Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], October 25 (ANI): China’s ladies’s hockey group arrived in Ranchi on Wednesday for the Jharkhand Women’s Asian Champions Trophy 2023.
Anticipation is constructing amongst hockey followers because the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy Ranchi begins on October 27. The event will proceed until November 5.
The event guarantees intense battles as six groups – India, Thailand, Korea, China, Malaysia, and Japan will go head-to-head towards one another. The Chinese ladies’s group arrived simply two days earlier than their opening conflict towards South Korea on the opening day.
Korea, probably the most profitable group within the historical past of the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy, has set its sights on extending its domination within the competitors and rewriting historical past.
As China has already certified for the Paris Olympics, the Head Coach of the Chinese Women’s Hockey group, Alyson Annan talked in regards to the expectations from the event.
“Thank you for the warm welcome. It is good to be here so we really appreciate this. We are here to play, grow and learn. All the teams are very good.”Ou Zixia, Captain of the Chinese Women’s Hockey group mentioned Indian group is a powerful group. “We will try to play our best in all the games.”China will face a troublesome opponent within the first match as South Korea have a formidable observe report that features three championship victories in 2010, 2011, and 2018, in addition to a runner-up end in 2021. They are unequivocally one of many strongest title contenders within the event.
South Korea clinched the silver medal on the nineteenth Asian Games in Hangzhou. China emerged victorious 2-0 to clinch the gold medal. (ANI)