Las Diablas and the goal for the Nations Cup

The Chilean women’s team has a great challenge to start this 2025: the Nations Cup which will be played in Santiago from February 23 to March 2. For its technical director, the first objective is to get among the four best in that competition, but he also dreams of a cycle of years in which little by little they can continue climbing until they reach the Top 10 in the world.

For that, Las Diablas have been preparing hard. “We have been training since August and we played a series of games in December with the Mendoza and Uruguay team. Then, we had vacations between December 20 and January 6, where we started with five to six hockey stimulations per week and work physical every day. Now come other great challenges, where I take advantage of inviting everyone to the Saint Margaret field, in Concón. In addition, we will have games against New Zealand, Ireland and Canada. Let’s focus on the start of the Nations”he explained Christopher Rodriguezcurrent coach of the National Team.

The Cup, whose biggest prize is the classification of first to the Pro League, will see eight teams divided into two groups of four fight to reach the next stage. “For this tournament, an ambitious goal is to be in the semifinals. It would be a tremendous achievement. The level is highly competitive, all the teams are direct rivals and we have to play match by match but we are sure that we will do a good job with the tremendous team we have”Cristóbal explained.

The Devils (14th in the ranking) will face in Group A Canada (17th), Japan (11°) and USA (13th). In B will be South Korea (15th), New Zealand (10th), Scotland (16th) and Ireland (12th). The first two from each zone will advance to the semifinals.

Rodríguez said he was very excited and “hoping to see the Claudia Schüler court full of Chilean flags watching how we defend our home in such an important tournament.”

The coach, who has spent eight years in Europe directing different teams, closed by talking about his great motivation: “The general objective is to do long-term work where we consolidate everything that has been done for several years in order to qualify for the Olympic Games and be among the 10 best teams in the world.”