Hockey World Cup 2023 Points Table

Is India out from Hockey World Cup 2023?

The hosts India crashed out of the Hockey World Cup 2023 after losing to New Zealand in a sudden death 4-5 at Kalinga Stadium on Sunday.

What is the position of India in the Hockey World Cup 2023?

Indian captain Harmanpreet Singh, Abhishek, Shamsher Singh, Akashdeep Singh and Sukhjeet Singh scored the goals for India. (Picture by Dushyant Gupta Photography/Hockey India) The Indian hockey team finished its campaign at the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 on a winning note with a 5-2 victory over South Africa at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela on Saturday.

As a result of the win, India finished ninth at the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 and South Africa ranked 11th. India had beaten Japan 8-0 in their previous classification match after losing to New Zealand in the crossovers for the quarter-finals. Indian forward Abhishek, who was the player of the match against Japan, opened the scoring in the 5th minute.

He also won the player of the match award against South Africa. Indian captain Harmanpreet Singh (12′), Shamsher Singh (45′), Akashdeep Singh (49′) and Sukhjeet Singh (59′) added to India’s tally while Samkelo Mvimbi (49′) and Mustaphaa Cassiem (60′) scored for South Africa The Indian side was dominant in the first quarter with Abhishek and Harmanpreet Singh getting on the scoresheet.

South Africa were not far behind in creating chances but lacked finishing touches despite multiple circle penetrations. After a quiet second quarter, South Africa earned back-to-back penalty corners in the first three minutes of the second half. The African side, however, was denied by Indian goalkeeper Krishan Bahadur Pathak.

India snatched back the momentum quickly and tripled their lead in the final minute of the third quarter through Shamsher Singh’s field goal. Veteran striker Akashdeep Singh scored India’s fourth goal of the night four minutes into the fourth quarter.

South Africa pulled one back within seconds through Samkelo Mvimbi’s high shot into the net. India restored their four-goal lead with Sukhjeet Singh pouncing on Akashdeep Singh’s rebound in the penultimate minute of the match. PR Sreejesh, who replaced Krishan Bahadur Pathak in alternate quarters, conceded a penalty stroke in his attempt to block South African captain Dayaan Cassiem from a one-on-one position.

Mustaphaa Cassiem then scored South Africa’s second goal in the final minute of the game. Earlier at the hockey World Cup 2023, India finished second in Pool D behind England. After failing to grab a direct entry into the quarter-finals, India lost the crossover match against New Zealand in the penalty shootout after regulation time ended 3-3.

India were leading 3-1 in the third quarter. At the last edition of the FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup in 2018, India, then led by Manpreet Singh, had topped the group stage which included eventual champions Belgium. They were knocked out after a narrow 2-1 loss against the Netherlands in the quarter-finals despite leading 1-0 at one stage.

India’s best result in the World Cup came in 1975 when they defeated Pakistan 2-1 in the final in Kuala Lumpur for their only title to date.

What is the score of the men’s Hockey World Cup 2023?

Germany were trailing 2-0 at one stage but won their third World Cup in the penalty shootout. Germany won back-to-back titles in 2002 and 2006. (Picture by ADIMAZES PVT LTD/ Hockey India) Germany beat Belgium 5-4 in the penalty shootout to win the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India on Sunday. The scores were level at the end of regulation time at 3-3 with Florent Van Aubel (10′), Tanguy Cosyns (11′) and Tom Boon (59′) getting on the scoresheet for Belgium.

• Player of the match Niklas Wellen (29′), Gonzalo Peillat (41′) and Mats Grambusch (48′) netted for Germany.
• Jean-Paul Danneberg proved to be the hero for Germany as the goalkeeper made three saves in the penalty shootout.
• Belgian goalkeeper Vincent Vanasch made two saves to keep his team in contention but Germany kept their composure to clinch the title in the sudden death.

Courtesy of the win, Germany became the fourth team to have won three or more hockey World Cup titles. Pakistan, the most successful team at the hockey World Cup, have won the title four times. The Netherlands and Australia are the other two teams to have won three titles each.

• Germany looked more likely to open the scoring with two penalty corners in the first five minutes of regulation time.
• Belgium, with one of the most seasoned squads in the tournament, used their experience to cut the angles and quickly cleared the ball.
• The action soon moved to the other end.
• Florent Van Aubel pounced on a deflected ball in the circle to give Belgium a lead in the 10th minute.

Belgium found their second goal within seconds as Kina Antoine’s precise cross from the left found the stick of Tanguy Cosyns in front of the goal, who made no mistake to double the lead. This was the third consecutive time Germany found themselves in a 2-0 hole.

They trailed England and Australia with similar margins in the quarter-finals and the semis, respectively, but dug themselves out of the situation on both occasions. Early in the second quarter, Germany threatened to do exactly the same. Tom Grambusch’s hit from the penalty stroke, however, hit the post and ricocheted away from danger.

