Canada women's national field hockey team

Canada
AssociationPAHF (Americas)
ConfederationField Hockey Canada
Head CoachRob Short
Assistant coach(es)Soledad García
Fergus Kavanagh
ManagerKelly Vanry
CaptainNatalie Sourisseau
Most capsKatherine Wright[1]
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 26 5 (10 March 2026)[2]
Olympic Games
Appearances3 (first in 1984)
Best result5th (1984)
World Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1978)
Best result 2nd (1983)
Pan American Games
Appearances9 (first in 1987)
Best result2nd (1991, 2019)
Pan American Cup
Appearances7 (first in 2001)
Best result 3rd (2001, 2004, 2013, 2022)

The Canada women's national field hockey team participates in international field hockey competitions. In 1991, the Canadian men's and women's programs united under the national umbrella of Field Hockey Canada to share funding and infrastructure.[3] The women's team made its first international appearance at the 1978 Women's Hockey World Cup in Madrid, Spain, finishing in fifth place. They were the runner-up at the 1983 Women's Hockey World Cup and the bronze medallists at the 1986 Women's Hockey World Cup.

The Canadian women's team participated in the women's international tournament for the first time in 1956. In 1979 Canada hosted 18 countries in Vancouver for that world event; Canada placed 8th. The 1978 Canadian team was the first to enter the Women's World Cup, and placed 5th.

Tournament records

Olympic Games[4]
Year Host city Position
1980 Moscow, Soviet Union N/A
1984 Los Angeles, United States 5th
1988 Seoul, South Korea 6th
1992 Barcelona, Spain 7th
1996 – 2020 Did not participate
Commonwealth Games[5]
Year Host city Position
1998 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 10th
2002 Manchester, England 7th
2006 Melbourne, Australia 7th
2010 New Delhi, India 6th
2014 Glasgow, Scotland 8th
2018 Gold Coast, Australia 5th
2022 Birmingham, England 5th
Pan American Cup[6]
Year Host city Position
2001 Kingston, Jamaica 3rd
2004 Bridgetown, Barbados 3rd
2009 Hamilton, Bermuda 5th
2013 Mendoza, Argentina 3rd
2017 Lancaster, United States 4th
2022 Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago 3rd
2025 Montevideo, Uruguay 6th
World League[7]
Year Round Host city Position
2014–15 Round 1 Guadalajara, Mexico 1st
Round 2 Dublin, Ireland 2nd
Semi-final Valencia, Spain 9th
2016–17 Round 2 West Vancouver, Canada 5th
World Cup[8]
Year Host city Position
1974 – 1976 Did not participate
1978 Madrid, Spain 5th
1981 Buenos Aires, Argentina 5th
1983 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2nd
1986 Amsterdam, Netherlands 3rd
1990 Sydney, Australia 10th
1994 Dublin, Ireland 10th
1998 – 2018 Did not participate
2022 Terrassa, Spain
Amstelveen, Netherlands 		15th
2026 Wavre, Belgium
Amstelveen, Netherlands 		DNQ
Pan American Games[9]
Year Host city Position
1987 Indianapolis, United States 3rd
1991 Havana, Cuba 2nd
1995 Mar del Plata, Argentina 3rd
1999 Winnipeg, Canada 3rd
2003 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 5th
2007 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5th
2011 Guadalajara, Mexico 4th
2015 Toronto, Canada 3rd
2019 Lima, Peru 2nd
2023 Santiago, Chile 4th
Champions Trophy[10]
Year Host city Position
1987 Amsterdam, Netherlands 4th
1989 Frankfurt, West Germany 6th
1991 – 2018 Did not participate
Hockey Nations Cup
Year Host city Position
2022 Valencia, Spain Withdrew
2023–24 Terrassa, Spain 6th
2024–25 Santiago, Chile 8th
Hockey Series[11]
Year Round Host city Position
2018–19 Open Salamanca, Mexico 1st
Final Valencia, Spain 2nd

Team

Current roster

The squad for the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup.[12][13]

