Ranchi. Women’s Asian Champions Trophy: Indian women’s hockey team achieved its fourth consecutive win by defeating Japan 2-1 in the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy Ranchi 2023. Indian player Vandana Kataria created history as soon as she entered the field for this match. Vandana became the first female player from India to play 300 international hockey matches. There was a tough competition during the match between India and Japan, which was unbeaten so far in the tournament.
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The first half was goalless, the second half saw a close contest.
Women’s Asian Champions Trophy In this match, the first half between the two teams remained goalless. As soon as the second half started, world number-7 India opened its account with the help of a goal scored by Navneet Kaur in the 31st minute. But the Indian team could not maintain its lead for long. World No. 11 Japan leveled the score at 1-1 with the help of a penalty corner goal by Kana Urata in the 37th minute.
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India showed aggressive play in the fourth quarter, won the match 2-1
Going into the fourth and final quarter, the Indian team attacked again and doubled its lead. for India Women’s Asian Champions Trophy The second goal of this match came from the stick of Sangeeta Kumari at the penalty corner in the 47th minute. The host team maintained their 2-1 lead and registered their fourth consecutive win. The Indian team is at number one in the points table of six teams with 12 points from four matches. This is Japan’s first defeat in four matches and they are at second position.
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Malaysia got its third defeat in another match
Earlier, Asian Games 2023 gold medalist China thrashed Malaysia 4-0 thanks to a hat-trick from Jiaqi Zhong. Zhong completed his hat-trick by scoring in the 16th, 30th and 51st minutes. Apart from him, Mirong Zou scored a goal on the penalty corner in the 22nd minute. Women’s Asian Champions Trophy This is China’s second win in four matches while Malaysia’s third defeat in four matches. Meanwhile, in the first match of the day, Korea defeated Thailand 3-0 and achieved its second win in four matches.
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India has been waiting for the title since 2016
Round robin is being played on the basis of league stage Women’s Asian Champions Trophy A total of six teams are participating. Apart from host India, these include teams from China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. After the league stage, the top 4 teams in the points table will qualify for the semi-finals. India is searching for its first title since 2016. The Indian team has won silver medals in 2013 and 2018. The Indian team will now play its next match against three-time champion South Korea on November 2.
