The Indian women’s hockey team secured the silver medal at the Women’s Asia Cup 2025 after a tough 1-4 defeat against China in the final held on Sunday. During the final match, China completely dominated India. Navneet Kaur was the only one to score a goal from India’s side. India got a penalty corner in the first quarter. Navneet Kaur took advantage and scored a goal in the 0:59th minute to give India a 1-0 lead. While India started good with Kaur’s goal, no goals were scored after that in the first quarter.
Notably, during the entire tournament, India lost only two matches, both against the Chinese side.
Indian women’s hockey team claim silver medal after losing 1-4 to China in the final of the Women’s Asia Cup 2025 pic.twitter.com/GEgwOstCzB
— ANI (@ANI) September 14, 2025
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China, trailing by one goal, picked up the pace and kept attacking in the first half. In the 4th minute, they got their first penalty corner, but Sunelita Toppo blocked it on the goal line, and goalkeeper Bichu Devi made another save. In the 15th minute, China earned another penalty corner, but this time, India’s first rusher stopped the shot.
The trend followed in the second quarter, with China winning another penalty corner in the 17th minute, which was saved by Bichu Devi, who again made a brilliant block in the 20th minute in open play. China won a penalty corner in the 21st minute, but this time, Captain Ou Zixia (21′) successfully converted it to score the equaliser. Both teams headed into the break with scores tied and all to play for in the second half.
India started the third quarter strong as they limited China to their own half and made constant entries into the circle in search of the lead again; however, it was China that broke the deadlock. In the 40th minute, India received a penalty corner, but they couldn’t convert it, giving away the ball to China as they launched a quick counterattack, catching India off guard. Li Hong (40′) made a strong solo run and struck a back-handed shot which beat the goalkeeper and found the bottom right corner of the net.
China increased the gap in the fourth quarter with two quick goals in the 51st and 53rd minutes, respectively. Ying Zhang played a crucial pass inside the circle to Zou Meirong (51′), who made a first-touch finish in front of the post to score the third goal. This was followed by a good run by Zhong Jiaqi (53′) from the right flank as she cut into the circle and slotted a shot past the goalkeeper to score China’s fourth and final goal of the evening.
(With Inputs From ANI)
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