Hockey World Cup 2023: India to face defending champions Belgium in the event that they win crossover match vs New Zealand

India will face New Zealand at Kalinga Stadium and if Harmanpreet’s workforce wins that sport, they are going to face defending champions Belgium within the quarterfinals on January 24.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 20, 2023 23:20 IST

Hockey World Cup 2023: India to face Belgium in quarters in the event that they beat NZ (PTI Photo)

By Press Trust of India: Hosts India will face defending champions Belgium within the quarterfinals of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup in the event that they beat New Zealand within the crossover match in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.

India had completed second in Pool D behind England on objective distinction, forcing the house aspect to play within the crossover spherical. They wanted to beat Wales by a margin of eight targets of their last pool match on Thursday to straight qualify for the quarterfinals, however might solely notch up a 4-2 win.

The prime workforce from every of the 4 swimming pools straight qualify for the quarterfinals, whereas the second and third-placed sides function in crossover matches to refill the remaining 4 slots within the final eight stage.

In the primary Pool B match of the day on the Birsa Munda Stadium, Belgium hammered Japan 7-1 to prime the group and straight qualify for the quarterfinals.

Tom Boon slammed 5 targets in an outstanding present of ending as he helped defending champions Belgium steamroll Japan.

Boom scored 4 area targets — within the twenty second, twenty seventh, twenty eighth and 51st minutes — earlier than changing a penalty stroke within the 56th minute. Cedric Charlier (18th) and Sebastien Dockier (52nd) have been the opposite objective getters for Belgium. Both scored area targets.

Kentaro Fukuda scored a comfort area objective for Japan within the forty sixth minute.

Belgium will play the winner of the crossover match between India and New Zealand within the quarterfinals at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

Japan made an exit from the event after shedding all their three matches and ending on the backside of the pool.

Japan defended properly within the first and second quarters which didn’t produce any targets. Belgium scored 4 targets within the third quarter and three within the fourth to stamp their class.

Belgium earned six penalty corners within the match whereas Japan received two.

In one other match, Germany defeated South Korea 7-2 to complete second in Pool B. Germany will now play crossover match towards France on January 23 in Bhubaneswar for a spot within the quarterfinals.

South Korea, who completed third within the pool with three factors — from one win and two losses — face Argentina on January 23 of their crossover match in Bhubaneswar.

Germany and Belgium, who had performed out a 2-2 draw towards one another, ended on the identical seven factors — two wins and one draw — however the latter topped the pool on the idea of superior objective distinction (plus 11 of Belgium and plus eight of Germany).

Wellen Niklas Wellen (2nd, seventeenth and forty first) scored a hat-trick — all area efforts — whereas Gonzalo Peillat (forty third), Justus Weigand (51st), Mats Grambusch (53rd) and Moritz Ludwig (53rd) have been the opposite objective getters for Germany.

Jang Jonghyun scored each targets for South Korea, within the fifteenth and sixtieth minutes. All the pool matches of the World Cup have been over on Friday. Australia topped Pool A, whereas Belgium, Netherlands and England did the identical in Pool B, C and D, respectively, to straight qualify for the quarterfinals.

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Jan 20, 2023