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Women's Hockey World Cup 2022 - How can India qualify for Quarter-finals?
Take a look at the points table and India's chances of quarter-final qualification for the ongoing FIH Women's Hockey World Cup 2022.
The 15th FIH Hockey World Cup will feature 16 teams in total. (Credits- FIH)
Indian Women's Hockey team finished their group matches with two draws (1-1 vs England and 1-1 vs China) and one defeat (3-4 to New Zealand) to finish at 3rd spot with 2 points from 3 matches.
New Zealand directly qualified for the quarter-finals from India's group, while India will be taking on Spain in a crossover match on July 10 for an indirect place in the quarterfinal.
If India win, they will play against Australia in the quarterfinal on July 13. If they lose to Spain, they will play a classification match against Canada on July 11.
Here is a look at the points table of Hockey World Cup Pool B:
Hockey World Cup Points Table
| Position | Teams | Games Played | Won | Lost | Draw | Goal Difference | Points |
| 1 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
| 2 | England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | India | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 4 | China | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
Format of Hockey World Cup
With 16 teams divided into four pools. Every group winner have directly qualified for the quarter-finals. Australia, Netherlands, New Zealand and Argentina are the four automatic qualifiers for the quarterfinals.
Rank two and Rank three of every group will play crossovers against a team from another pool in order to find one spot in the quarter-finals. India, by basis of finishing third in Group B, will take on the second-placed team from Group C - Spain.
The four crossover matches will be Germany vs South Africa, Belgium vs Chile, Spain vs India and England vs South Korea.
India's best ever finish at the Women's World Cup is a fourth-place finish from 1974.
