Olympics 2024: Hockey points table of Pool A, B; Indian team rankings

India's most memorable win of the campiagn in their final group stage match against rivals Australia. India beat the Aussies 3-2, their first win over them in the Olympics since 1972.

The Indian hockey team had an unbeaten run in the Paris Olympics until they met Belgium, falling to a 2-1 defeat on August 1. However, they will try to keep the decent performances going as they pursue a long-awaited gold medal in the tournament. Skipper Harmanpreet Singh's excellent form has been the key factor for the team that has bagged three wins, one draw, and one loss in the campaign so far.

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Their most memorable win of the campiagn in their final group stage match against rivals Australia. India beat the Aussies 3-2, their first win over them in the Olympics since 1972.

However, the Indian team will be hoping to include more field goals and not be dependant on just the set pieces going into the business end of their tournament. Placed in Pool B, India have finished in 2nd place with 10 points in the table. 

Here's how the Pool B points table looks at the moment

Paris 2024 Olympics men’s hockey Group B points table
Teams	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	Points	GD
Belgium	5	4	1	0	13	8
India	5	3	1	1	10	3
Australia	5	3	0	2	9	2
Argentina	5	2	2	1	8	2
Ireland	5	1	0	4	3	-6
New Zealand	5	0	0	5	0	-10

Coming onto Pool A, Netherlands hockey team are currently topping the tables after their 5 games in a group having some heavyweights like Germany in it. Germany can bag the top spot if they win their final group game in the tournament. While the Dutch have drawn their match against Great Britain (2-2), Germany have lost 2-0 against Spain which has got the group in an interesting position at the moment.

Here's how the Pool A standings look like so far

Paris 2024 Olympics men’s hockey Group A points table
Teams	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	Points	GD
Netherlands	5	3	1	1	10	7
Germany	4	3	0	1	9	9
Great Britain	4	2	2	0	8	5
Spain	5	2	1	2	7	-1
South Africa	4	0	1	3	1	-9
France	4	0	1	3	1	-11

The top four teams from both the group have qualified for the knockout stages with India facing a potential QF tie against Netherlands, Great Britain or Germany.