Hockey schedule for Paris 2024 out, Indian men’s team drawn in Pool B of medal winners

The Hockey schedule for the Paris Olympics 2024 has been introduced and the Indian men’s team has been slated in Pool B of medal winners. The IOC President Thomas Bach and the president of the International Hockey Federation Tayyab Ikram have revealed the fixtures for the extremely anticipated self-discipline on the Games. 

The Indian men’s team has been drawn in Pool B alongside Belgium, Australia, Argentina, New Zealand and Ireland, whereas Pool A options Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, France and South Africa collectively. 

The competitors kicks off on July 27 with the Indian team too on the opening day of the self-discipline. They will first lock horns towards New Zealand on July 27, adopted by their second contest towards 2016 Gold medalists Argentina. Harmanpreet Singh’s team will then function on the following day too with a recreation towards Ireland, which is able to then observe their two hardest Pool video games – towards Tokyo Gold medalists Belgium on August 1 and the opposite towards runners-up Australia on August 2.

Notably, all three medal winners from the earlier men’s self-discipline of Tokyo 2021 have been drawn in the identical group. Belgium received the Gold, whereas Aussies settled for the Silver. India clinched the Bronze, which was their first Olympic medal in hockey in 41 years. Though India’s group options medal winners, it isn’t as threatening for the Indian team because it appears to be like. While Belgium and Australia are robust opponents, Argentina’s energy has decreased from the time it received the Gold in 2016.

The prime 4 from the 2 swimming pools will head into the quarterfinals, which start on August 4, adopted by the semifinals on August 6 and the medal matches on August 8. 

The girls’s schedule was additionally introduced, nonetheless, the Indian girls’s team will not be eligible to take part as they did not qualify for the Olympics. 

In the ladies’s area, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Japan, People’s Republic of China and France are put in Pool A, whereas the Pool B consists of Australia, Argentina, Great Britain, Spain, United States and South Africa.

The girls’s matches begin on July 27 too, whereas the playoffs and the medal matches will probably be held a day later than the men’s video games – quarterfinals on August 5, semis on August 7 and the medal matches on August 9.

India men’s hockey schedule:

July 27 vs New Zealand at 9:00 pm IST

July 29 vs Argentina at 4:15 pm IST

July 30 vs Ireland at 4:45 pm IST

August 1 vs Belgium at 1:30 pm IST

August 2 vs Australia at 4:45 pm IST

Pool A: Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, France (Hosts), South Africa

Pool B: India, New Zealand, Argentina, Ireland, Belgium, Australia