India women's national field hockey team

The Indian women's national field hockey team (nicknamed the Nabhvarna) represents India in international field hockey, and is governed by Hockey India. Nabhvarna are currently ranked 7th in the FIH World Rankings, and are ranked as the best team in Asia. They have won the gold medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and 1982 Asian Games. They have also won the Women's Asia Cup twice, i.e. in 2004 and 2017. They also won the Asian Champions Trophy in 2016. India at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[2] for the first time ever, reached the semi-final in the Women's Hockey Olympic event but failed to bag any medal after they lost to Argentina[3] in the semifinal and then to Great Britain[4] in Bronze medal match.

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see India men's national field hockey team.

India
Nickname(s)
  • "नभवर्णा/Nabhvarna"
AssociationHockey India
ConfederationASHF (Asia)
Head CoachJanneke Schopman
Assistant coach(es)Tushar Khandekar
ManagerAnkitha BS
CaptainRani Rampal
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current7 2 (2 August 2021)[1]
Highest7 (August 2021)
Olympic Games
Appearances3 (first in 1980)
Best result4th (1980, 2020)
World Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1974)
Best result4th (1974)
Asian Games
Appearances10 (first in 1982)
Best result1st (1982)
Asia Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1989)
Best result1st (2004, 2017)
Medal record
Asian Games
1982 New DelhiTeam
1998 BangkokTeam
2018 Jakarta & PalambangTeam
1986 SeoulTeam
2006 DohaTeam
2014 IncheonTeam
Asia Cup
2004 New Delhi
2017 Kakamigahara, Gifu
1999 New Delhi
2009 Bangkok
1993 Hiroshima
2013 Kuala Lumpur
Asian Champions Trophy
2016 Singapore
2018 Donghae
2013 Kakamigahara
2010 Busan
Commonwealth Games
2002 ManchesterTeam
2006 MelbourneTeam
South Asian Games
2016 GuwahatiTeam

Performance history

The team's breakthrough performance came at the Women's Hockey World Cup at Mandelieu in 1974, where it finished in 4th place. Their best performance in the Olympic Games was at 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics (where they came in 4th), when a women's event was held for the first time in Olympic history. The team also won the Gold medal at the inaugural 1982 Asian Games held in New Delhi, defeating Korea in the finals. Captain Suraj Lata Devi led the team to the Gold for three consecutive years at different events- during the 2002 Commonwealth Games,[5] the 2003 Afro-Asian Games, and the 2004 Women's Hockey Asia Cup. Team members were referred to as the "assi (Jasjeet) jaisi koi nahi" or the "Golden Girls of Hockey," after the 2004 win.[6] The team earned a 3rd-place finish at the 2013 Women's Hockey Asia Cup at Kuala Lumpur defeating China in a shootout.[7] At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, it finished in 5th place but at 2014 Asian Games, Incheon stunned Japan 2-1 in a tight match to clinch their third bronze medal at the Asian Games.[8] During the summer of 2015, the team hosted the Round 2 of the 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League and finished on top to qualify for the next stage. At the World League Semifinals held in Antwerp the team finished in the fifth place beating higher ranked Japan in classification match.[9] The Indian woman's national field hockey team qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics[10][11] for the first time since the 1980 Summer Olympics.[10][12] They were eliminated in the group stage, however, where they placed 6th.

2002 Commonwealth Games and Chak De! India (2007)

The 2002 Commonwealth Games Squad, led by Captain Suraj Lata Devi, competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The team entered the finals after defeating the New Zealand women's national field hockey team.[13] and placed first, winning the Gold after they beat the English women's hockey team.[5][14][15]

This event served as the inspiration for the 2007 Bollywood film about women's field hockey, Chak De! India starring Shah Rukh Khan (after screenwriter Jaideep Sahni read a short article about it).[16] Sahni began to model the character of Kabir Khan on hockey coach Maharaj Krishan Kaushik.[17] After hearing the storyline, Kaushik suggested that Sahni meet hockey player Mir Ranjan Negi (who faced accusations of throwing the match against Pakistan during the 1982 Asian Games).[18][19][20] Sahni has stated that he was unaware of Negi's tribulations while writing the script and that the resemblance with Negi's life was entirely coincidental.[21] Negi affirmed this point stating that he didn't "want to hog the limelight. This movie is not a documentary of Mir Ranjan Negi's life. It is in fact the story of a team that becomes a winning lot from a bunch of hopeless girls".[22] In response to the fact that the media equated Kabir Khan with Negi, Sahni said that "Our script was written a year and a half back. It is very unfortunate that something, which is about women athletes, has just started becoming about Negi."[17]

