Asian Champions Trophy: India became number 1 in Asia, won the title again by defeating China

Sports Desk: India's dominance continued in the Women's Hockey Asian Champions Trophy being played in Rajgir, Bihar. The Indian team has again captured the Asian Champions Trophy title by defeating China. The Indian women's team was the winner of the previous edition and this time too the Indian team has defended its title.

India retained the Asian Champions Trophy title by defeating Olympic silver medalist China 1-0 in the final of the Women's Hockey Asian Champions Trophy. In the final match played between India and China, no team could score a goal in the first two quarters. Both teams defended well till half time. Although the Indian team got many opportunities during this period, it could not take advantage of it.

After the start of the third quarter, India got a penalty corner in the very first minute, after which the Indian team took full advantage of it. Deepika scored a goal to give India a 1-0 lead. Salima Tete was made the captain of the Indian team before this tournament and led the team to the title in her very first tournament. The Indian team once again became the champion in the Champions Trophy.

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China tried its best to score till the last minute. He even substituted the goalkeeper with the 11th player on the field in the last minute. Despite this the Chinese team could not score a goal. The weakness of the Indian team, which could not convert even one of the 16 penalty corners in the semi-final against Japan, was again seen in the first 30 minutes of the final when the four penalty corners it got went in vain. India had a chance to score in the fourth minute when Sunelita Toppo took the ball forward alone from the right flank but her attempt was thwarted by the Chinese goalkeeper. However, despite this, Team India created history by winning the title.

Indian women's team became the crown of Asia for the fourth time

Indian women's team has won the Asian Champions Trophy title for the third time. In the Champions Trophy held in Ranchi in 2023, the Indian team won by defeating Japan 4-0.