Germany win 3rd Men's Hockey World Cup after beating defending champions Belgium 5-4 (3-3) in pens

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Hockey World Cup 2023 has been scheduled to start from 13 January 2023. The tournament will continue till 29 January 2023.

FIH World Cup 2023 Groups

Pool A:- Australia, South Africa, France, Argentina
Pool B:- Belgium, Japan, Korea, Germany
Pool C:- Netherlands, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand
Pool D:- India, Wales, Spain, England

 

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India held to goalless draw by England in second Hockey World Cup match; remain in fray for top spot in Pool D

India were held to a goalless draw by England in their second match of Pool D at the Hockey World Cup.

The Indian hockey team played a stalemate against England in its second match of Pool D at the men's world cup on Sunday night. The side had a goal from Abhishek disallowed in the third quarter, as both sides failed to make a breakthrough throughout the 60 minutes. India had made a winning start to the campaign against Spain, beating the side 2-0, while England had also cruised to a 5-0 win over Wales in its opening match of the tournament.

India will now be aiming to finish 1st in the group to seal a direct berth to the quarterfinals. After the drawn match in Rourkela, India are currently second in the group with four points in two matches.

England are top on the virtue of a superior goal difference. This means India need to dish out a strong performance in their final Pool game against Wales, as Harmanpreet and his men would focus on scoring as many goals as possible.

A top spot would ensure a direct qualification to the quarterfinals of the tournament; however, if India finish second or third in Pool D, they will have to play the crossovers.

Earlier in the day, Spain had also secured a huge 5-1 win over Wales; the latter has the worst goal difference (-9) in the pool, while Spain have the same GD as India (+2). England, meanwhile, have a difference of 5 goals. If India finish second in the pool, they will play the third-placed side in Pool C that has Netherlands, New Zealand, Chile and Malaysia.

Likewise, if India finish third, they will take on the second-placed side in Pool C.

India will take on Wales, the lowest ranked side in the pool, in their final group match on January 19 in Bhubaneswar while England will up against Spain.

Hindustan Times

 

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Spain beat Wales 5-1 to open account in hockey WC

Reyna sounded the board in the 16th and 38th minutes from field efforts, while Miralles scored in the 32nd and 56th minutes. Skipper Alvaro Iglesias (22nd) was the other goal getter for the winners.

Marc Reyna and Marc Miralles struck a brace each as Spain outplayed Wales 5-1 in a Pool D match to register their first win in the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup here on Sunday.

Reyna sounded the board in the 16th and 38th minutes from field efforts, while Miralles scored in the 32nd and 56th minutes. Skipper Alvaro Iglesias (22nd) was the other goal getter for the winners.

Wales' lone goal was scored by James Carson in the 52nd minute.

While Spain recorded their first win in the tournament, it was Wales' second loss on the trot.

Spain had earlier lost 0-2 to hosts India in their tournament opener, while Wales were defeated 0-5 by England.

Spain will take on England in their final pool match on January 19 in Bhubaneswar, while Wales will face India.

Hindustan Times

 

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Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 Points Table


- The top team from each pool will qualify directly for quarter-finals
- Second and third-placed teams from each pool will enter crossovers

Pool A: Australia, South Africa, France, Argentina

- Australia and Argentina have clinched victory in their first group game and are at the top two spots.
- France survives after a close contest against South Africa, winning the game with 2-1 margin.

Pool B: Belgium, Japan, Korea, Germany

Defending champions Belgium lead Pool B. They clinched a 5-0 victory against South Korea in the opening
game of the tournament.
Germany also won their first group match. They beat Japan 3-0.


Pool C: Netherlands, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand

Netherlands are at the top of the table in Pool C after blanking New Zealand 4-0 in their first group match.
New Zealand after the loss to Netherlands continue to stay at the second spot with three points


Pool D: India, Wales, Spain, England

England and India will fight for the top spot in their individual upcoming contests on Thursday, 19th January 2023.
England take on Spain while India take on Wales on Thursday.
However at the moment, England leads the standings. They won 5-0 against Wales in their first group match.
India with a 2-0 victory over Spain are currently at the second spot.

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[SpiritOf1903]

No Pakistan? :/

 

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No Pakistan? :/

Pakistan failed to qualify for the event.

 

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[Bilal Ahmad15]

How does Pakistan not qualify? I thought Pakistan has the most hockey world cups of all time.

But at same time, Italy, who won 4 FIFA world cups didn't make it to 2022 also.

 

[Saj]

Just goes to show how poor Pakistan has become at Hockey.

So sad considering they were once a leading light in the world of hockey.

 

[the Great Khan]

How does Pakistan not qualify? I thought Pakistan has the most hockey world cups of all time.

But at same time, Italy, who won 4 FIFA world cups didn't make it to 2022 also.

