Bhubaneswar: India finished ninth in the Hockey World Cup. India and Argentina shared ninth place. India had the worst finish among World Cup host nations.
In the classification match, India beat South Africa 5-2 and Argentina beat Wales 6-0. Abhishek, Harmanpreet Singh, Shamsher Singh, Akshadeep Singh and Sukhjeet Singh scored for India. India took the lead in the fourth minute of the match through Abhishek. MVB Samkelo and Kasim Mustafa scored for South Africa. Japan and Chile finished in 15th place.
England finished fifth, Spain sixth and New Zealand seventh. South Korea is eighth. In the classification matches held yesterday, France beat Chile 4-2 and Malaysia beat Japan 3-2. Germany will face Belgium in the final today. Germany progressed by defeating Australia 4-3.
In the second semi-final, Belgium was defeated by the Netherlands in a penalty kick (3-2). The final is from 7pm. Australia will face the Netherlands in the losers’ final from 4.30pm. Australia have won the World Cup in the 1986, 2010 and 2014 seasons.
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March 22, 2023
