Striker Gurjant Singh was twice on target as India comfortably outclassed hosts Japan 5-3 on Friday to complete their pool proceedings with four victories having already sealed a quarter-final berth, while Navneet Kaur scored a late winner as the women’s hockey team kept its quarter-final hopes alive with a 1-0 win over Ireland in a must-win penultimate pool match on Friday.

Apart from Gurjant (17th, 56th min), Harmanpreet Singh (13th min), Shamsher Singh (34th min) and Nilakanta Sharma (51st min) scored for India to hand the eight-time Olympic champions their third consecutive win in Pool A.