2024-09-19 19:36:10
New Delhi: The Indian hockey team defeated China 1-0 in the final of the Asian Champions Trophy. With this victory, India won the Champions Trophy title for a record 5th time. Jugraj Singh scored the only goal in this victory for India. In this way, Team India was awarded the prize for winning the Asian Champions Trophy. Hockey India also announced prize money for the players and support staff. Hockey India will give a cash prize of Rs 3 lakh to each player of Team India. Apart from this, Rs 1.5 lakh will be given to the support staff. Team India, which finished first, was given the Champions Trophy and prize money along with a gold medal by the Asian Hockey Federation. Captain Harmanpreet Singh was the star performer of the tournament from India. He was chosen as the Player of the Tournament and was given a cash prize of 2 thousand US dollars as a reward.
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India won the second gold under the captaincy of Harmanpreet
Under the captaincy of Captain Harmanpreet Singh, India has won the second back to back gold medal in the Champions Trophy. In the Champions Trophy 2024, Harmanpreet Singh dominated the entire tournament with his strong game. He was the top scorer for India by scoring 7 goals. This is why he was awarded the Hero of the Tournament. Although he missed the opportunity to score in the final match, despite this, Team India managed to become the champion.
India entered China and defeated China and became Asian Champions Trophy champion for the 5th time
Pakistan finished third
The host team China, which lost to India in the final, came second and won the silver medal. Apart from this, neighbouring country Pakistan defeated South Korea in the bronze medal match and secured the third position. In this way, the Pakistani team finished third.