The spirited Czech Republic women's hockey team on Saturday arrived in Ranchi with zeal and determination as they set their sights on securing their maiden berth at the Olympics by qualifying for the Paris Olympics 2024
The teams in the fray include world number five Germany, former Asian Games Champions Japan, Chile and Czech Republic grouped in pool A while hosts India are grouped in pool B along with the United States.
The US women's hockey team arrived in Ranchi on Thursday ahead of the FIH Olympic qualifiers, which is slated to begin from January 13-19 2024, at the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Astro Turf Hockey Stadium.
This prestigious event is one of the three Olympics Qualifiers happening globally, with counterparts in Muscat, Oman (Men's) and Valencia, Spain (Women's and Men's), as per a press release from Hockey India.
The Italian team led by Co-captains Federica Carta and Sara Puglisi will begin their campaign on January 13 against New Zealand, which will be the first meeting between the two teams in seven years.
Eliza Nelson also wished the Savita-led Indian Women's Hockey Team the best ahead of the all-important FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers Ranchi 2024 and offered her advice to them to take it one game at a time. The FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers Ranchi 2024 will kick off on January 13 and conclud
The men's team will be led by Simranjeet Singh and vice-captained by Mandeep Mor while the Women's squad will be captained by Rajni Etimarpu and vice-captained by Mahima Chaudhary
The year 2023 did not begin as planned for the Indian men's hockey team following a disappointing outing at the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela in January. The team finished in ninth spot in their home conditions. However, the Harmanpreet Singh-led side managed to
The squad will take the field in Ranchi with the aim of finishing as one of the top three teams in the competition and securing qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympics, as per a Hockey India press release.
The Indian Women's Hockey Team has had a great run in the year 2023. They missed out on direct qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games but bounced back to clinch the Jharkhand Women's Asian Champions Trophy Ranchi 2023. Furthermore, they have achieved their best-ever FIH World Ranking