FIH World Cup 2023: Netherlands Rout Chile 14-0 to Seal QF Berth; Malaysia, New Zealand Through to Crossover

Last Update: January 19, 2023, at 6:43 pm

Netherlands beat Chile 14-0 (IANS)

Netherlands beat Chile 14-0 (IANS)

The Netherlands remained unbeaten in Group C with nine points from three wins. Malaysia beat higher-ranked New Zealand 3-2 in another Pool C match to finish second on the table with six points from two wins.

World number three Netherlands on Thursday became the first team to qualify for the quarterfinals of the FIH Odisha Hockey men’s hockey. World Cup 2023, completed their league tie with a 14-0 thrashing of Chile at the Kalinga Stadium.

The Netherlands, three-time winners of the men’s World Cup, remained unbeaten in Group C with nine points from three wins. Malaysia beat higher-ranked New Zealand 3-2 in another Pool C match to finish second on the table with six points from two wins. New Zealand, in ninth place – two places ahead of Malaysia – finished third with three points, while Chile finished with zero points after three losses.

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The Netherlands thus made a direct entry to the quarter-finals while Malaysia and New Zealand will have crossover matches.

After defeating Malaysia and New Zealand in their previous matches, the Netherlands rode on a hat-trick of goals by drag-flicker Jip Janssen, who scored a total of four goals, and goals by Thierry Brinkmann and Bijen Koen. Tournament Wins So Far

Jensen first scored from a penalty corner in the 6th minute and then scored in the 29th, 34th and 44th minutes as the Dutch scored at will against Chile, who were completely outplayed and overwhelmed by their opponents. went.

Brinkmann scored his first goal in the 25th minute and added two more goals from penalty corners in the 33rd and 5th minutes to complete his treble. Bijen scored in the 40th and 45th minutes as the Netherlands completely dominated the match.

Dirk de Vilder (22nd), Thijs van Dam (23rd), Terence Peeters (37th), Justen Blok (42nd) and Teen Beines (58th) scored a goal each for the Netherlands.

The Dutch actually parked themselves in Chile’s half of the turf and earned a total of 17 penalty corners, of which they converted six.

In the final quarter, Chile made some good attacks and earned two penalty corners but could not capitalize on them.

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