On the afternoon of August 5, Beijing time, the 2024 Paris Olympic Games women's hockey will compete for the quarterfinals, one of which will be played by the Chinese team against the Australia team, and the Chinese team will defeat the Australia team 3:2 to advance to the next round.
The Australia women's hockey team is currently ranked fourth in the world and is very strong. In the group stage of this season's Olympic Games, they advanced to the quarterfinals with a record of four wins and one draw in five games, scoring 15 goals and conceding only four goals. The Chinese team is currently ranked eighth in the world, and its strength should not be underestimated. In the group stage, the Chinese team stood out with a record of two wins and three losses in five games, scoring 15 goals and conceding 10 goals.
In the first quarter, Australia took the lead in pressing, and in the 10th minute, Australia scored a corner kick to take the lead and score a point. Then No.9 Ma Ning pulled a point back with a beautiful short corner kick in the 11th minute. In the second quarter, the Chinese team took advantage of the mistakes of the Australia team and took the lead, and the No. 20 player Dan Wen seized the opportunity to break the goal in one fell swoop, and the Chinese team scored another point to end the second quarter with a 2:1 advantage.
In the third quarter, China continued to extend their advantage, and Zhong Jiaqi successfully scored in the 53rd minute with a burst to avoid the Australia goalkeeper. In the 59th minute, Australia scored a corner kick to pull one back. In the fourth quarter, the two sides entered a stalemate, and the Australia team shot many times but were blocked by the Chinese goalkeeper one by one, and finally the Chinese team maintained a score advantage of 3:2 to win the game.
So far, the best result of the Chinese women's hockey team in the Olympics is the silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.