While Belgium’s quality always posed a threat to Germany. Germany found their first goal of the match in the 29th minute through Niklas Wellen. Tom Grambusch’s drag-flick was blocked by the Belgian defence but the high rebound fell to injector Wellen, who controlled the ball brilliantly to halve Belgium’s lead.

At the end of the first half, Belgium dominated 56 per cent of the possession but could earn just one penalty corner compared to Germany’s four. Germany’s fighting spirit was also on full display in the third quarter. While both teams had their chances, Germany restored the parity in the 41st minute with Gonzalo Peillat’s thundering low drag-flick to the right of Belgian goalkeeper Vincent Vanasch.

The equaliser further boosted Germany’s belief to pull off a third comeback in a row. Mats Grambusch’s tomahawk found space between the legs of the Belgian goalkeeper as Germany led Belgium for the first time in the game. Rattled by the German response, Belgium tried to launch a response but could not make the most of their limited chances.

1. Belgium finally found a response from Tom Boon with two minutes to go for the final hooter.
2. Boon, Belgium’s top goal-scorer at this World Cup, struck his eighth goal of the tournament from the second castle to the right of the German goalkeeper.
3. In the penalty shootout, Belgium did their best to erase Germany’s two-goal advantage but the latter held their nerves to win the World Cup 5-4 in the sudden death.

Earlier in the day, the Netherlands beat Australia 3-1 to claim the bronze medal. It was the first time since 1998 that Australia failed to finish on podium at the FIH World Cup.

Which team will play 2023 men’s FIH hockey World Cup?

Pool A

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Australia	Quarter-finals
2	Argentina	Cross-overs
3	France
4	South Africa

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Is India selected for FIFA 2023?

India’s eTigers have qualified twice in three years for the FIFAe Nations Cup – India qualified for the FIFAe Nations Cup for the second straight season, on Friday. The tournament is considered the pinnacle event of FIFA esports among the Member Associations of the governing body of world football.

India first participated in the FIFAe Nations Series in 2021, and have done extremely well to qualify twice in three years for the tournament, widely known as the ‘World Cup of FIFA esports’. India were knocked out at the group stage of the FIFAe Nations Cup 2022 held in Denmark in July 2022. The eTigers will be looking to better their record this time among the 24 nations, who will qualify for the FIFAe Nations Cup 2023.

Apart from India, three other nations — Australia, Malaysia and Singapore have qualified from the Asia and Oceania region for the final event. They will be joined by 11 teams from Europe, three from Middle East and Africa, three from South America and two from North and Central America along with the host nation, which has not been announced yet.

1. India started their FIFAe Nations Series 2023 journey in December, 2022, in the Play-Ins stage and played the Online Qualifiers Main Stage in April before qualifying for the Playoffs.
2. In the Playoffs stage, represented by the eTigers Charanjot Singh, Saransh Jain, Siddh Chandarana and Saksham Rattan, they lost the first round of the double elimination bracket by an aggregate score of 2-3 to Indonesia in a close encounter, but fought back with back-to-back victories against New Zealand (0-9 on aggregate) and Japan (1-2 on aggregate) thanks to an injury-time goal to seal their spot in the FIFAe Nations Cup 2023.

Charanjot Singh, the captain of the Indian team, said: “It is an amazing feeling to make the FIFAe Nations Cup for the second time in a row. I am proud of the way everyone performed. Hard work has paid off for us, finally. We practiced hard to achieve this and now it’s time to get even better and work harder for the off-line event”. Ritayan Basu, Senior Sub-Editor, Sports at News18.com, covers badminton and cricket but football remains his forte. Follow him at @ritayanbasu,

How many times Pakistan has won hockey World Cup?

Men’s Hockey World Cup winners list –

Men’s Hockey World Cup champions

Edition (hosts)	Winner	Runners up	Third place
1971 (Spain)	Pakistan	Spain	India
1973 (Netherlands)	Netherlands	India	West Germany
1975 (Malaysia)	India	Pakistan	West Germany
1978 (Argentina)	Pakistan	Netherlands	Australia
1982 (India)	Pakistan	West Germany	Australia
1986 (England)	Australia	England	West Germany
1990 (Pakistan)	Netherlands	Pakistan	Australia
1994 (Australia)	Pakistan	Netherlands	Australia
1998 (Netherlands)	Netherlands	Spain	Germany
2002 (Malaysia)	Germany	Australia	Netherlands
2006 (Germany)	Germany	Australia	Spain
2010 (India)	Australia	Germany	Netherlands
2014 (Netherlands)	Australia	Netherlands	Argentina
2018 (India)	Belgium	Netherlands	Australia
2023 (India)	Germany	Belgium	Netherlands

Netherlands are the most successful team in the Women’s Hockey World Cup. (Getty Images) The first edition of the women’s hockey World Cup, meanwhile, was held in 1974 in the Netherlands. The Dutch team became the inaugural women’s hockey World Cup champions, defeating Argentina 1-0 in the final.

• The Netherlands have dominated the women’s hockey World Cup and are the most successful team in the competition with nine titles (1974, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1990, 2006, 2014, 2018, 2022).
• They are also the reigning champions.
• Besides the Dutch, only three other teams, Argentina, Australia and Germany, have ever won the women’s FIH World Cup.

