India clinched the inaugural FIH Girls’s Nation’s Cup title with a 1-0 win over Spain within the summit conflict.
The win confirmed India’s berth within the 2023-24 Professional League. Gurjit Kaur scored the all-important aim within the sixth
minute from the penalty nook because the Commonwealth Video games bronze medalists ended the eight-nation match with 5 wins on the trot.
Captain, chief, legend! An emotional @savitahockey discusses her crew’s heroic effort in successful the inaugural #FIHNationsCup and qualifying for the 2023-24 season of the #FIHProLeague! @TheHockeyIndia pic.twitter.com/nK97k8AJXa
— Worldwide Hockey Federation (@FIH_Hockey) December 17, 2022
The Janneke Schopman-coached facet had crushed Eire 2-1 through a shootout within the semifinals. India have been ranked a spot under Spain (seventh) within the FIH chart. By advantage of successful the Nations Cup, the Indian crew has been promoted to the 2023-24 FIH Hockey Girls’s Professional League, a key occasion forward of subsequent 12 months’s Asian Video games and 2024 Paris Olympics.
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PremiumIndia and Spain had performed within the FIH ladies’s Hockey Professional League 2021-22 season as substitute groups after pull-outs by Australia and New Zealand as a result of COVID-19-related points. India had completed a creditable third within the 2021-22 FIH Professional League. The nation has not certified for the continuing 2022-23 Professional League season.