AIMING TO END 2025 WITH A FLOURISH

After recent feats, Singapore hockey women set sights on first SEA Games final since 1997

- Melvyn Teoh

Having registered back-to-back feats earlier in 2025, the national women’s hockey team are eyeing another achievement at the Dec 9-20 SEA Games in Thailand to end the year on a high.

In Jakarta in April, they won the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Cup for the first time - which qualified them for the Women’s Hockey Asia Cup - despite five players being hit by stomach flu.

At the continental tournament in Hangzhou in September, they went on to achieve something that has not been done for over 30 years, placing sixth to equal their highest finish in 1993.

Buoyed by a creditable 2025, Singapore coach Henry Wong is hoping that they can reach the SEA Games final for the first time since 1997, when they won a silver.

He said: “The SEA Games is our fourth tournament of the year and third major tournament. We won the AHF Cup, which was a great experience, even for senior players. We went to the Asia Cup just recently, where we came sixth, which was also a historical event.

“We want to get into the final (of the SEA Games) and then work to close the gap and see if we can compete with Malaysia. We expect to be in the final and that’s going to be a real benchmark for us.”