Archive · 24 Aug 2026
India Miss Women’s Hockey World Cup Semifinal After Australia Draw
India and Australia played a very close hockey match.
Neither team scored, so the game ended 0-0.
Both teams had two points and the same goal difference.
Australia moved on because it had scored three goals overall.
India had scored two goals overall.
This small difference meant Australia reached the semifinals.
India therefore missed its chance to reach the semifinals for the first time in 52 years.
The article lists the players who started and those on the benches for both teams.
India and Australia played to a 0-0 draw in the Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026.
Both teams finished with two points and a goal difference of -2.
Australia advanced after scoring three goals in the tournament, compared with India’s two.
India missed a semifinal place at the tournament for the first time in 52 years.
Salima Tete captained India, while Claire Colwill captained Australia.
- Who
- India and Australia’s women’s hockey teams.
- What
- A 0-0 draw decided which team would reach the Women’s Hockey World Cup semifinals.
- When
- 2026; the specific date is not stated.
- Why
- Australia advanced on the scoring tiebreaker after both teams had two points and a -2 goal difference.
- Match result
- India 0-0 Australia
- India points
- Two
- Australia points
- Two
- Goal difference
- Both teams had -2
- Goals scored
- Australia scored three; India scored two
- Semifinal outcome
- Australia advanced and India was eliminated
- India milestone
- India missed a semifinal place for the first time in 52 years