Four-nations hockey tournament: Belgium shoot out India in final

New Delhi: India suffered a heartbreaking loss to Belgium via penalty shootout after holding the world no. 3 side to 4-4 in regulation time in the final of the four-nations invitational tournament’s second leg at Hamilton, New Zealand.

It was Felix Denayer, Sebastien Dockier and Arthur van Doren who scored for Belgium in the shootout, while India missed all their chances.

Tanguy Cosyns (41), Cedric Charlier (43), Amaury Keusters (51’) and Felix Denayer (56’) scored during regulation time.

For India, Ramandeep Singh (29’, 53’), Nilakanta Sharma (42’) and Mandeep Singh (49’) were the goal scorers. Earlier, Japan thrashed New Zealand 4-1 in the shootout for bronze.