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Hopes broken :(, the Indian Hockey Team failed to qualify to the Beijing Olympics. This is the first time since 1928 that India did not qualify for the Olympics. Britain beat India 2-0. Britain scored both goals in the initial ten minutes - one of a smart pass and the other from a penalty corner. The defence of the British team was too good for the Indian attack. There were very few instances where India was close to scoring a goal except for a few penalty corners which were not converted.
I expected the match to be a lot more closer. It started at 2:30 am IST. I did make a sincere attempt to go back to sleep, but didnt get any. So, here I am back on my desk ‘blogging’.
The Indian Hockey Team has beaten Austria 7-3 at Santiago. Earlier they thrashed Russia 8-0. Good signs. It’s the same Indian team which played and won the Asian Games in Chennai. I had been to the matches then and loved to watch them play. I know that India is a strong team and want to see them playing at Beijing.
3 of the 12 teams for the Beijing Olympics are selected through these Olympic qualifier matches. New Zealand has already qualified in group-1. India is in group-2 and has 3 matches left against Mexico, Chile and Great Britain. The third and final qualifier group matches happen in the first week of April. More on the tournament format here.
| SCHEDULE | |||||
| # | Time | Teams | Score | ||
| Saturday 1 March | |||||
| 1 | 14:30 |  Great Britain |
: |  Mexico |
11:0 (2:0) |
| 2 | 16:30 |  India |
: |  Russia |
8:0 (4:0) |
| 3 | 19:00 |  Chile |
: |  Austria |
3:4 (1:2) |
| Sunday 2 March | |||||
| 4 | 16:00 | Great Britain |
: | Russia |
8:0 (4:0) |
| 5 | 18:00 | Mexico |
: | Chile |
0:4 (0:1) |
| 6 | 20:00 | Austria |
: | India |
3:7 (2:2) |
| Monday 3 March | |||||
| Rest Day | |||||
| Tuesday 4 March | |||||
| 7 | 15:30 | Mexico |
: | India |
1:18 (0:  |
| 8 | 17:30 | Austria |
: | Russia |
5:4 (1:2) |
| 9 | 19:30 | Chile |
: | Great Britain |
1:4 (0:0) |
| Wednesday 5 March | |||||
| Rest Day | |||||
| Thursday 6 March | |||||
| 10 | 14:00 | India |
: | Great Britain |
2:3 (1:1) |
| 11 | 17:30 | Austria |
: | Mexico |
3:1 (1:1) |
| 12 | 19:30 | Russia |
: | Chile |
2:1 (0:0) |
| Friday 7 March | |||||
| Rest Day | |||||
| Saturday 8 March | |||||
| 13 | 15:00 | Great Britain |
: | Austria |
|
| 14 | 17:00 | Russia |
: | Mexico |
|
| 15 | 19:00 | Chile |
: | India |
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| Sunday 9 March | |||||
| 16 | 13:00 | 5th | : | 6th | |
| 17 | 15:30 | 3rd | : | 4th | |
| 18 | 18:00 | 1st | : | 2nd | |
[Chart and Images from http://www.olympicqualifiermenchile.sportcentric.com]
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