Each have two titles to their name. India’s best-ever showing at the women’s hockey World Cup came in the inaugural edition in 1974, where they finished fourth. It remains their only semi-final appearance to date.

Why Pakistan not participate in hockey World Cup 2023?

Pakistan finished 12th in the 2018 World Cup and failed to qualify for the 2023 edition. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT Pakistan finished 12th in the 2018 World Cup and failed to qualify for the 2023 edition. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT Pakistan is the most successful team in the hockey World Cup, winning the title four times – 1971, 1978, 1982 and 1994. The team’s dominance, however, has waned off since the turn of the new century.

After winning six medals between the inception of the World Cup in 1971 and 1994, Pakistan has not managed a single medal in the tournament. READ | HOCKEY WORLD CUP 2023 POINTS TABLE It failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 2014 for the Hague edition. The 2023 edition in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela will be the second time Pakistan will not be taking part in the World Cup.

Pakistan had the chance to make it to the tournament during the Asia Cup in 2022, held in Dhaka. Pakistan was drafted in Pool B alongside India, Japan and Indonesia. The side drew 1-1 against India in the opening match before hammering Indonesia 13-0 in the second Pool match.

However, a 2-3 loss to Japan in the last match saw Pakistan end in third place and fail to advance to the semifinals. As per the qualification rules by FIH, only the top four from the Asia Cup will qualify for the World Cup. Japan, South Korea and Malaysia were the teams that sealed their spots. While India also made it to the semifinals, it had already qualified by virtue of being the host nation.

Out of the Asian qualifiers, Japan and South Korea have been drafted in the same group – Pool B – along with Belgium and Germany. India, meanwhile, is in Pool D and will take on England, Wales and Spain. RELATED HOCKEY WORLD CUP COVERAGE

Is India playing in Qatar World Cup?

“It makes me really happy that I can represent India and make my country proud in my own way.” As a wellness coach of the team, Vinay is responsible for mental strategy and recovering of the body and the mind which help players perform at the optimal level. | Photo Credit: AIFF “It makes me really happy that I can represent India and make my country proud in my own way.” As a wellness coach of the team, Vinay is responsible for mental strategy and recovering of the body and the mind which help players perform at the optimal level.

1. | Photo Credit: AIFF India is very much being represented at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
2. Not on the field, but in certain activities surrounding it.
3. In Vinay Menon, the Belgium team for the upcoming showpiece will have a Keralite among its backroom staff.
4. The wellness coach of the Belgian team will be looking into various aspects like the physical and mental well-being of the players.

“I feel proud to have gotten this opportunity to be with the Belgian national team in the World Cup,” said Menon. “It makes me really happy that I can represent India and make my country proud in my own way.” As a wellness coach of the team, Vinay is responsible for mental strategy and recovering of the body and the mind which help players perform at the optimal level.

The 48-year-old has previously also worked with Chelsea FC, one of the top clubs in Europe; he has also played an important role in fine-tuning the Chelsea squads that won the UEFA Champions League in 2011-12 and 2020-21 seasons. Vinay is now looking for support from all quarters for his side to do well in the World Cup.

“India might not have a team yet in the World Cup, but I hope that all Indians who are travelling to Qatar for the matches will come and support Belgium,” he said. Vinay started his journey in the Cherai village near Ernakulam, Kerala, before completing his MPhil in physical education from the Pondicherry University.

• He further went on to study yoga science at the Kaivalydhan Institute in Pune, before moving to Dubai as an instructor in a five star resort.
• The young instructor had his first brush with the beautiful game, when he joined as the personal coach of then Chelsea owner Roman Abramovic, before joining the club altogether.

Still a part of Chelsea, he hopes to one day work in a similar capacity with the Indian football team. “If Belgium, with a population of 11 million, can make it to the World Cup, there’s no reason why India with a population of 1.3 billion, can’t,” he said.

“I believe that India can play the World Cup by 2030, and if and when that happens, I would very much like to lend my expertise to the national team.” Shaji Prabhakaran, All India Football Federation (AIFF) secretary general said, “For India, it’s a very proud moment; an Indian getting into the Belgium national team, as a wellness coach.

“This is a not a small responsibility Vinay has undertaken. Being the wellness coach means, he’s a mental strategist of the team. And therefore, he controls the mind of the players that helps to measure the performance and puts the goals in front of the players.”

Did Pakistan qualify for Hockey World Cup 2023?

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Where is the 2025 World Cup of Hockey?

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Which country has won the most men’s hockey World Cup?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup

Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1971 ; 52 years ago
Inaugural season	1971
No. of teams	16
Continent	International ( FIH )
Most recent champion(s)	Germany (3rd title) ( 2023 )
Most titles	Pakistan (4 titles)
Official website	Official website

The Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH), The tournament was started in 1971, It is held every four years, bridging the four years between the Summer Olympics,

1. Pakistan is the most successful team, having won the tournament four times.
2. The Netherlands, Australia and Germany have each won three titles.
3. Belgium and India have both won the tournament once.
4. The 2023 tournament was held in Bhubaneswar, India from 13 to 29 January.
5. Germany defeated Belgium in a penalty shoot-out 5–4 after the match ended in a 3–3 draw to win their third World Cup title.

