Women's Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Semis HIGHLIGHTS: India beat Japan 2-0 to enter final
China defeated Malaysia in the first semifinal by 3-1 to book their place in the finals
The defending champions India in a hard fought contest beat Japan in the second semifinal of the 2024 Women's Asian Champions Trophy by 2-0 to book thier place in the finals against China on Wednesday, November 20. India started the game attackingly but were unbale to find any goal till the third quarter, as the Japanese defenders blocked everthing the home team threw at them including more than ten penalty corners.
India finally broke the deadlock in the 48th minute as Naveneet kaur put the defnding champions in lead with a goal through penalty stroke. India blocked any chance Japan had to make a comeback as in the 56th minute Lalresiami scored their second goal through a tap in to take the scorline to eventual final scoreline of 2-0 in thier favour.
Meanwhile, in the first semifinal, the highest international ranked Chinese team made an easy work of Malaysian team to book their place in the finals. China dominated the game since the beginning as they scored three goals in the first half. Malaysia pulled one back in the third quarter to reduce the scoreline to 3-1, but they failed to find any goal after that as China book thier place in the finals.
The two losing semifinalists today will face each other in the bronze medal match on Wednesday.
6:32 PM
Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: India in the final
India with the help to two final quarter goals beat Japan 2-0 in the second semifinal of the Women''s Asian Champions Tophy 2024. They will now face China in the finals on tuesday.
6:26 PM
Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: India strikes again
55": India have now twice inside 10 minutes to secure a two goal lead for themselves.
Score: IND 2-0 JPN (4th quarter)
Score: IND 2-0 JPN (4th quarter)
6:16 PM
Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: India strikes
48": India finally breaks the deal lock as Naveeneet Kaur scores the first goal of the match through a penalty stroke.
Score: IND 1-0 JPN (4th quarter)
Score: IND 1-0 JPN (4th quarter)
6:10 PM
Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: Fourth quarter underway
The fourth quarter of the second semifinal is now underway.
6:07 PM
Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: Another goalless quarter
The third quarter between India and Japan also remains goalless as the scoreline is stuck at 0-0.
6:00 PM
Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: Japan picking pace
40"; Japan have finally started to go offensive but the goal hunt continues.
Score: IND 0-0 JPN (3rd quarter)
Score: IND 0-0 JPN (3rd quarter)
5:53 PM
Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: Deadlock continues
35": Still no goal from either side as the deadlock continues. India have now missed nine penalty corners.
Score: IND 0-0 JPN (3rd quarter)
Score: IND 0-0 JPN (3rd quarter)
5:45 PM
Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: Second half of the match underway
The second half of the semifinal match between India and Japan is now underway.
5:36 PM
Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: No goals in first half
The first half of the second semifinal match between India and Japan concludes with both team still reeling at nil-nil.
5:31 PM
Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: Japan with rock solid defense
25": While Japan has failed to put any pressure on Indian defenders till now thier own defense has been rock soild and have denied India any opprtunity to goal. Seven penalty corners included.
Score: IND 0-0 JPN (2nd quarter)
Score: IND 0-0 JPN (2nd quarter)
5:21 PM
Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: Goal hunt continues
20": Neither team has been able to find a goal as the deadlock continues.
Score: IND 0-0 JPN (2nd quarter)
Score: IND 0-0 JPN (2nd quarter)
5:15 PM
Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: Second quarter begins
The second quarter of the match between India and Japan is no underway.
5:13 PM
Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: Goalless first quarter
The first quarter of the second semifinal between India and Japan ends with scorecard still reading 0-0.
5:08 PM
Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: India making the game
10": India is going forward with the possesion game as they have not made a circle entry in last 5 minutes.
Score: IND 0-0 JPN (1st quarter)
Score: IND 0-0 JPN (1st quarter)
5:02 PM
Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: India starts aggressive
5": India starts the game in a dominant fashion as they keeping Japan under pressure.
Score: IND 0-0 JPN (1st quarter)
Score: IND 0-0 JPN (1st quarter)
Topics : Indian Hockey Team Asian Champions Trophy
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First Published: Nov 19 2024 | 2:54 PM IST