India vs. Japan Live Score, FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023, in Rourkela, Odisha, Friday January 13, 2023. PTI Photo
The Indian team finally gave their fans something to cheer for as they beat Japan 8-0 in the 9-16th classification match at the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela, Odisha. India had pulled out of the medal fight after losing 5-4 on penalties to New Zealand in their crossover match.
For India, Harmanpreet Singh and Abhishek scored two goals while Mandeep Singh, Manpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh and Vivek Sagar Prasad scored one goal each. The Japanese failed to score. India would now face South Africa on January 28, 2023 in ranks 9-10.
PR Sreejesh, Krishna Pathak, Jarmanpreet Singh, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh (Captain), Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas (Vice Captain), Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Manpreet Singh, Rajkumar Pal, Nilakanta Sharma, Shamsher Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Akashdeep Singh , Mandeep Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek, and Sukhjeet Singh
Koji Yamasaki, Shota Yamada, Yusuke Kawamura, Yamato Kawahara, Seren Tanaka (Captain), Kentaro Fukuda, Taiki Takade, Takuma Niwa, Raiki Fujishima, Ken Nagayoshi, Hiro Saito, Ryosei Kato, Ryoma Ooka, Masaki Ohashi, Kaito Tanaka, Kisho Kuroda (gk), Masato Kobayashi, Takashi Yoshikawa (gk), Yuma Nagai, Hiromasa Ochiai
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