Italy women's national field hockey team

The Italy women's national field hockey team represents Italy in international field hockey competitions.^[2] The team is currently ranked 17th in the FIH World Rankings, with 623 points.^[3]

Italy

Association	EHF (Europe)
Confederation	Federazione Italiana Hockey
Head Coach	Roberto Carta
Assistant coach(es)	Fabrizio Mattei
Manager	Paolo Grazioli
Captain	Federica Carta
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	18 (19 August 2025)[1]
World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1976)
Best result	9th (2018)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1984)
Best result	7th (2007, 2015)

History

Field hockey was first introduced in Italy in 1935, and has since grown in popularity within the country.^[4]

In July 2017, at the 2016–17 Hockey World League Semifinals in Brussels, Belgium, the Italian women's team secured qualification for the 2018 Hockey World Cup. This is the first major international tournament Italy have qualified for since the 1976 Hockey World Cup, where the team finished 10th.^[5]

Tournament history

World Cup^[6]

Year	Host city	Position
1976	West Berlin, West Germany	10th
2018	London, England	9th

World League^[7]

Year	Round	Host city	Position
2012–13	Round 1	Prague, Czech Republic	2nd
	Round 2	Valencia, Spain	1st
	Semi-final	London, England	6th
2014–15	Round 2	Montevideo, Uruguay	1st
	Semi-final	Antwerp, Belgium	8th
2016–17	Round 2	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	3rd
	Semi-final	Brussels, Belgium	6th

Champions Challenge^[8]

Champions Challenge I
Year	Host city	Position
2002	Johannesburg, South Africa	–
2003	Catania, Italy	6th
2005 – 2007 Did not Compete
2009	Cape Town, South Africa	6th
2012 – 2014 Did not Compete
Champions Challenge II
Year	Host city	Position
2011	Vienna, Austria	2nd

European Championships^[9]

EuroHockey Nations Championship
Year	Host city	Position
1984	Lille, France	12th
1987	London, England	11th
1991	Brussels, Belgium	11th
1995	Amsterdam, Netherlands	9th
2003	Barcelona, Spain	11th
2007	Manchester, England	7th
2011	Mönchengladbach, Germany	8th
2015	London, England	7th
2021	Amstelveen, Netherlands	8th
2023	Mönchengladbach, Germany	8th
EuroHockey Nations Championship II
Year	Host city	Position
2005	Baku, Azerbaijan	2nd
2009	Rome, Italy	2nd
2013	Cambrai, France	1st
2017	Cardiff, Wales	3rd
2019	Glasgow, Scotland	2nd

Hockey Nations Cup

Year	Host city	Position
2022	Valencia, Spain	5th
2023–24	Terrassa, Spain	7th

Hockey Nations Cup 2

Year	Host city	Position
2024–25	Wałcz, Poland	6th

Hockey Series^[10]

Year	Round	Host city	Position
2018–19	Final	Valencia, Spain	3rd

Current roster

The following 18 players including young player of the year Chiara Bovio were named in the Italian squad for the 2022 FIH Nations Cup in Valencia.^[11]

Head coach: Robert Justus

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Sofía Monserrat	(1992-06-19) 19 June 1992 (age 33)	12	0	Royal Wellington
12	GK	Lucía Caruso	(1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 (age 27)	9	0	Sanse Complutense
3	DF	Teresa Dalla Vittoria	(1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 28)	32	0	White Star
21	DF	Sara Puglisi (Captain)	(2000-08-03) 3 August 2000 (age 25)	32	0	Oranje-Rood
28	DF	Ivanna Pessina	(1990-04-18) 18 April 1990 (age 35)	40	3	Leuven
30	DF	Camila Machín	(1994-09-03) 3 September 1994 (age 30)	7	3	Royal Victory
5	MF	Ailin Oviedo	(1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 34)	15	1	Real Sociedad
7	MF	Elettra Bormida	(1998-11-18) 18 November 1998 (age 26)	11	0	White Star
9	MF	Emilia Munitis	(1996-05-06) 6 May 1996 (age 29)	32	3	Sanse Complutense
15	MF	Sofía Maldonado	(1995-01-03) 3 January 1995 (age 30)	25	2	Grossflottbeker
25	MF	Mercedes Pastor	(1996-10-18) 18 October 1996 (age 28)	10	1	Royal Herakles
26	MF	Sofía Laurito	(1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 31)	28	4	Waterloo Ducks
29	MF	Luciana Galimberti	(1991-10-22) 22 October 1991 (age 33)	7	0	La Rasante
6	FW	Agustina Hasselstrom	(1993-06-30) 30 June 1993 (age 32)	4	0	Bremer
13	FW	Agueda Moroni	(1997-03-06) 6 March 1997 (age 28)	15	3	White Star
14	FW	Antonella Bruni	(1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 (age 30)	10	0	Royal Victory
18	FW	Federica Carta (Captain)	(2000-06-21) 21 June 2000 (age 25)	49	16	Real Sociedad
27	FW	Lara Oviedo	(1988-04-12) 12 April 1988 (age 37)	53	18	La Gantoise

Squad records in official competitions

2020-Present

Jersey #	Competitions
	2021		2022		2023	2024			2025
	EC	WCEQ	ECQ	NC	EC	OQ	NC	ECQ	NC2	EC2
1	Monserrat		Monserrat
2		Traverso
3	Dalla Vittoria		Dalla Vittoria
4	Sarnari						Sarnari		Cabut
5	Oviedo A.		Oviedo A.					Oviedo A.
6				Hasselstrom					Franceschini
7				Bormida
8			Bianchi
9	Munitis		Munitis						Moras
10		Mirabella			Mirabella
11	Ayala	Socino			Rinaldi
12		Caruso
13	Moroni								Brea
14		Bruni
15	Maldonado								Lunghi
16	de Biase								Sarnari
17	Tiddi								Bormida
18	Carta
19	di Mauro				Carosso			Carosso		Carosso
20	Aguirre
21	Puglisi
22									Fiorelli
23		Bertarini
24	Fernández	Borgia							Aspillaga
25		Pastor							Granatto
26	Laurito		Laurito
27	Oviedo L.
28	Pessina
29		Galimberti
30			Machín
32									D'Ascola
33						Moras
34						Inaudi
35						Alemán
44					di Bella
47							Cabut
50								Fiorelli
51							Gilardi
52								Granatto
53							Lunghi
54							Manzoni
99									Omegna
HC	Roberto Carta		Robert Justus			Andrés Mondo
Result	8th	5th		5th	8th	6th	7th		6th	TBD