Anneke Staring
The team played ahead of the 1971 Women's Hockey World Cup a number of preparation matches. During this preparation matches the Dutch team beated for the first time England. Staring was the captain of the team at the first unofficial 1971 Women's World Cup in Auckland, New Zealand. In the preliminary round they won from Ireland and Fiji and played 2-2 against the United States. In the final round they played two matches and The Netherlands finished second behind the Indian team in the preliminary round and defeated the Germans 1-0 in the semi-finals. The Netherlands team won from Australia (3-0), played 1-1 against England and 0-0 against West-Germany. These results were enough to win the unofficial World Cup. As captain of the team, Staring was awarded the cup.