In-form penalty-corner specialist Grace Balsdon put England ahead in the 13th minute, which made her the tournament\u2019s joint top-scorer with five goals. India tried to piece together their A game but failed to find the equaliser despite having an almost equal share of ball possession and more circle entries than England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It remained 1-0 at half-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India continued to pose a threat to England\u2019s lead, which grew to 2-0 in the 43rd minute when Elizabeth Neal was awarded the goal that India challenged with a referral. However, the on-field official\u2019s decision was upheld after video referral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The hosts were left with a stiffer chase in the last 15 minutes, where England held their nerves and defended in numbers to secure victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The final was also a landmark match for India captain Salima Tete who played her 150th senior international.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3\/4 Place – Scotland 1 \u2013 0 Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With a place in the World Cup on the line, the European battle between Scotland and Italy was understandably a cagey affair, which eventually was decided by a solitary goal scored by the Scots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Scotland vs Italy match-up wasn\u2019t expected to be a battle of defence, especially after Scotland got on the scoreboard as early as the 7th minute when Amy Costello ensured the penalty-corner wasn\u2019t wasted. In the next 53 minutes, Scotland earned just one more PC with Italy fortifying their backline while trying to find the equaliser. But it never came.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The chances created by the Italians were few and far in between against a determined Scottish defence that conceded just one penalty corner and held its structure to protect the 1-0 lead for a ticket to the World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scotland women last featured in a World Cup way back in 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s the first time we\u2019ve qualified for the FIH Hockey World Cup in 24 years! So, the feeling is quite incredible. (We) Still haven\u2019t come to terms with it, but (it\u2019s) just amazing,\u201d said Scotland captain, Sarah Robertson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5\/6 Place – Wales 0 \u2013 3 Uruguay<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Uruguay finished their tournament on a winning note when they defeated Wales 3-0 on the concluding day, which also earned them a 5th-place finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The South Americans dominated the game right from the start, but it took a penalty stroke in the 23rd minute for them to break through as the in-form Teresa Viana made no mistake to put her team ahead with her fifth goal of the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uruguay continued to pepper the Welsh circle in the second half, which resulted in their second goal off the stick of Magdalena Verga in the 36th minute from a penalty corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wales failed to string together meaningful attacks, which showed up in the statistics with just nine circle penetrations by their strikers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uruguay put the final nail in the coffin with their third goal in the 57th minute when Lupe Curutchague provided the finishing touch to an incisive move. It was Uruguay\u2019s third win in five matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7\/8 Place – Korea 1 \u2013 1 Austria (SO: 1-2)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Korea hit a nadir in their concluding game of a disappointing campaign, going down to Austria in a shootout to finish last in the eight-team competition. It was their third defeat in five matches, besides a draw and a win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Austrians held their nerves in the shootout for a 2-1 victory after the regulation 60 minutes ended at 1-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Austria began in fine fashion, earning a penalty corner in just the third minute and converted it through Kristine Vijkovich. They defended their 1-0 lead going into half-time. Korea drew level in the opening minute of the third quarter when Yuri Lee scored off a set-piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both the teams tightened their defence thereafter, as the game produced no more goals despite chances created by strikers on both sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The shootout turned out to be a who-blinks-first battle, with goalkeepers Michaela Streb (Austria) and Seoyeon Lee (Korea) defending their respective post resolutely. After Yujin Lee and Johanna Czech scored off the first attempts, none of the attackers from both the teams could find the mark \u2013 until Carla Kemper beat the Korean goalkeeper on the fifth and last attempt to win it for Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Korea 1 (1) \u2013 1 (2 SO) Austria (7\/8)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Player of the Match: Michaela Streb (AUT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wales 0 \u2013 3 Uruguay<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Player of the Match: Maria Bate (URU)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scotland 1 \u2013 0 Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Player of the Match: Ellie Mackenzie (SCO)<\/p>\n\n\n\n England 2 \u2013 0 India<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Player of the Match: Lily Walker (ENG)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Final Standings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n List of Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Player:<\/strong> Navneet Kaur<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Junior Player:<\/strong> Lottie Bingham (ENG)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Goalkeeper: <\/strong>Lucia Caruso (ITA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Top Scorer (shared): <\/strong>Grace Balsdon (ENG), Teresa Viana (URU)<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" England defeated hosts India 2\u20130 in the final at the GMC Balayogi Hockey Stadium to clinch the gold<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[60],"class_list":["post-10580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-hockey"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/England-women-hockey.webp",1000,563,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/England-women-hockey-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/England-women-hockey-300x169.webp",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/England-women-hockey-768x432.webp",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/England-women-hockey.webp",640,360,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/England-women-hockey.webp",1000,563,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/England-women-hockey.webp",1000,563,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/England-women-hockey-825x563.webp",825,563,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/England-women-hockey-590x410.webp",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Newsbeat<\/a>","tag_info":"Newsbeat","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/England-women-hockey.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10583,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10580\/revisions\/10583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hockey-womens-award-winners.webp\")
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