Indian women’s team lost to New Zealand in the World Cup, clashed with Spain in the knockout

The Indian women’s hockey team bore the brunt of missing out on their chances in their final match of the FIH Women’s World Cup Pool B with a 3-4 loss to New Zealand here on Thursday, but still finished third in their group with a team crossover. succeeded in making a place in. New Zealand team topped Pool B with 7 points. England team secured the second position with 4 points. Both India and China had 2 points each. India, however, qualified for the crossover due to a better goal difference. Although the Indian team has not won a single match so far.

As per the format of the tournament, the top four teams in the four pools will advance directly to the quarter-finals while the second and third placed teams will play crossovers. The winning teams of crossover matches will advance to the quarter-finals. Had India not lost the chances against New Zealand, the team could have registered a win. Indian team could score only one goal out of 15 penalty corners. India will now take on the second-placed team in Pool C in a crossover to be held in Teresa, Spain on Sunday for a place in the quarter-finals. On Thursday, Vandana Katariya (4th), Lalremsiami (44th) and Gurjit Kaur (59th) scored for India while Olivia Marie (12th and 54th) scored two goals for New Zealand while Tessa Yop (29th) and Francis Davis (32nd minute) scored a goal each.

These 4 teams have reached the quarter finals

Talking about Pool A, Netherlands did not lose any match and won all 3 matches. The team defeated Ireland 9–1, Germany 3–1 and Chile 3–1. Talking about Pool-B, New Zealand won 2 out of 3 matches while one match was drawn. The team topped their group with 7 points. He played a 2-2 draw against China. At the same time, defeated England 3-1 and India 4-3.

Argentina from Pool-C and Australia from Pool-D have reached the semi-finals. Both the teams have not lost a single match so far.