The World Cup expanded to 16 teams in 2018.

Can India qualify for hockey World Cup?

The 2023 World Cup, in Bhubaneshwar and Rourkela, is the 15th edition of the Men’s Hockey World Cup. As hosts, India have qualified automatically, which made them one of only four sides to feature in every single edition of the tournament, along with Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain.

• The golden days of Indian hockey were approaching its end but there was still enough steam in the Indian side in the first half of the 1970s.
• They topped the group to reach the semi-finals in the first edition, in Barcelona 1971, only to lose to Pakistan.
• They improved on that in Amstelveen in 1973, where they met the hosts in the final.

Surjit Singh Randhawa (the Player of the Tournament) put India 2-0 up inside eight minutes, but Ties Kruize scored twice to equalise. The match went into extra-time, when BP Govinda missed a penalty stroke, and the Netherlands won 4-2 in tie-breakers.

1. In Kuala Lumpur 1975, India surpassed their previous records by becoming the first non-hosts to win the World Cup.
2. Zahid Sheikh put arch rivals Pakistan ahead early in the match, but Surjit scored, as did Ashok Kumar, and India lifted the trophy for the only time in history.
3. A star of the 1972 and 1976 Olympics as well as the 1974 and 1978 Asian Games, Surjit died in a car crash at only 32.

Dakhla, his native village, was later renamed Surjit Singh Wala. India have never made it to the top four of a World Cup since 1975. It seemed improbable that this streak of 11 barren tournaments would end — until they won a medal at the Olympics after a 31-year hiatus.

If one run can end, why not another? India are pitted with Spain, England, and World Cup debutants Wales in Group D of the 2023 World Cup. Here is how India have fared against the teams. Spain India first met Spain in the 1973 edition, in a league match at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen. Surjit scored both goals in their win.

In Buenos Aires 1978, neither team made it to the top four, and Spain won the fifth-place match 2-0. The teams did not meet when India hosted the World Cup for the first time, in Bombay in 1982. Four years later, in London 1986, Spain beat India 2-1 as MM Somaya’s goal went in vain.

1. The teams did not meet until the crossovers in Kuala Lumpur 2002.
2. After finishing fifth out of seven teams in the group, Dillion, Jugraj Singh, and Deepak Thakur helped India thrash Spain 3-0.
3. At New Delhi in 2010, Spain went 2-0 up by the half-time.
4. Sandeep Singh scored four minutes after play began, but within three minutes of that, Spain went 4-1 up in the match.

Gurwinder Singh Chandi reduced the deficit, only for Pau Quemada to help Spain inflict a 5-2 thrashing, their biggest margin of victory against India at the World Cup. Neither team was at their best at The Hague in 2012. India did have a chance when Rupinder Pal Singh scored, but Vicens Ruiz found the goal six minutes later, and that was that.

• This remains the last World Cup encounter between the sides.
• Recently, they met four times in the Pro League, twice in each of 2021-22 and 2022-23.
• The head-to-head record reads, from India’s point of view, 5-4, 3-5, 2-3, and 2-2.
• However, India did have a famous win against Spain at the Tokyo Olympics, two days after they were routed 1-7 by Australia.

Simranjeet Singh scored once and Rupinder Pal Singh twice to trigger a four-match winning streak that would be halted only by eventual gold medalists Belgium. India would later beat Germany to win bronze. England India and England first clashed in 1975 at the Stadium Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur.

• Victor Philips struck twice to help India win 2-1 en route to their only title.
• England did better in Buenos Aires three years later, holding India to a 1-1 draw.
• The teams next met in Sydney 1994, where Mukesh Kumar’s 45th-minute goal clinched the fifth-place decider for India.
• In the next clash, in Kuala Lumpur 2002, Danny Hall put England ahead, Dilip Tirkey equalised, but Hall scored again before Tom Bertram netted a third goal.

Baljit Singh Dhillon put one back immediately afterwards, but England held on to the lead. India started better in Monchengladbach 2006 when Shivendra Singh put them ahead in the 28th minute. They held on to the lead until well into the second half before England scored thrice in the space of eight minutes.

A late goal from Tirkey was not enough to save the day. India’s home humiliation continued in New Delhi 2010. After 2-5 defeats against both Australia and Spain, they were down by three goals against England until the 54th minute. Chandi and Rajpal Singh made it 2-3, but that was never going to be enough.

Dharamvir Singh helped India equalise at The Hague in 2012, but a last-minute goal by Simon Mantell helped England clinch the match. The teams have not met in the World Cup since. At the Pro League 2021-22, India beat England 3-3 and won 4-3, but more famously, they beat Great Britain 3-1 in the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Olympics, thanks to goals from Dilpreet Singh, Gurjant Singh, and Hardik Singh.

