Black Sticks Women
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The Black Sticks Women are the women's national field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 team of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

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Summer Olympics
Field hockey at the Summer Olympics
Field hockey was introduced at the Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition at the 1908 Games in London, with six teams, including four from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....

  • 1980 – Did not compete
  • 1984 – Sixth place
  • 1988 – Did not compete
  • 1992 – Eighth place
  • 1996 – Did not compete
  • 2000 – Sixth place
  • 2004 – Sixth place
  • 2008 – Twelfth place

World Cup
Hockey World Cup
The Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation . The tournament was started in 1971...

  • 1974 – Did not compete
  • 1976 – Did not compete
  • 1978 – Did not compete
  • 1981 – Did not compete
  • 1983 – Eighth place
  • 1986 – Fourth place
  • 1990 – Seventh place
  • 1994 – Did not compete
  • 1998
    1998 Women's Hockey World Cup
    The 1998 Women's Hockey World Cup was the ninth edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup. It was held from May 20 to May 31, 1998 in Utrecht, Netherlands alongside the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup. The Australia won its second world title after defeating Netherlands 3–2 in the final...

     – Sixth place
  • 2002
    2002 Women's Hockey World Cup
    The 2002 Hockey World Cup for women is the 10th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup. It was held from November 24 to December 8, 2002.Argentina won its first ever World Championship after beating Netherlands 1–1 in penalty stroke...

     – Eleventh place
  • 2006
    2006 Women's Hockey World Cup
    The 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup is the 11th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup. It was held from September 27 to October 8, 2006 in Madrid, Spain.Netherlands won its sixth World Championship after beating Australia 3–1...

     – Did not compete

Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....

  • 1998
    Women's Hockey at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
    *Thursday 1998-09-10*Saturday 1998-09-12*Monday 1998-09-14*Tuesday 1998-09-15*Wednesday 1998-09-16*Thursday 1998-09-17-Pool B:All times local *Wednesday 1998-09-09*Thursday 1998-09-10*Saturday 1998-09-12...

     – Bronze medal
  • 2002
    Women's Hockey at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
    *Saturday 2002-07-27*Monday 2002-07-29-Pool 2:*Friday 2002-07-26*Sunday 2002-07-28*Monday 2002-07-29-Play-offs:*Wednesday 2002-07-31*Thursday 2002-08-01*Saturday 2002-08-03-Final ranking:-References:*...

     – Fourth place
  • 2006 – Fourth place
  • 2010
    Hockey at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
    The field hockey event for the 2010 Commonwealth Games was held at the Dhyan Chand National Stadium from 4 October to 14 October 2010.- Medalists :- Umpires :Twelve umpires for the men's event were appointed by the Commonwealth Games Federation.- Pool A :...

     – Silver medal

Oceania Hockey Cup
Oceania Cup
The Oceania Cup is an international men's and women's field hockey competition organised by Oceania Hockey Federation . It is held every two years to determine which teams will receive an automatic berth to the Hockey World Cup and Summer Olympic Games....

  • 1999 – Runner up
  • 2001 – Runner up
  • 2003 – Runner up
  • 2005 – Runner up
  • 2007
    2007 Oceania Cup
    The 2007 Oceania Cup is the 5th tournament of Oceania Cup field hockey tournament. It was held in Buderim, Queensland, Australia from 11 September to 16 September 2007. The champions of the tournament, as well as the second placed women's team, will also awarded a place in the 2008 Beijing Olympic...

     – Winner
  • 2009 – Winner
  • 2011
    2011 Oceania Cup
    The 2011 Oceania Cup was held from 6–9 October in Hobart, Australia. Three teams were named to compete in the men's tournament, while only two women teams participated after Fiji withdrew. Both, Australia and New Zealand are therefore already qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics...

     – Winner

Champions Trophy
Champions Trophy (field hockey)
The Hockey Champions Trophy is the International Hockey Federation's most prestigious annual event . Founded by Pakistan's Air Marshal Nur Khan, it features the world's top-ranked teams competing in a round robin format. The Pakistan Hockey Federation started the competition as a men's tournament...

