TIL Desk Sports/ Following their quarter-final finish at the Women’s Hockey World Cup, India have jumped a place to be ninth in the world rankings announced by International Hockey Federation (FIH). Sjoerd Marijne-coached India have 1138 points as they made it to the last eight round at the World Cup in London last week. India will be the top-ranked team at the Asian Games, to be held in Indonesia from August 18.
“The new ranking comes as an added motivation to our team for the upcoming Asian Games, but what is even better to see is that the players are not satisfied. There is more hunger in the squad to improve the ranking further by performing consistently at the highest level,” Dutch tactician Marijne stated in a Hockey India (HI) release.
“We do have plenty of positives from the World Cup as the girls produced very good hockey, showing their grit and character to get through to the last eight.” World Cup runners-up Ireland made the biggest of gains as they moved from 16th up to eighth position. Their previous highest ranking was 14th.