India won silver at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. They met England after a resounding 11-0 win against Ghana. In the goal-fest that ensued, Lalit Upadhyay scored once and Mandeep Singh twice to put India 3-0 up. However, England had a late burst, and despite a goal by Harmanpreet Singh, the match ended in a 4-4 draw.

Wales After the draw against England, India went on to beat Canada 8-0 before meeting Wales. Here, Harmanpreet did the hat-trick before Gurjant put in a fourth, and all Wales could manage was a late consolation goal. While having had even results against both Spain and England in recent past, India will take field as outright favourites against Wales this time.

How many countries play hockey?

The History of the Game – The origins of the game can be traced back to the earliest civilizations of the world, but the modern game of field hockey was developed in the British Isles. The modern game was started in England in the mid 1800’s and the first formal field hockey club the ‘Blackheath Football and Hockey Club’ was formed in 1861.

Many rules and concepts changed during the early years as the game spread throughout the British Empire. From these origins sprung not only the formidable field hockey nations of India, Pakistan and Australia but the development of the game in over 100 countries. As a result, field hockey became the second largest team sport in the world, after soccer.

Field hockey has been a men’s Olympic sport since the 1908 Olympic Games in London. The women’s game is a recent addition, first recognized at the Moscow Olympics in 1980. Field Hockey stages both a men’s and women’s World Cup as well as competitions at other International Games including the Commonwealth Games.

Which country will host 2024 hockey World Cup?

FIH Hockey5s World Cup 2024: African qualifiers to get underway in Egypt on December 10 The 1st African Hockey5s World Cup Qualifier is about to begin in Ismailia, Egypt with 5 men’s and 5 women’s teams vying for 3 spots, in each gender, in the inaugural edition of the FIH Hockey5s World Cup Oman 2024. Egypt, Kenya, South Africa and Zambia will compete in both genders.

The line-up is completed by Namibia (women) and Nigeria (men). The event will begin on 10 December and run till 15 December, with both men’s and women’s events running simultaneously. The first match on opening day will be played between Kenya and Zambia in the women’s qualifier event. Each team in both men’s and women’s competition will play all the other teams in the group stage.

At the end of the group stage, the top two teams will play for gold, while the third and fourth placed teams will go head-to-head for bronze, and the final African spot in the World Cup. The medal position matches will be played on 15 December, in both men’s and women’s competition, and will be streamed live on,

The FIH Hockey5s World Cup Oman 2024 is a 16-team tournament that will be the first ever World Cup played in the Hockey5s format. Apart from the hosts Oman, there will be 3 teams each from Africa, Asia, Europe, Pan America and Oceania. Netherlands, Belgium and Poland have already qualified for the men’s Hockey5s World Cup, from Europe.

The African qualifiers will now present three more teams for the men’s World Cup, and the first three teams for the women’s World Cup. The FIH Hockey5s World Cup will be held in Muscat, Oman in January 2024. This inaugural FIH Hockey5s World Cup will set up a pinnacle tournament in the Hockey5s format that will run as a quadrennial event.

Why do Indians support Argentina?

‘Our team will win’: how so many Indians started supporting Argentina The FIFA football world cup remains the greatest show on the planet. Last Sunday’s incredible final proving it beyond doubt. It is clearly the most popular sport on the planet but the eventual winners Argentina turned out to be the most popular team for neutrals across the world.

Lionel Messi’s genius and the fact that the world title had eluded him thus far has been the cause for almost the whole world outside of France rooting for his team. Whilst Messi has brought much joy to Indian football fans the young and old alike, Indians’ love for Argentina precedes Messi. Indians got to witness world class football for the first time during the 1986 world cup as televisions made their way into Indian households in the early triggered by the Delhi Asiad and then accelerated by India’s cricket world cup win in 1983.

So, Indians’ love for Argentina was born out of the magic of Maradona. But as this article highlights there was another hero connecting Indian football fans and Argentina – Che Guevara. India’s two football crazy regions of Kerala and Bengal have been communist strongholds for long periods.

1. MB Rajesh, a Kerala minister, told the Guardian his heart “carries the blue and white stripes”.
2. That country and its football team symbolises the irresistible urge of humanity to liberate themselves from oppression,’ said Rajesh.
3. I relate to their fights with justice and survival.” The football obsession in Indian states such as Kerala and West Bengal dates hundreds of years, to the times of British colonial rule when it was played among soldiers.

Though it has never qualified for a World Cup, India is home to some of the oldest football clubs in the world. In Kerala, India’s most leftwing state which has been ruled by a socialist government for decades, the widespread love of Argentina’s national team was partly credited to the revolutionary legacy of the Latin American country, which has fierce support in the Indian state.

• Argentina is the land of Messi and Che Guevara.
• Whether it wins or not in the final, I will continue to be a diehard fan,” said TM Thomas Issac, an economist and member of Kerala’s ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist).
• Ahead of Sunday’s final, the state has descended into a blue-and-white frenzy, and public screenings, where thousands will attend, are being arranged by fans and local authorities.” If you want to read our other published material, please visit Note: the above material is neither investment research, nor financial advice.

