MUSCAT (OMAN): Lausanne, Switzerland: The Netherlands produced a medical efficiency to beat India and declare the inaugural title as the ladies’s event on the FIH Hockey5s World Cup got here to an finish in Muscat, Oman on Saturday, studies FIH.
In doing so the seemingly invincible Oranje added yet one more trophy to their unimaginable assortment which incorporates Olympic gold, world senior and junior titles, Indoor World Cup gold and the FIH Hockey Professional League title.
Earlier within the day, Poland secured the bronze medal with a victory over South Africa whereas within the newly launched Challenger Trophy, for the groups that didn’t make it via to the quarter-finals, it was the USA who prevailed to assert the title by defeating Namibia.
A devastating first-half efficiency made all of the distinction for the Netherlands of their 7-2 victory over India within the ultimate. The Dutch took the sector with out Noor de Baat, their captain and eventual participant of the event, whose knee harm within the semi-final dominated her out of the ultimate, however this solely appeared to function further motivation for her group. They scored early objectives for the primary time within the event, surging to a 2-0 lead in simply 4 minutes and going into the break 6-0 up.
India have been significantly better within the second half and received that interval 2-1, however there was merely no getting back from the sooner injury. Bente van der Veldt scored two of the Netherlands’ seven objectives within the ultimate to take her private tally to fifteen, the second highest of the event.
Janneke van de Venne took a second to replicate on the Dutch success: “We really feel nice as a group, we labored laborious for this and we’re very proud that we did it right now. It was such a troublesome journey however proud that we’re right here now. It’s very nice to play in opposition to all these nations, you play in opposition to nations you by no means play, so it’s actually nice to do that and to take part on the World [Cup].”
Within the bronze medal match, Poland impressed with their good construction to assert a 4-2 win in opposition to South Africa, who appeared to have run out of concepts and vitality. Amelia Katerla scored all 4 objectives for Poland and was ecstatic with their third-place end on the event: “Nice, that was our objective so we did it, we received it, so we’re very pleased. It’s a large success as a result of we’re extra centered on Hockey5s and indoor at this second, and it’s a small group which is taking part in hockey anyway so it’s tough for us to advertise for instance to Olympic Video games or the larger tournaments, that’s why these tournaments imply rather a lot to us.”
Uruguay put in a devastating second half to run away 8-4 winners in opposition to Malaysia within the Fifth-place playoff. The match bought off to a blistering begin, Uruguay going 2-0 up inside three minutes, Malaysia drawing degree three minutes later, and the South People reclaiming the lead to enter the break main 3-2. Teresa Viana put Malaysia to the sword within the second half, bagging six objectives within the match and ending the event as the highest scorer with 19 in complete.
Ukraine have been too good of their snug 6-0 win over New Zealand for seventh place, Karyna Leonova selecting up one other 4 objectives to finish the event with 10.
USA raise Challenger Trophy
The USA have been fully dominant within the Challenger Trophy playoff for ninth place, however they solely managed a 2-0 victory attributable to yet one more goalkeeping masterclass from Namibia’s glorious Petro Stoffberg.
Abigail Burnett mirrored on the USA’s efficiency on the World Cup: “I’m actually excited that we received, it exhibits our willpower as a group and our vitality to maintain combating. We had a very laborious pool, however I believe we fought via it and I believe again house it exhibits that we will compete right here and that, regardless that we’re taking part in for the Challenger Trophy as a substitute of the large trophy, we nonetheless labored laborious.”
Australia secured eleventh place with an 8-3 win over Fiji with Madeline Dooley finishing a hat-trick whereas Thailand claimed thirteenth spot with a 5-3 win over Paraguay.
Carol Nakombe chalked up a formidable six objectives and Loveness Mudenda added a hat-trick as Zambia crushed hosts Oman 11-3 to safe fifteenth spot.
Match awards:
Gold medallists: Netherlands
Silver medallists: India
Bronze medallists: Poland
Runners-up of the Girls’s Challenger Trophy: Namibia
Winners of the Girls’s Challenger Trophy: USA
Greatest Goalkeeper: Marta Kucharska (POL)
Greatest Junior Participant: Deepika Soreng (IND)
High Scorer (19): Teresa Viana (URU)
Greatest Participant: Noor De Baat (NED)
FIH Hockey5s World Cup, Oman – 27 January
Outcome: Match 41 (W)
Zambia 11 – 3 Oman
Match 42 (W)
Thailand 5 – 3 Paraguay
Match 43 (W)
Fiji 3 – 8 Australia
Match 44 (W)
Namibia 0 – 2 USA
Outcome: Match 45 (W)
Ukraine 6 – 0 New Zealand
Match 46 (W)
Uruguay 8 – 4 Malaysia
Match 47 (W)
Poland 4 – 2 South Africa.
Match 48 (W).
Netherlands 7 – 2 India
Closing positions: 1 Netherland, 2 India, 3 Poland, 4 South Africa, 5 Uruguay, 6 Malaysia, 7 Ukraine, 8 New Zealand, 9 United States, 10 Namibia, 11 Australia, 12 Fiji, 13 Thailand, 14 Paraguay, 15 Zambia, 16 Oman.