TOKYO -Britain and India on Saturday joined Spain and New Zealand in reaching the quarter-finals of the women's hockey tournament at the Tokyo Olympics, while Ireland and China crashed out.
In the quarter-finals, the Netherlands will play New Zealand, who scraped through in their group ahead of China on goal difference despite their 3-2 loss against them.Also in Group B, Spain fell behind to Japan striker Kanon Mori's goal after six minutes but ramped up the pressure and emerged with a 4-1 victory.
"We have been improving in each game. Now we scored four goals. It gives us a lot of confidence for the next game," Lopez Garcia said after taking a celebratory group photo with her team mates.Japan defender Shihori Oikawa shed tears as the hosts ended the Tokyo tournament after losing all five group matches.
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