India, Spain to join Women's Pro League only for Season 3
The national women’s teams of India and Spain have been invited to be part of Season 3 of the FIH Pro League that is starting on October 12 with a match between title-holders, world champions, and Olympic gold medallists, The Netherlands and Belgium.
LAUSANNE: The national women's teams of India and Spain have been invited to be part of Season 3 of the FIH Pro League that is starting on October 12 with a match between title-holders, world champions, and Olympic gold medallists, The Netherlands and Belgium.
Both teams will replace — for this season only — Australia and New Zealand, who last month announced that they will not participate in this season's FIH Hockey Pro League due to Covid-related international travel restrictions put in place by their respective governments.
However, Australia and New Zealand will join the Pro League again for Season 4, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced on Friday.
Whenever possible, the female squads of India and Spain will play on the same dates and venues as their male counterparts, who are already part of FIH's global home-and-away league which involves most of the best nations in world hockey, the FIH said.
With India and Spain, the third edition of the FIH Hockey Pro League welcomes two teams who played brilliantly at the recent Olympic Games in Tokyo, the release said.
India finished fourth in Tokyo after stunning Australia in the semifinals while Spain narrowly missed reaching the last-four stage, losing to Great Britain in a shoot-out in the quarterfinals. IANS
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