Indian hockey team entered Super-4 by defeating Indonesia by a huge margin of 16-0 in their last pool match of Asia Cup. With this win, India got equal points with Pakistan. However, India also had to make a better goal difference than Pakistan and for this a 16-goal difference was necessary.

India has reached the last-4 of this tournament for the record eighth time. India has won three titles each at par with Pakistan in the competition. South Korea has the most titles. He has won this title four times.

Pakistan could not qualify for the World Cup
The tournament is also a qualifying event for the FIH World Cup to be held in India next year. Its Super-4 teams qualified for the World Cup. But Pakistan could not make it to the top-4 and missed the opportunity. At the same time, Japan, South Korea, and Malaysia have qualified. Being the host, India's place is already assured in the World Cup.

This is not India's biggest victory
This is not India's biggest victory. The record for India's biggest victory was recorded in the 1932 Olympics. When India beat America 24-1.

Tirkey scored a four, Sudev scored three goals

Dipsan Tirkey scored the most goals for India. Goals came from his stick in the 41st, 46th, 58th, and 58th minutes. The first of these came on penalty strokes and the rest on penalty corners. Apart from him, B. Sudev scored a hat-trick by scoring field goals in the 44th, 45th, and 54th minutes. SV Sunil scored a penalty corner in the 18th minute and a field goal in the 23rd minute.

Selvam scored field goals in the 39th and 55th minutes. Rajbhar Pawan opened India's account by scoring goals in the 9th and 10th minutes. After him, Uttam Singh scored a field goal in the 13th minute. Goal Margin Increase Quarter By Quarter The goal margin of the Indian team kept increasing quarter by quarter. He led 3-0 in the first quarter. The same number of goals came in the second. There were 4 goals in the third quarter and 6 in the fourth. While giving India a 3-0 lead in the first quarter.

Opportunities were created by Japan's victory over Pakistan
After the performance of the initial matches, the Indian team was almost out of the tournament. But in Pool A, Japan beat Pakistan 3-2. This created opportunities for India.

Did not perform up to expectations in the first two matches
Team India did not perform as per the expectations in the opening matches of the tournament. He played a 1-1 draw against Pakistan in the first match. In the second, it was defeated 5-2 by Japan.

Point table maths
Japan qualified for the knockouts in Pool A with 9 points. They have won all three of their matches, while Pakistan wins one of their three matches. With the help of one loss and one draw, they could earn only 4 points. The same was the situation in India. But India made it to the Super-4 with a better goal difference.