Canada women's national field hockey team
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| Association | PAHF (Americas) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | Field Hockey Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Ian Rutledge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Carly Krestanovich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Kate Gillis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Canada women's national field hockey team represents Canada in international field hockey competitions. In 1991, the Canadian men’s and women’s programs united under the national umbrella of Field Hockey Canada to share funding and infrastructure, and to unite leadership - ultimately transitioning two programs, which had worked hard independently to succeed, into one national entity. The community has made tremendous progress and, with twenty years of lessons to draw upon, is now ready to launch new possibilities.[1] The women's team made its first international appearance at the 1978 Women's Hockey World Cup in Madrid, Spain, finishing in fifth place. They were the runner-up at the 1983 Women's Hockey World Cup and the bronze medalists at the 1986 Women's Hockey World Cup.
The Canadian women's team participated in the women's international tournament for the first time in 1956. In 1979 Canada hosted 18 countries in Vancouver for that world event; Canada placed 8th. The 1978 Canadian team was the first to enter the Women's World Cup, and placed 5th.
Olympic Games
- 1980 – Did not compete
- 1984 – 5th place
- 1988 – 6th place
- 1992 – 7th place
- 1996 – Did not qualify
- 2000 – Did not qualify
- 2004 – Did not qualify
- 2008 – Did not qualify
- 2012 – Did not qualify
World Cup
- 1978 – 5th place
- 1981 – 5th place
- 1983 – Runners Up
- 1986 – 3rd place
- 1990 – 10th place
- 1994 – 10th place
- 1998 – Did not qualify
- 2002 – Did not qualify
- 2006 – Did not qualify
- 2010 – Did not qualify
- 2014 – Did not qualify
Commonwealth Games
Pan American Games
- 1987 – 3rd place
- 1991 – Runners Up
- 1995 – 3rd place
- 1999 – 3rd place
- 2003 – 5th place
- 2007 – 5th place
- 2011 – 4th place
- 2015 – 3rd place
Pan American Cup
Champions Trophy
Champions Challenge
FIH World League
Famous players
- Sharon Bayes
- Laura Branchaud
- Joel Brough
- Nancy Charlton
- Michelle Conn
- Deb Covey
- Sharon Creelman
- Sheila Forshaw
- Jean Major
- Laurelee Kopeck
- Sandra Levy
- Sally Manning
- Darlene Stoyka
See also
References
External links
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