Indian women’s hockey team won their biggest title in recent years after thumping China in the summit clash of women’s Hockey Asia Cup on Sunday.
India women managed to hold off China 5-4 in shootout in the final. The match went to shootouts after the score was 1-1 after regular time. In the nail-biting shoot-out, the two teams were tied at 4-4 after five regular shots, and the winner was decided by the last resort, ‘Sudden Death’. India’s Rani scored the winner in the sudden death whereas China missed it, thus giving India 5-4 victory.
Incidentally, India lost to China when they entered the final the last time, in 2009, so it’s a sort of sweet revenge as well. India women won all their matches in the group stages and remained unbeaten in the tournament.
This was India’s second Asia Cup title win after they had won it last in 2004 in New Delhi. With this victory, India also qualified for the next year’s Hockey World Cup.
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