In the Hockey World Cup 2023, there will be a crossover match between the teams of India and New Zealand today, there will be a fight for the Quarter Final

People News Chronicle January 22, 2023

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The Indian hockey team put up a poor show against a relatively weak Wales team. For this reason, now the Indian team will have to beat the New Zealand team directly on 22 January i.e. Sunday to make it to the quarter-finals. To retain their place in this World Cup, the Indian team will have to win this match at any cost.

India will now face New Zealand, who finished third in Pool C. If we talk about the position of both the teams, then the Indian team is at the sixth position in the world rankings. And New Zealand’s team is at 12th position. So far in the World Cup, the New Zealand team has not been able to make it to the semi-finals. In such a situation, the position of the Indian team looks very strong against New Zealand.

Even in this tournament, the New Zealand team has not been able to perform any special performance. In the match to be held at the Kalinga Stadium, the Indian team will start as a strong contender for victory. Meanwhile, Pool D toppers England will play the winner of the match between Pool A’s second and Pool B’s third-placed team on January 25.

Could not show good game against Wales

Let us tell you that India needed to win their last match of Pool D against Wales by a margin of eight goals to make it directly to the quarter-finals, but the Indian forwards could not show a good game and India won the match 4-2 in the end. Only won.

This was the performance of other teams

Let us tell you that in the first match of Pool B played at the Birsa Munda Stadium, Belgium beat Japan 7-1 to top their group and made it to the quarter-finals. Tom Boon scored five goals for Belgium. He scored field goals in the 22nd, 27th, 28th and 51st minutes apart from converting a penalty stroke in the 56th minute. Belgium, however, qualified for the quarter-finals by finishing first in the pool due to better goal difference. Wellen Niklas Wellen (2nd, 17th and 41st minutes) scored a hat-trick for Germany in the match against South Korea, while Gonzalo Pilat (43rd), Justus Weigand (51st), Mats Grambusch (53rd) and Moritz Ludwig (53rd) scored a hat-trick. Scored a goal. Jung Jonghyun scored both goals for South Korea in the 15th and 60th minutes.