Match 6: Netherlands beat Argentina by 3-0
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Taeke Taekema of Netherlands converted 3 Penalty corners for his team for a comfortable win over Argentina. Taeke Taekema scored on 14th, 35th and 61st minute of the match to win match for Netherlands. onfortable win for the Dutch team that owed much to the brilliance of dragflicker Taeke TAEKEMA and goalkeeper Guus VOGELS. At the 2006 World Cup TAEKEMA scored five goals in one match in Holland's 6 - 1 win over India. Today's hat-trick is the 50th in World Cup history.
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Taeke Taekema of Netherlands converted 3 Penalty corners for his team for a comfortable win over Argentina. Taeke Taekema scored on 14th, 35th and 61st minute of the match to win match for Netherlands. onfortable win for the Dutch team that owed much to the brilliance of dragflicker Taeke TAEKEMA and goalkeeper Guus VOGELS. At the 2006 World Cup TAEKEMA scored five goals in one match in Holland's 6 - 1 win over India. Today's hat-trick is the 50th in World Cup history.
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Match 5: Germany draw Korea Africa by 2-2
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Defending champions Germany fought back to finish 2-2 with South Korea in a Pool A clash of the Hockey World Cup at the Major Dhyan Chand National stadium here Monday.
Defending champions Germany fought back to finish 2-2 with South Korea in a Pool A clash of the Hockey World Cup at the Major Dhyan Chand National stadium here Monday.
Korea led 2-0 at the halftime with strikes from Hye-Sung Hyun and Nam-Young Lee. Germany scored through Florian Fuchs and Benjamin Wess in the second half.
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Match 4: New Zealand beat Canada Africa by 3-2
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Canada opened the scoring in the Pool A match through Mark Pearson's second-minute strike, but Priyesh Bhana equalized for New Zealand in the 11th minute.
Canada opened the scoring in the Pool A match through Mark Pearson's second-minute strike, but Priyesh Bhana equalized for New Zealand in the 11th minute.
Canada went into the interval 2-1 up after Philip Wright's opportunistic shot in the 20th.
New Zealand dominated in midfield in the second session and leveled through a penalty corner conversion by Nick Haig in the 46th.
Archibald put the Kiwis in front three minutes from fulltime with a strike from the top of the striking circle.
Canada's defeat came just hours after their men's ice hockey team had won Olympic gold with a 3-2 victory over the USA in Vancouver.
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Match 3: India beat Pakistan by 4-1
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Indians passed the first test in the FIH Hockey World Cup with flying colours when they trounced arch-rivals Pakistan 4-1 to make a strong start to their campaign.
After Prabhjot Singh added the third goal to India’s tally immediately after the break, Sandeep Singh blasted in the fouth goal, from penalty corner as well as India looked to build an unassailable lead over their arch-rivals.
Luck meanwhile, deserted listless Pakistan in the second-half as well as yet another strike from Sohail Abbas was denied by the cross bar. Though Pakistan did get a consolation goal in the 59th minute, the 4-1 margin pretty much summed up India’s start-to-finish dominance.
With all 3 points in the kitty, India now go on top of Pool B.
Team India would next be seen in action on Tuesday when they take on Australia.
India looked bright on the field, but Pakistanis were comparatively subdued and failed to pose much problems to the Indian defenders.
The only penalty corner Pakistan got in the first-half also failed to pay any dividends as the ball rebounded off the crossbar.
India’s defense held firm ever since.
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Indians passed the first test in the FIH Hockey World Cup with flying colours when they trounced arch-rivals Pakistan 4-1 to make a strong start to their campaign.
After Prabhjot Singh added the third goal to India’s tally immediately after the break, Sandeep Singh blasted in the fouth goal, from penalty corner as well as India looked to build an unassailable lead over their arch-rivals.
Luck meanwhile, deserted listless Pakistan in the second-half as well as yet another strike from Sohail Abbas was denied by the cross bar. Though Pakistan did get a consolation goal in the 59th minute, the 4-1 margin pretty much summed up India’s start-to-finish dominance.
With all 3 points in the kitty, India now go on top of Pool B.
Team India would next be seen in action on Tuesday when they take on Australia.
India looked bright on the field, but Pakistanis were comparatively subdued and failed to pose much problems to the Indian defenders.
The only penalty corner Pakistan got in the first-half also failed to pay any dividends as the ball rebounded off the crossbar.
India’s defense held firm ever since.
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Match 2: England beat Australia by 3-2
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England beat Australia 3-2 to secure their first win over the Kookaburras since 1985 and open their World Cup campaign in style in India.
Jamie Dwyer gave Australia the lead but set-piece expert Ashley Jackson soon levelled the Pool B match in Delhi.
James Tindall put England ahead before half-time from a short corner.
Tindall followed up to score off a post and make it 3-1 and although Dwyer pulled one back, England held on thanks to an heroic defensive display.