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Is India qualified to semi final?

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Why do people love football?

Why Americans Love Football “What it was, was football.” Next year marks the 70th anniversary of Andy Griffith’s classic monologue about a naïve country preacher who goes to a “college town” to set up a tent service and finds himself caught up in a crowd headed to a football game.

• Sitting on a bank amidst a screaming mob, the innocent fellow regards a “little green cow pasture” with white lines.
• There are several “convicts” in striped shirts running about blowing whistles.
• Pretty girls in short dresses” dance around.
• And two armies of energetic men struggle to move a “funny-looking little pumpkin” from one end of the field to the other.

Lacking a ticket, the narrator leaves the event without deciding what it was all about. Clearly a product of a simpler time, the young actor’s recording climbed to number nine on the Billboard chart and earned him an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show,

1. Aside from the bucolic of the piece, what strikes the modern listener is its claim that anyone, however isolated, could be that unknowing of the game of football.
2. Nevertheless, in 1953, football was something largely for high schools and colleges.
3. Broadcast television was in its infancy.
4. Professional football was centered in the industrial North.

More to the point, baseball was the national game. World War II, many said, was about defending baseball, Mom, and apple pie. Aspiring players filled schoolyards, town squares, and city parks. Professional stars were the stuff of legend. Now, if some country preacher claimed to know nothing of baseball, that really would be incredible.

• Clearly, things have changed.
• According to a Gallup poll, 37% of Americans list football as their favorite spectator sport.
• Fifty-seven percent consider themselves “fans.” That support is strongest among men, those over 35, and political conservatives.
• This contrasts with the 11% who claim basketball as their favorite, the 9% who favor baseball, and the 7% who prefer soccer.

Why has this shift occurred? After all, few people play football for long, even when young. Football for girls and women is rare indeed. Although the American inventions of basketball and baseball have spread to many societies, football is confined largely to this country.

1. For the rest of the world, football is what we call soccer.
2. Some of this is due merely to familiarity.
3. Much as Americans once “knew” baseball, now they know football.
4. Local high schools and colleges receive widespread media coverage.
5. Professional teams carry the names of cities and states.
6. Such sides promote collective among people who otherwise have little in common.

At an individual level, football gives people a rhythm to their week, an allegiance to claim, and a channel for emotional commitment. Rooters “tailgate” and bask in the crowd; they gather in homes and bars. Our media-saturated and commercialized culture encourages this.

• Football appurtenances—like jerseys and banners—are common sights.
• Sports-based television channels and websites bombard the public with football information.
• Leagues, office pools, and computer games abound.
• Organized sports gambling, now legal, allows people to bet on many aspects of games.
• The reader would observe, however, that most of this could be said about any sport that receives societal emphasis.

Think about the prominence of soccer in most countries. So, what is it about football that makes Americans so interested? In that light, I recall Murray Ross’s essay, “Football Red and Baseball Green.” Writing in 1971, when football was replacing baseball as the nation’s dominant sport, Ross argues that the two games express different mythologies.

Our “national pastime” expresses the small-town sensibility of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America. Football is the modern, more directly competitive version of our society, the outcome of ambitious collectivities that organize people to do their bidding. Consider below some basic differences between the two sports.

I’ll share some of Ross’s insights and include my own. Conceptions of time, Sports and games are little worlds of their own sort, specialized regimes with stipulated, rules, memberships, equipment, and impositions of space and time. Pointedly, baseball defies the clock time most of us live by.

While not as leisurely as cricket (where play can take several days), baseball games take as long as they take. If the score is tied after nine innings, the game goes on. Indeed, every at-bat, every inning, is an event with its own stages. Contrast this to football, which moves clock time to its center.

Commonly, that is 60 minutes, divided into quarters. Teams have a designated period to get a play “off”; woe to those committing a “delay of game.” Oddly, the actual running of each play may last only 4 or 5 seconds; most of the game ticks off while teams are huddling to contemplate their strategies.

Importantly, the game clock is a fundamental constraint of the play. Teams ahead “milk the clock”: teams behind call “time-out” and go into “hurry-up” offenses. Ross’s argument is that baseball’s lackadaisical view of time contrasts with the modern span. Facing schedule challenges in their own lives, contemporary people like to watch others struggle with time constraints.

They like short, focused plays, so their minds can wander during huddles, time-out, and commercial breaks. They are willing to commit three hours to a purportedly sixty-minute football game. They are less willing to sit through baseball’s seemingly endless pitcher-catcher tosses and managerial dithering.

1. Displays of space,
2. Typically, games have specialized fields or boards that direct people’s attention and movements.
3. Baseball’s diamond, and ultimately cone-shaped field, widens the spectators’ vision.
4. Balls travel outward, sometimes into the field’s gaps or corners.
5. Significantly, runners move to bases of safety and, ideally, return “home.” In that sense, batsmen emulate the mythic odysseys of traditional heroes.

