Indian Men’s Hockey Team will play Great Britain (GBR) in the Quarterfinals at Paris Olympics. But that is not the only thing exciting about the match.
In a post on X, Viren Rasquinha, Olympian and Former Captain of the Indian Hockey Team, shared the striking resemblance between the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 lineups.
Indian Men’s Hockey Team will play GBR in the Quarter finals #Olympics #Paris2024 #HockeyBy a very strange coincidence, all 4 QF lineups were exactly the same at the Tokyo Olympics where India had beaten GBR 3-1 in the QF.
Right side pic is QF onwards results from Tokyo. pic.twitter.com/x0gNszROtF
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— Viren Rasquinha (@virenrasquinha) August 3, 2024
The lineups for hockey at the Paris Olympics will feature the exact same teams as those that competed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Interestingly, the Indian men's hockey team had defeated Great Britain 3-1 in the quarterfinal match, proceeding to win the bronze medal in the capital of Japan.
Lineup for the hockey quarter-finals - Tokyo 2020.
The Olympic men's hockey tournament quarterfinal lineup is complete from Paris. In order to advance to the semifinals, India—placed second in Pool A—will play Great Britain. The game is scheduled to begin on August 4 at 1:30 PM (IST).
In the last match of the pool stage, Germany triumphed against Britain. In the 19th minute, a strike from the top of the circle that finished in the net gave striker Christopher Ruehr the first goal. Ruehr added a second goal with a penalty kick for Germany.
On the other hand, India defeated Australia 3-2 to go up to the second position in Pool B. India had the lead they needed to win thanks to goals from captain Harmanpreet Singh and forward Abhishek early in the first quarter.
The quarterfinals this year look like this, based on the positions in Pool A and B: Belgium versus Spain, the Netherlands vs Australia, India vs Great Britain, and Germany vs Argentina.
(with inputs from media reports)
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