SA women's hockey team can score big from FIH Nations Cup 2 in Poland
The South African women's hockey squad is preparing for next month's crucial FIH Nations Cup 2 in Poland, which offers emerging teams the opportunity to gain promotion.
The South Africans will join national teams of hosts Poland, Malaysia and Uruguay in Walcz from June 16 to 22. The tournament is a stepping stone on the road to next year's World Cup and a pathway to the FIH Nations Cup.
"We are offered an opportunity to play against teams that are closely ranked with us which, of course, is a chance for us to see where we're at in relation to that bracket of teams and to also try to create performances that move us up the rankings," said the SA team's head coach, Inky Zondi.
"It's also our first official FIH event in this cycle that we started at the beginning of this year, so we look forward to that and seeing how we go along.
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