While the stadium is all set to witness an exciting clash
between Pool A placed Thailand and Poland in the third match of the opening day
of the league, the women team from Pool B placed Russia and Singapore will
battle it out in the second match of the day with their finest game skills and
strategies on field.
The two teams will not only play to seal their positions in
the finals but will also confirm their way for a safe passage through to the
FIH Hockey World League Round 3 in order to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic
Games.
With an aim to begin their campaign in the League with a
win, the teams are making significant efforts to put their line-up and field
plan in place. The players seemed focus and determined for their respective
encounters and polished their skills undergoing training to show a valiant game
of hockey in the much awaited FIH Hockey Word League Round 2.
Commenting on the first clash against Singapore , Coach of Russian Women Hockey Team
Oleg Potapov said, “Singapore
is a strong team and we are looking to play against strong opponents. This will
help us understand our loopholes and we will better ourselves. Looking forward
to our first game and aim is to play the Finals against India .”
Anticipating a good opening game against Poland ,
Thailand Women Hockey Team Captain Boonta Duangurai said, “We had a light
session today and we understand the structure that we will be playing with on
the opening day. We have been training for past two months for this tournament
and we will use this tournament's experience for the future tournaments. We are
a team of young players who want to learn and execute as much as possible.
While we are ready, we will use each match experience to practice and better
ourselves for next encounter.”
The matches of the FIH World League Round 2 (Women) will be
telecast LIVE and Exclusive on DD Sports.
HI Press release
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