The Indian team has set up a showdown with Belgium, with Australia and Germany set to contest the other semi-final.
Though India finished fourth in Moscow 1980, the knockout format didn’t exist back then with the top-3 in the league phase winning medals.
The Indian women's hockey team qualified for the quarterfinal after Great Britain beat Ireland 2-0 in the last Pool A group match.
Indian women's hockey team lost 1-4 to Great Britain in their third Pool A match of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 at Oi stadium on Wednesday.