Indian Women’s Hockey Team: The Indian Women’s Hockey Team performed brilliantly in the Hockey World Cup 2026 being jointly hosted by Belgium and Netherlands and secured its place in the top-8 by remaining unbeaten in its group. The Indian women’s team got a place in Pool-D in the group stage, in which they played their last and important match on 20 August against the England team, which they managed to end in a 0-0 draw. With this, in the pool stage, the Indian team has secured its place in the top-8 by being at the second position in its group with 5 points. In this pool, the Chinese team finished in first position with one draw and two wins.
England could not penetrate the wall of Indian defense despite aggressive play
The Pool D match between India and England women’s team in Hockey World Cup 2026 was very exciting, in which the England team was seen playing a very aggressive game but it could not succeed in penetrating the wall of Indian defense in all the four quarters. In this match, England women’s team got 12 penalty corners but they could not manage to score a goal in even one of them. The biggest credit for this goes to Indian women’s team goalkeeper Bichu Devi who did not let the ball go inside the goal post. At the same time, the Indian women’s team also got 6 penalty corners in the match but they could not succeed in scoring a goal. Earlier, the Indian women’s team had played its first match in the pool stage against the Chinese team, which it managed to end in a 2-2 draw, while playing the next match against the South Africa women’s team, it managed to win it 6-1.
Now we will face Netherlands and Australia in the next round
In the Hockey World Cup 2026, the Indian women’s team has confirmed its place in Round-8, in which now they have got a place in Pool-E along with Netherlands, Australia and China in the next round. The Indian women’s team has to play only matches against the Netherlands and Australia in this round, in which its first encounter will be with the host Netherlands women’s team on August 21, while the next encounter will be with the Australia women’s team on August 23.