In Hockey, the Indian women’s hockey team defeated the Asian Champion Japan in the finals of FIH Series Finals today at Hiroshima Hockey Stadium in Japan. The Indian women beat hosts Japan by 3-1.
The top two teams in this series will be qualified to the FIF Olympic Qualifiers to be held later this year. India has already secured its berth in the final round of 2020 Tokyo Olympics qualifiers tournament.
The Indian women team scored all goals by penalty corners. For India, Gurjit Kaur scored two goals in the 45th and 60th minutes. The team captain Rani Rampal scored the first goal of the team at the 3rd minute of the game. Kanon Mori scored the only goal of Japan.
AND THEY GET ONE STEP CLOSER…
Congratulations to the Indian Women's Team on comprehensively winning the FIH Women's Series Finals Hiroshima 2019 and thereby qualifying for the Olympic qualifiers! ????#IndiaKaGame #FIHSeriesFinals #RoadToTokyo #INDvJPN pic.twitter.com/40FLOF9hkI
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) June 23, 2019
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