Asian Champions Trophy: Indian hockey team defeated Korea in the semi-finals

The Indian hockey team defeated Korea in the semi-finals of the Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2024 on Monday. With this, the Indian team has reached the final. The Indian team will face China in the final. The journey of the Indian hockey team in the tournament has been excellent so far. The team captained by Harmanpreet Singh has not faced defeat in a single match so far.

Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2024:

The Indian hockey team defeated Korea 4-1 in the semi-finals of the Xiamen Hockey Champions Trophy 2024 on Monday. With this, the Indian team has reached the final. The Indian team will face China in the final. In the first semi-final, China defeated Pakistan in a penalty shootout.

The journey of the Indian hockey team in the tournament has been excellent so far. The team captained by Harmanpreet Singh has not faced defeat in a single match so far. In such a situation, now the team will try to maintain this performance in the final. The Indian hockey team had won all 5 matches in the league stage.

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The Indian team strengthened its hold on the match from the first quarter itself. Uttam Singh scored a goal in the 13th minute on a pass from Araijit Singh and gave India the lead in the match. The Indian team was ahead by 1-0 in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Indian hockey team doubled its lead. Captain Harmanpreet Singh scored a brilliant goal in the 19th minute. The Indian team was ahead 2-0 till the first half. India dominated the match till the first half.

Team India tripled its lead at the start of the third quarter. Harmanpreet Singh scored the third goal for India. Korea made a great comeback in the 33rd minute. Yang Jihun scored a goal on a penalty corner to make the score 3-1. In the last minute of the third quarter, Harmanpreet Singh scored a goal on a penalty corner. After this, both teams could not score any goal in the fourth quarter. India won the match 4-1.

Asian Hockey Champions Trophy Indian team's performance so far

• India defeated China 3-0.
• The Indian team defeated Japan 5-1.
• Team India crushed Malaysia 8-1.
• India defeated South Korea 3-1.
• India defeated Pakistan 2-1.

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