<p>India's dream run in the Women's Junior Hockey World Cup came to a halt after defending champions Netherlands defeated them 3-0 in the second semifinal, here today</p>.<p>.<br /><br />The Indians, who registered their best ever performance in this tournament, put up a brave fight against their fancied rivals but it was not enough to earn them a place in the title clash.<br /><br />The Dutch girls sounded the board thrice through Lieke van Wijk (17th minute), Lisanne de Lange (57th) and Lisa Scheerlinck (68th) to complete a resounding victory and seal their place in Sunday's final.<br /><br />While Netherlands will face Argentina in the summit clash, India will take on England for the third-fourth place play off match on Sunday.<br /><br />In the first semifinal, Argentina defeated England by an identical 3-0 margin.<br /><br />In the first half, much of the action was centred around the midfield as both the teams struggled to create promising scoring opportunities from open play.<br /><br />India put an inspired performance in the opening 17 minutes before Netherlands took the lead through tournament's top-scorer van Wijk, who converted her side's first penalty corner with a fierce dragflick that beat rival goalkeeper Chanu Sanarik Ningombam all ends up.<br /><br />A few minutes later, the Dutch girls forced another penalty corner but the resultant shot went wide</p>
<p>India's dream run in the Women's Junior Hockey World Cup came to a halt after defending champions Netherlands defeated them 3-0 in the second semifinal, here today</p>.<p>.<br /><br />The Indians, who registered their best ever performance in this tournament, put up a brave fight against their fancied rivals but it was not enough to earn them a place in the title clash.<br /><br />The Dutch girls sounded the board thrice through Lieke van Wijk (17th minute), Lisanne de Lange (57th) and Lisa Scheerlinck (68th) to complete a resounding victory and seal their place in Sunday's final.<br /><br />While Netherlands will face Argentina in the summit clash, India will take on England for the third-fourth place play off match on Sunday.<br /><br />In the first semifinal, Argentina defeated England by an identical 3-0 margin.<br /><br />In the first half, much of the action was centred around the midfield as both the teams struggled to create promising scoring opportunities from open play.<br /><br />India put an inspired performance in the opening 17 minutes before Netherlands took the lead through tournament's top-scorer van Wijk, who converted her side's first penalty corner with a fierce dragflick that beat rival goalkeeper Chanu Sanarik Ningombam all ends up.<br /><br />A few minutes later, the Dutch girls forced another penalty corner but the resultant shot went wide</p>