Match Preview India vs Germany 6th aug, 2024 10:30 pm ist
The Indian men’s hockey team will compete against Germany in the Paris 2024 Olympics semi-finals at Yves-du-Manoir Stadium in Colombes on Tuesday.
The match will be available for live streaming and telecast in India, starting at 10:30 PM IST.
Ranked fifth, India finished second in the group stages with three wins out of five matches. They advanced to the semi-finals by defeating Great Britain in a shootout in the quarter-finals.
Captain Harmanpreet Singh and Lee Morton scored for their teams, leading to a shootout where PR Sreejesh made two crucial saves, helping India reach the semi-finals for the second consecutive time.
Harmanpreet Singh, who was India's top scorer at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, continues to lead the attack with seven goals in six matches.
India will miss defender Amit Rohidas in the semi-final against Germany due to a one-match ban for an offense during the quarter-final against Great Britain.
Ranked second in the world, Germany's hockey team secured a 3-2 victory over Argentina in the quarter-finals on Sunday. Goals by Teo Hinrichs, Gonzalo Peillat, and Justus Weigand set up their semi-final clash against India.
Germany Squad: Marco Miltkau, Mats Grambusch, Thies Prinz, Mathias Müller, Gonzalo Peillat, Moritz Ludwig, Justus Weigand, Jean-Paul Danneberg, Hannes Müller, Christopher Rühr, Johannes Große, Tom Grambusch, Niklas Wellen, Teo Hinrichs, Martin Zwicker, Lukas Windfeder.
India Squad: Hardik Singh, PR Sreejesh, Abhishek Nain, Sanjay, Mandeep Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Shamsher Singh, Sumit, Lalit Upadhyay, Manpreet Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Raj Kumar Pal, Jarmanpreet Singh, Vivek Prasad, Amit Rohidas, Gurjant Singh.
Head-to-Head: India vs Germany in Hockey
In their bronze medal playoff at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Germany faced India, and it turned into a thrilling contest. The Indian men’s hockey team emerged victorious with a 5-4 win.
Following that encounter, India and Germany have met six times in the FIH Pro League. India has claimed victory in five of these matches, while Germany secured a win in only one, which occurred in June of this year and remains their latest encounter.
India, making their first podium finish in 41 years at Tokyo 2020, aims to increase their total of 12 Olympic medals, which includes eight golds.
Germany, on the other hand, has earned three gold medals in the men’s Olympic hockey tournament.
For the Paris 2024 Olympics hockey semi-final match between India and Germany, you can watch it live on:
JioCinema for live streaming.
Sports18 Network TV channels for television broadcasts in India.
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