Going into the game Australia had won 28 of the last 33 matches between the two sides, with five draws.
But England, whose most recent win over their Ashes rivals had come on grass in Melbourne in 1985, produced a superb rearguard action to sink the pre-tournament favourites.
The Kookaburras had 12 penalty corners but only scored once as Cannock goalkeeper James Fair excelled, while England were ruthless in netting twice from three penalty corners.
Manager Andy Halliday praised the efforts of Fair and his penalty corner defence team, but admitted his side had been outplayed.
"It was a fantastic result but the performance could have been so much better," said Halliday.
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England beat Australia 3-2 to secure their first win over the Kookaburras since 1985 and open their World Cup campaign in style in India.
Jamie Dwyer gave Australia the lead but set-piece expert Ashley Jackson soon levelled the Pool B match in Delhi.
James Tindall put England ahead before half-time from a short corner.
Tindall followed up to score off a post and make it 3-1 and although Dwyer pulled one back, England held on thanks to an heroic defensive display.
Going into the game Australia had won 28 of the last 33 matches between the two sides, with five draws.
But England, whose most recent win over their Ashes rivals had come on grass in Melbourne in 1985, produced a superb rearguard action to sink the pre-tournament favourites.
The Kookaburras had 12 penalty corners but only scored once as Cannock goalkeeper James Fair excelled, while England were ruthless in netting twice from three penalty corners.
Manager Andy Halliday praised the efforts of Fair and his penalty corner defence team, but admitted his side had been outplayed.
"It was a fantastic result but the performance could have been so much better," said Halliday.
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Match 1: Spain beat South Africa by 4-2
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Held 2-2 at the half-time, Spain woke up in time to add two more goals in the second session to start their campaign in the Hero Honda FIH World Cup with a facile 4-2 victory on Sunday.
South Africa had come out fighting and took the lead in the 16th minute as the team made a tentative start. They were defensive and looked for counterattacks for scoring opportunity. Spain leveled scores and then put pressure on the South African citadel to gain three points for their efforts.
For the opening match of the tournament, South Africa, ranked 13th in the FIH World Rankings were not disgraced as they fought strongly in the first half against World No 3 Spain at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on Sunday.
Julian Hykes (16th min) put South Africa ahead before Roc Oliva (17th) and David Alegre (19th) scored to give Spain a 2-1 lead. Just when it looked Spain will increase the lead, Ian Haley (29th) scored to bring South Africa level at 2-2. That's how the scored remained till end of the first session as the two teams created couple of good chances but could not capitalise.
The second session belonged to Spain as the team established its superiority. Their midfield took control of play and though South Africa continued to fight and tried to thwart them, Rodrigo Graza (54th) pushed in a field goal and Pau Quemada (61st) bulged the net with a rasping drag flick, the first penalty corner conversion of the tournament, to settle the issue in favour of Spain.
Result:
South Africa 2 (Julian Hykes (16th, Ian Haley 29th min) lost to Spain 4 (Roc Oliva 19th, David Alegre 19th, Rodrigo Graza 54th, Pau Quemada 61st min).
Source: Hindustan Times
Striker Simon Mantell has been sent home after suffering a recurrence of a foot injury that had put an end to his World Cup dream. That comes after another striker, Matt Daly, was also lost to injury.
Mantell went over heavily on the foot during a practice match against New Zealand, a game played about 12 hours after England arrived here in the early hours of Thursday from their acclimatisation camp in Doha. At least England won the practice game on the World Cup pitch 3-1.
An urgent call summoned Hampstead's Simon Fox to replace Mantell.
Fox, like all the other 17 members of the England squad, has big-tournament experience. But a World Cup in India is something else again and this one, in particular, has a huge security presence following al-Qaeda threats.
One of the biggest problems for England and the other teams, will be to maintain focus.
England go into the tournament having never finished higher than fifth in a World Cup overseas and having had an odd preparation, with switches from outdoor to indoor, and too little match preparation.
First off on Sunday they meet Australia, the favourites.
Jason Lee, England's coach, says it will be a very fast game. England have not beaten Australia for 25 years but Lee and his team appear to believe that they are now capable of competing with them and any other team. This was something that was certainly not the case before they were surprise winners of the European Cup last year.
England now play exhilarating attacking hockey and have outstanding match-winning players, like the captain, Barry Middleton, Ashley Jackson Ben Hawes, and Simon Mantell's brother, Richard.
England have a tougher pool than at the '96 World Cup but must finish in the top two of their pool of six to make the semi-finals.
The real challenge should be to get more points in the group than either Australia or Spain, or both.
That means that they must confirm their class against the other pool rivals, hosts India, Pakistan and South Africa.
Form suggests holders Germany and either Holland or Korea, will qualify from the other group.
Source: Telegraph