The Irish Women’s Hockey team hit a new record for attendance last night

They have secured their ticket to Tokyo 2020.

The Irish Women's Hockey team came out victorious last night against their clash with Canada. The match finished 0-0 which saw it go to penalties where the Irish women won - which means they're heading to the Olympics! The match also saw a record number in attendance with RTÉ Sport tweeting: "6,137 - Biggest crowd ever for a women's international team event in Ireland - well done."

We’re going to Tokyo! pic.twitter.com/fiE2S13Ohr

— Irish Hockey (@irishhockey) November 3, 2019

Nicci Daly, who is part of the team, told RTÉ last night: "It's everything. The whole process, it's always for the Olympics. We've come close in the past. This is the dream. This is everything to us... and what a way to do it!" Meanwhile, caption Katie Mullen said: "I'm just so incredibly proud of this bunch of players. "We have worked so hard, some of us have put in 10, 12 years, and it's also for all the players that have gone before us. All those who committed so much of their lives to international hockey and never made it to an Olympics. "We are representing them. I am so delighted." Keep up to date with the Irish women's hockey team here.  20x20 is an ambitious two-year long initiative to better promote and champion women in sport. With the tagline of "if she can't see it, she can't be it," the 20x20 movement has three targets to reach by 2020:

• 20 percent more media coverage of women in sport
• 20 percent more female participation
• 20 percent more attendance at women’s competitions and events

And at Maximum Media, we're proud that Her and SportsJOE is backing the 20x20 movement as official digital media partners.