The Indian girls’s hockey group has been drawn in Pool B on the Girls’s Global Cup 2022 along England, New Zealand and China. The premier match shall be performed in Spain and the Netherlands from July 1.
The ladies’s group, which reached the semi-final of the Tokyo Olympics closing 12 months, sealed the qualification for the Global Cup after completing 3rd within the recently-concluded Asia Cup in Muscat.
Celebrity goalkeeper Savita Punia mentioned that India had been drawn in a tricky pool however their center of attention shall be at the group’s strengths and no longer on their oppositions.
The Indian Girls’s Hockey Group is grouped in Pool B in conjunction with England, New Zealand and China for the impending FIH Hockey Girls’s Global Cup 2022 in Spain and Netherlands scheduled to start from 1 July.
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“This is a difficult pool with England (Global No.3) and New Zealand (Global No.8) who’re ranked above us and China can all the time spring a marvel. As a group, we’ve got all the time believed we want to center of attention on ourselves and no longer what the opponent can do. However now that we all know who we play within the pool level, we will be able to plan our arrangements accordingly and we look ahead to the problem,” she mentioned.
India shall be having a look ahead to construct on their excellent appearing on the Olympics and the closing version of the Global Cup by which they made it to the highest 8 for the primary time in historical past.
“It used to be an excellent match for us and it inculcated an ideal sense of self-belief. Draw in opposition to England of their house flooring used to be slightly important for us in 2018 and we got here very just about beating Eire within the Quarter Ultimate however ended up shedding within the shootout after a 0-0 draw.”
“With the revel in we’ve got had over the last three-four years, specifically in giant occasions just like the Olympic Video games in Tokyo, I think we’re higher ready mentally to do smartly this time on the Global Cup,” she added.
Savita added that the impending FIH Hockey Professional League fits will lend a hand them get ready smartly within the lead as much as the distinguished quadrennial match in July.
“We can play England at house within the Professional League fits in April and we’ve got already performed China. I consider taking part in different most sensible groups of the arena like Belgium, Argentina and many others will certainly receive advantages us in our arrangements for the Global Cup,” she added.
Whilst India is grouped in Pool B with England, New Zealand and China, Global Champions Netherlands are grouped in pool A with Germany, Eire and Chile. In pool C, hosts Spain will face-off in opposition to Argentina, Korea and Canada and in pool D, Australia, Belgium, Japan and South Africa will combat for the highest spot.