India conceded a golden goal to allow Spain notch up a 2-1 vicotry in the bronze medal match.
India started their campaign in the eight-nation Under-21 men's hockey tournament by thrashing Poland 9-1 at Mochengladbach in Germany on Tuesday.
The Spaniards came back from three goals down to snatch a 5-3 victory in the men's Champions Trophy hockey tournament.
Prabodh Tirkey will lead the 18-member Indian team at the Asia Cup in Chennai.
The PHF also named Ghazanfar Ali as captain in place of Mohammad Saqlain, who was banned for 3 games.
Grace Stewart's goal in the third quarter was enough to take the home side through for a meeting with New Zealand in the semi-finals.
India suffered their second defeat in the Champions Trophy hockey tournament, losing 1-4 to Australia.
India will be looking to capitalise on home advantage when they take on Spain in their opening match of the Champions Trophy hockey tournament on Saturday.
Indian hockey team ran out of water and food as their match against Korea was stopped due to rain.
Coach Vasudevan Bhaskaran attributed India 5-2 victory over Malaysia in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament to the improved performance of his forwards.
Star players Rehan Butt, Mudassar Ali Khan, Tariq Aziz and Mohammad Shabbir are in the 18-member team for the December 10-18 Champions Trophy hockey tournament in Chennai.
Veteran Jorge Lombi scored a hat-trick as Argentina beat New Zealand 3-2 to win the Champions Challenge men's hockey tournament.
India blew away a 4-0 lead but beat England in he play off match.
India finally got their penalty corner drill right as they beat Japan 4-3 in their concluding league fixture to finish third in the Champions Challenge hockey tournament in Boom on Saturday.
New Zealand held off a spirited challenge from Belgium to make it to the final in the Champions Challenge hockey tournament.
Prabhjot's Singh goal gave the Indians a narrow victory in their second outing in the Champions Challenge hockey tournament.
The result meant that New Zealand head the table with six points as the only unbeaten team.
New Zealand beat India 2-0 in the opening match of the Champions Challenge.
India remained unbeaten in the six-nation under-21 tournament to win the title
India beat Czech Republic 12-0 in their second outing of the under-21 invitation hockey tournament.
'My body is fit enough and my form is intact. I am as fit as I used to be,' the ace drag-flicker declared ahead of the six-nation Champions Challenge hockey tournament in Belgium.
India rallied from two goals down but let in a late goal and were held by China 4-4 in the four-nation hockey tournament in Darwin.
PHF secretary Khalid Mehmood said the decision to skip the tournament in Chennai was because the players need more time to rectify their flaws.
Northern Railway won the women's crown in the Surjit hockey tournament.
Bharat Petroleum scored a 2-1 victory over the defending champions to improve their chances of making it to the final of the 44th Bombay Gold Cup Hockey Tournament.
Indian hockey coach Joaquim Carvalho said he was satisfied with the performance of his young side.
A 56th minute goal by Sardara Singh guided India to a 1-0 victory over South Korea in the play-off for third-fourth places.
Gurpreet Singh scored thrice to beat Bhopal XI in the semis of the 44th Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament.
China beat Canada 4-2 in the play-off for seventh and eight places in the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
The victory gave the Aussies their fourth entry into the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament final.
Malaysia will take on Australia, who beat Korea, in the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament.
A 2-0 victory over Argentina enabled the Indians seal the spot.
The South Americans beat China for their second straight victory in the tournament.
India's new hockey coach says given more time and exposure, he is confident of building a strong team.
India registered their first win in group A league of the 16th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament on Sunday.
India defeated China 4-1 in their last pool match to mantain a clean slate going into the quarterfinals of the junior men's Asia Cup hockey tournament, in Kuantan, on Tuesday.
BPCL beat Air India 4-1 in the final of the Bombay Hockey Gold Cup tournament.
Bharat Petroleum made the grade from Pool Y of the semi-final league stage on goal difference.
India are grouped with China, South Korea, Oman and Bangladesh at the Asian Games in Doha.
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