Very few complete these difficult journeys, returning to the dugout as failures. Football is instead a game of territorial conquest. Teams gain and lose ground. When quarters end, they change direction. Much is made of yardage and “first downs.” “End zones” are sacred territory; so is the space “between the uprights.” Ross stresses that both sports have their operational centers—for baseball, the pitcher-catcher exchange; for football, the center-quarterback hike.

• From this, baseball opens widely.
• Football remains relatively focused.
• Eye zero in on small portions of the field.
• Again, this focused movement—making one’s way through a crowd of people—seems closer to the modern spirit.
• Role of the individual,
• Oddly, the team-game of baseball is largely an individual sport.

Batters come to the plate to face the pitcher alone. Defensive players occupy isolated positions on the field, either “making plays” or “committing errors.” Statistics emphasize these individual successes and failures. Football is more thoroughly collective.

1. Individual success—perhaps running with the ball or completing a pass—depends greatly on the success of blockers.
2. Every teammate is involved in the design and execution of every play.
3. Collectively, defenses execute strategies.
4. Doubtless, baseball fans still celebrate the solitary individual, who successfully takes on an opposing pitcher and his eight comrades.

They enjoy seeing the faces of players and their idiosyncratic mannerisms. But that individual attempt to go out and conquer the world is more of a nineteenth than twentieth-century ethic. More thoroughly social, contemporary people accept that group cohesion is the foundation of individual success.

• Football heroes are covered up, in helmets and pads.
• Individuals become soldiers, elements in a great collective striving.
• Media channeling,
• Because of the way action radiates, baseball is a difficult sport to televise.
• Similarly, television fails to capture the sights, sounds, and “feel” of a relatively quiet sport.

Stadium spectators revel in the crack of the ball off the bat, the pop of a pitch in the catcher’s mitt, and the umpire’s dramatic bellowing. Most of this is lost on TV. Football is noisier and more predictable, essentially a series of brief collisions.

1. Because all 22 players align themselves in a narrow section of the rectangular field, cameras can focus easily.
2. Typically, the action ranges in one direction.
3. The time between plays allows for replays, often in slow motion.
4. Screens in stadiums let fans and players watch as well.
5. Pointedly, the superhuman vision of cameras becomes a key element of football officiating.

Referees sometimes wait while faraway reviewers evaluate footage. Rather than resenting these reviews, players, coaches, and spectators anxiously await the results. Technologically generated suspense is today part of the game. Baseball is reticent to adopt these changes.

Although the camera superimposes a strike zone to show where pitches go, plate umpires call the game as they wish. There is now some technical reviewing at bases and foul lines, but for the most part, bad calls—like bad bounces—are part of the game. All this makes the affair personal, charming, and unpredictable; but it disregards the contemporary belief that technological judgment is superior to human judgment.

Like many societies, we Americans have a taste for spectacle. But we like those spectacles to be focused, explosive, predictable, and technologically abetted. By such criteria, football wins the game. : Why Americans Love Football

What is the rank of Pakistan in FIFA?

Lionel Messi’s Argentina on top – If we talk about the table toppers, FIFA 2022 champions Argentina is on top, and the runners-up France is in second position. Brazil, England, and Belgium are the next three teams on the list. On number 6th is Croatia, then the Netherlands, Italy on 8th, and the last two spots in the top 10 are with Portugal and Spain.

Can India make it to FIFA?

Why is it a boost for India in qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup? – As things stand, the second round of qualification will see nine groups of four teams each with the top two teams making the third round. Since India will avoid all the pot number two teams and will have only one pot one team in their group, they will get a significantly favoured group in the second round.

India will be expected to finish as group runners-up at minimum. If this is the case, India will qualify for round three, which will see them get a step closer to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. While it will be a tall order, a top-two finish in the third round will see India qualify for the World Cup. While they could also make the playoffs in case they fail to seal direct qualification.

The Blue Tigers gained 4.24 ranking points after five wins and two draws in June which has seen them boost their qualification campaign. India are currently 3.16 points in advantage of Lebanon after India beat them in the Intercontinental Cup final. The result had huge consequences on both India’s FIFA as well as AFC Rankings.

Is India qualified for FIFA?

Kuwait and the winner of the first-round playoffs between Mongolia and Afghanistan will be the Indian men’s football team’s other opponents in the second round of qualifying. (Picture by All India Football Federation (AIFF)) The Indian men’s football team has been drawn with reigning Asian champions Qatar and Kuwait in Group A for the second round of the FIFA World Cup 2026 AFC qualifiers, Either Mongolia and Afghanistan will join the group from the first round.

The official draw ceremony was conducted at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday. The second round of the FIFA World Cup 2026 AFC qualifiers, scheduled from November 16, 2023, to June 11, 2024, will see 36 football teams compete. While 26 of them, including India, got direct entries into the second round, the remaining 10 will be chosen from the first round of matches involving 20 teams.

