Day 3’s evening session at the Indoor Hockey World Cup featured the women’s quarter-finals, with Czech Republic, Austria, Germany and the Netherlands all sealing their places in the final four with victories in Leipzig. Czech Republic continued their hugely impressive form at the Indoor World Cup by storming into the semi-finals with a 4-3 triumph over Australia. Double strikes from Adela Reinosova and Adela Meijzlikova gave the Europeans the victory to set up a semi-final meeting with the Netherlands.
In the second quarter-final, Austria came needed the drama of a shoot-out to defeat Belarus, meaning that the Belarusians miss out on the top six for the first time in Indoor World Cup history. The Austrians surged into a 3-0 lead but were pegged back by Belarus before Julia Busch netted the crucial goal in the shoot-out to set up a semi-final clash against home favourites Germany.
Pool A winners Germany were given a massive scare by Poland in the third quarter-final, with the team that finished fourth in Pool B holding the lead through Paulina Okaj before second half strikes from Katharina Otte and Kristina Hillmann put the home favourites into the semis.
The Netherlands overcame stern resistance from a talented and stubborn Ukraine to emerge 2-0 winners to seal their semi-final berth. The match remained goal-less until two minutes from time when team captain Karin den Ouden fired home a penalty corner before Vera Vorstenbosch wrapped the game up in the final second.
For full details of the women’s competition, click here.
In the men’s competition, Germany, Russia and Poland are the only teams who remain unbeaten and were joined in the last eight by Austria, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and Iran. The men’s quarter-final matches take place on Saturday, with Austria facing Poland (0900 UTC / GMT+1), Netherlands playing Sweden (1030), Germany butting-heads with Switzerland (1200) and Russia meeting Iran (1330). The matches which are being live streamed on the FIH You Tube Channel , so make sure that you tune in.
For full details on the men’s competition, click here.
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