Indian hockey highlights of 2007

By IANS

New Delhi : India’s hockey performance in 2007 under coach Joaquim Carvalho:


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1. Sultan Azlan Shah Cup (Ipoh, Malaysia, May 5-13):

Win-loss: 3-2. Goals For-Against: 9-7. Penalty corners: Received 14, converted 2; conceded 22, converted 3. Field goals: 7.

Final positions: Australia 1, Malaysia 2, India 3, South Korea 4, Argentina 5, Pakistan 6, China 7, Canada 8.

2. Champions Challenge (Boom, Belgium, June 23-July 1):

Win-loss: 4-2. Goals For-Against: 16-12. Penalty corners: Received 24, converted 6; conceded 22, scored 7. Field goals: 9.

Final positions: Argentina 1, New Zealand 2, India 3, England 4, Japan 5, Belgium 6.

3. BSNL Asia Cup (Chennai, Aug 31-Sep 9):

Win-loss: 7-0. Goals For-Against: 57-5. Penalty corners: Received 40, converted 9; conceded 13, scored 1. Field goals: 47.

Final positions: India 1, South Korea 2, Malaysia 3, Japan 4, China 5, Pakistan 6, Bangladesh 7, Hong Kong (China) 8, Sri Lanka 9, Singapore 10, Thailand 11.

2007 Summary:

Win-Loss: 14-4. Goals For-Against: 82-24. Penalty corners: Received 80. Converted 17. Conceded 57. Scored 11. Penalty strokes: Received 2. Converted 2. Conceded 1. Scored 1. Field goals scored: 63

Win-Loss against Top 7: Australia (No.2) 0-1; South Korea (No.6) 3-0; Argentina (No.7) 1-1.

Leading goal scorers: Prabhjot Singh 20, V Ramachandra Raghunath 11, Shivendra Singh 8, Rajpal Singh 8, Tushar Khandkar 6.

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