Ireland’s exponential growth in female hockey
The Irish female hockey selection grew a lot in recent years, particularly since 2018. Brinking both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the players join and represent all together to the same country in almost all international competitions, except for the Olympic Games, where the flag of the Republic.
The number 11 of the world ranking They won more than 100 games, of 239 played, reaching almost 500 goals as a team. In the five games that played in this 2025, four won them and the other tied it.
His way was on the rise, step by step, until in the World Cup 2018 stayed with the silver medalfor the first time in history. That World Cup was played in London and Ireland was part of Group B. It fell only with the premises, but anyway it ended first in the group and in the elimination phase left behind India and Spain, to cross hand with hand with Netherlands in search of lifting the cup. While the Dutch thrashed and took the title, the performance of the Irish was something admirable.
On Sunday, March 2, the anthem of Ireland sounded in another competition, and nothing more or nothing less than in another end. In Santiago de Chile the third edition of the Nations CupTournament that gives the champion a quota for the next Pro League season. In the first, in 2022, the Irish team ended in the fourth position, but in the other two editions it was in second place, climbing to the podium and getting a silver medal.
