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Paris<\/strong>: India\u2019s triumph over Australia in Paris on Friday marked their first Olympic men\u2019s hockey victory since 1972, securing them a second-place finish in Pool B and a quarterfinal berth against Great Britain as the pool fixtures wrapped up on Friday, setting the stage for the last eight.<\/p>\n The quarterfinal lineup, determined by the respective ranks in Pools A and B, is as follows: Germany vs. Argentina, Belgium vs. Spain, Netherlands vs. Australia, and India vs. Great Britain.<\/p>\n The quarterfinal match for India is set for 1:30 pm IST on August 4.<\/p>\n In the final pool stage match, Germany clinched a win against Britain. Striker Christopher Ruehr netted the first goal in the 19th minute with a strike from the top of the circle. Ruehr also converted a penalty stroke into a second goal for Germany.<\/p>\n In Pool A, the Netherlands orchestrated an impressive comeback to overcome Spain 5-3. Down 2-1 at halftime, the Dutch rallied after the break, with two players scoring twice each in the second half to lead their team to victory.<\/p>\n India ascended to second place in Pool B with a 3-2 win over Australia. Early strikes in the first quarter by forward Abhishek and captain Harmanpreet Singh provided the edge India needed to clinch the win.<\/p>\n Argentina and top-ranked Belgium ended in an exhilarating 3-3 tie. Belgian striker Thibeau Stockbroekx scored the equalizing goal in the final moments amid a scramble at the net, thrilling the lively spectators.<\/p>\n In additional matches, Ireland overcame New Zealand 2-1, and South Africa bested host France 5-2. These wins represented the first for both Ireland and South Africa in the tournament, though all four teams were no longer in contention for medals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [ad_2] [ad_1] Paris: India\u2019s triumph over Australia in Paris on Friday marked their first Olympic men\u2019s hockey victory since 1972, securing them a second-place finish in Pool B and a quarterfinal berth against Great Britain as the pool fixtures wrapped up on Friday, setting the stage for the last eight. The quarterfinal lineup, determined by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/download-18.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38303,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38301\/revisions\/38303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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