India women thrash Pakistan 19-0 to reach Junior Asia Cup semis

India's 19-0 rout in Moqi

India's junior women's hockey team stormed into the semi-finals of the 2026 Women's Junior Asia Cup with a commanding 19-0 victory over Pakistan in Quarter-Final 1 in Moqi, China, on Thursday. The Indian side scored five goals in the first quarter, five more in the second, three in the third and six in the final quarter, controlling the match from the opening whistle to book a place in the last four. According to figures cited in the coverage, India registered 19 goals from 18 penalty corners and one penalty stroke, while Pakistan failed to record a goal, a penalty corner or a penalty stroke.

Early surge sets the tone

India opened aggressively, earning two penalty corners inside the first five minutes without converting. After a sixth-minute goal was disallowed on referral, Puja Sahoo converted a penalty corner in the seventh minute, Roshni Aind added a field goal in the ninth, and Tanushree Dinesh Kadu deflected in a fourth-corner effort in the 11th. Sukhveer Kaur dispatched a penalty stroke in the 13th minute and Sanika Chandrakant Mane closed the opening quarter with a field goal to make it 5-0.

Sustained pressure across all four quarters

The second quarter kept the scoreboard moving, with Madhu Sidar scoring in the 16th minute, Geeta Yadav adding another in the 18th, Sanika Mane completing her brace in the 23rd, Tanuja Toppo registering her first of the match in the 25th, and Pooja Malik converting a penalty corner in the 27th to send India into halftime at 10-0. After the break, Purnima Yadav deflected in a corner in the 36th minute, Madhu Sidar added her second in the 39th, and Supriya converted another corner in the 40th to extend the lead to 13-0 heading into the final quarter.

Closing flurry seals the record margin

The final 15 minutes produced India's biggest burst of the night. Mumtaz Khan, Beauty Deepak and Pooja Malik all found the net to stretch the advantage further before Mumtaz Khan completed her hat-trick and Roshni Aind rounded off the scoring in the 60th minute to seal the 19-0 result. Multiple players, including Pooja Malik, Sanika Mane and Roshni Aind, contributed to the goal list, underscoring the depth of India's attacking display.

Semi-final opponent still to be confirmed

India will next face the winner of the Korea vs. Malaysia quarter-final in Saturday's semi-final. Coverage notes that the Korea-Malaysia fixture had not yet been resolved at the time of reporting, leaving India's last-four opponent to be determined by that result.