Junior Women's Asia Cup... Indian hockey team in semi-finals: beat Chinese Taipei 11-0

The Indian hockey team defeated Chinese Taipei by a huge margin of 11-0 in the fourth match of the Junior Women's Asia Cup on Thursday. With this, India reached the semi-finals. India dominated Chinese Taipei throughout the match.
The Indian team topped Pool A till the end of the league stage matches. In the league stage matches, India played four matches, winning three and drawing one match.
In this match of the ongoing tournament in Kakamigahara city of Japan, the Indian team took a 5-0 lead in the first half, the remaining five goals came in the second half.
For India Vaishnavi Vithal Phalke (1'), Deepika (3'), Annu (10', 52'), Rutuja Dadaso (12'), Neelam (19'), Manju Chaurasia (33'), Sunitatoppo (43', 57'), Dipika Soreng (46') and Mumtaz Khan (55') scored.
10 teams are participating in this tournament which will run till June 11. Along with the Indian team, four other teams have got direct entry into the Under-21 hockey tournament on the basis of their world rankings, which include teams from China, Korea, Japan, and Malaysia.
The remaining five teams, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Uzbekistan, and Indonesia, have qualified for the tournament through the Women's Junior Cup held in Kazakhstan in October last year.
The Indian team is placed in Pool A along with Malaysia, Chinese Taipei, South Korea, and Uzbekistan. Whereas, Pool B comprises Japan, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and defending champions China. The leading teams in their respective groups will advance to the semi-finals.
While the third and fourth-placed teams will play for the fifth to eighth-ranked classification. The fifth-placed teams in both pools will play each other for the 9th and 10th places.