Indian women's hockey team: Hockey India announces 33-member core probable squad for Indian women’s team

Hockey India announces 33-member core probable squad for Indian women’s team

Modified Jun 29, 2024 16:44 IST

Hockey India announces 33-member core probable squad for Indian women’s team (Image via Hockey India)

Hockey India have announced a 33-member Indian women’s core probable squad for the national coaching camp. The camp, scheduled to start on Monday, July 1, will run for two months until August 31 at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) center in Bengaluru.

The Indian women’s hockey team will be getting together once again after taking a short break from the 2023–24 Women's FIH Pro League. It was a disappointing tournament for the Indian women, winning just three of their 16 games while losing 13.

Chief coach of the Indian women’s hockey team, Harendra Singh, shed light on this performance and believes that the future would be promising.

“We recently traveled to Antwerp and London for the Europe leg of the Pro League, and while the results were not in our favor, we learned a lot as a team. On several occasions, we were leading, and we proactively searched and threatened to score while looking for an equalizer," said Harendra (via Hockey India).

"These are good signs to have in the initial stages of a rebuild, and I am sure the Indian Women’s Hockey Team will be a force to be reckoned with in the future,” he added.

Adding to this misery was the fact that they failed to qualify for the Paris Olympics 2024. As per the IOC rules, the top three teams in the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers make their way into the Summer Games. However, the India women’s team lost to Japan 0-1 in the bronze medal game, which shattered their hopes of Olympic qualification.