India coming second in the pool means that they will have to play the crossover match against New Zealand on Sunday in order to qualify for the quarter-final.
India beat Wales 4-2 on Thursday to finish in second place in Pool D and will now play a cross-over match to book a berth for a place in the quarterfinals of the World Cup.
As per an official statement, the spectators in the gallery included 4,800 students from various schools, Red Ribbon Club members from colleges, people from the community, and participants from the Mission Shakti Department.
If India top their pool then they will not have to play the cross over match and moreover they will face a relatively easier opponent in quarter-final.
India will lock horns with Wales in their final pool game at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on Thursday. India is at the second place in the pool with four points, lower than England, which also has four points, due to an inferior goal difference. Wales is at the bottom with zero points, havin
Lee Jungjun scored for the Korean side in the 8th and 23rd minutes, which proved to be the undoing of Japan in a nail-biting encounter. Nagayoshi Ken found the back of the net for the Japanese team in the first minute of the game to gain the advantage early in the match.
The state-of-the-art facilities at the Kalinga Stadium, in Bhubaneshwar and the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela have impressed players and teams from all over the world.
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik led the inaugural address of this global sporting Hockey carnival which is being held for the second successive time in Odisha by the Odisha Government. In his inaugural address, the Odisha CM expressed his immense delight with the way that the FIH Men's Hockey Wo
Placed in Pool B with Belgium, Japan and Germany, Head Coach Shin Seok Kyo's side will play Belgium (14th January) and Japan (17th January) at the iconic Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, before taking on Germany (20th January) in Rourkela.