India became champion for the first time, created history by defeating 4 times winner

Women Hockey: India has created history. India's women's team has won the Hockey Junior Asia Cup title for the first time by defeating 4-time champion South Korea. India beat South Korea 2-1. There was a tremendous fight between the two to become the champion. Both the teams could not score any goal in the first quarter. After this, in the second quarter, Anu opened India's account by converting a penalty corner. In the 22nd minute, he gave India the lead by scoring a goal from the left side of the goalkeeper. However, South Korea did not allow this lead of India to remain for long. After 3 minutes, Park Seo Yeon scored a goal to make the score 1-1.

The winning moments ✨️

Here a glimpse of the winning moments after the victory in the Final of Women's Junior Asia Cup 2023.#HockeyIndia #IndiaKaGame #AsiaCup2023 pic.twitter.com/ZJSwVI80iH

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Winning goal in 41st minute

After the score was equal, both the teams became more aggressive. In the 41st minute, Neelam scored the goal for India, which proved to be the winning goal in the end. He gave India a 2-1 lead by scoring from the right side of the goalkeeper. After this, South Korea attacked India many times.

Great defense by India

South Korea also got many chances, but South Korea could not take advantage of the penalty corner. India also did a great defense, on the basis of which the team became successful in creating history. Earlier, India's best performance in this tournament was in 2012, when it reached the final for the first time, but China broke its dream.