Paris Olympics 2024 bronze medalist Indian hockey team has maintained its excellent performance and made it to the final of the Asian Champions Trophy. Team India, playing its first event after the Olympics, defeated South Korea 4-1 in the semi-finals held on Monday 16 September and once again made its place in the final.

In this way, the defending champion Team India has come closer to its fifth title. The star of Team India's victory was once again captain Harmanpreet Singh, who scored two goals and made a significant contribution to the team's victory. Now Team India will face host China for the title.

In this tournament being held in Hulunbuir, China, Team India performed well from the first day itself, which continued till the semi-finals. After winning all the 5 matches of the league stage, coach Craig Fulton's team also won the sixth match easily. In this match against South Korea, the Indian team started scoring goals from the first quarter itself and by the end of the third quarter, they had gained a lead of 4-1.

Attacking game of Indian team

For Team India, just before the end of the first quarter, in the 13th minute, Uttam Singh scored the first goal and gave them a 1-0 lead. Then in the second quarter, the lead soon increased to 2-0. This time in the 19th minute of the match, captain Harmanpreet fired a powerful shot from a penalty corner and scored a goal. In the third quarter, Team India scored 2 goals. In the 32nd minute itself, Harmanpreet Singh made the score 3-0 but a minute later, Korea got success for the first time.

For them, in the 33rd minute, Yang Jihun scored a goal from a penalty corner. In the last minute of this quarter, Harmanpreet scored again and sealed the victory. No goal came in the last quarter and the Indian team reached the final with a 4-1 win.

Competition with China in the final

In the final, Team India will face China, which defeated Pakistan in the first semi-final in a penalty shootout. In this semi-final, the score remained 1-1 for 60 minutes, after which the decision was made by penalty shootout.

Here the Pakistani players could not score any goal, while China scored 2 goals and won the match 2-0 and made it to the final. This final will be played on Tuesday, 17 September. Both the teams clashed in their first match of the league stage, in which India won 3-0.

Here the Pakistani players could not score any goal, while China scored 2 goals and won the match 2-0 and made it to the final. This final will be played on Tuesday, 17 September. Both the teams clashed in their first match of the league stage, in which India won 3-0.