The Indian hockey team has performed tremendously so far in the Paris Olympics 2024. Team India has reached the semi-finals and is one step away from the medal. In the quarter-final match, India defeated Great Britain 4-2 in the shootout. By the end of the fourth quarter, the score of both the teams remained 1-1, due to which a shootout was resorted to.
India competes with Germany in the semi-finals
Now on August 6, the Indian team will face Germany in the semi-final match. Germany defeated Argentina 3-2 in the quarter-finals. On the other hand, Spain will face Netherlands in the first semi-final. Spain defeated Olympic champion Belgium 3-2 in the quarter-finals. While Netherlands defeated Australia 2-0. This means that two strong teams, Australia and Belgium, are out of the medal race.
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If seen, such a coincidence has happened after 44 years, when neither Belgium nor Australia will be in the semi-finals. Earlier this was seen in the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Then Australia boycotted the Olympics. Whereas the Belgian team could not qualify for the hockey event. The Indian team was successful in winning the gold medal in the 1980 Olympic Games.
However, only 5 countries participated in the men’s hockey event in the Moscow Olympics (1980). Apart from India, the names of host Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Zimbabwe and Spain were included in this. India won the gold medal for a record eighth time by defeating Spain 4-3 in the final under the leadership of Vasudev Bhaskaran. Spain won the silver medal and the Soviet Union won the bronze medal. Since then India has not been able to win a gold or silver medal in hockey. The Indian team definitely won the bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics, which was its first medal after Moscow. The Indian hockey team has so far won a total of 12 Olympic medals including 8 gold, one silver and three bronze.
India had defeated Australia
India now has a golden opportunity to win gold in Paris, although first it will have to defeat Germany in the semi-finals. Only then will it face the Netherlands or Spain. The Indian team was placed in Pool-B in the Paris Olympics. The Indian team had defeated New Zealand 3-2 in its first pool match. Then he played a 1-1 draw against Argentina. After this, the Indian team defeated Ireland 2-0 in the third match. However, it had to face a 1-2 defeat against Tokyo Olympics champion Belgium. In this match, the Indian team defeated Australia 3-2. Indian hockey team defeated Australia in the Olympic Games after 52 years.
Apart from India, New Zealand, Argentina, Ireland, Belgium and Australia were kept in Pool-B. Whereas Pool-A includes Netherlands, Germany, Britain, Spain, South Africa and host country France. Four teams each from both the groups are going to reach the quarter finals. India has reached the quarter-finals by finishing second in Pool-B. While Belgium remained on top in Pool-B. Australia and Argentina also reached the quarter-finals from Pool-B. Whereas from Pool-A, Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain and Spain made it to the quarter-finals.
Indian hockey team for Paris Olympics 2024
goalkeeper😛 R Sreejesh.
defender: Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Sanjay.
midfielder: Rajkumar Pal, Shamsher Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad.
Forward: Abhishek, Sukhjit Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh.
alternative player : Neelkant Sharma, Jugraj Singh, Krishna Bahadur Pathak.