News for 29 May 2024
All the news for Wednesday 29 May 2024
2023-24 FIH Hockey Pro League
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29 May 2024 14:00 ESP v ARG (RR)
29 May 2024 19:00 BEL v AUS (RR)
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29 May 2024 11:45 CHN v ARG (RR)
29 May 2024 16:30 BEL v AUS (RR)
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Kiwis outshine Malaysia in Poland
By Aftar Singh
The national hockey team lost to New Zealand in Poland. - BERNAMA PIC
KUALA LUMPUR: The national men's hockey team lost 4-1 to world No. 10 New Zealand in a friendly match in Gniezno, Poland, yesterday.
Pakistan to play Malaysia in the opening match
By Shahid Khan
Pakistan’s men’s hockey team will feature in the FIH Hockey Nations Cup be played in Gniezno, Poland from 31 May to 9 June 2024.
Green Shirts recently impressed during the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia where they remained unbeaten and managed to win silver medal after losing to Japan in the final on a penalty shootout,
Pakistan hockey was at an all-time low when they failed to qualify for the Olympics, where they won three gold medals, for the third consecutive time earlier this year. Additionally, the Green Shirts also failed to qualify for the World Cup, where they bagged gold four times in the past, last year.
However, the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup proved to be a breath of fresh air for hockey fans after Pakistan qualified for the final of the event for the first time in 13 years.
The Nations Cup is important because the winning team will be promoted to the elite FIH Hockey Pro League for the 2024-25 season
Pakistan will play the curtain raiser against Malaysia on Friday. Ironically, the teams met in the opening day’s fixture at the recently concluded Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia. Although Pakistan trailed 3-1 in that match, they went on to stage a remarkable recovery and won the match 5-4.
Pakistan’s remaining matches in Pool B will be against Canada and France. Meanwhile while the Pool A consists of Austria, Korea, New Zealand, Poland and South Africa.
The top two teams in the respective Pools will play in the semi-finals
Malaysian coach Sarjit Singh, recognising their tough opposition in their first match, said ‘Pakistan will be boosted after their performance at Sultan Azlan Shah Cup’.
Meanwhile, Green Shirts preparations for tournament in Holland have been hampered by visa issues where they had to scrap the match against the national Dutch team.
Fieldhockey Exclusive
Paris Olympic hockey 2024: Netherlands women reveal nine debutants
Felice Albers will be one of Dutch stars on show PIC: Worldsportpics/ FIH
Paul van Ass has chosen nine Olympic debutants as the Netherlands women attempt to retain their title at Paris 2024.
Japan's plan to podium at Paris 2024
Kirsty Sharp
While many may think cricket is India’s unofficial national sport it is hockey, and it is played everywhere.
Namibia Men’s Hockey Team Clinches Africa Indoor Cup
Namibia’s men’s hockey team made history by defeating South Africa on penalties to win the Africa Indoor Cup.
Oman’s hockey heroes felicitated
Muscat: Nearly four months have passed since the historic podium finish of Oman’s men’s hockey team at the inaugural FIH Men’s Hockey5s World Cup, successfully staged in Muscat from January 24-31.
Indian Junior Men’s Hockey Team suffers heart-breaking loss
Yogember Rawat and Gurjot Singh scored a goal each for India
Mönchengladbach: The Indian Junior Men's Hockey Team lost 2-3 to Germany in a match that went down to the final minute during their fourth game of the Europe tour in Mönchengladbach, Germany on Tuesday. Yogember Rawat and Gurjot Singh scored for the Indian Junior Men's Hockey team.
IRL U21 Women return following their 3 match series against Scotland in Glasgow
Tuesday, May 28th: Our IRL U21 Women’s squad travelled to Glasgow last Friday to play a 3 match series against Scotland U21W. This series was the first set of matches the squad have had this year and, as such played a pivotal part in the preparation process as they continue to build towards the EuroHockey U21 Championships this July.
Mannheim’s men make three big signings for next term
The German men’s champions Mannheimer HC have made three big signings to start off the summer to offset the departure of Teo Hinrichs next season.
https://ehlhockey.tv/2024/05/28/mannheims-men-make-three-big-signings-for-next-term/
Easy money for the Kings at Cal Cup 52 while Thirsty Turtles prevail in a shootout for women’s title.
By Jawwad Qamar
Memorial Day at Cal Cup 52 witnessed two contrasting Super Division finals. In the women’s final, a tightly contested match between The Olympic Club and Thirsty Turtles remained scoreless until very late in the match. The Turtles scored first, on a penalty corner, in the 46th minute goal by Bibi Donraadt. After that the Olympic Club pulled their goalkeeper and got a tying field goal by Paulina Lee in the 50th minute to send the match to a shootout. The Turtles scored on all four of their shootout attempts and that was all they needed to win as Olympic Club tallied only 3 goals in their five attempts.
The men’s final saw the Kings from Simi Valley cruised to a 4-0 rout of defending champion and five times winners, LA Tigers, thanks to three spectacular goals from their Dutch import Miles Bukkens. Forward Bukkens scored two goals in the first half and one in the second. Welsh international James Carson was the other scorer for the Kings. The Kings also benefited from having the services of veteran Belgian Sebastian Dockier (Olympic gold 2020 and silver 2016, World Cup gold 2018 and silver 2023).
However, despite all the international help, it took a second round of sudden death shootout for the Kings to move past the local favorites, the Bulldogs in the first semifinal, early in the morning. After a very competitive scoreless tie in regulation and a 4-4 tie in shootout, both teams scored in the first round of sudden death shootout to make it 5-5. Then the Kings scored on their next shootout but the Bulldogs shot, on their attempt to tie, hit the post and that was the difference in the game.
In the other semifinal, LA Tiger prevailed over Yuba Brothers 2-1 thanks to the second tally in the closing minutes by England native Ross Gilham-Jones to break a 1-1 tie. German international Florian Sperling had leveled score in the first half for Yuba Brothers.
Founded by Tom Harris in 1972, the 52nd edition of one of the oldest and largest field hockey tournaments in the world, the Cal Cup, featured 127 teams, consisting of over 1,600 athletes competing in 12 divisions ranging from Under-8 to Men/Women Super Divisions.
In addition to $5,000 top prize in each Super Division, all players in the top three teams of each division received Gold, Silver, or Bronze medals.
The Super Division umpiring pool this year include three umpires that are heading to the Paris Olympics in July. They are Ayanna McClean (TTO), Sean Rapaport (RSA), and Gabriel Labate (ARG). Sean and Gabriel umpired the men’s final. Ayanna umpired the women’s final along with Ana Vazquez Escalante, an international umpire from Mexico.
For a complete list of all 2024 Cal Cup winners and final standings, please visit www.calcup.com.
This author would like to acknowledge and give a big thank you to tournament Technical Officer and a friend Louise Jandura for providing valuable details during the semifinals and championship matches.
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Taiwan students win 5th straight California Cup field hockey U12 title
CNA photo
Los Angeles: Students from Ping He Elementary School in Changhua County, central Taiwan, outlasted their rivals in a tiebreaker, winning 3-2 in the Under-12 group final on Monday to secure the team's fifth consecutive championship at the California International Field Hockey Tournament.