Zimbabwe women's national field hockey team

The Zimbabwe women's national field hockey team is the national women's team representing Zimbabwe in field hockey.

Zimbabwe
AssociationHockey Association of Zimbabwe
ConfederationAfHF (Africa)
FIH ranking
Current 46 (21 December 2020)[1]
Olympic Games
Appearances1 (first in 1980)
Best result1st (1980)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances3 (first in 1990)
Best result1st (1990)
African Games
Appearances3 (first in 1995)
Best result2nd (1995, 1999)
The Zimbabwean women's field hockey team that won gold at the 1980 Olympics

It won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR, the first female Olympic tournament.[2] Zimbabwe also won the inaugural Hockey African Cup for Nations they hosted in 1990, followed by a silver medal in 1994 and a bronze in 1998.

Tournament record

Summer Olympics

Africa Cup of Nations

  • 1990
  • 1994
  • 1998

African Games

  • 1995
  • 1999
  • 2003 – 5th

African Olympic Qualifier

FIH Hockey Series

See also

References

  1. "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. Harris, Cathy (11 May 2008). "Caught in Time: Zimbabwe win hockey gold, 1980 Moscow Olympics". The Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 21 February 2014.


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