Head coach: Rob Short

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps GoalsClub
3 MF Thora Rae (1999-10-15) October 15, 1999 18 4 UBC Thunderbirds
5 DF Alison Lee (1994-12-24) December 24, 1994 65 2 Toronto Toros
6 MF Jordyn Faiczak (1999-04-02) April 2, 1999 30 7 UBC Thunderbirds
7 MF Anna Mollenhauer (1999-09-18) September 18, 1999 28 1 Victoria Vikes
9 FW Madison Thompson (1994-08-11) August 11, 1994 9 4 Polar Bears
10 DF Kathleen Leahy (1993-10-29) October 29, 1993 72 2 Victoria Vikes
12 DF Sara Goodman (1999-10-22) October 22, 1999 20 0 UBC Thunderbirds
13 FW Hannah Haughn (1994-09-04) September 4, 1994 192 36 West Vancouver
14 DF Karli Johansen (1992-03-26) March 26, 1992 153 34 West Vancouver
15 FW Grace Delmotte (2002-07-26) July 26, 2002 1 0 Wake Forest Demon Deacons
16 MF Natalie Sourisseau (captain) (1992-12-05)December 5, 1992 (aged 29) 158 10 Polar Bears
17 DF Sara McManus (1993-08-14) August 14, 1993 196 30 West Vancouver
18 DF Alexis de Armond (1997-04-04) April 4, 1997 30 0 West Vancouver
19 MF Audrey Sawers (1999-11-22) November 22, 1999 9 0 Lafayette Leopards
21 MF Amanda Woodcroft (1993-10-09) October 9, 1993 134 10 Polar Bears
22 MF Madeline Secco (1994-03-15) March 15, 1994 148 19 Stanford Cardinal
23 FW Brienne Stairs (1989-12-22) December 22, 1989 182 116 Guelph Gryphons
25 DF Shanlee Johnston (1990-02-05) February 5, 1990 134 9 Polar Bears
31 GK Rowan Harris (1996-08-11) August 11, 1996 50 0 Vancouver Hawks
34 GK Marcia LaPlante (1997-08-20) August 20, 1997 3 0 Polar Bears

Notable players

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2026

9 January 2026 Test Match 1 South Africa  5–0  Canada Pretoria, South Africa
18:00 Zulu  27', 51'
de Waal  29'
Brisset  56'
Mokoena  60'		 Report Stadium: Hoërskool Menlopark
10 January 2026 Test Match 2 South Africa  0–0  Canada Pretoria, South Africa
16:00 Report Stadium: Hoërskool Menlopark
11 January 2026 Test Match 3 South Africa  2–0  Canada Pretoria, South Africa
10:00 Mokoena  10'
Brisset  28'		 Report Stadium: Hoërskool Menlopark
16 January 2026 Test Match 4 South Africa  0–0  Canada Pretoria, South Africa
18:00 Report Stadium: Hoërskool Menlopark
17 January 2026 Test Match 5 South Africa  1–0  Canada Pretoria, South Africa
10:00 Fourie  44' Report Stadium: Hoërskool Menlopark
2 March 2026 WC Qualifiers Pool B Japan  4–0  Canada Santiago, Chile
13:00 Nakagomi  5'
Hasegawa  37'
S. Tanaka  39'
Mikami  53'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler
3 March 2026 WC Qualifiers Pool B Canada  1–6  Malaysia Santiago, Chile
13:30 Walton  11' Report Hohd  9'
Azhar  20', 28'
Muhammad  36'
Zulkifli  39'
Sukri  46'		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler
5 March 2026 WC Qualifiers Pool B Canada  1–5  Ireland Santiago, Chile
15:15 Mollenhauer  13' Report Torrans  25', 36'
Perdue  30'
McMaster  38'
Handcock  60'		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler
7 March 2026 WC Qualifiers 5/8 Classification France  3–0  Canada Santiago, Chile
09:00 Van der Zanden  34'
Duffrene  37'
Varoqui  51'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler
8 March 2026 WC Qualifiers 7/8 Classification Canada  1–2   Switzerland Santiago, Chile
09:00 Girgis  33' Report Pöhler  25'
Trösch  36'		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional del Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler

See also

References

  1. ^ "All-Time Cap Leaders". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. May 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. March 10, 2026. Retrieved March 10, 2026.
  3. ^ "Our Story - Field Hockey Canada". Archived from the original on May 13, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  4. ^ "Olympic Games". FIH.
  5. ^ "Home – FIH".
  6. ^ "Pan American Cups". Archived from the original on December 24, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  7. ^ "Home – FIH".
  8. ^ "Home – FIH".
  9. ^ "Pan American Games". Archived from the original on December 2, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  10. ^ "Home – FIH".
  11. ^ "Hockey Series". FIH.
  12. ^ "Field Hockey Canada announces 2022 Women's World Cup Roster". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. June 7, 2022. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  13. ^ "Team Details – Canada". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. p. 4. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
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