  • 1987 – Sixth place
  • 1989 to 1997
    1999 Women's Champions Trophy (field hockey)
    The sixth edition of the Women's Champions Trophy took place from Thursday 10 June until Saturday 19 June 1999 in the State Hockey Centre in Brisbane, Queensland. Participating nations were: titleholders and hosting nation Australia, Argentina, Germany, The Netherlands, New Zealand, and South Korea...

     – Did not compete
  • 1999
    1999 Women's Champions Trophy (field hockey)
    The sixth edition of the Women's Champions Trophy took place from Thursday 10 June until Saturday 19 June 1999 in the State Hockey Centre in Brisbane, Queensland. Participating nations were: titleholders and hosting nation Australia, Argentina, Germany, The Netherlands, New Zealand, and South Korea...

     – Fifth place
  • 2000
    2000 Women's Champions Trophy (field hockey)
    The 8th edition of the Women's Hockey Champions Trophy took place from Saturday May 27 until Saturday June 3, 2000 in the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen. Participating nations were titleholders Australia, Argentina, Germany, hosting nation The Netherlands, New Zealand, and South Africa...

     – Sixth place
  • 2001 – Fifth place
  • 2002 – Fifth place
  • 2003 – Did not compete
  • 2004 – Sixth place
  • 2005
    2005 Women's Champions Trophy (field hockey)
    The 13th edition of the Women's Champions Trophy took place from Saturday November 26 until Sunday December 4, 2005 at the National Hockey Centre in Canberra, Australia...

     – Did not compete
  • 2006 – Sixth place
  • 2010
    2010 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
    The 2010 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 18th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held from July 10–18, 2010 in Nottingham, England...

     – Fifth place
  • 2011
    2011 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
    The 2011 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 19th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women, running from June 25 to July 3, 2011 in Amstelveen, Netherlands....

     – Bronze medal

Champions Challenge
Champions Challenge (field hockey)
The Hockey Champions Challenge is an international field hockey tournament, played every two years. It was introduced in 2001 by the International Hockey Federation in order to broaden hockey's competitive base at world level.-Men:...

  • 2002
    2002 Women's Champions Challenge (field hockey)
    The first edition of the Women's Champions Challenge took place at the Randburg Hockey Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event started on Saturday February 9 and ended on Sunday February 17.=...

     – Did not compete
  • 2003
    2003 Women's Champions Challenge (field hockey)
    The second edition of the Women's Champions Challenge took place in Catania, on the island of Sicily. The event started on Saturday July 5 and ended on Sunday July 13...

     – Fourth place
  • 2005
    2005 Women's Champions Challenge (field hockey)
    The third edition of the Women's Champions Challenge took place at the USA Field Hockey National Training Center in Virginia Beach, United States. The event started on Friday July 8 and ended on Saturday July 16...

     – Gold medal
  • 2007 – Fifth place
  • 2009 – Gold medal

Notable players

  • Kayla Sharland
    Kayla Sharland
    Kayla Marie Sharland is a field hockey striker. Sharland was a member of the New Zealand women's national field hockey team during its participation at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where it finished sixth.-International senior competitions:* 2003 – Champions Challenge,...

  • Emily Naylor
    Emily Naylor
    Emily Naylor is a field hockey midfielder from New Zealand, who was selected to attend an Olympic Qualifying training camp in late 2003 after performing well for the New Zealand Under 18 Team...

  • Katie Glynn
  • Christine Arth
  • Helen Clarke
    Helen Clarke
    Helen Margaret Clarke ONZM is a former field hockey goalkeeper for New Zealand, who competed in three Summer Olympics: 1992, 2000 and 2004....

  • Suzie Muirhead
  • Mary Clinton
    Mary Clinton
    Mary Frances Clinton is a former female field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California...

  • Anna Lawrence
  • Mandy Smith
  • Charlotte Harrison

External links

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