By IANS,
New Delhi : Indian women’s hockey team lost 0-2 to South Africa in the playoffs in the Champions Challenge I tournament at Dublin.
India will now play Azerbaijan for the seventh-eighth position.
South Africa scored once in each half. World record goal scorer Pietie Coetzee converted a penalty corner in the 23rd minute and Lesle-Ann George scored in the 67th minute.
Indian goalkeeper Yogita Bali saved a penalty stroke taken by Coetzee in the 28th minute.
The match was played in wet conditions and India did not get many chances to score.
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