Hockey New -Zeeland is proud to announce the Vantage Black Sticks Women’s Squad that has been selected for the 2025 Oceania Cup, which takes place in Darwin, Australia, from 4-7 September 2025. The event is hosted in the MWT Hockey Center.
The Oceania Cup is more than just bragging regional, it delivers automatic qualification to the 2026 FIH Women’s World Cup for the winner. With only one place that is offered, both teams will bring their best in this Trans-Tasman classic. For the losing team, an extra qualifying tournament will be held in February 2026 (location TBC). This qualification tournament is the last chance to win a place at the FIH Ladies World Cup 2026.
The format of Oceania Cup has a high-stakes best-of-three test match series between New Zealand and Australia. The games are planned as follows:
Game 1 – 4 September 10.30 am NZT
Game 2 – 6 September 4.30 pm NZT
Game 3 – 7 September 4.30 pm NZT
All competitions become live streamed and available for free to watch on TVNZ+.
Vantage Black Sticks Women – Oceania Cup 2025 Squad
Anna Crowley, Britt Wang, Casey Crowley, Ella Hyatt-Brown, Emma Findlay, Emma Rainey, Grace O’hanlon, Hannah Cotter, Hannah Gravenall, Holly Pearson, Hope Ralph, Jessie Anderson, Josphine Murrayia Shannon, Riana Pho, Tessa Jopp, Tessa Reid
Phil Burrows shares his thoughts about the team and the event: “I am enthusiastic about the team that we have selected for the Oceania Cup. Although we can be inexperienced in parts, give the enthusiasm to perform and the strong ties within this group really give us confidence in the tournament. To make her debut.”
Remarkable debutant: Josephine Murray Will make her international debut for New Zealand. Josephine, born in Christchurch, moved to Amsterdam in 2004 and represented the Netherlands at the U21 level, including a gold medal campaign on the Junior World Cup 2021. Now she brings that experience to the VBS women.
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