Indian women’s hockey team to be held in Paris this year olympic games Just one win away from making it to the IPL. For this he will be held on Thursday FIH Olympic Qualifier In the semi-finals, they will have to defeat Germany ranked higher than them. In the group stage, the Indian team lost 0-1 to USA in its first match. After this, it made a comeback by defeating New Zealand and Italy and entered the semi-finals by finishing second in Pool B. At the same time, America will face Japan in the second semi-final.
Top three teams will qualify
Three teams will qualify for the Paris Olympics. The winning teams in both the semi-finals on Thursday will get tickets for the Paris Olympics. There will be a competition between the losing teams and the winning team will become the third team to qualify for the Paris Olympics.
Will try to capitalize on opportunities: Savita Poonia
The captain has also played against Germany before and we are confident in our abilities in a team that performed well. Our attacking game is quite good. Germany is a good team, so we will have to maintain our defense and try to capitalize on every opportunity we get.
Shopman will play considering semi-finals
Indian team head coach Yanek Schopman said: Germany have a lot of good players, but we have a quality team, which has shown that they can perform well under pressure. We have proved this by making a comeback after losing the first match of the tournament. We are one game away from making it to the Olympics. We will treat the semi-finals like a final and give our all.