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Nickname | Hockeyroos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Association | Hockey Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Confederation | OHF (Oceania) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Stewart Fenton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manager | Karen Seaman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Captain | Emma McLeish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIH ranking | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Australia women's national indoor hockey team are Australia's national women's indoor hockey team. As of January 2016, they are ranked 8th in the world. Australia competes internationally in indoor hockey, with the Australian women’s indoor team undertaking a tour annually. Every four years, Australia competes in the FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup. The Australian national indoor team is nominated and selected from the indoor Australian Championships.
In the first Indoor Hockey World Cup, held in Germany in 2003, the Australian team came 9th in the final standings. Their best placing is 6th, achieved in the 2007 World Cup in Vienna, Austria. In the 2011 and 2015 World Cups, they finished in 8th spot.
2015 Indoor World Cup Squad
Shadows
Coaches
In December 2015, the Australian team competed in the Spar Four Nations invitational women's tournament, held in South Africa at the University of KwaZulu-Natal sports hall. The four competing nations include South Africa, USA, Namibia and Australia. Final standing was 3rd place, beating USA for the bronze medal. Australian Jessica Bestall was named player of the tournament.
Spar Four Nations Squad