Sjoerd Marijne interview: Women's hockey coach on World Cup defeat, takeaways for Asian Games and more

Amit Kamath


India coach Sjoerd Marijne. Image courtesy: Facebook @Hockey India

Sjoerd Marijne has an unenviable task on his hands. His side suffered a heartbreaking defeat at the Women’s Hockey World Cup earlier this month to Ireland in the penalty shootouts. To make matters worse, the team had barely 15 days to recover physically and mentally from the loss and play at the Asian Games in Jakarta/Palembang, where a gold medal also assures a spot at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.