New Zealand women's national field hockey team

The New Zealand women's national field hockey team is also known as the Black Sticks Women. The team's best performances include a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, a third placing at the 2011 Champions Trophy, and fourth placings at the 1986 World Cup, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. As of December 2017, the team ranks fourth on the International Hockey Federation (FIH) world rankings.

New Zealand
NicknameVantage Black Sticks
AssociationNew Zealand Hockey Federation
ConfederationOHF (Oceania)
CoachGraham Shaw
Assistant coach(es)Chris Leslie
ManagerJude Menezes
CaptainStacey Michelsen
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 6 (21 December 2020)[1]

Tournament records
World Cup[2]
Year Host city Position
1983 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 7th
1986 Amsterdam, Netherlands 4th
1990 Sydney, Australia 7th
1998 Utrecht, Netherlands 6th
2002 Perth, Australia 11th
2010 Rosario, Argentina 7th
2014 The Hague, Netherlands 5th
2018 London, England 11th
Champions Trophy[3]
Year Host city Position
1987 Amstelveen, Netherlands 6th
1999 Brisbane, Australia 5th
2000 Amstelveen, Netherlands 6th
2001 Amstelveen, Netherlands 5th
2002 Macau, China 5th
2004 Rosario, Argentina 6th
2006 Amstelveen, Netherlands 6th
2010 Nottingham, England 5th
2011 Amstelveen, Netherlands 3rd
2012 Rosario, Argentina 6th
2014 Mendoza, Argentina 4th
2016 London, United Kingdom 6th
World League[4]
Year Round Host city Position
2012–13 Semifinal Rotterdam, Netherlands 4th
Final San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina 5th
2014–15 Semifinal Antwerp, Belgium 4th
Final Rosario, Argentina 2nd
2016–17 Semifinals Brussels, Belgium 3rd
Final Auckland, New Zealand 2nd
FIH Pro League[5]
Year Finals Host city Position
2019 Amstelveen, Netherlands 6th
Olympic Games[6]
Year Host city Position
1980 Moscow, Soviet Union N/A
1984 Los Angeles, United States 6th
1992 Barcelona, Spain 8th
2000 Sydney, Australia 6th
2004 Athens, Greece 6th
2008 Beijing, China 12th
2012 London, United Kingdom 4th
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4th
2020 Tokyo, Japan Qualified
Commonwealth Games[7]
Year Host city Position
1998 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3rd
2002 Manchester, England 4th
2006 Melbourne, Australia 3rd
2010 New Delhi, India 2nd
2014 Glasgow, Scotland 3rd
2018 Gold Coast, Australia 1st
Oceania Cup[8]
Year Host city Position
1999 Sydney, Australia 2nd
2001 Auckland, New Zealand 2nd
2003 Melbourne, Australia
Auckland, New Zealand		 2nd
2005 Sydney, Australia
Auckland, New Zealand		 2nd
2007 Buderim, Australia 1st
2009 Invercargill, New Zealand 1st
2011 Hobart, Australia 1st
2013 Stratford, New Zealand 2nd
2015 Stratford, New Zealand 2nd
2017 Sydney, Australia 2nd
2019 Rockhampton, Australia 1st
Champions Challenge I[9]
Year Host city Position
2003 Catania, Italy 4th
2005 Virginia Beach, United States 1st
2007 Baku, Azerbaijan 5th
2009 Cape Town, South Africa 1st

Team

Current squad

The following 18 players represented New Zealand in the 2020 FIH Pro League match against Argentina on 1 March in Christchurch, New Zealand.[10]

Caps and goals are current as of 1 March 2020 after the match against Argentina.

