Great Britain and Northern Ireland women's national field hockey team
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- This article is about the women's hockey team. For men's hockey team, see Great Britain national field hockey team.
The Great Britain women's national field hockey team represents the United Kingdom in Olympic field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
tournaments. In all other competitions, including the Hockey World Cup
Hockey World Cup
The Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation . The tournament was started in 1971...
and the Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
, the four home nations
Home Nations
Home Nations is a collective term with one of two meanings depending on the context. Politically, it means the nations of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom...
compete in their own right: England
England women's national field hockey team
The England women's national field hockey team represents England in international women's field hockey. England won the 2006 Women's Field Hockey World Cup Qualifier.-World Cup:* 1990 – 4th place* 1998 – 9th place...
, Ireland
Ireland national field hockey team
Ireland national field hockey team represents Ireland at men's international field hockey. It is organised by the Irish Hockey Association. Usually the team represents the entire island of Ireland and plays under a special flag. The exception is Olympic hockey, where the team represents only the...
(includes both the Republic
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
), Scotland
Scotland women's national field hockey team
The Scotland women's national field hockey team represents Scotland in international women's field hockey. Scotland finished 10th in the 2006 Women's Field Hockey World Cup Qualifier, failing to qualify for the 2006 Hockey World Cup in Madrid, Spain....
and Wales.
Olympic Games
- 1992 – 3rd place - Bronze Medal
- 1996 – 4th place
- 2000 – 8th place
- 2004 – did not compete
- 2008 – Sixth place