Sjoerd Marijne  

India women's hockey player Navneet Kaur said, 'Earlier, we feared playing against top teams like Great Britain, New Zealand and Australia. We lacked that match-winning confidence and this was perhaps why many teams even considered us as underdogs'

'Overall, the girls can be proud of their performance. They had not reached the final for 20 years. They can afford a few smiles even though they lost. We always believed that we can win and today the better team won,' Sjoerd Marijne said

'The team surely did not play to its potential in the first half. They stepped up in the second half and I am really happy for these girls. I know how much work they put in to be here. They trained really hard for this event. Japan will be a tough challenge but the team is up for it,' India’s coach Sjoerd Marijne said