Two-time silver medallist Indian men are placed in a relatively easy Pool B alongside England, Canada, Wales and Ghana while Pool A consists of six-time champions Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and Scotland.
India will play all their pool matches at the Wagener Hockey Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands in the event to be held from July 1 to 17.
The four-week preparatory camp began here on Tuesday and will end on March 26 before the team leaves for South Africa.
But India, ranked ninth in the world, responded immediately through a field strike from Jyoti before Neha Goyal stunned the Spaniards in the 52nd minute with another field goal.
The team will be led by experienced midfielder Manpreet Singh and vice-captained by drag-flick specialist Harmanpreet Singh.
After an evenly contested first quarter when the scores were tied 1-1, India completely dominated in the remaining three periods, pumping in nine goals against the hapless South Africans to notch up their third win in four matches.
India defeated China 2-0, where goals by Sharmila Devi (13') and Gurjit Kaur (19') helped the Savita-led side end the continental tournament with the third-place finish.
The Indians left behind the disappointment of their semifinal defeat to Korea and controlled the proceedings in the first two quarters, scoring two goals in the process, to go into halftime with a 2-0 lead against China.
Justice Rekha Palli observed that Hockey India, which is a National Sports Federation and a public authority, cannot shy away from disclosing such information even when the salaries of judges are also known to everyone.
Earlier in December, CIC directed NSF to give information on monthly rents paid by it at each of the addresses since the date of occupation and information relating to monetary transactions.
The winner will be selected following an online voting process which begins on January 10 and ends of January 31.
A historic bronze-winning show by the men's team and an outstanding fourth-place finish for the women's team infused fresh life into the game which was in danger of slipping into oblivion.
India men's team will end the year with 2296.038 points behind Olympic champions Belgium and toppers Australia.
After facing a shocking defeat against Japan in the semifinal, India will face arch-rival Pakistan in the Bronze Medal Match of the Asian Champions Trophy 2021.
India were the overwhelming favourites before the start of the match after having thrashed the same opponents 6-0 in their last round-robin match and also on head-to-head record, but the Japanese had other plans.
Defending champions India will now face Pakistan in the third-place match on December 22.
Indian team is unbeaten in the Asian Champions Trophy 2021 with wins against Japan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and a draw against Korea.
India, who have already sealed a semifinal berth, ended the round-robin stage of the five-nation tournament at the top of the standings with 10 points, ahead of Korea (6), Japan (5), Pakistan (2) and hosts Bangladesh (0).
India thrashed Japan 6-0 to confirm their place in the semifinal of the Hockey Men's Asian Champions Trophy 2021.
India are currently leading the standings with seven points from three games ahead of Korea (5), Japan (2) and Pakistan (1). Hosts Bangladesh are yet to register their presence in the scoresheet having lost both their games so far.
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