The Indian girls’s hockey workforce has a tricky job at hand because it has been clubbed alongside world No.5 Germany within the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers to be held in Ranchi from January 13 to 19. At No.6, India are the second-best aspect within the India leg of the Olympic qualifiers with the opposite groups being New Zealand (ninth), Japan (eleventh), Chile (14th), United States (fifteenth), Italy (nineteenth) and the Czech Republic (twenty fifth).

The different eight groups that can struggle for Olympic spots in Valencia, Spain embrace Belgium, Great Britain, Spain, Korea, Ireland, Canada, Malaysia and Ukraine.

The males’s qualifiers will probably be held in Muscat and Valencia.

The eight males’s groups that can characteristic in Muscat are Great Britain, Germany, New Zealand, Malaysia, Pakistan, Canada, Chile and China, whereas Belgium, Spain, Korea, Ireland, Japan, Austria, Egypt and Ukraine will sq. off in Valencia.

The 16 groups per gender have been divided into two teams.

The males’s and girls’s groups have been divided into two teams on the idea of their world rating on the conclusion of all continental championships.

After the conclusion of hockey occasions on the Pan American Games and the African Hockey Road to Paris 2024, 5 males’s and girls’s groups have now gained direct berths in subsequent yr’s Paris Olympics as continental champions, along with hosts France.

The groups that end within the prime three of every of the 4 Olympic qualifiers will seal their berths within the Paris Games.

The Indian males’s workforce has already certified for the Paris Games after profitable gold at this yr’s Asian Games in Hangzhou.