Indian team finished ninth in the junior women's world cup. India defeated New Zealand 2-0 ib the match for the 9-10th position. Rani Devi scored both the goals for India in the 25th and the 69th minutes.
India started the tournament on a high with a win over Australia and a thumping win over minnows Belarus. But they could not mainatain the spirit and lost to the USA in the last group match. India then lost to England and Korea and finished 5th in the second round to play the match for 9th position. The interesting fact is that the Indian men's junior team too finished 9th in the world cup earlier this year.
Netherlands and Argentina reached the final of the event defeating Korea (5-0) and England (1-0) in the semifinals respectively. Australia will play Germany in the match for the 5th position.
China took the 7th position defeating USA 8-2 while South Africa got the better of Chile (4-0) to take the 11th position. In the fight for the last four places Spain got the 13 position with a win on penalty stroke (5-3) after they finished 2-2 against France. Belarus avoided the wooden spoon defeating Belarus 4-2 in the match for the 15th position.
The final, bronze medal match and the match for the 5th position will be played on 16th august.
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