Head coach: Graham Shaw

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
15 1GK Grace O'Hanlon (1992-09-10) 10 September 1992 61 0 Auckland
42 1GK Georgia Barnett (1994-08-27) 27 August 1994 35 0 Central
5 2DF Frances Davies (1996-10-18) 18 October 1996 78 0 Midlands
9 2DF Brooke Neal (1992-07-04) 4 July 1992 176 13 Northland
12 2DF Ella Gunson (1989-07-09) 9 July 1989 221 10 Northland
20 2DF Megan Hull (1996-05-12) 12 May 1996 31 1 Capital
22 2DF Katie Doar (2001-09-11) 11 September 2001 15 0 Auckland
1 3MF Tarryn Davey (1996-02-29) 29 February 1996 63 1 Midlands
13 3MF Samantha Charlton (1991-12-07) 7 December 1991 251 8 Pinoké
24 3MF Rose Keddell (1994-01-31) 31 January 1994 207 16 Midlands
31 3MF Stacey Michelsen (C) (1991-02-18) 18 February 1991 287 34 Northland
33 3MF Julia King (1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 122 8 Auckland
2 4FW Olivia Shannon (2001-05-23) 23 May 2001 25 3 Central
4 4FW Olivia Merry (1992-03-16) 16 March 1992 232 107 Canterbury
6 4FW Amy Robinson (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 77 9 Midlands
8 4FW Gemma McCaw (1990-05-02) 2 May 1990 254 72 Midlands
27 4FW Holly Pearson (1998-09-07) 7 September 1998 19 0 North Harbour
34 4FW Hope Ralph (2000-04-14) 14 April 2000 8 2 Taranaki

The remainder of the 2020 training squad is as follows:[11]

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Brooke Roberts (1995-02-16) 16 February 1995 6 0 North Harbour v.  Belgium, 2 February 2020
DF Elizabeth Thompson (1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 187 12 Auckland v.  Great Britain, 23 June 2019
DF Stephanie Dickins (1995-01-09) 9 January 1995 24 1 North Harbour v.  Australia, 7 September 2019
DF Kate Ivory (1999-01-18) 18 January 1999 0 0 North Harbour –
DF Tayla White (1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 5 0 Auckland v.  United States, 16 March 2020
MF Kayla Whitelock (1985-10-30) 30 October 1985 256 63 Central v.  Belgium, 1 February 2020
MF Tyler Lench (1997-06-08) 8 June 1997 0 0 Auckland –
MF Alia Jaques (1995-05-02) 2 May 1995 13 1 Midlands v.  Argentina, 28 February 2020
FW Rachel McCann (1993-04-29) 29 April 1993 68 15 Canterbury v.  Australia, 8 September 2019
FW Kelsey Smith (1994-08-11) 11 August 1994 95 13 Capital v.  Argentina, 28 February 2020
FW Kaitlin Cotter (2001-11-14) 14 November 2001 2 0 North Harbour v.  United States, 15 February 2020
FW Madison Doar (1999-06-29) 29 June 1999 32 6 Auckland v.  Argentina, 10 March 2019

Records
Highest Capped Players[12]
Rank Player Games
1 Stacey Michelsen 281
2 Emily Gaddum 274
3 Anita McLaren 271
4 Kayla Whitelock 256
5 Gemma McCaw 248
6 Samantha Charlton 247
7 Suzie Muirhead 238
8 Olivia Merry 226
9 Charlotte Harrison 222
10 Krystal Forgesson 220
Highest Goal Scorers[13]
Rank Player Goals
1 Anita McLaren 105
2 Olivia Merry 101
3 Krystal Forgesson 77
Katie Glynn
5 Gemma McCaw 72
6 Charlotte Harrison 65
7 Kayla Whitelock 63
8 Niniwa Roberts 47
9 Samantha Harrison 42
10 Suzie Muirhead 41

