Can the Hockeyroos wind the clock again to their glory years, or will there be extra heartbreak for Aussie hockey followers at this yr’s Olympics?
Discover out as we current every part you might want to know in regards to the 2024 Olympic marketing campaign for Australia’s ladies’s hockey workforce, together with the fixtures, the squad, and who the favourites are to win gold in Paris.
What are the Hockeyroos fixtures on the Paris Olympics?
All occasions beneath are AEST.
| Time | Groups |
| Sunday July 28, 8:45pm | Australia vs South Africa |
| Tuesday July 30, 1am | Nice Britain vs Australia |
| Wednesday July 31, 9:15pm | Australia vs USA |
| Friday August 2, 4:15am | Argentina vs Australia |
| Saturday August 3, 8:45pm | Australia vs Spain |
The 12 nations that certified for the Paris Video games shall be cut up into two teams of six, with the highest 4 from every group progressing to the quarter-finals.
For the total fixture, try our complete checklist of the scheduled occasions on the Paris Olympics.
Who’s within the Hockeyroos squad for the Paris Olympics?
The Hockeryoos squad for the 2024 Olympics was introduced on July 1 and was most notable for who it didn’t embody – specifically, star striker Rosie Malone. However extra on that later.
For now we’ll give attention to the names that coach Katrina Powell did embody within the squad. The co-captains are Jane Claxton, Grace Stewart, Kaitlin Nobbs and Brooke Peris, the latter being the cousin of former Olympian and parliamentarian Nova Peris.
The choice panel additionally included a handful of promising kids together with Claire Colwill, Grace Younger and Tatum Stewart.
Hockeyroos squad for the Paris Olympics (pending Rosie Malone’s enchantment): Alice Arnott, Jocelyn Bartram, Jane Claxton, Claire Colwill, Rebecca Greiner, Stephanie Kershaw, Amy Lawton, Kaitlin Nobbs, Brooke Peris, Karri Somerville, Penny Squibb, Grace Stewart, Tatum Stewart, Renee Tatlor, Mariah Williams, Grace Younger
What occurred to Rosie Malone?
Australian hockey Twitter went into meltdown late in June when it was reported Rosie Malone can be omitted from the Olympic squad, resulting from be introduced a number of days later. The experiences had been correct – when the squad was unveiled on July 1, Malone’s identify was not on the checklist.
Malone has turned out for the Hockeyroos greater than 100 occasions, together with a number of video games this yr, and is without doubt one of the few strikers within the nationwide squad to not have been impacted by harm previously few months.
Most remarkably, the 26-year-old was certainly one of 5 gamers on the shortlist for the Worldwide Hockey Federation’s participant of the yr award barely six months in the past – the primary Australian to be shortlisted for that award in virtually a decade.
However there’s a twist. Malone is interesting the choice to depart her out, leaving her destiny within the palms of the high-quality people on the Nationwide Sports activities Tribunal. It might make for a really awkward workforce camp if Malone does find yourself being included.
The Hockeyroos will tackle Argentina in Paris, simply as they did in Tokyo. (Picture by Getty Photographs)
Has Australia ever received an Olympic gold medal in ladies’s hockey?
Australia has received three gold medals in ladies’s hockey, however the newest of these wins got here 24 years in the past on the Sydney 2000 Video games.
Australia claimed their first hockey gold on the Seoul Olympics in 1988, defeating the host nation 2-0 within the last. The Hockeyroos additionally received the rematch with Korea at Atlanta 1996, earlier than claiming Australia’s last gold medal of the Sydney Video games with a 3-1 win over Argentina.
The Hockeyroos’ present coach, Katrina Powell, was the workforce’s star participant on their run to gold in 1996 and 2000.
Will the Hockeyroos win gold on the Paris Olympics?
The Aussie ladies positively have an opportunity of profitable a medal in Paris, however it could be an enormous shock in the event that they had been in a position to break their gold medal drought.
The Hockeyroos claimed third place on the 2022 World Cup, and are at present fifth on the earth rankings, however with their combination of skilled outdated heads and thrilling kids, there’s each cause to consider they will outperform that rating in Paris.
Crucially they seem like on the friendlier aspect of the draw and have a fairly good shot at topping their group, with just one nation in Group B, Argentina, ranked above the Aussies.
If they will end first within the group stage then the Hockeyroos will seemingly not come head-to-head with the all-conquering Netherlands till at the least the semi-finals.
Who’s the favorite to win gold in ladies’s hockey on the 2024 Olympics?
The Netherlands have to enter the event as favourites after utterly dominating ladies’s hockey for the previous few years.
Not solely are they nicely clear on the high of the world rankings, however the Dutch ladies have received the final three main tournaments – World Cups in 2022 and 2018 to go along with their Olympic gold medal in Tokyo – and their squad accommodates the 2 most up-to-date winners of the world participant of the yr award, in Xan de Waard and Felice Albers.
They are going to be cautious of overconfidence although, with any slip-ups within the group stage that means they might find yourself dealing with a troublesome conflict with the likes of Australia or Argentina within the quarter-finals.
Which nations have certified for girls’s hockey on the 2024 Olympics?
Group A
Belgium
China
France
Germany
Japan
Netherlands
Group B
Argentina
Australia
Nice Britain
South Africa
Spain
USA
