Women’s Asian Champions Trophy 2024: Indian Team Beat China To Top The Group

 

The Indian Women’s Hockey Team continued their impressive run with a dominating win over China in their 4th game of the Asian Champions Trophy 2024 played at Rajgir Sports Complex, Bihar on 16th November 2024. With this win, the hosts moved to the top of the points table.

Indian team began the first quarter with aggression earning a penalty corner with Wu Surong saving the goal. The 2nd penalty corner was not halted properly as China made a counterattack move as Vaishnavi Phalke intercepted the shot. The hosts put pressure on the Chinese defense, this Wu produced another superb save. India committed unforced errors which resulted in a PC for China. China also committed the mistake of not halting properly. The Indian team did not convert the field goal with the shot going wide off the goalpost. At the end first quarter, the scores remained 0-0.

Both teams showed great attacking skills in the second quarter. Xu Yanan got a great chance of converting it into a goal which went wide of Bichu. On the other hand, India earned a penalty corner but did not yield any results. The hosts got chances but were not able to convert them into goals. It was a good performance by both teams as India had 12 circle penetrations as compared to 6 by China while the hosts had 54 percent possession as compared to 46 by China.

It was a great start for the hosts in the third quarter as Sangita Kumari’s deflection with a pass from Sushila Chanu in the 32nd minute gave a 1-0 lead. Combination passes as Salima Tete scored in the 37th minute giving India a 2-0 lead. The Indian defense looked solid enough not allowing any chances to score goals. It was an impressive performance by the Indian forwards keeping pressure on the Chinese defense. At the end of the 3rd quarter, the Indian team led 2-0.

Indian team put enough pressure on China with aggressive moves but could not convert into goals. China also tried their best, but Indian defense was up to the mark. The Chinese goalkeeper was removed to allow 11 attacking players. With 3 minutes remaining, Vaishnavi was given a green card, meaning a 2-minute suspension. Deepika scored from a penalty corner in the final minute giving the hosts a 3-0 lead. It was a great performance by the Indian team right from the word go but missed a lot of chances in the forwards.

With this win, the Indian team moved to the top of the points table with one game to spare. They will face Japan in their final league game to be played tomorrow.  In the other matches today, Japan registered their first win of the tournament beating Malaysia by 2-1 while South Korea also registered their first win beating Thailand 4-0.

Points Table of Asian Champions Trophy 2024 as of 16th November 2024

S No

Team

Matches Played

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

1

India

4

4

0

0

23

2

21

12

2

China

4

3

0

1

22

4

18

9

3

Japan

4

1

2

1

6

6

0

5

4

South Korea

4

1

1

2

9

7

2

4

5

Malaysia

4

1

0

3

3

12

-9

3

6

Thailand

4

0

1

3

1

33

-32

1

 


 

 




Indian women's hockey team beat China 3-0 to top the points table of Asian Champions Trophy 2024 

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