China handed a one-sided 4-1 defeat to India in the final of the Women's Hockey Asia Cup 2025. It was a completely dominant performance from the Chinese, who after conceding in the first match, hit four goals and comprehensively won the match. With this defeat, India failed to secure automatic qualification to for next year's World Cup unlike China, who booked their place for the tournament.
India were provided with an outstanding start by Navneet Kaur, who managed to score in the opening minute itself. After they missed out on scoring in their first two penalty-corners, Navneet didn't let go of the third chance and gave India the much-needed lead in the final.
China levelled up the scores in 2nd quarter
However, China wouldn't go down that easily and even though India carried the slender lead in the first quarter, their opponents managed to level the score 20 minutes later. Ou Zixia was the one, who opened China's account for the game and helped them in equalizing the scores. The scoreline would remain at 1-1 at half-time.
As the third quarter began, China once again looked like the side that was more eager to take the lead. They eventually managed to do so through Li Hong, who scored in the 41st minute with a sensational long-range strike and following this goal, the match would completely be dominated by the Chinese side.
The floodgates would open in the fourth and final quarter as the Indian defence wasn't able to handle the relentless attacks from China and ended up conceding two goals. Firstly, Meirong Zou scored in the 51st minute and made China the in-charge of the match. Things were wrapped up by Jiaqi Zhong, who scored just two minutes later and gave her team a massive lead. The match would end at 4-1 with China winning the coveted Asia Cup title for the third time in their history and once again asserting their dominance in the world of women's hockey.