Bhubaneshwar (Odisha)[India], February 3 (ANI): The Indian Women’s Hockey Team, led by Savita and vice-captained by Vandana Katariya , has turned their focus to the FIH Hockey Pro League 2023/24.
India qualified for the League after clinching the gold medal at the FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup Spain 2022. In their maiden appearance in the FIH Hockey Pro League 2021/22, the team finished third behind Argentina and the Netherlands.
Chief Coach Janneke Schopman expressed her excitement to be back in the FIH Hockey Pro League 2023/24, saying, ” It’s great to be back in Odisha, everyone here is supportive of hockey and we want to do our best here. Now we want to show we are a good team and we can play against good teams as well. We won’t get the Olympics back but we can only look forward, and that is our plan, we want to show that we can play hockey.”
The FIH Hockey Pro League 2023/24 (Women) is scheduled to take place at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar fromFebruary 3 to February 9, before moving to the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela, where the league will continue from February 12 to February 18.
Five national teams – India, China, the United States of America, the Netherlands, and Australia – will participate in the India leg of the FIH Pro League 2023/24, facing each other once in Bhubaneswar and once in Rourkela.
India will take on reigning Asian Games Champions China in their first game on February 3, followed by a clash with the Netherlands on February 4. They will face off against Australia on February 7 before playing their last game in Bhubaneswar against the United States on February 9.