Scotland women's national field hockey team

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Scotland
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Association Scottish Hockey
Confederation EHF (Europe)
Head CoachChris Duncan
Assistant coach(es)Jimmy Culnane
ManagerElsie Walker
Captain Sarah Robertson
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Home
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Away
FIH ranking
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World Cup
Appearances4 (first in 1983 )
Best result8th (1983)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances13 (first in 1984 )
Best result5th (1991)

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 they are seventeenth in the FIH outdoor world rankings. [3]

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Competing as Great Britain

Scotland 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

 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

World Cup record
YearRoundPositionPldWD*LGFGA
Flag of Malaysia.svg 1983 7th–8th Play–off8th place7214517
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1986 9th–10th Play–off10th place7205714
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1998 9th–10th Play–off10th place73041116
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2002 11th–12th Play–off12th place9207827

World League

World League record
YearRoundPositionPldWD*LGFGA
2012–13 Round 218th place106224110
2016–17

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
YearRoundPositionPldWD*LGFGA
Flag of Malaysia.svg 1998 Group stageN/A53111111
Flag of England.svg 2002 5th–6th Play–off6th place51041117
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2006 5th–6th Play–off6th place52031111
Flag of India.svg 2010 7th–8th Play–off7th place51221110
Flag of Scotland.svg 2014 5th–6th Play–off6th place5203613
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2018 7th–8th Play–off7th place52121010
Flag of England.svg 2022 5th–6th Play–off6th place5203168

EuroHockey Nations Championship

Euro Championship record
YearRoundPositionPldWD*LGFGA
Flag of France.svg 1984 5th–6th Play–off6th place740389
Flag of England.svg 1987 5th–6th Play–off6th place74031413
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 1991 5th–6th Play–off5th place7502159
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1995 5th–6th Play–off6th place7322197
Flag of Germany.svg 1999 5th–6th Play–off6th place73221312
Flag of Spain.svg 2003 7th place
Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg 2005 7th place
2007 European Nations Challenge IIGold medal icon.svg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2009 5th–8th Group8th place6033311
2011 European Nations Challenge IIGold medal icon.svg
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 2013 5th–8th Group6th place6204910
Flag of England.svg 2015 5th–8th Group6th place6303107
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2017 5th–8th Group8th place501429
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2021 5th–8th Group7th place5104519
Flag of Germany.svg 2023 5th–8th Group7th place5113416
Flag of Germany.svg 2025 5th–8th Group5th place5212611
Flag of England.svg 2027 Qualified

Champions Challenge I

Hockey Champions Challenge I
YearRoundPositionPldWD*LGFGA
2002 to 2009 – Did not participate
Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg 2011 3rd–4th Play–off3rd place62311111
Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg 2012 3rd–4th Play–off4th place612156
Flag of Scotland.svg 2014 7th–8th Play–off7th place62131412

Hockey World Cup Qualifier

Hockey Champions Challenge I
YearRoundPositionPldWD*LGFGA
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1997 3rd–4th Play-off3rd place7322165
Flag of France.svg 2001 5th–6th Play–off6th place84131411
Flag of Italy.svg 2006 9th–10th Play–off10th place71061120
Flag of Chile.svg 2010 Pool Stage2nd place430192

EuroHockey Nations Indoor Championship

Players

Current squad

The squad for the 2025 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship. [7]

Head coach: Chris Duncan

Notable former players

See also

References

  1. "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Scottish Hockey". Scottish Hockey. 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  3. "outdoor world rankings". International Hockey Federation (FIH). Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  4. "Scotland's Olympic medallists since 1896". Daily Record . 4 August 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Emily Magauire profile". GB Hockey. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Laura Bartlett profile". GB Hockey. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  7. "Scotland women's squad for EuroHockey Championship announced". hockey.de. Scottish Hockey Union. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.