Medal table
Tournament Gold Silver Bronze Total
Commonwealth Games1102
Asian Games1236
Hockey Asia Cup2226
Asian Champions Trophy1214
Hockey Champions Challenge0011
Afro-Asian Games1001
FIH Hockey Series1001
South Asian Games1001
Total87722

Tournament record

Summer Olympics
No Year Host Position
11980 Moscow, USSR4th
22016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil12th
32020 Tokyo, Japan4th [23]

World Cup
No Year Host Position
11974 Mandelieu, France
4th
21978 Madrid, Spain
7th
31983 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
11th
41998 Utrecht, Netherlands
12th
52006 Madrid, Spain
11th
62010 Rosario, Argentina
9th
72018 London, England
8th

World League
No Year Final Host Position
12012–13 San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
14th
22014–15 Rosario, Argentina
10th
32016–17 Auckland, New Zealand
16th

Commonwealth Games
No Year Host Position
11998 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4th
42002 Manchester, England
22006 Melbourne, Australia
32010 New Delhi, India
5th
42014 Glasgow, Scotland
5th
52018 Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
4th

Asian Games
No Year Host Position
11982 New Delhi, India
21986 Seoul, South Korea
31990 Beijing, China
4th
41994 Hiroshima, Japan
4th
51998 Bangkok, Thailand
62002 Busan, South Korea
4th
72006 Doha, Qatar
82010 Guangzhou, China
4th
92014 Incheon, South Korea
102018 Jakarta, Indonesia

Asia Cup
No Year Host Position
11989 Hong Kong
4th
21993 Hiroshima, Japan
31999 New Delhi, India
42004 New Delhi, India
52007 Hong Kong
4th
62009 Bangkok, Thailand
72013 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
82017 Kakamigahara, Gifu, Japan

Champions Challenge
No Year Host Position
1 2002 Johannesburg, South Africa
2 2011 Dublin, Ireland
7th
3 2012 Dublin, Ireland
7th
4 2014 Glasgow, Scotland
8th

Asian Champions Trophy
No Year Host Position
1 2010 Busan, South Korea
2 2011 Ordos, China
4th
3 2013 Kakamigahara, Japan
4 2016 Singapore
5 2018 Donghae City, South Korea
6 2021 Donghae City, South Korea Withdrew

Hockey Series
No Year Host Position
1 2018-19 Hiroshima, Japan

Afro-Asian Games
No Year Host Position
1 2003 Hyderabad, India

South Asian Games
No Year Host Position
1 2016 Guwahati, India

Awards
Summer Olympics
Hockey World Cup
Hockey Champions Challenge
Dhyan Chand Award
Mary Dsouza Sequeira (1953–1963)
Arjuna Awards

The following is a list of recipients for the Arjuna award in hockey recipients (by year):

Current squad

2018 Women's Hockey World Cup squad

The following was the team's roster for the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup.[24]

Head coach: Sjoerd Marijne

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
11 1GK Savita Punia (1990-07-11) 11 July 1990 169 Hockey Bangalore
13 1GK Rajani Etimarpu (1990-06-09) 9 June 1990 80 Railways
26 2DF Sunita Lakra (1991-06-11) 11 June 1991 139 NALCO
3 2DF Deep Grace Ekka (1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 164 Railways
17 2DF Deepika Thakur (1987-02-07) 7 February 1987 219 Railways
2 2DF Gurjit Kaur (1995-10-25) 25 October 1995 55 Hockey Punjab
6 2DF Reena Khokhar (1993-04-10) 10 April 1993 14 Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy
19 3MF Namita Toppo (1995-06-04) 4 June 1995 149 Western Railways
31 3MF Lilima Minz (1994-04-10) 10 April 1994 116 Railways
4 3MF Monika Malik (1993-11-05) 5 November 1993 117 Central Railways
32 3MF Neha Goyal (1996-11-15) 15 November 1996 36 Haryana
1 3MF Navjot Kaur (1995-03-07) 7 March 1995 133 Rail Coach Factory
8 3MF Nikki Pradhan (1993-12-08) 8 December 1993 69 Railways Sports Promotion Board
28 4FW Rani Rampal (C) (1994-12-04) 4 December 1994 213 Railways
16 4FW Vandana Katariya (1993-04-15) 15 April 1993 201 Central Railways
25 4FW Navneet Kaur (1996-01-26) 26 January 1996 40 Western Railways
20 4FW Lalremsiami (2000-03-30) 30 March 2000 25 Sports Authority of India
18 4FW Udita (1998-06-14) 14 June 1998 15 Hockey Haryana

