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Sports News | Haryana, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh Emerge Victorious on Final Stage's Day 1 of National Women's Hockey League 2024-2025
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Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], March 19 (ANI): As we begin the Final phase of the National Women's Hockey League 2024-2025 here in Ranchi, Hockey Haryana, Hockey Association of Odisha, and Hockey Madhya Pradesh had a successful outing, winning their respective matches, as per Hockey India press release.
In the first match of the day, Hockey Haryana defeated Manipur Hockey 7-1 in Pool A. Saavi (32', 37') and Kirti (45', 56') scored a brace each for Hockey Haryana. Khasa Shashi (11'), Supriya (54') and Kirty (58') also scored one goal each for their side. In response, Deena Devi Naoram (2') scored the consolation goal for Manipur Hockey. Also Read | Famous Birthdays on March 19: Bruce Willis, Tanushree Dutta, Glenn Close and Rangana Herath - Know About Celebrities and Influential Figures Born on March 19.
In the next match, the Hockey Association of Odisha defeated Hockey Bengal 1-0 in a closely contested game. Dipika Barwa (3') scored for Hockey Bengal in the first quarter of the match.
In the third match, Hockey Madhya Pradesh defeated Hockey Maharashtra 2-0 in Pool A. Bhumiksha Sahu (4'), and Captain Soniya Kumre (58') scored for Hockey Madhya Pradesh in the first and final quarter of the game to take the game away from Hockey Maharashtra.
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The opening ceremony for the National Women's Hockey League 2025 (Final Phase) also took place on Tuesday at 06:00 pm at the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh AstroTurf Hockey Stadium.
After the ceremony, Hockey Jharkhand locked horns with Hockey Mizoram in Pool A
The teams participating are Hockey Haryana, Hockey Maharashtra, Hockey Jharkhand, Hockey Madhya Pradesh, Hockey Bengal, Hockey Mizoram, Manipur Hockey, and Hockey Association of Odisha. The tournament will be played in a single pool with each team facing the other once.
The winner of each match will be awarded three points, while draws will secure a single point. The team standing on top of the points table at the end of the league matches will be crowned champions of the elite domestic tournament.
In Phase 1, played last year, Hockey Haryana finished first with 16 points in seven matches, followed by Hockey Jharkhand and Hockey Association of Odisha, just one point behind in second and third place, respectively. (ANI) (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)
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