The Indian hockey team sealed their place in the Super 4s of the Women’s Asia Cup 2025 with a 12-0 win over Singapore at the Gongshu Canal Sports Park Hockey Field in Hangzhou, the People’s Republic of China, on Monday.
For India, 10th in the women’s hockey rankings, Navneet Kaur (14’, 20’, 28’) and Mumtaz Khan (2’, 32’, 39’) scored hat-tricks.
Neha (11’, 38’) scored a brace and goals from Lalremsiami (13’), Udita (29’), Sharmila Devi (45’) and Rutuja Pisal (53’) underlined the dominance.
The result means India are unbeaten so far in the tournament, having won their first game against Thailand 11-0 on Friday and holding defending champions Japan to a 2-2 draw on Saturday.
The big win also helped India top Pool B ahead of Japan on goal difference. The top two from each pool progressed to the Super 4s, which will decide the finalists. Thailand and Singapore were eliminated.
India needed less than two minutes to open their account with Mumtaz unleashing a fierce reverse stick shot from the top of the circle.
Neha doubled the lead in the 11th minute, reacting sharply to a rebound, before Lalremsiami made it 3-0 two minutes later. Navneet converted from a penalty corner on the stroke of the first quarter to put India firmly in control at 4-0.
Singapore briefly tightened up in the second quarter but couldn’t hold back the tide for long. Navneet struck twice more – a crisp finish in the 20th minute and a blistering penalty-corner conversion in the 28th – to complete her hat-trick. Udita added another from a set-piece soon after, sending India into half-time 7-0 ahead.
The onslaught continued after the restart. Lalremsiami teed up Mumtaz for her second, before Neha converted the penalty corner to make it 9-0.
Mumtaz then completed her treble, India’s second of the evening, while Sharmila pounced on a rebound to push the score into double digits at the end of the third quarter.
In the final quarter, Rutuja Pisal capped the scoring with a neat deflection in the 53rd minute. Singapore fought to salvage a late consolation but found no way past the resolute Indian defence.
India will play the second-placed side from Pool A in their opening Super 4s Women’s Asia Cup 2025 clash on Wednesday.