayward, PippaPippa Hayward *	Midfielder/Defender	Canterbury	(1990-05-23) 23 May 1990	102
27	Grant, JordanJordan Grant	Midfielder/Striker	Canterbury	(1991-03-22) 22 March 1991	60
28	Gloyn, ShilohShiloh Gloyn	Midfielder/Striker	Midlands	(1989-11-06) 6 November 1989	29
30	Henry, KatherineKatherine Henry	Midfielder	North Harbour	(1991-05-07) 7 May 1991	41
31	Michelsen, StaceyStacey Michelsen *	Midfielder	Northland	(1991-02-18) 18 February 1991	201
32	McLaren, AnitaAnita McLaren *	Striker/Midfielder	Capital	(1987-10-02) 2 October 1987	232

July 2016 updates: * = Selected in the final team for 2016 Summer Olympics ** = Emily Gaddum retired (pregnant) ^[2]

Notable players

References

↑ "Spirited Black Sticks Women’s squad named". Hockey New Zealand. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ "New Zealand Women’s team selected for Rio". Hockey New Zealand. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

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