Hockey World Cup: Netherlands reached quarter-finals with record win over Chile, Malaysia beat New Zealand
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Bhubaneswar: Three time champion Netherlands FIH Men’s record 14-0 win over debutants Chile on Thursday hockey world cup Entered directly into the quarterfinals. While Malaysia defeated New Zealand 3-2 to win the second place in Pool C. The Netherlands topped Pool C with nine points from three wins in three matches, while Malaysia finished second with six points from two wins.
Netherlands scored 14 goals
In the second match of the day, the world number three team Netherlands won by the biggest margin in a World Cup match by scoring a goal at will against the 23rd ranked team. Earlier, the record of the biggest win in the Hockey World Cup was in the name of the world’s number one team Australia, which defeated South Africa 12-0 in New Delhi. The Netherlands, three-time World Cup winners and runners-up in the last two editions, won 18 penalty corners and converted six. Chile earned only two penalty corners.
Jip Janssen scored four goals for the Netherlands
For the Netherlands, Jip Janssen (6th, 29th, 34th, 44th minutes) and captain Thierry Brinkmann (25th, 33rd, 58th minutes) scored hat-tricks, while Con Bijen (40th, 45th minutes) scored twice. Dirk De Wilder (22nd), Thies Van Dam (23rd), Terrance Peters (37th), Justen Blok (42nd) and Teun Banes (48th) scored one goal each for the team. All four of Jansen’s goals came from penalty corners.
Malaysia beat New Zealand 3-2
Earlier, Malaysia’s star player Faizal Sari (eighth, 56th minute) scored two while Raji Rahim converted a penalty corner in the 42nd minute. Due to this, in the other match of Pool C, number 11 Malaysia defeated ninth number New Zealand 3-2. For New Zealand, Hayden Phillips scored in the 51st and Samon Lan scored in the 52nd minute. With this, the team finished third in Pool C with just one win. Chile could not win any match.
Netherlands straight into quarter finals
The Netherlands qualified directly for the last eight round. Malaysia and New Zealand will play ‘crossover’ matches to make it to the quarterfinals. The top teams from the four pools will make it directly to the last eight, while the second and third placed teams will play ‘crossover’ matches to fill the remaining four spots. Chile will play qualification matches for the 5th to 16th places.
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