Women’s Hockey Junior Asia Cup 2023

June 13, 2023

The Indian hockey team emerged champions of the Women’s Junior Asia Cup in Japan’s Kakamigahara by defeating South Korea 2-1 in a captivating final.
Annu (22nd) and Neelam (41st) scored for India and Park Seo-yeon (25th) for Korea.
This is India’s first title while South Korea (4) and China (3) share the honours from the previous editions.
Acknowledging the team’s unbeaten streak in six matches — it also helped them qualify for the 2023 Women’s Junior World Cup in Chile — Hockey India (HI) declared a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh per player and Rs.1 lakh each for the support staff.