FIH Women's Nations Cup: India won the title with Gurjit's goal, beat Spain 1-0
The Indian women's hockey team won the FIH Nations Cup title by defeating hosts Spain 1-0 in the final.
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FIH Women's Nations Cup 2022: The Indian women's hockey team has won the FIH Nations Women's Hockey title played in Spain. India defeated hosts Spain 1-0 in the final played on Saturday. With this, the Indian team has also confirmed its place in the FIH Women's Hockey Pro League. Gurjit Kaur scored the only goal for India in the sixth minute of the match and this proved to be decisive. While the host team could not even score a goal in the entire match.
Congratulations to @TheHockeyIndia Women's Team on winning decorated #FIHNationsCup
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) December 18, 2022
And with this win, India has qualified for the 2023-24 @FIHProLeague
Nation is proud of our Star Players ! pic.twitter.com/jNYj8yvBtU
Gurjit took the lead in the sixth minute itself
The Indian women's hockey team started the match brilliantly and Gurjit Kaur gave her team the lead in the sixth minute itself by converting a penalty corner. At the beginning of the second quarter too, India got a penalty corner, but this time the Indian team could not convert it into a goal. Spain also earned a penalty corner in the 22nd minute, but India's strong defense denied them any chance. The second quarter saw the fire of the Indian defenders, who made a significant contribution in maintaining the team's lead.
Four players from Jharkhand in the Indian team
At the beginning of the third quarter, Gurjeet once again made a brilliant flick on the penalty corner, but his effort was saved by the Spanish goalkeeper. There were continuous attacks from the Spanish side as well, but India's defense was so alert that they did not allow additional danger to come upon them. Even in the last quarter, Spain tried hard to level the score, but the Indian team did not give them any chance and made history by winning the title. Please tell that the winning Indian team includes four players from Jharkhand, Nikki Pradhan, Salima Tete, Sangeeta Kumari and Beauty Dungdung. All four performed brilliantly in the competition. Sangeeta, Beauty and Salima also scored one goal each.

