The Scotland women's national field hockey team represents Scotland in international women's field hockey competitions, with the exception of the Olympic Games when Scottish players are eligible to play for the Great Britain women's national field hockey team as selected.[2] Scotland recently participated in the inaugural season of the FIH Hockey World League, but were knocked out in round 2, failing to qualify for the 2014 Hockey World Cup in The Hague, Netherlands.[2] As of November 2015[update] they are seventeenth in the FIH outdoor world rankings.[3]
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| Association | Scottish Hockey | ||
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| Confederation | EHF (Europe) | ||
| Head Coach | Chris Duncan | ||
| Assistant coach(es) | Vikki Bunce Yer Maw | ||
| Manager | Elsie Walker | ||
| Captain | Kaz Cuthbert | ||
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| FIH ranking | |||
| Current | 16  (19 December 2024)[1] | ||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1983) | ||
| Best result | 8th (1983) | ||
| EuroHockey Championship | |||
| Appearances | 12 (first in 1984) | ||
| Best result | 5th (1991) | ||
Competing as Great Britain
editScotland do not compete at the Olympic Games, but Scottish players are eligible to play for Great Britain as selected. Great Britain instead of the four individual home nations (including Scotland) also compete at certain editions of both the FIH Hockey World League, usually when the tournament serves as an Olympic Games qualifier (most recently in 2014–15), and the FIH Hockey Champions Trophy, when held during Olympic years (most recently in 2016).
At the 1992 Olympic Games, Scottish field hockey players, Susan Fraser, Wendy Fraser and Alison Ramsay won bronze medals, as part of the Great Britain team in the women's tournament.[4] Scottish players Laura Bartlett and Emily Maguire repeated the feat at the 2012 Olympic Games.[5][6] Also with the Great Britain team, Maguire won silver at the 2012 FIH Hockey Champions Trophy (as did Bartlett), and a gold medal for winning the 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semi-finals.[5][6]
Tournament history
edit- Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
- An asterisk denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts.
- A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Scotland.
World Cup
edit| World Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
 1983
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7th–8th Play–off | 8th place | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | |
 1986
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9th–10th Play–off | 10th place | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |
| 1998
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9th–10th Play–off | 10th place | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |
 2002
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11th–12th Play–off | 12th place | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 27 | |
World League
edit| World League record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| 2012–13 | Round 2 | 18th place | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 10 | |
| 2016–17 | |||||||||
Commonwealth Games
edit| Commonwealth Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| 1998
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Group stage | N/A | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | |
 2002
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5th–6th Play–off | 6th place | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |
| 2006
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5th–6th Play–off | 6th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |
 2010
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7th–8th Play–off | 7th place | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |
 2014
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5th–6th Play–off | 6th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | |
| 2018
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7th–8th Play–off | 7th place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |
| 2022
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5th–6th Play–off | 6th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 8 | |
EuroHockey Nations Championship
edit| Euro Championship record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
 1984
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5th–6th Play–off | 6th place | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |
| 1987
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5th–6th Play–off | 6th place | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |
 1991
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5th–6th Play–off | 5th place | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | |
| 1995
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5th–6th Play–off | 6th place | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | |
 1999
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5th–6th Play–off | 6th place | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | |
 2003
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7th place | ||||||||
 2005
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7th place | ||||||||
2007 European Nations Challenge II – 
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| 2009
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5th–8th Group | 8th place | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| 2011 European Nations Challenge II –
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| 2013
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5th–8th Group | 6th place | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |
| 2015
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5th–8th Group | 6th place | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | |
| 2017
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5th–8th Group | 8th place | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2021
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5th–8th Group | 7th place | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 19 | |
| 2023
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5th–8th Group | 7th place | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | |
Champions Challenge I
edit| Hockey Champions Challenge I | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| 2002 to 2009 – Did not participate | |||||||||
| 2011
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3rd–4th Play–off | 3rd place | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | |
| 2012
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3rd–4th Play–off | 4th place | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 2014
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7th–8th Play–off | 7th place | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |
Hockey World Cup Qualifier
edit| Hockey Champions Challenge I | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| 1997
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3rd–4th Play-off | 3rd place | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | |
| 2001
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5th–6th Play–off | 6th place | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | |
 2006
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9th–10th Play–off | 10th place | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |
 2010
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Pool Stage | 2nd place | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | |
EuroHockey Nations Indoor Championship
editPlayers
editCurrent squad
editThe following 18 players were named in the Scotland team for the 2021 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship.[7]
Head coach: 
Jennifer Wilson
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | Jen Eadie | 8 August 1995 | 62 | Clydesdale Western
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| 2 | GK | Nicola Cochrane | 8 December 1993 | 83 | Wimbledon
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| 3 | FW | Louise Campbell | 1 April 1994 | 38 | Edinburgh University
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| 5 | MF | Laura Swanson | 29 October 1998 | 11 | Club an der Alster
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| 6 | DF | Becky Ward (Co-captain) | 12 December 1988 | 166 | Western Wildcats
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| 7 | MF | McKenzie Bell | 9 May 1997 | 11 | Uddingston
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| 8 | DF | Amy Costello | 14 January 1998 | 83 | East Grinstead
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| 10 | MF | Sarah Robertson | 27 September 1993 | 153 | Hampstead & Westminster
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| 11 | FW | Fiona Semple | 15 November 1991 | 29 | Clydesdale Western
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| 12 | FW | Charlotte Watson | 23 April 1998 | 76 | Loughborough Students
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| 17 | FW | Sarah Jamieson | 5 May 1994 | 59 | Watsonians
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| 20 | Bronwyn Shields | 1 February 2001 | 0 | Clydesdale Western
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| 22 | MF | Emily Dark | 8 August 2000 | 23 | Dundee Wanderers
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| 25 | MF | Kate Holmes | 25 November 1994 | 71 | Western Wildcats
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| 26 | DF | Robyn Collins | 23 September 1992 | 65 | Surbiton
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| 27 | FW | Fiona Burnet | 10 October 1996 | 65 | Wimbledon
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| 28 | DF | Bex Condie (Co-captain) | 3 May 1990 | 68 | Gloucester
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| 29 | GK | Amy Gibson | 13 July 1989 | 111 | Club an der Alster
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| 37 | Elizabeth Wilson | 28 February 2000 | 1 | Dundee Wanderers
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Notable former players
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Scottish Hockey". Scottish Hockey. 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ^ "outdoor world rankings". International Hockey Federation (FIH). Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ "Scotland's Olympic medallists since 1896". Daily Record. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Emily Magauire profile". GB Hockey. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Laura Bartlett profile". GB Hockey. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ "Scotland women's squad selected for EuroHockey Championships". scottish-hockey.org.uk. Scottish Hockey. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
