After starting the FIH Women's World Cup 2026 Qualifiers campaign with a 4-0 win against Uruguay, the hosts India Women had a 2-2 draw against Scotland Women in their second group stage fixture to add one more point in the group stage. With this draw result, India Women are standing on top of the points table in Pool B of the Qualifiers.
Scotland Women got an early lead as Heather McEwan opened the scoreboard in the sixth minute, as she utilised the penalty corner opportunity to take a 1-0 lead.
In the second quarter, India Women added two goals to secure a 2-1 lead. Navneet Kaur (18’) and Sunelita Toppo (29’) scored the goals for India from penalty corners.
In the third minute of the third quarter, Scotland Women equalised the scoreline as Fiona Burnet scored a field goal.
Both teams fought hard to add another goal to get a lead, but they were unsuccessful till the end, as both had to finish the game by adding one point to their points table.
In the meantime, Uruguay Women claimed a 3-2 win against Wales Women in the other Pool B match of the tournament, as Uruguay Women are putting pressure on both India Women and Scotland Women.
Meanwhile, in the Pool A fixtures, Italy Women beat Austria Women by 3-0, as the identical score finished in the South Korea Women vs England Women match in favour of the England Women.
2026 Women's FIH World Cup Qualifiers – Tournament in India
Pool A latest points table
Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points |
England | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 |
Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
South Korea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
Austria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
Pool B latest points table
Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points |
India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 |
Scotland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
Uruguay | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
Wales | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
