Mumbai, Aug. 13 -- Indian women's hockey star Savita Punia expressed that Team India has received a massive boost ahead of the FIH Women's Hockey World Cup with a win in the FIH Nations Cup, pointing out that the level of competitiveness in that tournament showed them that they can match the very best in the world.

The FIH Women's Hockey World Cup will take place from August 14 to 30 in Belgium and the Netherlands. Indian women's team is a part of Pool D with China, England and South Africa and will start against China on August 16 at Amstelveen. India's best finish was a fourth-place finish in the 1974 edition and in the last two editions, they have finished at eighth and ninth positions respectively in the 2018 and 2022 editions.

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