The Netherlands, the number one ranked women's hockey team in the world, and Australia, ranked second in the world, arrived at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar, Odisha on Wednesday to begin their FIH Hockey Pro League .
Argentina, the Tokyo 2020 silver medallists, earned a resounding 4-1
win over co-hosts Spain at the 2022 Women's International Hockey
Federation Hockey World Cup.
The Netherlands, seeking a third consecutive title at the 2022 Women's
International Hockey Federation Hockey World Cup, earned an emphatic
5-1 win in their opening Pool A match on home ground at Amstelveen
against the team they defeated in the 2018 final, Ireland.
The Netherlands ensured they would finish second in the women's
International Hockey Federation Pro League standings today by thumping
China 6-0 in their penultimate match in Rotterdam.