2020 Summer Olympics squad
Main articles: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

India's women's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by defeating the United States in a playoff at the Bhubaneswar leg of the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers, thus securing one of the seven tickets available for sending an Olympic squad with two alternates.[25]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 17 June 2021.[26]

Head coach: Sjoerd Marijne

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) CapsClub
1 MF Navjot Kaur (1995-03-07)7 March 1995 (aged 26) 180 Railway Sports Promotion Board
2 DF Gurjit Kaur (1995-10-25)25 October 1995 (aged 25) 95 Railway Sports Promotion Board
3 DF Deep Grace Ekka (1994-06-03)3 June 1994 (aged 27) 210 Railway Sports Promotion Board
4 MF Monika Malik (1993-11-05)5 November 1993 (aged 27) 158 Central Railways
6 DF Reena Khokhar (1993-04-10)10 April 1993 (aged 28) 45 Madhya Pradesh
7 FW Sharmila Devi (2001-10-10)10 October 2001 (aged 19) 17 Hockey Haryana
8 DF Nikki Pradhan (1993-12-08)8 December 1993 (aged 27) 112 Railway Sports Promotion Board
11 GK Savita Punia (1990-07-11)11 July 1990 (aged 31) 210 Hockey Haryana
15 MF Nisha Warsi (1995-07-09)9 July 1995 (aged 26) 17 Railway Sports Promotion Board
16 FW Vandana Katariya (1992-04-15)15 April 1992 (aged 29) 248 Railway Sports Promotion Board
18 DF Udita Duhan (1998-01-14)14 January 1998 (aged 23) 40 Hockey Haryana
19 MF Namita Toppo (1995-06-04)4 June 1995 (aged 26) 165 Hockey Odisha
20 FW Lalremsiami (2000-03-30)30 March 2000 (aged 21) 72 Railway Sports Promotion Board
25 FW Navneet Kaur (1996-01-26)26 January 1996 (aged 25) 87 Railway Sports Promotion Board
27 MF Sushila Chanu (1992-02-25)25 February 1992 (aged 29) 189 Railway Sports Promotion Board
28 FW Rani Rampal (Captain) (1994-12-04)4 December 1994 (aged 26) 249 Hockey Haryana
30 MF Salima Tete (2001-12-27)27 December 2001 (aged 19) 37 Hockey Jharkhand
32 MF Neha Goyal (1995-11-15)15 November 1995 (aged 25) 83 Railway Sports Promotion Board

Results

2020 Summer Olympics
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 5 5 0 0 18 2 +16 15 Quarterfinals
2  Germany 5 4 0 1 13 7 +6 12
3  Great Britain 5 3 0 2 11 5 +6 9
4  India 5 2 0 3 7 14 −7 6
5  Ireland 5 1 0 4 4 11 −7 3
6  South Africa 5 0 0 5 5 19 −14 0
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
20:45
v
Netherlands  5–1  India
Albers  6', 43'
Van Geffen  33'
Matla  45'
Van Maasakker  52'		 Report Rani  10'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Amber Church (NZL)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
21:15
v
Germany  2–0  India
Lorenz  12'
Schröder  35'		 Report
South Pitch
Umpires:
Sarah Wilson (GBR)
Emi Yamada (JPN)
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
10:00
v
Great Britain  4–1  India
Martin  2', 19'
Owsley  41'
Balsdon  57'		 Report Sharmila  23'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
11:45
v
Ireland  0–1  India
Report Navneet  57'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
Annelize Rostron (RSA)
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
12:15
v
India  4–3  South Africa
Vandana  4', 17', 49'
Neha  32'		 Report Glasby  15'
Hunter  30'
Marais  39'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Amber Church (NZL)
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
Quarterfinal
2 August 2021 (2021-08-02)
12:00
v
Australia  0–1  India
Report Gurjit  22'
Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
Semifinal
4 August 2021 (2021-08-04)
19:00
v
Argentina  2–1  India
Barrionuevo  18', 37' Report Gurjit  2'
Umpires:
Amber Church (NZL)
Sarah Wilson (GBR)

Bronze medal match

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06)
10:30
v
Great Britain  4–3  India
Rayer  16'
Robertson  24'
Pearne-Webb  35'
Balsdon  48'		 Report Gurjit  25', 26'
Vandana  29'
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Michelle Meister (GER)

See also

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