Indian women hockey team for FIH World League Round 3 announced

New Delhi, May 30, 2013: Hockey India announced its senior women hockey team for FIH Women’s Hockey World League Round 3 (semifinals) to be played at Rotterdam, The Netherlands from June 13-23.

Hockey India selectors Col. Balbir Singh, B P Govinda, director High Performance Roelant Oltmans and chief coach Neil Hawgood along with government observer Harbinder Singh selected the list of 18 players during the meeting held on May 17.

The 18 member squad will be captained by midfielder Ritu Rani (150 caps) while midfielder Chanchan Devi (82 caps) will be the vice-captain.

The senior women team camp is currently underway and commenced at NIS, Patiala on May 12 as final preparations for this tournament. The team will depart for Rotterdam on  June 5, with their opening match against New Zealand on June 13.

The Indian team has qualified for the FIH Women World League Round 3 (semifinals) in February this year by winning the World League Round 2 tournament in Delhi. The FIH World League is a qualification tournament for the FIH Women’s World Cup 2014 to be played in The Hague, The Netherlands from May 31to June 14, 2014.

India is placed in Pool B with New Zealand, Germany and Belgium while hosts The Netherlands, Korea, Japan and Chile are placed in Pool A. 

Team

Goalkeepers

1.   Savita

2.   Rajni Etimarpu

Defenders

3.   Deep Grace Ekka

4.   Kirandeep Kaur

5.   Namita Toppo

6.   Sushila Chanu

7.   Sunita Lakra

8.   Manjeet Kaur

Midfielders

9.      Ritu Rani (Captain)

10.  Chanchan Devi (Vice-Captain)

11. Navjot Kaur

12. Vandana Katariya

13. Lily Chanu

Forwards

14. Anupa Barla

15.  Poonam Rani

16. Roselin Dung Dung

17. Lilima Minz

18. Ritusha Arya

A Hockey India press release