{"id":281227,"date":"2023-01-26T15:40:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T15:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/26\/hockey-world-cup-india-fire-many-firsts-to-rout-japan-8-0-in-placement-game-hockey-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-01-26T15:40:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T15:40:59","slug":"hockey-world-cup-india-fire-many-firsts-to-rout-japan-8-0-in-placement-game-hockey-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/26\/hockey-world-cup-india-fire-many-firsts-to-rout-japan-8-0-in-placement-game-hockey-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Hockey World Cup: India fire &#8216;many firsts&#8217; to rout Japan 8-0 in placement game | Hockey News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-97355599,imgsize-76218.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>BHUBANESWAR: India&#8217;s silent guns finally found some ammunition to fire as fans in <!-- -->Rourkela<!-- --> put the disappointment of team&#8217;s failure to reach the Men&#8217;s <!-- -->Hockey World Cup<!-- --> quarterfinals behind them to once again pack the stands at the gigantic <!-- -->Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium<!-- -->. And the Indian team responded in style to hammer the Asian Games champions Japan 8-0.<br \/>It was a game of many firsts for the home team that was pushed out of the title race by New Zealand in the crossovers.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/hockey\/hockey-world-cup\/hockey-world-cup-india-vs-japan-classification-round-match-live-score-updates-rourkela\/liveblog\/97348843.cms\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">As it happened: India vs Japan<\/a><br \/>Five of India&#8217;s eight goals came off penalty corners, including skipper <!-- -->Harmanpreet<!-- --> Singh&#8217;s drag-flick managing to beat a goalkeeper on a PC for the first time in the tournament. India&#8217;s PC conversion rate was the best in five matches &#8212; 5\/12.<br \/>The team played like a giant woken up from its sleep, pounding Japan with a flurry of counter-attacks for the majority of 60 minutes, which had all: PCs, variations on PCs, fluid midfield and goals. <br \/>But the first 30 minutes had no goals in it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component\" data-pos=\"22\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>India finishes it off in style as they beat Japan. Here are some moments from the game.&#x1f1ef;&#x1f1f5;JPN 0-8 IND&#x1f1ee;&#x1f1f3;\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/J0S8dOAVep<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHockeyIndia\/status\/1618632949070721024\">1674747142000<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mandeep Singh&#8217;s off-the-ball running finally returned against the opposition he likes the most to score against. His was the first name in the list of goal-scorers, when he deflected neatly in a set-piece in the 33rd minute, which opened the floodgates. <br \/>The pattern of the game didn&#8217;t change thereafter &#8212; India attacked, Japan defended.<br \/>Abhishek<!-- --> (36th and 44th minute) and Harmanpreet (46th and 59th) pumped in two goals each, while <!-- -->Vivek Sagar Prasad<!-- --> (40th), <!-- -->Manpreet Singh<!-- --> (59th) and <!-- -->Sukheet Singh<!-- --> (60th) joined Mandeep to score one goal apiece.<br \/>India will now take on South Africa on Saturday in the 9th-place playoff.<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n                    (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                      if (f.fbq) return;\n                      n = f.fbq = function() {\n                        n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n                      };\n                      if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                      n.push = n;\n                      n.loaded = !0;\n                      n.version = '2.0';\n                      n.queue = [];\n                      t = b.createElement(e);\n                      t.async = !0;\n                      t.src = v;\n                      s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n                    })(f, b, e, v, n, t, s);\n                    fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n                    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n                  };\n                })(\n                  window,\n                  document,\n                  'script',\n                  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js',\n                );<\/script><script>if(typeof window !== 'undefined') {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadScriptsOnceAdsReady = () => {\n                    var scripts = [\n                    'https:\/\/static.clmbtech.com\/ad\/commons\/js\/2658\/toi\/colombia_v2.js' ,\n                    'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074',\n                    'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-658129294',\n                    'https:\/\/imasdk.googleapis.com\/js\/sdkloader\/ima3.js',\n                    'https:\/\/tvid.in\/sdk\/loader.js',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/video_comscore_api\/version-3.cms',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/grxpushnotification_js\/minify-1,version-2.cms',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#version=v10.0&xfbml=true',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/locateservice_js\/minify-1,version-14.cms'\n                  ];\n                    scripts.forEach(function(url) {\n                      let script = document.createElement('script');\n                      script.type=\"text\/javascript\";\n                      if(!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('colombia_v2')!== -1){\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('sdkloader')!== -1) {\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (!false && !false && (url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk') !== -1 || url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') !== -1 || url.indexOf('locateservice_js') !== -1 )) {\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (url.indexOf('colombia_v2')== -1 && url.indexOf('sdkloader')== -1 && url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk')== -1 && url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') == -1){\n                        script.src = url;\n                      }\n                      script.async = true;\n                      document.body.appendChild(script);\n                    });\n                  }\n                }\n                <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/hockey\/hockey-world-cup\/hockey-world-cup-india-fire-many-firsts-to-rout-japan-8-0-in-placement-game\/articleshow\/97355538.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] BHUBANESWAR: India&#8217;s silent guns finally found some ammunition to fire as fans in Rourkela put the disappointment of team&#8217;s failure to reach the Men&#8217;s Hockey World Cup quarterfinals behind them to once again pack the stands at the gigantic Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium. 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