Zimbabwe women's national field hockey team

Zimbabwe

Association	Hockey Association of Zimbabwe
Confederation	AfHF (Africa)
Head Coach	Patricia Davies
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	60 3 (19 August 2025) [1]
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (first in 1980 )
Best result	1st (1980)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	3 (first in 1990 )
Best result	1st (1990)
African Games
Appearances	3 (first in 1995 )
Best result	2nd (1995, 1999)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 0 Africa Cup of Nations 1 1 1 African Games 0 2 0 Total 2 3 1 Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Team Africa Cup of Nations 1990 Harare 1994 Pretoria 1998 Harare African Games 1995 Harare Team 1999 Johannesburg Team

The Zimbabwean women's field hockey team that won gold at the 1980 Olympics

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

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

• 1980 –

Africa Cup of Nations

• 1990 –
• 1994 –
• 1998 –
• 2022 – 4th
• 2025 – WD

African Games

• 1995 –
• 1999 –
• 2003 – 5th

African Olympic Qualifier

• 2007 – 5th
• 2011 – 4th
• 2015 – 5th
• 2019 –
• 2023 – 7th

FIH Hockey Series

• 2018–19 – First round

Central-South Africa Qualifier for the Africa Cup of Nations

• 2025 –

See also

• Zimbabwe men's national field hockey team

References

1. "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
2. Harris, Cathy (11 May 2008). "Caught in Time: Zimbabwe win hockey gold, 1980 Moscow Olympics". The Sunday Times . London. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.