The Indian team have a good time after beating Japan by securing a convincing 4-0 victory to win the 2023 Women’s Asian Champions Trophy, at Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Astroturf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi on November 5.
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The Indian women’s hockey team has reclaimed its best-ever sixth place rating in the world following its stupendous present in the just-concluded Asian Champions Trophy and the Hangzhou Asian Games.
India are actually positioned sixth forward of England with 2368.83 ranking factors.
The Indian girls had been positioned eighth earlier than the Asian Games however the bronze medal on the continental showpiece and the title triumph at Asian Champions Trophy in Ranchi, the place they remained unbeaten, has catapulted the facet again to its best-ever world rating, final achieved throughout the FIH Pro League in June final yr.
The Netherlands continued to be ranked as one of the best women’s hockey team in the world with 3422.40 factors, adopted by Australia in second place with 2817.73 factors and Argentina at third with 2766.90 factors.
The different two groups ranked above India are Belgium at fourth with 2608.77 factors and Germany at fifth with 2573.72 factors.
The bounce in world rating is a giant shot in the arm for the team in its preparation for the forthcoming FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers, scheduled to be held from January 13 to 19 in Ranchi.
The Indians will battle it our towards Germany, New Zealand, Japan, Chile, the United States, Italy and Czech Republic in a bid to qualify for subsequent yr’s Paris Olympics.
