England girls’s hopes of success on the FIH Hockey World Cup ended on the group stage after a 0-0 draw with India.
David Ralph’s facet end third in Pool D on 4 factors, with two groups transferring ahead to the following spherical, and can now play in a classification part that sees groups positioned from ninth to sixteenth.
England gained their opening match 4-0 towards South Africa on Sunday however misplaced to China two days later, conceding 4 earlier than Tess Howard and Sophie Hamilton decreased the deficit.
The nationwide facet haven’t challenged in tournaments since successful Commonwealth gold in 2022, ending fourth within the 2023 EuroHockey Nations Championship, and fifth final 12 months.
Groups from England and Nice Britain have completed no increased than sixth within the FIH Professional League since a 3rd place in 2020-21, whereas Nice Britain additionally completed eighth on the 2024 Paris Olympics.
In the meantime England’s males are by means of to the second stage of the boys’s World Cup, topping Pool D with three wins out of three.
They defeated Pakistan 4-1 and India 4-2 previous to beating Wales 8-2 of their remaining group stage match on Wednesday.
They transfer in a second stage pool with India, with their 4-2 win carried ahead, and can face two qualifiers from Pool A on Saturday and Monday as they try to achieve the semi-finals.
England girls play Chile on Friday and Japan on Sunday of their classification pool, with each World Cups being held in Wavre in Belgium and Amstelveen within the Netherlands.
