Australia's men's hockey team at this moment in time is ranked as the worlds best hockey team in the world. Not trailing far behind Australia would be the Netherlands and Germany. The Australia men's hockey team is also nicknamed the kookaburras. They are the only team in any Australian sport to receive six summer Olympic medals dating from 1991 to 2012. Australia have placed in the top four hockey teams in the world since 1980. They also won the hockey world cup in 1986, 2010 and in 2014. Australia are one of the first national teams to hold four world titles simultaneously.
Its a different story for the women's though, at this moment in time the Australian women's team is ranked third in the world trailing just behind Netherlands and Argentina. The women's team are nicknamed the hockeyroo's and they have won hockey team of the year award 5 times in a row. They are still among one of Australia's most successful sporting teams.
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