Hockey 5s at the Port Moresby XV Pacific Games in Papua New Guinea has provided an entertaining first three days with exciting and action packed matches.
The women’s round robin matches have concluded and the line-up’s for the semi-finals confirmed.
Previous winners Fiji women made an excellent start to the event winning all three of their round robin matches including a very close 5-4 win over Papua New Guinea (PNG). This was PNG’s only loss of the round robin’s and they move into the semi-finals to take on Vanuatu who were winners on day two.
The other semi-final sees Fiji line up against event newcomers Tonga. Both semi-finals will take place on Friday 17th July – times (local) as below;
1430 SF1 PNG vs Vanuatu
1730 SF2 Fiji vs Tonga
The men’s event round robin’s has also seen Fiji with a 100% win record followed by Vanuatu who have won two matches. One of Vanuatu’s wins came from a shootout with PNG after the score was tied at the end of their match on day two. With all teams scoring goals, the last day of the men’s round robin’s looks to be very exciting as Vanuatu take on newcomers the Solomon Islands and PNG play Tonga.
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(Photo Matai Akauola)
