The Female National hockey team has been in existence for many years, but in the last two years, the team has improved tremendously. The team is ranked second to South Africa, ahead of Kenya, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Egypt in Africa.
In 2017 the team participated in the AFCON which was hosted in Ismailia, Egypt, the team won the silver medal, which also qualified the team for the first time to the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia 2018. It was a great experience for the team. The team rubbed shoulders with big hockey nations like New Zealand, Australia, Scotland, Canada, and Wales.
Though the team did not win any medal, the team did very well.