of Ranchi Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Astroturf Hockey Stadium Two teams of Pool A in Women’s hockey olympic qualifier 2024 Has booked the ticket for the semi-finals. From Pool A, the teams of Germany and Japan have reached the semi-finals. In the first match played on Tuesday, Germany defeated Czech Republic 10-0 in a one-sided match. Whereas in the second match, Japan confirmed its place by defeating Chile 2-0. Now two more semi-finalists will be known after two matches of Pool B. India will have to defeat Italy by a big margin in its match. At the same time, the strong team of New Zealand is ready to face America.
Germany scored 10 goals
Germany beat Czech Republic 10-0
Talking about the first match, Germany defeated Czech Republic by a big margin on the basis of Sonja Zimmermann’s hat-trick. While Germany scored 10 goals, Czech Republic had to struggle till the end. After scoring a field goal in the 42nd minute, Zimmerman scored goals on penalty strokes in the 46th and 52nd minutes. Jette Fleischutz (22nd and 44th minutes) and Charlotte Stoppenhorst (19th and 43rd minutes) scored two goals each. Apart from these, Nike Lorenz (39th), Pauline Heinz (54th) and Selin Oruz (55th) scored goals for Germany.
Czech Republic team could not stand in front of Germany
Czech Republic, the 25th ranked team in the global ranking, could not stand in front of the world’s fifth ranked team Germany. Czech Republic did not get a single penalty corner in the match. At the same time, Germany scored 13 penalty corners. German goalkeeper Natalie Kubalski walked comfortably on the field for the entire 60 minutes, as the rest of the players kept the ball in check around Czech’s D area. After this victory, the German team is on top in Pool A with seven points. In the semi-finals it will face the second placed team of Pool B.
Japan crushes Chile
In the second match, Japan scored one goal each in the first two quarters and maintained a 2-0 lead over Chile till the end. After the end of the match, Japan team also reached the semi-finals with pride. Kana Urata scored the first goal for Japan in the first minute itself. He scored this field goal in the 23rd second of the game. After this, Miyu Hasegawa doubled her team’s lead by converting the penalty corner in the 23rd minute. Japan will face the top team from Pool B in the semi-finals to be held on Thursday.
Now eyes on the match between India and Italy
The Indian team will play the last match of its pool against Italy on Tuesday at 7.30 pm. Based on the result of this match, it will be decided which two teams from Pool B qualify for the semi-finals. Before this, New Zealand will face the United States, which has already won its two matches. New Zealand had to face defeat from India in the second match. The results of both the matches will be important for India and New Zealand.