Notable players

Results

2020 Fixtures and Results
2020 Statistics
Pld W WD LD L GF GA GD Pts
840221914+514

FIH Pro League
1 February 2020 Home 1 New Zealand  1–2  Belgium Auckland, New Zealand
17:00 McCaw  17' Report Ballenghien  2'
Weyns  51'		 Stadium: North Harbour Hockey Stadium
2 February 2020 Home 2 New Zealand  4–1  Belgium Auckland, New Zealand
15:00 Merry  31', 35', 51', 55' Report Raye  7' Stadium: North Harbour Hockey Stadium
8 February 2020 Home 3 New Zealand  0–3  Great Britain Auckland, New Zealand
19:30 Report Howard  9'
Watson  24'
McCallin  50'		 Stadium: North Harbour Hockey Stadium
9 February 2020 Home 4 New Zealand  2–2
(4–5 p)		  Great Britain Auckland, New Zealand
17:30 Shannon  28', 53' Report Toman  38'
Balsdon  42'		 Stadium: North Harbour Hockey Stadium
Penalties
Shannon
Charlton
Merry
Ralph
Michelsen
Michelsen 		Howard
Owsley
Martin
Robertson
Toman
Howard
15 February 2020 Home 5 New Zealand  3–1  United States Christchurch, New Zealand
17:00 Merry  13'
Shannon  22'
Keddell  33'		 Report Campbell  44' Stadium: Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub
16 February 2020 Home 6 New Zealand  3–1  United States Christchurch, New Zealand
20:30 Merry  16'
Michelsen  38'
Jaques  54'		 Report Grega  47' Stadium: Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub
28 February 2020 Home 7 New Zealand  1–1
(1–3 p)		  Argentina Christchurch, New Zealand
20:00 Ralph  19' Report Albertario  37' Stadium: Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub
Penalties
Shannon
Charlton
Merry
Ralph 		Jankunas
Miranda
Albertario
M. Granatto
Jardel
1 March 2020 Home 8 New Zealand  5–3  Argentina Christchurch, New Zealand
17:30 Merry  3', 11', 13', 54'
Ralph  47'		 Report M. Granatto  26', 31'
Gorzelany  48'		 Stadium: Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub
19 March 2020 Away 1 Netherlands  v  New Zealand Rotterdam, Netherlands
19:30 Report Stadium: Hazelaarweg Stadion
22 March 2020 Away 2 Netherlands  v  New Zealand Rotterdam, Netherlands
13:30 Report Stadium: Hazelaarweg Stadion
28 March 2020 Away 3 Germany  v  New Zealand Hamburg, Germany
16:30 Report Stadium: Uhlenhorster HC
29 March 2020 Away 4 Germany  v  New Zealand Hamburg, Germany
15:30 Report Stadium: Uhlenhorster HC
16 May 2020 Away 5 Australia  v  New Zealand Perth, Australia
18:30 Report Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium
17 May 2020 Away 6 Australia  v  New Zealand Perth, Australia
17:30 Report Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium
23 May 2020 Away 7 China  v  New Zealand Changzhou, China
16:00 Report Stadium: Wujin Hockey Stadium
24 May 2020 Away 8 China  v  New Zealand Changzhou, China
16:00 Report Stadium: Wujin Hockey Stadium

XXXII Olympic Games
26 July 2020 Pool B New Zealand  v  Argentina Tokyo, Japan
12:15 Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium
27 July 2020 Pool B Japan  v  New Zealand Tokyo, Japan
10:45 Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium
29 July 2020 Pool B New Zealand  v  Spain Tokyo, Japan
11:45 Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium
30 July 2020 Pool B New Zealand  v  Australia Tokyo, Japan
21:15 Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium
1 August 2020 Pool B China  v  New Zealand Tokyo, Japan
09:30 Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium

Goalscorers
2020 Goalscoring Table
Pos. Player FG PC PS Total
1 Olivia Merry 4 6 0 10
2 Olivia Shannon 1 2 0 3
3 Hope Ralph 2 0 0 2
4 Alia Jaques 1 0 0 1
Rose Keddell 1 0 0
Gemma McCaw 1 0 0
Stacey Michelsen 1 0 0
Total 11 8 0 19

See also

References
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  5. "FIH confirms Spain men and Belgium women join Hockey Pro League". FIH. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
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  8. "Oceania Cup". Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
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  10. "New Zealand – Argentina". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  11. "Team Details – New Zealand". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
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  13. "New Zealand Goal Scorers - Women" (PDF). New Zealand Hockey Federation.
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