India soar to World No.Three in FIH rankings after Asian Champions Trophy triumph | Hockey Information – Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: Following their Asian Champions Trophy triumph, India climbed to 3rd within the newest FIH rankings on Sunday, giving them a big enhance forward of the Asian Video games.

India (2771.35 factors) moved as much as third place, passing England (2763.50 factors) and trailing top-ranked Netherlands (3095.90 factors) and Belgium (2917.87 factors).
That is India’s second look at No. Three within the FIH rankings. India attained an identical rating in 2021 after successful a bronze medal on the Tokyo Olympics, their first medal on the Video games in 41 years.

The Harmanpreet Singh-led facet defeated Malaysia 4-Three on Saturday to win the ACT title. They staged an astonishing comeback from a 1-Three deficit on the halftime break.

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India completed third within the occasion’s final version in 2021.
The Asian Video games in Hangzhou start on September 23 for the Indian hockey squad.
Malaysia, the ACT runners-up, maintained ninth place within the FIH rankings.
Aside from India and Malaysia, South Korea are ranked 11th, whereas Pakistan are ranked 16th. The opposite two groups within the ACT 2023 — Japan are at 18th and China are ranked 28th within the newest rankings.
(With inputs from PTI)