Junior Hockey World Cup: France beat India to get third place

The defending champion India went down to France 1-3 in the bronze medal match here on Sunday, a crushing blow for their hopes of defending the title.

Timothy Clement led France to a podium finish by scoring a hat-trick against India and winning the player of the match award. Clement scored a hat-trick in the game, while Sudeep scored only for India.

Let's applaud these India Colts 🌟 for an amazing FIH Odisha Hockey Men's Junior World Cup Bhubaneswar 2021 👏

We are proud of this team 💙#IndiaKaGame #RisingStars pic.twitter.com/7noll1tIcL

— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) December 5, 2021

In the second semifinal, India suffered a disappointing defeat of 2-4 to six-time champion Germany.