The winner of the two-legged home-away format playoffs between Mongolia and Afghanistan will join India, Qatar and Kuwait in Group A of the second round. The 36 teams have been divided into nine groups. The teams in each group will play each other in a home-away round-robin format and the top two teams from each group will make round three of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

1. The 18 teams will also qualify for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup.
2. World No.99 in the FIFA men’s football rankings, India are the second-best team in Group A of the second round qualifiers behind world No.59 Qatar.
3. Uwait are 137th.
4. Qatar, who won the last AFC Asian Cup in 2019, will be the outright favourites to win the group.

India, however, did manage to hold the Asian powerhouses to a 0-0 draw in the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifiers in September 2019. The 2022 FIFA World Cup was hosted by Qatar. The Igor Stimac-coached Indian side also played Kuwait twice this year in the 2023 SAFF Championship.

Is India out of the World Cup hockey?

India knocked out of Hockey World Cup 2023 by New Zealand with penalty shootout heartbreak.

Which team is out from Hockey World Cup?

India crashed out of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup after losing 4-5 via penalty shootout to lower-ranked New Zealand following a 3-3 stalemate after the regulation time in a crossover match in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. India, ranked sixth in the world, produced a below-par performance, allowing New Zealand to claw back into the match after taking a 2-0 lead in the first half.

India scored through Lalit Upadhyay (17th minute), Sukhjeet Singh (24th) and Varun Kumar (40th). New Zealand replied through Sam Lane (28th) and two penalty-corner conversions by Kane Russell (43rd) and Sean Findlay (49th). New Zealand will now take on reigning world champions Belgium in the quarterfinals.

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Is India out Asia Cup?

India out of Asia Cup final even before last match against Afghanistan India was, on Wednesday, knocked out of contention for the Asia Cup final after Pakistan beat Afghanistan by one wicket in a tense Super 4 match in Sharjah. Winless in two matches, both India and Afghanistan are out of the tournament and Thursday’s match between the two sides has been rendered inconsequential.

1. With four points each from two wins apiece, Pakistan and Sri Lanka sealed their places in the summit clash to be played on Sunday.
2. India will be out of the the tournament if Pakistan beat Afghanistan on Wednesday After convincing wins over Pakistan and Hong Kong, India looked clueless in the Super 4 stage.

They lost to Pakistan by five wickets and then slumped to a six-wicket defeat against Sri Lanka in a close match. Despite the losses, India still had a mathematical chance to qualify for Sunday’s final if Afghanistan had beaten Pakistan on Wednesday. Besides, India were also required to beat Afghanistan by a big margin on Thursday and for Sri Lanka to do a favour by beating Pakistan on Friday.

Is India playing in Qatar World Cup?

“It makes me really happy that I can represent India and make my country proud in my own way.” As a wellness coach of the team, Vinay is responsible for mental strategy and recovering of the body and the mind which help players perform at the optimal level. | Photo Credit: AIFF “It makes me really happy that I can represent India and make my country proud in my own way.” As a wellness coach of the team, Vinay is responsible for mental strategy and recovering of the body and the mind which help players perform at the optimal level.

| Photo Credit: AIFF India is very much being represented at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Not on the field, but in certain activities surrounding it. In Vinay Menon, the Belgium team for the upcoming showpiece will have a Keralite among its backroom staff. The wellness coach of the Belgian team will be looking into various aspects like the physical and mental well-being of the players.

“I feel proud to have gotten this opportunity to be with the Belgian national team in the World Cup,” said Menon. “It makes me really happy that I can represent India and make my country proud in my own way.” As a wellness coach of the team, Vinay is responsible for mental strategy and recovering of the body and the mind which help players perform at the optimal level.

• The 48-year-old has previously also worked with Chelsea FC, one of the top clubs in Europe; he has also played an important role in fine-tuning the Chelsea squads that won the UEFA Champions League in 2011-12 and 2020-21 seasons.
• Vinay is now looking for support from all quarters for his side to do well in the World Cup.

“India might not have a team yet in the World Cup, but I hope that all Indians who are travelling to Qatar for the matches will come and support Belgium,” he said. Vinay started his journey in the Cherai village near Ernakulam, Kerala, before completing his MPhil in physical education from the Pondicherry University.

• He further went on to study yoga science at the Kaivalydhan Institute in Pune, before moving to Dubai as an instructor in a five star resort.
• The young instructor had his first brush with the beautiful game, when he joined as the personal coach of then Chelsea owner Roman Abramovic, before joining the club altogether.

Still a part of Chelsea, he hopes to one day work in a similar capacity with the Indian football team. “If Belgium, with a population of 11 million, can make it to the World Cup, there’s no reason why India with a population of 1.3 billion, can’t,” he said.

“I believe that India can play the World Cup by 2030, and if and when that happens, I would very much like to lend my expertise to the national team.” Shaji Prabhakaran, All India Football Federation (AIFF) secretary general said, “For India, it’s a very proud moment; an Indian getting into the Belgium national team, as a wellness coach.

“This is a not a small responsibility Vinay has undertaken. Being the wellness coach means, he’s a mental strategist of the team. And therefore, he controls the mind of the players that helps to measure the performance and puts the goals in front of the players.”