Friday, June 21, 2013

Hockey News
At Hockey World League Semi-Final - Men, Rotterdam, Netherlands

5th-8th Positions
India bt France 6-2 (3-1)
Goal Scorers - Akashdeep Singh (IND) 13', VR Raghunath (IND) 27', SV Sunil (IND) 33', Sardar Singh (IND) 42', Mandeep Singh (IND) 56' and 69' and Hugo Genestet (FRA) 3', Guillaume Deront (FRA) PC 70+'

Our men can still hope for World Championships qualification as Netherlands is already qualify as host and Australia or New Zealand will be qualify through topping Oceanic group ... So direct WC entry for top-3 teams means it will come down to 5th place team.

For that Indians needed to win next two matches ... As expected we scored win over French team ... French team surprised us scoring first goal in three minutes but after that our team recovered and scored 3 goals in first half ... Indians scored another 3 goals in second half but conceded penalty corner before hooter and French team converted that ... In this match Dharamvir Singh, SV Sunil and Sardar Singh impressed with their game ... For fifth position match we will face Spanish team, who defeated Irish team with solitary goal.

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