Indian players in white celebrate coverage of the FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup here as India defeats Spain 1-0 in the final: The Indian women’s team now has a guarantee of a spot in the FIH Pro League for 2023-’24, which will be crucial in their preparations for the Paris Olympics, assuming they qualify for the Games.
This is the significance of the victory in addition to the handy cash rewards that Hockey India has announced below. Quality game time is hard to come by without Pro League, and the significance of this cannot be overstated.
India 1-0 Spain begins the fourth quarter. Everything is very tense. India made excellent use of their review to disallow Spain’s equalizer. They are still ahead. Spain wants to refer this because they believe they have scored. But naturally, there was no review for them.
Last, Finish of Q3 India 1-0 Spain: The first roughly ninety seconds of the final quarter will be without Udita.
India almost gave up the goal, but a great review by them keeps the lead.Finale, 3rd Qualifying Round: Green card for a two-minute suspension, Udita heads to the chair.
Finale, 3rd Qualifying Round: It’s a good save. Now that Jana Martinez is in goal for Spain, she gets her foot on Gurjit’s drag flick on goal. Moreover, Spain was unsuccessful in their review during that PC call.
Final, Q1, India versus Spain, 1-0: The commentators lavish praise on Sonika upon her arrival. She has had a great week in Spain. And on cue, makes an excellent midfield tackle. The final pass from Spain’s attack down the middle is too heavy.
Lock, Adrian: We have set up accordingly and have played them a few times recently.
To reach the final, two very good teams have worked hard. We’ve certainly gained a lot of knowledge, as both teams are aware. India play invigorating vertical hockey. The fact that one of us won’t be participating in the Pro League next season is our only source of regret today.
Spain’s back-to-back defeats must have been particularly difficult, in my opinion. We had to return in less than 24 hours. Perhaps following that Spain match, I was extremely disappointed in myself. I expressed my sadness to the girls as well. I was attempting to create some space for myself while I was crying. I just felt sorry for them. because I am aware of what they contributed and how close we were to a good nation in their house.
They were reunited by me. Look, you know, I’m just sad, I said. I also want you to know that I’m sad. And it is not because I believe you did something wrong. I just wished that we could have made it for you guys. We can all be happy, angry, or sad now because tomorrow is a new day. We will restart tomorrow and get ready for Canada.’