Eight-time champions India, who clinched a historic bronze medal in Tokyo after a hiatus of 41 years, have been clubbed with reigning Olympic champions and world no.2 Belgium, mighty Australia, Rio Video games gold medallist Argentina, New Zealand and Eire.
The Indians are presently ranked third on the planet, behind Belgium and the Netherlands, they usually had discovered it powerful to beat Tokyo silver medallist Australia and Argentina previously.
Pool A, in the meantime, consists of Netherlands, Germany, Nice Britain, Spain, France and South Africa.
The Worldwide Hockey Federation introduced the swimming pools of each males’s and ladies’s hockey competitors after the completion of the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers on Sunday.
Within the girls’s competitors in Paris, there can be no illustration from India, who completed a creditable fourth in Tokyo, as they did not qualify, having completed fourth after shedding to Japan 0-1 within the Olympic Qualifiers in Ranchi on Friday.
Germany, USA and Japan sealed their berths from the Ranchi occasion.
Reigning Olympic champions Netherlands are positioned in Pool A with Belgium Germany, Japan, China and hosts France, whereas Pool B includes Australia, present silver medallist Argentina, Nice Britain, Spain, USA and South Africa.
The collaborating groups have been allotted their respective swimming pools on the idea of the FIH World Rankings as on Sunday.
The 12 groups per gender have certified for the Olympic Video games both as hosts, winner of their continental qualifier or prime three finisher of their FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifier.
The highest 4 groups from every pool in each males’s and ladies’s competitions will qualify for the quarterfinals.
The Paris Olympics can be held from July 26 until August 11 and hockey competitions will begin from July 27 and finish on August 9.
