: FIH Hockey Women’s World Cup: Germany, Belgium set up quarterfinals against New Zealand, Netherlands #IndiaNEWS The first set of cross-over matches at the FIH Hockey Women’s World Cup on Saturday

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FIH Hockey Women’s World Cup: Germany, Belgium set up quarterfinals against New Zealand, Netherlands #IndiaNEWS
The first set of cross-over matches at the FIH Hockey Women’s World Cup on Saturday showed the two sides of penalty corners. For Germany, although they managed to carve out a 1-0 win over South Africa, they will look back with frustration at the multiple chances that went begging. Then Belgium stepped up and put on a consummate display of finishing from set pieces as they beat Chile 5-0. The result mean that Chile now play China and South Africa face Ireland in the race to finish top of the 13-16 positions. Germany will now play New Zealand in the quarter-finals, while Belgium will face neighbours and reigning champions, the Netherlands.Germany vs South Africa (crossover)With Germany sitting fourth in the FIH World Rankings and South Africa in 16th position, this was always going to be a tough ask for the lower-ranked team. However, a combination of resilient, stubborn defending, grea goalkeeping and a smattering of luck, kept the scores at 1-0 and South Africa would have gained a huge amount of international respect for their performance. The first half was all about German pressure and some resilient South African defence, with a 0-0 scoreline the result. Amelie Wortmann came closest in those opening exchanges...Read more

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