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The Indian hockey team defeated China 1-0 in the Asian Champions Trophy 2024. At the beginning of this match, neither of the two teams could score a goal. Then a few minutes before the match ended, Jugraj Singh scored a goal for India. Thanks to this goal, the Indian hockey team was successful in winning the title. India won the Asian Champions Trophy title for the fifth time. China reached the final for the first time and lost in the first attempt.
Indian hockey team won
In the first quarter, both teams failed to score goals. India created chances to score goals but the team could not succeed in scoring. India also got a penalty corner. But the Indian hockey team could not take advantage of it. In the second quarter also, no goal was scored by any team. In this quarter, China's defense line performed well and kept the Indian players at bay. In the third quarter, China made several attacks to score goals, but no one could reach Indian goalkeeper Krishna Pathak.
When no goal was scored by both the teams till the third quarter, it seemed that the match would go into penalty shootout. But after this, Jugraj Singh scored a brilliant field goal and gave the team a 1-0 lead in the match. This has increased the hopes of victory of the Indian hockey team. After this, India did not give any chance to China to score a goal. Jugraj's goal in the final proved to be important in helping the team win the trophy.
The Indian hockey team has performed brilliantly in the Asian Champions Trophy 2024 and has not lost a single match till the final. The team defeated South Korea 4-1 in the semi-finals. Harmanpreet Singh, Uttam Singh and Germanpreet Singh scored goals against the Korean team. The Indian hockey team has won the Asian Champions Trophy title for the fifth time. Earlier, India won the trophy in 2011, 2016, 2018 (joint winner with Pakistan) and 2023. Harmanpreet Singh received the 'Player of the Tournament' award for his excellent performance throughout the tournament.