India Settle For Silver After Losing Final on Penalties
India were pipped by reigning world champions Australia 1-3 via penalty shoot-out to settle for their maiden silver medal in the Hockey Champions Trophy in London on Friday June 17,2016
After the 60 minutes of regulation play remained goalless in the final, Australian goalkeeper Tyler Lovell denied S.K. Uthappa, S.V. Sunil and Surender Kumar in the penalty shoot-out to drive Australia to their 14th Champions Trophy title -- most by any side.
Harmanpreet Singh was the only scorer for India, while for Australia, Aran Zalewski, Daniel Beale, Simon Orchard succeeded. Indian goalkeeper P.R. Sreejesh could only deny Trent Mitton.
It was India's best performance in the history of the tournament. India's previous best performance in the Champions Trophy was a bronze medal in 1982.
In the bronze-medal match, Marco Miltkau's 40th-minute field goal gave Germany a 1-0 win over hosts Britain. It was the reigning Olympic champions' seventh bronze medal
In the fifth-sixth classification match, Belgium showed great fighting spirit to fight back from 1-3 down to snatch a 4-3 win over South Korea, ensuring that they would not finish the event as the lowest placed team in the final standings
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated the Indian men's hockey team for winning silver medal in the Champions Trophy.
"Congrats to our Hockey Team for a spirited performance in Champions Trophy finals. Their effort has been brilliant. We're proud of the team," Modi tweeted.
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