Women’s Asia Cup: India’s title defence ends after 2-3 defeat against South Korea
Indian hockey team’s title defence at the Women’s Asia Cup Korea secured a come-from-behind 2-3 win to qualify for the final of the continental event at the Sultan Qaboos Complex in Muscat on Wednesday.
A great battle on the field💯#TeamIndia gave it all till the end but not the result we wanted.
🇰🇷 3:2 🇮🇳#IndiaKaGame #WAC2022 pic.twitter.com/SM5d68Zbi3
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) January 26, 2022
India, along with other semi-finalists, had assured themselves of a place in the upcoming World Cup but fell one step short of defending the continental title.
India started brightly and took the lead in the 28th minute through Neha before Korea made a brilliant comeback after the change of ends and scored thrice through skipper Enubi Cheon (31st), Seung Ju Lee (45th) and Hyejin Cho (47th) to stun the holders.
📸 | Have a look at some pictures from our semi-final clash against Korea! #IndiaKaGame #WAC2022 pic.twitter.com/EHl5ZDJyRv
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) January 26, 2022
India will now play the loser of the second semifinal between Japan and China in the third-fourth place play-off match on Friday.