India defeated Korea 3-1 in the classification match of Women’s Junior World Cup 2023. Loktej Sports News

Santiago, December 8 (HS). The Indian junior women’s hockey team defeated Korea 3-1 in the qualification match for the 9th-12th place of the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup 2023 played in Chile on Friday. Ropani Kumari (23′), Mumtaz Khan (44′) and Annu (46′) scored for India, while Jiyun Choi (19′) scored the only goal for Korea.

Both teams were very aggressive in the beginning of the match. Korea maintained dominance and won the first penalty corner, but could not take advantage. India kept Korea’s defense busy, opting for counter-attacks but failed to score, resulting in a goalless first quarter.

The second quarter saw the same intensity as the first, with India and Korea continuing to play aggressively. Korea’s Jiyun Choi (19′) gave Korea the lead by scoring a precise penalty corner goal, however, in the 23rd minute, Ropani Kumari scored a penalty corner goal to give India a 1-1 draw. Both the teams remained tied at 1-1 till half-time.

In the third quarter, India maintained possession of the ball and put pressure on Korea’s defence, which also paid off as Mumtaz Khan (44′) scored a brilliant penalty corner goal to put India ahead 2-1. .

After taking the lead, the confident Indian team intensified its attacks and took a 3-1 lead at the beginning of the fourth and final quarter of the game thanks to a brilliant field goal by Annu (46′) and in the end this score proved to be decisive. Happened.

With this win, India, who were earlier out of the title race after finishing third in Pool C, will get a chance to finish ninth in the tournament when they face Chile or Chile in their last match of the competition on December 10. Will face USA.