India Women vs England Women Live Score, Hockey World Cup 2026: IND-W 0-0 ENG-W as 2nd quarter begins
India vs England Hockey World Cup 2026 Match: IND-W take on ENG-W. (Hockey India)
An unbeaten India women’s side will look to seal their place in the second round on Monday as they take on England in their final Pool D match of the Women’s Hockey World Cup on Thursday. India thrashed South Africa 6-1 in their last match while also holding Olympic medallists China in the opener. Due to those results, a draw will be enough for the women in blue to make their way to the next round.
India are currently second of the table in Pool D with 4 points with China topping the table with 7 points. England, meanwhile, have 3 points and only a win here can take them through.
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India will be wary of the attacking threat that England possess, having lost to the same team 2-0 in the World Cup qualifiers in Hyderabad earlier this year. England’s 4-0 win over South Africa underlined their attacking threat, although they subsequently lost 2-4 to China.
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India were always favourites going into Tuesday’s contest in Amsterdam, especially after holding China to a 2-2 draw in their first game, while South Africa were thrashed 4-0 by England. (Hockey India)
India rout South Africa 6-1, the team that once denied them an Olympic berth
Followers of hockey of a certain vintage would remember that it was South Africa who denied Indian women their first visit to an Olympics in 32 years. In the qualifying tournament in Delhi, they beat the home team 3-1 in a winner-takes-all clash in 2012. South Africa weren’t considered one of the fancied teams in women’s hockey even then.
That the group match between the two teams at the 2026 FIH World Cup was seen mainly as a chance for India to boost their goal difference says everything about the contrasting paths the two teams have taken over the last decade and a half. In that sense, the 6-1 win for Sjoerd Marijne’s side was on expected lines, and India now have to avoid defeat against England on Thursday to make the next round.
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