All You Want To Know About Women’s Commonwealth Games Hockey

The inaugural Women’s Commonwealth Games Hockey was held at Kuala Lumpur in 1998
Pritam Rani scored hat-tricks against Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago at the inaugural 1998 Commonwealth Games
Australia have won the Women’s Commonwealth Games Hockey crown on most occasions – four times (1998, 2006, 2010 & 2014)
Sita Gussain captained the Indian eves at the inaugural 1998 Commonwealth Games
At the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games, Canadian women hockey player Laurelee Kopeck came off during their 3-0 win over Namibia when her right index finger caught the full impact of a hit from a penalty corner – the top of her finger was sliced off in a freak mishap. She was administered five stitches in the finger before she resumed action in her next tie vs Wales
Most teams took part in the inaugural Women’s Commonwealth Games Hockey Event – 12 Teams
Malaysia finished last in Women’s Commonwealth Games Hockey on two occasions – 2002 & 2010
At the 1998 Commonwealth Games at Kuala Lumpur, Alyson Annan (Australia) scored two hat-tricks against Malaysia and New Zealand
India have met Australia 5 times in Women’s Commonwealth Games Hockey and lost on 5 occasions – 0-4 (1998), 2-4 (2006), 0-1 (2006), 1-2 (2010) & 0-1 (2018)
England have been runners-up in Women’s Commonwealth Games Hockey on most occasions – thrice (1998, 2002 & 2014)

India won the 2002 Women’s Commonwealth Games Hockey crown beating England 3-2 in extra time riding on a golden goal by Mamta Kharab
Namibia finished last in the inaugural 1998 Women’s Commonwealth Games Hockey
Indian women’s hockey team gave mighty Australian eves a run for their money in the final of the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, where they were done in by a late goal from Hockeyroos captain Nicole Hudson

Gurdial Singh Bhangu was the coach of the Indian eves at the 1998 & 2002 Women’s Commonwealth Games

Three out of the six Women’s Commonwealth Games Hockey events witnessed matches going beyond regulation time (2002, 2010 & 2014)
Alyson Annan (Australia) was the top goal-scorer of the 1998 Commonwealth Games at Kuala Lumpur

At the 2022 Women’s Commonwealth Games Hockey, India lost to New Zealand 1-3 in the pool stage but pipped them 2-1 in the semifinal

England have won the bronze in Women’s Commonwealth Games Hockey on most occasions – thrice (2006, 2010 & 2018)

Australia Beating England 8-1 is the biggest victory margin in any final at the inaugural edition in 1998

Team Conceding Most Goals in a Single Edition of Women’s Commonwealth Games Hockey – Trinidad and Tobago 52 Goals

Most Individual Goals Scored by Any Indian: Surinder Kaur (4 Goals) vs Trinidad and Tobago in the 2010 edition

Team Conceding Most Goals Across Six Editions of Women’s Commonwealth Games Hockey – Malaysia 118 Goals

Countries that featured in Women’s Commonwealth Games Hockey only once – Jamaica (1998), Namibia (1998), Nigeria (2006) & Ghana (2018)
Surajlata Devi captained Indian women’s hockey team in the gold-winning 2022 Women’s Commonwealth Games Hockey campaign

16 Countries have played across ix Editions of Women’s Commonwealth Games Hockey (Australia, New Zealand, England, Wales, Scotland, India, Malaysia, Jamaica, Barbados, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Namibia, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, South Africa
Surinder Kaur provided the late match-clincher against New Zealand in India’s solitary goal semifinal win in the 2006 Melbourne 1998 Commonwealth Games

Biggest Win of Women’s Commonwealth Games Hockey: Australia Beating Malaysia 18-0 in the 2002 edition

Three Indian players – Deepika Thakur, Rani Rampal and Jaspreet Kaur scored hat-tricks against Trinidad and Tobago in 14-0 win in the 2014 edition
At the 2022 Women’s Commonwealth Games Hockey event, India trailed South Africa 0-3 at half-time in the quarterfinals but scored thrice in the second half to stretch the contest into extra time, where Jyoti Sunita Kullu scored the golden goal to take India into the semifinals