The hockey federation in Pakistan has no money..they ate it all..the game is finished in Pakistan.. they don't give it any money at all. Players don't get paid..the grassroots is damaged..just like most of the country the babas have destroyed another form of hope for the normal Joe..

 

[Bilal Ahmad15]

The hockey federation in Pakistan has no money..they ate it all..the game is finished in Pakistan.. they don't give it any money at all. Players don't get paid..the grassroots is damaged..just like most of the country the babas have destroyed another form of hope for the normal Joe..

This is sad, why does it always have to be like this in Pakistan.

 

[JaDed]

India missed out on direct qtr finals.. should had scored 1 goal against England.

Spain has gone down were better before.

 

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India face New Zealand at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar in the Crossover match of the ongoing FIH Men's Hockey World Cup on Sunday. After getting a below-par result against Wales, Team India need to win against New Zealand in order to qualify into quarterfinals of the tournament. The Harmanpreet Singh-led side had to defeat Wales by a margin of eight goals but could only register a 4-2 win. The winner of today's clash will face Belgium in the quarter-finals of Men's Hockey World Cup 2023.

 

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India Lose To New Zealand In Crossover Match, Out Of Title Race

Hosts India made a shock exit from the FIH Men's World Cup after losing to New Zealand in sudden death in their must-win crossover match in front of a relentlessly cheering 15000 home crowd in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. The loss ended India's hopes of a Wold Cup medal after 48 years. Despite vociferous support from the jampacked Kalinga Stadium crowd, India allowed New Zealand to come back from two-goal deficit in the regulation time as the match ended at 3-3 in the regulation time.

In the penalty shootout, the scores were also tied after the first five set of strikes, and the match was finally decided via sudden death.

Captain Harmanpreet Singh had the golden chance to take India to victory in sudden death but he failed to do that as he missed the target.

Veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh made two saves in the shootout to rescue India after they were 2-3 down. He saved another one during the sudden death and got himself injured and Krishan Pathak replaced him in the next three rounds of strikes. Finally, Shamsher Singh missed and Sam Lane scored to hand New Zealand the win.

New Zealand will now face defending champions Belgium, who topped Pool B, in the quarterfinals here on Tuesday.

In the regulation time, India earned as many as 11 penalty corners and converted two of them while New Zealand got just two PCs.

Yet again, it was a case of ample goal-scoring opportunities for India but the forwarrds lacked finishing skills. India were on the offensive as soon as the match began with Mandeep Singh, who started despite taking a hit on his knee during training on Saturday, making a fine run into the New Zealand circle.

But India doubled the lead soon with Sukhjeet Singh scoring in the 24th minute, following India's fourth penalty corner.

Harmanpreet's drag-flick was palmed away by the New Zealand goalkeeper but it went up high and Sukhjeet was at the right place at the right time to volley it in.

New Zealand pulled one back a minute before half time as Sam Lane deflected a Child's low cross from the left into the Indian goal.

India were 2-1 up at the half time.

New Zealand pressed for an equaliser in the third quarter and they got into the Indian 'D' on a few occasions but the home side swelled its lead by two goal margin through a penalty corner conversion in the 41st minute. India earned three penalty corner in the third quarters, and scored from the third PC and seventh overall with Varun Kumar sounding the board cleanly.

Three minutes later, New Zealand again cut the deficit to just one goal with Kane Russell converting a penalty corner.

In the last quarter, New Zealand made a spirited fightback and restored parity in the 50th minute following their second penalty corner of the match as Sean Findlay deflected in a Hayden Phillips strike.

Goalkeeper Krishan Pathak saved India from disaster as he palmed away a high shot from Sam Hiha in the 51st minute.

In the earlier crossover match of the day, Spain beat Malaysia 4-3 in penalty shootout to qualify for the quarterfinals after the two sides were locked 2-2 in the regulation time.

Spain will face title contenders and Pool A toppers Australia in the last eight stage on Tuesday.

NDTV

 

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India vs Japan, Hockey World Cup 2023, Highlights:India defeated Japan 8-0 in their first match of the 9-16 classification round at FIH Men's Hockey World Cup on Thursday. The first two quarters of the match went goalless with India enjoying more ball possession. Hosts India put up a superb performance in the third quarter of the match and scored as many as 4 goals to put Japan completely on the backfoot. Later on, India maintained their dominance as the side scored four more goals in the final quarter. Harmanpreet Singh and Abhishek scored braces while Manpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Mandeep Singh and Vivek Sagar Prasad scored a goal each for India.

 

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Germany win third Men's Hockey World Cup after beating defending champions Belgium 5-4 (3-3) in penalty shootout in final

 

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Congratulations.

Didn't know there was a hockey world cup going on.

 

[liam26]

Congratulations.

Didn't know there was a hockey world cup going on.