2018 FIH Hockey World Cup

[Azeem98]

I'm pretty sure i will be the only posting in this thread but the 14th edition of the FIH Hockey World Cup will begin from 29th November in India.



Group A
Argentina
New Zealand
Spain
France

Group B
Australia
England
Ireland
China

Group C
Belgium
India
Canada
South Africa

Group D
Netherlands
Germany
Malaysia
Pakistan

[persiangodfather]

is it ice hockey?

[Azeem98]

is it ice hockey?

Nope Field Hockey.

[Azeem98]

Tough group for us. I expect one of Netherlands and Germany to reach the semi final/final.

[Azeem98]

Results of previous tournaments

1971 Barcelona

Winner Pakistan
Runner-up Spain

1973 Amstelveen

Winner Netherlands
Runner-up India

1975 Kuala Lampur

Winner Idnia
Runner-up Pakistan

1978 Buenos Aires

Winner Pakistan
Runner-up Netherlands

1982 Bombay

Winner Pakistan
Runner-up West Germany

1986 London

Winner Australia
Runner-up England

1990 Lahore

Winner Netherlands
Runner-up Pakistan

1994 Sydney

Winner Pakistan
Runner-up Netherlands

1998 Utrecht

Winner Netherlands
Runner-up Spain

2002 Kuala Lampur

Winner Germany
Runner-up Australia

2006 Mönchengladbach

Winner Germany
Runner-up Australia

2010 New Delhi

Winner Australia
Runner-up Germany

2014 The Hague

Winner Australia
Runner-up Netherlands

[Rooyintan]

Hopefully Kookaburras will win

Good luck Pakistan.

[Azeem98]

Starts Today

Match Day 1

Belgium vs Canada

India vs South Africa

Live Telecast on YouTube channel of FIH

[Azeem98]

Belgium 2-1 Canada

India vs South Africa up next..

[Azeem98]

India 5-0 South Africa

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Argentina 4-3 Spain

Great game, Spain had more of the possession and were the better team but Argentina with their counter attacking game won it in the end.

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New Zealand 2-1 France

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Interesting thing to note.

The Irish field hockey team represents the whole island of Ireland and the Irish team uses this special flag in hockey

[Azeem98]

Australia 2-1 Ireland

England 2-2 China

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Netherlands 7-0 Malaysia

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Germany 1-0 Pakistan

Great performance by us although a draw would have made the game against Malaysia easier and something more to play against Netherlands. Defensively we were great, Germany's strength was play making which we neutralized by our man marking.

Rizwan is our main offensive man and he was silent though out the game and not winning penalty corners these two were my main concerns.